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Jan 2023
Eight North Yorkshire Council officers set for £100,000 salaries
Eight senior managers at North Yorkshire Council are set to receive a salary of more than £100,000 a year.
The authority will replace Harrogate Borough Council and North Yorkshire County Council in April.
As part of the move, a new management has been appointed to oversee the authority.
A report due before the council tomorrow (January 24) will also recommend a pay structure for the management and council as a whole.
Among them includes Richard Flinton, the new chief executive, who will receive a salary of £198,935.
Meanwhile, Stuart Carlton, Richard Webb, Gary Fielding and Karl Battersby — all of whom are directors under the county council — will receive £150,044.
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An unnamed director of community development is due to receive a salary of £139,125.
Elsewhere Rachel Joyce and Trudy Forster are due to be paid £111,500 and Barry Khan, currently assistant chief executive for legal and democratic services at the county council, will receive £120,000.
The Stray Ferret asked the county council how it had arrived at the salaries, but had not receive a response by the time of publication.
A report due before senior councillors on Tuesday said:
Cllr Carl Les, leader of the county council, said:
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