County council publishes list of top paid officials

LEICESTERSHIRE County Council has published a list of its top paid officials in 2016/17.

Chief executive John Sinnott remains the highest earner. He is the longest-serving council chief executive in the country, and is paid £194,000 a year.

Overall there are nine officers paid more than £100,000 a year.

The figures were revealed in the agenda of a meeting at County Hall where pay policy were due to be discussed.

The council says it needs to cut £50m from its spending over the next four years.

A spokeswoman for Leicestershire County Council said: “We have a budget of £790m per year and a capital programme of £290m, and have saved £178m over the last eight years.

“We need high quality senior managers in order to deliver the major transformation and savings that the council is pursuing.”

Leicestershire County Council’s top paid staff in 2016/17:

John Sinnott, chief executive, £194,000

John Doherty, Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (Espo) director, £135,000

Mike Sandys, director of public health, £125,000

Phil Crossland, director of transport and environment, £124,000

Jon Wilson, director of adults and communities, £121,000

Lauren Haslam, director of law and governance, £101,000

Gordon McFarlane, assistant director corporate services and transformation, £108,000

Chris Tambini, finance director, £107,000

Tom Purnell, assistant chief executive, £91,000

Brian Roberts, corporate resources director, £91,000

Neil Hanney, assistant director commissioning and development, £91,000

Roderick O’Connor, assistant director customer services and operations, £91,000

Peter Davis, assistant director promoting independence, £91,000

Sandy McMillan, assistant director, strategy and commissioning, £91,000

Heather Pick, assistant director personal care and support, £91,000.