The following agenda has much of interest, including, on p. 67, the sentence: ‘The proposed 1% increase in Chief Officer pay is a matter of discretion for Cabinet’ .
EDDC Chief Officers are specified as the Chief Executive, the Head of Finance(section 151 Officer), and Deputy Chief Executives x 2 (Monitoring Ogfficer).
Here’s the link http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/combined_cabinet_agenda_040913_-_public_version.pdf
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Well spotted, SID (again)
Is the 30 hour a week Deputy Chief Executive job is the Monitoring Officer? At a pleasant £45 per hour it would seem. Nice.
Perhaps if the basic rate had the decimal point shifted one place to the left the Monitoring Office might develop a more hungry approach.