Report of:              Chair of ODS / Chair of ODS Board

Purpose of report: To recommend payment of a new hire/retention payment

for RCV drivers; To recommend payment of a Board allowance for ODS

Executive Statutory Directors; To recommend a pay award to the Executive

Team; To update the SJVG about recent RemCo activity.

Recommendation(s): That the Shareholder and Joint Venture Group

resolves:

1.    To approve payment of a new hire / retention payment for Waste & Recycling RCV Drivers, to address challenges in recruiting and retaining these staff;

2.    To approve payment of a Board Allowance of £6k for Statutory Executive Directors (excluding the Managing Director) with appropriate back-dating as set out in this report;

3.    To approve a pay award for the 2025/26 year of 3% to the Managing Director and Finance Director of ODS and for it to be backdated to the 1st April 2025.

4.    To note the summary of the ODS Remuneration Committee activities under its new Chair.

The Shareholder and Joint Venture Group resolved to:

1. Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Director of Law, Governance, and Strategy; the Group Finance Director; and the Cabinet Member for Citizen Focused Services and Council Companies, to review equal pay ramifications and approve payment of a new hire / retention payment for Waste & Recycling RCV Drivers, to address challenges in recruiting and retaining these staff.

2.    To approve payment of a Board Allowance of £6k for Statutory Executive Directors (excluding the Managing Director) (payable from December 11^th, 2025, and only valid until it can be regularised into the company’s pay policy through the planned 2026 pay review)

3.    To approve a pay award for the 2025/26 year of 3% to the Managing Director and Finance Director of ODS and for it to be backdated to the 1st April 2025.

4.    To note the summary of the ODS Remuneration Committee activities under its new Chair.