Angus Council’s top 87 earners were paid a share of £5.5 million last financial year.
Figures in a new report have revealed a slight drop in the budget for the highest paid workers, which saw a share of £5.7m paid to 90 people in 2011/12.
Members of the council’s scrutiny and audit committee will today be shown the remuneration levels for all employees who made more than £50,000, as part of a wider analysis of the council’s annual accounts.
A section of the committee report stated: “The salaries of senior employees are set by the council’s strategic policy committee with reference to the agreements of the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for chief officials.
“Senior employees may also have a contractual right of access to the council’s car-lease scheme and where they are participating this is included within ‘non-cash expenses’ together with any other benefits in kind.”
None of the council’s top brass received a pay increase from 2011/12 to 2012/13, with the chief executive paid £121,680 both years and the directors of corporate services, education, infrastructure and neighbourhood services all staying on £102,933.
The director of social work and health was paid £108,087 in both years, while the assistant chief executive got £90,918, head of finance £87,474 and head of law and administration £90,918.
Overall it cost the council more than £1.7m to pay off staff last year compared to £320,975 the year before.
Since the SNP came to power last year there has been a restructuring of directors’ roles as they look to save £30m by 2016.
Applications for early retirement were accepted from directors Colin McMahon (corporate services), Neil Logue (education), Eric Lowson (infrastructure services), Ron Ashton (neighbourhood services), Dr Robert Peat (social work and health) and the council’s assistant chief executive, Hugh Robertson.
The council said the redundancies would make annual savings of £358,000 in future years and a move has been made to athree-department structure of people, communities and resources.
Figures released by the GMB union at the end of last year showed the council’s total workforce fell by 3.5% to 5,500 in two years, with the amount of workers earning over £50,000 cut at around the same rate.