January 2024 Minutes
Minutes of Eagle & Swinethorpe Personnel Committee meeting held on Wednesday 24th January 2024 at 6.35pm.
Present Cllr Jane Wallis, Cllr Jane Fulton-Sutton & Cllr Pat Parkes.
Rachel Popplewell – Parish Clerk.
Agenda Items
1. To appoint a Chairman for the Personnel Committee.
Cllr Wallis proposed Cllr Fulton-Sutton seconded Cllr Parkes.
All agreed, show of hands.
2. Welcome & Apologies
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Apologies were received from Cllr Faulkner; it was Resolved to accept the reason for absence and the apology.
3. To receive Declarations of Interest under the Localism Act 2011 – being any pecuniary interest in agenda items not previously recorded on Members’ Register of Interest and request for dispensations.
None received.
4. Notes of the Closed Session Personnel Committee meeting held on Saturday 19th November 2022, to be approved as minutes.
It was Resolved to approve the notes as minutes and a true record – All agreed.
Signed by the Chair.
5. Staffing.
a. The Clerk asked the committee to consider the salary for the Litter Picker, the minimum wage from 01.04.2024 will be £11.44. After discussions it was Resolved to increase the litter pickers hourly rate to £12 per hour with effect from 01.04.2024. All agreed – show of hands.
b. The Clerk made comment that salary scales for 2023/2024 had been agreed, by the unions, back dated to 01.04.2023.
Cllr Parkes proposed that the Clerks salary be increase by 1 spinal column point to number 23 with effect from 01.04.2024, seconded by Cllr Fulton-Sutton.
It was Resolved to accept the proposal, all agreed – show of hands.
c. The Clerk made comment that she had, had her eyes tested, cost for the test being £35.00.
The Clerk asked to be re-imbursed for the test under the Display Screen Equipment Laws.
After discussions it was Resolved to approve the cost for the eye test of £35. All agreed – show of hands.
The Chair passed on her thanks to the Clerk for all her continued support and work during the year.
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