2011/2012 audited annual accounts - Falkirk Council

Senior Employees’ Remuneration Arrangements
FALKIRK COUNCIL
1.9 The salary of senior employees is set by reference to national arrangements. The Scottish Joint Negotiating
Committee (SJNC) for Local Authority Services sets the salaries for the Chief Executives of Scottish local
authorities. Circular CO/144 sets the amount of salary for the Chief Executive of Falkirk Council for the period
2008 to 2011. The Chief Executive declined the pay award set for 2010/11. There was no SJNC pay award agreed
in 2011/12.
The salaries of Service Directors and Chief Officers are based on a fixed percentage of the Chief Executive’s salary
as shown in the following table:
Senior Employee Post Percentage of Chief Executive’s Salary
Director 78%
Chief Finance Officer 68%
Chief Governance Officer 68%
The above arrangements were approved at a meeting of full Council on 22 June 2011 and came into operation on 1
August 2011.
1.10 Senior employees also receive a fixed car allowance. This allowance was agreed by the Resources Committee on 18
June 1996.
1.11 The Council does not have a role in determining the remuneration policy of Falkirk Community Stadium Ltd., a
subsidiary of the Council.
1.12 In terms of Falkirk Community Trust Limited (FCT), a company limited by guarantee with charitable status
established by the Council in summer 2011 to deliver cultural and leisure services for the Falkirk Council area, the
Funding Agreement between the Council and FCT provides that FCT is to provide terms and conditions to its
employees (including remuneration) no less favourable than the relevant corresponding terms and conditions of
employment enjoyed by employees of the Council at any time.
2. General Disclosure by Pay Band
(Paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the 1985 Regulations)
2.1 The number of employees whose remuneration was £50,000 or more in 2011/12 is disclosed in bands of £5,000 in
the following table:
Number of Employees Chief Officials Teachers SJC Employees
Remuneration Bands 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12 2010/11 2011/12
£50,000 - £54,999 61 61 0 0 50 49 11 12
£55,000 - £59,999 21 26 0 2 17 17 4 7
£60,000 - £64,999 4 8 3 0 0 0 1 8
£65,000 - £69,999 7 7 4 3 2 2 1 2
£70,000 - £74,999 12 16 9 11 3 3 0 2
£75,000 - £79,999 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0
£80,000 - £84,999 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
£85,000 - £89,999 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
£90,000 - £94,999 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
£95,000 - £99,999 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0
£100,000 - £104,999 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
£110,000 - £114,999 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
£125,000 - £129,999 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 117 134 24 22 76 75 17 37
Note these figures exclude payments for election duties which are included (for Senior Employees) in the table at
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