Transparency

The requirements of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 do not apply to Parish and Town Councils with a gross income or expenditure under £6.5 million, but adherence does represent ‘best practice’. The Code is intended to increase transparency through publication of open data enabling tax payers to see how local authorities use public money. Thornbury Town Council provides this information on this webpage, either listed below directly, or via a link to information already provided elsewhere on our website.

Local authorities must publish details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. 

Officers Decisions Made Under Delegated Powers

The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, Regulation 7, requires that certain types of Officer Decisions are recorded and made available to the public.

The decisions that will be published are:-

1. A specific express delegation to an officer from the Council or Committee

2. A decision made for which the officer has a general delegated authority to make the decision and the effect of that decision is to:-

(a) Grant a permission of licence

(b) Affect the rights of an individual

(c) Award a contract or incur expenditure which has a value of £1500 (2022-2024), £3000 (2025-2026) or more

The following information can be found in the spreadsheets below.

TENDERS:

Details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000

CONTRACTS:

We must also publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. 

WASTE CONTRACTS:

We must publish details of our existing waste contract(s). Details of our existing waste contracts also below

We must publish details of all land and building assets.

In line with the Transparency Code 2015 the Town Council publish details of any senior employee salaries, job title and responsibilities for those earning over £50,000 per annum.

One. Chief Executive and Responsible Finance Officer, NALC SLCC SCP LC3 42-45, £51,802- £55,367. Permanent Contract.

Responsibilities: Proper Officer, legal and statutory requirements of Council, financial management and budgets, insurance and risk, staffing.

Section 38 of the Localism Act 2011 requires us to produce Pay Policy Statements, which should include the authority’s policy on pay dispersion – the relationship between remuneration of chief officers and the remuneration of other staff. This act recommends that the pay multiple is included as a way of illustrating the council’s approach to pay dispersion.

The Thornbury Town Council Pay Multiple as at 1st April 2024 is 2.15.

We must publish the following information about our counter fraud work:

• Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of employees undertaking investigations and prosecutions of fraud: None
• Total number (absolute and full time equivalent) of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists: None
• Total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud: None
• Total number of fraud cases investigated: None

We must publish details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.

Financial and legal information, including our budget, Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) expenditure information, is all available on the Finance, Legal & Audit page.

Total number of staff who are union representatives = 0

Total number of union representatives who devote at least 50% of their time to union duties = NONE

Thornbury Town Council do not pay Councillors Allowances.

A Mayoral Allowance is available for use by the Town Mayor/Chairman. View the Mayoral Allowance Policy.

The Local Authority (South Gloucestershire Council) publishes a register of members interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. The Register of Interests for all Thornbury Town Council Councillors can be found here: Registers of Interests for Thornbury Town Council Councillors

The Thornbury Town Council Code of Conduct, that Councillors undertake to abide by when they accept office is available below