Ryedale District Council

The political make-up is as follows:-

More information on Councillors is available in the Councillors Directory.

Clare Slater, Chief Executive (Interim)

Clare was appointed Chief Executive (Interim) and Head of Paid Service in September 2017.

As Chief Executive (Interim), Clare is the Council's Head of Paid Service and the principal policy advisor. She provides the overarching managerial leadership for the Council.

Chief Executive (Interim)
Clare Slater

Executive Support Officer
Jane Graham

Customer Services

• Customer Advisors - First line support for all customer enquiries and administrative support, working on day to day queries and helping to resolve matters efficiently and effectively, liaising with colleagues as required
• Customer Services (People) - housing benefit, Council tax reduction, housing strategy, homelessness, housing options and private sector housing
• Customer Services (Business and Democracy) - Council tax, NNDR, income from services, business liaison, financial admin support, finance systems, electoral registration, elections, council meeting admin
• Customer Services (Place) - strategic planning, economic development, environmental health & protection, licensing, Streetscene, private water supplies and health & safety

Specialists Place

• Strategic planning, economic development, development management, conservation and enforcement

Delivery and Frontline Services

• Specialists (People) - housing strategy, homelessness, housing options, private sector housing, housing conditions and decency including fuel poverty, housing benefit, council tax reduction, Derwent Lodge, safeguarding and community safety
• Streetscene - operation inc vehicle maintenance and licensing, waste collection and street cleansing
• Specialists (Environment) - food safety, health and safety, public health, pollution, air quality, private water supplies and licensing

Resources and Enabling Services

• Programmes,Projects and Performance - Corporate programme management, performance management
• ICT - ICT functions including infrastructure application, desktop services, website maintenance, maximising IT usage, digital transformation, channel shift and customer and staff self-service
• Business Development - funded or income generating services
• Revenues - collect and recover Council Tax, business rates, housing benefit, overpayments, rents and sundry debts
• Commissioning - shared services, external spend commissioning, third party relationships
• Democracy - democratic services, local and national elections, referendums, electoral registration, administration of Council meetings, Member development
• Resources - Accounts, corporate and service budgets, financial management capability

Corporate Services

• External Partnerships
• Human Resources - All policy and procedural matters including recruitment and selection, pay, terms and conditions of employment, consultation and negotiations with Trade Unions, equal opportunities, training and development of staff, welfare policies and health and safety
• Legal Services - The Legal team provides a wide range of legal services for the Council, its committees, sub-committees, management and service units. The Council Solicitor also has a role as Monitoring Officer under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, to ensure that Council officers and committees do not act contrary to the law and that no maladministration takes place. Principal areas of work include, conveyancing, criminal litigation, contracts and procurement, planning, licensing, regulatory work and committee support
• Internal Audit - Internal audit and counter fraud services are provided by Veritau, a shared service company part-owned by the Council. Internal Audit gives assurance to managers and members that Council systems and processes are operating efficiently and effectively and provides consultancy services and advice on how to improve them. Veritau’s fraud team assists us on benefits fraud and other organisational matters, as required 
• Building Control - Building Control Services at the Council are provided by the North Yorkshire Building Control Partnership

Council Structure at August 2017 (PDF, 1 page, 176kb)

In accordance with Sections 38 – 43 of the Localism Act 2011 the authority is required to produce a policy statement that covers a number of matters concerning the pay of the authority's staff, principally Chief Officers.

This policy was considered and approved by the Full Council at the Budget meeting which took place on 4 February 2016.

This policy statement sets out the arrangements and meets the requirements of the Localism Act. It also complies with the guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to which the authority is required to have regard under Section 40 of the Act.

This policy also correlates with the data on pay and reward for staff which the authority publishes under the Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency and the data which is published under The Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations (2011). It should be noted that the requirements to publish data under the Secretary of State guidance, the Code of Practice and the Regulations do differ, the data requirements of the Code of Practice and the Accounts and Audit Regulations are summarised at Annex A to this policy statement.

Ryedale District Council pay policy 2016/17 (PDF, 8 pages, 194kb)