As belts continue to be tightened in the public sector, those at the very top who are entrusted with making huge cuts are doing rather nicely in Greater Manchester, as the Salford Star's latest Fat Cat Watch reveals.
Yesterday we focused on the obscene salaries at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), where the highest earner is trousering somewhere between £265,000 and £269,999 (see Greater Manchester Fat Cat Growth – click here).
Today we check out the Fat Cats creaming off huge wads at Transport for Greater Manchester, the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority and the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service...
There's no sign of any latest accounts for Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) on its website, and its list of payments over £500 stops in September 2013, despite the company declaring its "commitment to be open and transparent with the residents of Greater Manchester". However, there are details of TfGM's three highest earners – and what big earners they are...
As commuters baulk at sky high tram ticket prices and constantly delayed services, the Chief Executive Officer is riding a salary in the pay band between £275,000 and £279,999, which, we presume, excludes generous pension contributions and stuff.
Meanwhile TfGM's Chief Operating Officer pockets a salary in the £160,000-£164,999 bracket and the Finance and Corporate Services Director picks up between £150,000 and £154,999 a year.
Over at the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, beset by firefighters striking to protect their pensions and £2.7million cuts last year, a whole Trumpton worth of Pugh, Pugh, Barney and McGrews are lighting up their lives with whopping salaries.
Steve McGuirk, the retiring Chief Exec and County Fire Officer hosed up a wad totalling £200,713 (including a pension contribution of £35,233), and his lucrative job is now up for grabs. Meanwhile, the Deputy County Fire Officer, given the Queen's Medal in the New Year's honours list, received an annual prize totalling £163,571 last year (including exes of £5,203 and £27,759 pension contributions).
Four other fire people also trousered in excess of £100,000... The Director of Prevention and Protection £148,183 (including £3,692 exes and £25,372 pension); the Director of People and Organisation Development £119,926 (including £2,256 exes and £19,201 pension); the Director of Finance and Technical Services £120,446 (including £2,057 exes and £19,319 pension); and a new temporary role arrived in March 2014 for a Supplementary Director of Prevention and Protection on a basic salary of £114,070.
While the fire Fat Cats were busy stoking up their wallets, at the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) execs were proving that where there's muck there's brass. 2013/14 accounts show the Treasurer and Deputy Clerk sweeping up a total package of £124,150 (including £1,245 exes and a pension of £20,313); the Director of Contract Services landfilling his pockets with a total of £104,047 (including exes of £1,170, car use of £1,239 and a pension of £16,798); and the Director of Resources and Strategy taking home a skip load of salary totalling £93,618 (including £421 exes, car use of £1,239 and pension contributions of £15,198).
Salford City councillors don't miss out on the beanfeast either, with those sitting on the various boards and committees of these organisations getting a rather nice remuneration... the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority pays £2,100 per year, Transport for Greater Manchester pays £3,825 per year and the Fire and Rescue Service doesn't state the exact amount it sprinkles on our representatives. Indeed nowhere on Salford Council's `members allowances' website pages does it declare who gets what.
More Fat Cat Watch to follow...
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