The Minutes of the meeting held on 17 July 2025 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

The Committee considered a report that presented the Council’s Gender, Ethnicity and Disability Pay Gap reports for 2025.  A copy of the Gender Pay Gap Report was attached to the report at Appendix 1, a copy of the Ethnicity Pay Gap Report was attached at Appendix 2, a copy of  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7.

The Committee considered a report that provided the annual update, year 2 progress, on delivery of the Inclusion and Diversity Strategy.  The following appendices were attached to the report:

The Committee considered a report that provided a summary of Special Severance Payments that had been made between 1 April 2025 and 30 September 2025.  The report did not include termination costs for schools-based staff and stated that there had been no early retirements on the grounds of efficiency and  ...  view the full minutes text for item 9.

The Committee considered a report that outlined proposed arrangements to follow the upcoming departure of the Assistant Director of Legal and Democratic Services in December 2025.  The post currently incorporated three statutory officer roles of Monitoring Officer, Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer. 

The report explained that the Council had  ...  view the full minutes text for item 10.

The Committee considered a report that provided an update in respect of the arrangements for the performance review and target setting processes for the Head of Paid Service as required in the Council’s Constitution.  An extract from the Council’s Constitution that set out the Personnel Committee’s Terms of Reference was  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.