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Remit
- The Committee is concerned, with matters relating to the Council’s organisational management, including: financial administration, human resources, governance and members’ services, and accommodation.
- A remuneration sub group, comprising members of the committee, will be retained to hold responsibility for the review of the Chief Executive’s conditions of employment and annual remuneration review. It will also act as a discipline and grievance committee and as an appeals committee in respect of job evaluation where the process requires member involvement
- The Committee reports to the Executive Committee and will also make a report to Council on its work.
Delegated powers
- Scrutinising periodically in the year the detail of the budgets and expenditure, including its comparison to approved budgets, in support of the Executive Committee’s overall responsibility for financial strategy and review. To determine adjustments to the Council’s budget in-year within the parameters given in the financial regulations, highlighting any issues arising in their reports to Executive Committee.
- Fee collection policy and practice.
- Treasury management policy and strategy, banking arrangements and approving authorised bank signatories. (Under urgency procedures, changes in authorised bank signatories may also be approved by the Executive Committee.)
- Reviewing and approving changes to the subsequent versions of Financial Regulations, following their initial approval by Council.
- All policy matters associated with insurance.
- Monitoring reports in respect of international travel by Members and staff.
- Agreeing changes to accounting policies.
- Principal changes to the conditions of service for staff.
- Developing and approving the parameters within which the annual pay review for all staff shall be undertaken, subject to it being consistent with approved budget levels, and including adjustments to conditions of service arising within any review. To determine any pay review that is in excess of direct budgetary provision.
- To review the conditions of employment and remuneration of the Chief Executive (via the remuneration sub-group).
- To approve the performance related pay of any member of staff to which this might from time to time apply (via the remuneration sub-group).
- Determining strategic human resources policies.
- To act as the discipline and grievance committee and as an appeals committee in respect of Job Evaluation where the process requires Member involvement.
- To engage specialist external advice as required to fulfil these responsibilities.
- Health and safety policy.
The Committee is also responsible for developing recommendations in respect of:
- acquiring or disposing of accommodation.
- governance matters in respect of the Council Elections, Members’ expenses and the scheme of Standing Orders.
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