As part of the Statements of Accounts, which are published annually, are the details of the gross remuneration of all Council officers who received more than £50,000 in that financial year.
Table 1
Remuneration paid to the Council's senior employees 2019/20
Remuneration paid to Council's senior employees
| Post |
Note |
Salary, Fees and Allowances |
Bonuses |
Benefits in Kind |
Expenses Allowance |
Compensation for loss of Office |
Employer’s Pension contribution |
Total |
| |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
| Chief Executive until June 2019 |
1 |
15,349 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
56,404 |
2,686 |
74,439 |
| Acting Chief Executive June-Nov 2019 |
1 |
9,301 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,194 |
11,495 |
| Chief Executive from November 2019 |
1 |
48,516 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8,296 |
56,812 |
| Chief Operating Officer |
2 |
74,925 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12,209 |
87,134 |
| Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer |
3 |
31,580 |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
94,118 |
6,209 |
136,907 |
| Interim Head of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer |
4 |
5,412 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5,412 |
| Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) |
5 |
5,822 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
996 |
6,818 |
| Interim Chief Finance Officer (Section 151 Officer) |
6 |
13,787 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2,358 |
16,145 |
| Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer) |
7 |
62,561 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10,698 |
73,259 |
| Director of Commercial Services |
8 |
80,000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13,680 |
93,680 |
| Director of Planning & Economy |
9 |
63,096 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10,789 |
73.885 |
| Director of Housing & Enforcement |
10 |
37,962 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6,492 |
44,454 |
| Director of Environment |
11 |
61,408 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10,501 |
71,909 |
| Total |
|
509,719 |
5,000 |
0 |
0 |
150,522 |
87,108 |
752,349 |
Note 1. Chief Executive: The post was designated as a part-time role in April 2019 at an annualised part-time salary of £56,189. The postholder left in June 2019 and the Chief Operating Officer was Acting Chief Executive between June and November 2020. The current Chief Executive was appointed on a full time basis in November 2019 at an annualised salary of £125,000.
Note 2. Chief Operating Officer: The costs shown in the above table are the substantive costs of this role for the year. The postholder also received additional remuneration for the roles of Acting Chief Executive (see Note 1) and Interim Monitoring Officer (see Note 4).
Note 3. Head of Legal Services (Monitoring Officer): The annualised salary was £74,183. The postholder was seconded to Seven Arches Investment Limited (SAIL) from November 2018, for approximately 30 hours a week whilst working in post for the Council for 1 day a week. The postholder left the Council's employment in August 2019.
Note 4. Interim Monitoring Officer: An interim was appointed for 1 day per week from 1st September until 13th December 2019. The recruitment of the interim was in line with the Council's normal recruitment process. From 14th December 2019 until 1st March 2020, the Chief Operating Officer was Interim Monitoring Officer. The costs shown in the above table is the total costs of this role from September 2019 to February 2020.
Note 5. Director of Law & Governance (Monitoring Officer): This post was appointed on 2nd March 2020. The annualised salary was £70,836.
Note 6. Interim Chief Finance Officer (Section 151 Officer): This post was replaced by the Director of Corporate Resources post in June 2019. The postholder was the Council's S151 Officer up to that date and was appointed to the new role in June 2019. The annualised salary was £74,925.
Note 7. Director of Corporate Resources (Section 151 Officer): This post was established and appointed to in June 2019. The annualised salary was £74,925.
Note 8. Director of Commercial Services: This post was a fixed term position until March 2021. The Officer was seconded to Seven Arches Investment Limited from February 2019 for approximately 37 hours a week.
Note 9. Director of Planning and Economy: The post was re-titled from Director of Strategic Planning in January 2020.
Note 10. Director of Housing and Enforcement: This is a new role established and appointed to in August 2019 on an interim basis, and subsequently on a permanent basis in March 2020. The annualised salary was £63,096.
Note 11. Director of Environment: The post was retitled from Director of Operations in January 2020.
List 1
Salaries £50,000 p.a. and above (gross) as at 31 March 2021
Senior management
- Chief Executive, Jonathan Stephenson - £125,000
- Strategic Director (Deputy Chief Executive), Steve Summers - £81,598
- Corporate Director of Finance and Resources (Section 151 Officer), Jacqueline van Mellaerts - £79,698
- Corporate Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer), Amanda Julian - £79,698
- Corporate Director of Planning & Economy, Philip Drane - £67,805
- Corporate Director of Housing & Community Safety, Tracey Lilley - £67,805
- Corporate Director of Environment and Communities, Greg Campbell - £67,805
- Corporate Director of Digital and Customer Engagement, Sarah Bennett - £67,805
Other
- Electoral Services Manager - £59,183
- Corporate Finance Manager - £56,316
- Environmental Health Manager - £55,148
- ICT Manager - £56,316
- Housing Services Manager - £56,316
- Partnership Leisure and Funding Manager - £56,316
- Operations Manager - £53,442
Number of staff whose remuneration was at least £50,000 in brackets of £5,000
| |
2019/20 |
2020/21 |
| Remuneration Band |
Number of Employees |
Number of Employees |
| £50,000 - £54,999 |
6 |
1 |
| £55,000 - £59,999 |
3 |
6 |
| £60,000 - £64,999 |
0 |
0 |
| £65,000 + |
0 |
0 |
Costs of temporary, consultant and interim staff which include agency fees totalling more than £50,000 in 2020/21:
- Senior Planner - DHGV - £123,155
- Project Lead - DHGV - £104,674
- Interim Finance Manager - £91,888
- Environmental Health Officer - £83,822
- Housing System Manager - £83,040
- Investment & Asset Management Consultant - £82,983
- Associate Consultant Planner - £78,541
- Executive Business Consultant - £77,504
- Principal Conservation & Urban Design - £68,869
- Legal consultant - £66,446
- Senior Planning officer - £59,785
- Planning enforcement officer - £59,039
