Agenda, decisions and minutes

The Committee received the following apology for absence and temporary appointment:

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2015 (RC3) and to receive information arising from them.

The Minutes of meeting held on 10 December 2015 were approved and signed subject to adding the following officers to those present:

Sue Corrigan (Human Resources), Sue Whitehead (Corporate Services).

RESOLVED:             that the public be excluded for the duration of item RC5 -6 since it is likely that if they were present during those items there would be disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and specified below in relation to those items and since it is considered that, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

PUBLIC SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS HELD IN PRIVATE SESSION

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

1 Information relating to any individual

3 Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would infringe the rights of the individual to privacy contrary to the general law and the duty of the authority to respect human rights and to comply with that law and contrary to the authority’s duties as a fair employer

The exempt part of the minutes of the meeting held on 10 December 2015 were agreed and signed.  The Committee received a substantial update in relation to the Oxfordshire Local Agreement of Green Book Pay 2016-17.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations between the authority with another party for the purposes described and would prejudice the position of the authority in those negotiations and other negotiations of a similar nature in future.

The Remuneration Committee are required to report annually to Council on the Pay Policy Statement.  This report gives a draft paper for consideration by the Remuneration Committee prior to its submission to Council on 16 February 2016.

The Remuneration Committee is RECOMMENDED to consider the draft report and agree it for submission to Council on 16 February 2016.

The information contained in the report is exempt in that it falls within the following prescribed category:

4       Information relating to any consultations or negotiations, or contemplated consultations or negotiations, in connection with any labour relations matters arising between the authority or a Minister of the Crown and employees of, or officer-holders under the authority

It is considered that in this case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, in that such disclosure would distort the proper process of free negotiations between the authority with another party for the purposes described and would prejudice the position of the authority in those negotiations and other negotiations of a similar nature in future.

The Committee considered the draft report and endorsed it for submission to Council on 16 February 2016 subject to a minor amendment agreed as part of the discussion.