Agenda and decisions

Apologies were received and noted from City Mayor, Paul Dennett.

There were no Chairs Announcements or Urgent Business.

To receive declarations of interest in any item for discussion at the meeting. A blank form for declaring interests has been circulated with the agenda; please ensure that this is returned to the Governance & Scrutiny Officer 48 hours before the start of the meeting.

There were no declarations of interest made in relation to any item on the agenda.

To consider the approval of the minutes of the Resources Committee held on 26 January 2024.

That the minutes of the meeting of the Resources Committee held on 26 January 2024 be approved as a correct record.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

1.     That the publication of the GMCA Gender Pay Gap on the GMCA website on an annual basis based on snapshot of data as at 31 March 2023, to comply with the legislative requirement for employers with more than 250 employees, be approved.

2.   That the proposal to publish the GMCA wide Ethnicity Pay Gap be endorsed.

3.   That it be noted that the outcome of the work underway on workforce representation will be submitted to a future meeting of the Resources Committee.

Report of Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive Officer, GMCA & TfGM.

That the draft GMCA Business Plan for 2024-25 be approved.

Report of Andrew Lightfoot, Deputy Chief Executive.

1.   That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, GMCA & TfGM  to progress the “Head of Low Carbon” post in the Environment Directorate to band SM7 of the senior pay-scale, backdated to November 2023 following the Job Re-evaluation.

2.   That it be noted that the post has been re-evaluated in line with the LGA framework and that the outcome of that re-evaluation was that the posts should move from Grade 11 onto the Senior pay-scale (SM7).

3.   That it be noted that additional costs will be met from existing GMCA Environment Directorate budgets.

Report of Andrew Lighfoot, Deputy Chief Executive, GMCA.

1.   That the establishment of a new Assistant Director of Transport Communications at SM6 be approved.

2.   That it be noted that that this will see the associated disestablishment of the existing Head of Strategic Communications at TfGM, delivering a budget saving of £18,000 - £21,600.