Fife Fife council boss – who pockets £149,646 salary – makes ‘rich list’ of local authority employees By Cheryl Peebles April 9 2019, 3:46pm April 9 2019, 3:46pm Share Fife council boss – who pockets £149,646 salary – makes ‘rich list’ of local authority employees Share via Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Messenger Email Post link https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/fife/867095/fife-council-boss-who-pockets-149646-salary-makes-rich-list-of-local-authority-employees/ Copy Link Steve Grimmond, Fife Council chief executive. Fife’s council boss is the 15th highest paid in Scotland in a “rich list” of local authority employees. Chief executive Steve Grimmond earned a £196,982 package, which included his £149,646 salary and his pension. Mr Grimmond was named in a league table of more than 200 high-earning Scottish town hall workers revealed by the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Some 11 other Fife Council staff were on more than £100,000 a year, compared with seven in Angus and five in both Dundee and Perth and Kinross. The Taxpayers’ Alliance has criticised “staggering” pay-outs for those in top jobs, while services continue to be slashed. >> Keep up to date with the latest news with The Courier newsletter David Martin, the Dundee chief executive officer, was 27th in the list on £172,642, including a salary of £147,557. In 49th place, Angus Council chief executive Margo Williamson’s £128,218 annual pay is part of her £148,665 remuneration. In Scotland the local authority with the most employees who received remuneration in excess of £100,000 in 2017-18 was North Lanarkshire with 28. For more on this story, click here.
