Glasgow - Rewarding Failure (16/04/18)
Since the WPBR was introduced in 2007 the small group of senior officials in Glasgow City Council have paid themselves a small fortune - around £27 million by my calculation, i.e. 12 x £2,250,368 = £27,004,416.
No wonder Scotland's public spending watchdog, the Accounts Commission, last year described the handling of equal pay as a 'decade long failure of local and central government'.
Glasgow's wage bill for senior officials salaries in 2017 came to £2,250,368 - the same year in which the Court of Session, Scotland's highest civil court, condemned the WPBR pay arrangements in Scotland's largest council as 'unfit for purpose'.
The figures are taken from Glasgow's Annual Accounts for 2016/17 and include basic salary, election duty fees and the employer's pension contributions.
Annemarie O'Donnell - Chief Executive
£167,853 plus Election Duty Fees of £46,663 = £214,515 + £38,345 =£252,860
Carole Forrest - Director of Corporate Services and Solicitor to the Council
£122,853 plus Election Duty Fees of £4,000 = £116,524 + £21,717 = £138,241
Lynn Brown - Executive Director of Financial Services (from 1 April to 30 September)
£72,893 plus Election Duty Fees of £2,000 = £74,893 + £134,147 = £209,040
Richard Brown - Executive Director of Development and Regeneration
£135,372 + £26,127 = £161,499
Maureen McKenna - Executive Director of Education Services
£135,372 + £26,127 = £161,499
Brian Devlin - Executive Director of Land and Environmental Services (1 April to 31 December 2016)
£143,182 (includes 12 weeks pay in lieu of notice and unused annual leave) + £20,600 = £163,782
Susanne Millar - Chief Social Work Officer
£100,603 + £19,416 = £120,019
Anne Connolly - Strategic Adviser to the Chief Executive
£82,348 + £15,893 = £98,241
Chris Starrs - Executive Communications Manager (from 1 April to 28 January 2017)
£57,674 plus Election Duty Fees of £2,150 = £59,824 + £11,131 =£70,955
Morag Johnston - Action Executive Director of Financial Services (from 3 October 2016)
£56,412 (Full Year Equivalent £122,562) + £21,825 = £78,237
George Gillespie - Acting Director of Land and Environmental Services (from 1 January 2017)
£25,959 (Full Year Equivalent £122,562) + £20,298 = £46,257
Glasgow's ALEOs
City Building - £137,477 (Graham Paterson) + £26,533 = £164,010
Glasgow Life -£135,209 (Bridget McConnell) + £23,256 = £158,465
Cordia - £105,091 (Andy Clark) + £20,426 = £125,517
City Parking - £71,980 (William Taggart) + £13,892 = £85,872
City Property - £102,521 (Pauline Barclay) + £19,787 = £122,308
Jobs and Business - £80,398 (Calum Graham) + £13,168 = £93,566
Jobs and Business - £80,398 (Calum Graham) + £13,168 = £93,566