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Bryn Parry-Jones: deal worth £330,000 agreed for Pembrokeshire chief | Bryn Parry-Jones: deal worth £330,000 agreed for Pembrokeshire chief |
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A severance deal worth £330,000 has been agreed for Pembrokeshire chief executive Bryn Parry-Jones to quit his job, BBC Wales understands. | |
Councillors voted 29-23 in favour of the deal at a meeting in Haverfordwest on Thursday. | Councillors voted 29-23 in favour of the deal at a meeting in Haverfordwest on Thursday. |
Mr Parry-Jones will leave his post on 31 October. | Mr Parry-Jones will leave his post on 31 October. |
This deal follows a row over cash payments in lieu of pension contributions which the Wales Audit Office said were unlawful. | This deal follows a row over cash payments in lieu of pension contributions which the Wales Audit Office said were unlawful. |
Police inquiries into the cash payments have been dropped after no evidence was found of criminal offences. | Police inquiries into the cash payments have been dropped after no evidence was found of criminal offences. |
Dyfed-Powys Police said no further action would be taken following two investigations by officers called in from the Gloucestershire force. | Dyfed-Powys Police said no further action would be taken following two investigations by officers called in from the Gloucestershire force. |
Paul Miller, who leads the opposition Labour group on Pembrokeshire council, said: "I am bitterly disappointed at the level of the settlement which is completely out of kilter with the lives of the people we represent. | |
"There was a disciplinary process under way and that process should have been allowed to reach a conclusion. In my view, if it had been allowed, the people of Pembrokeshire would not be so much poorer this afternoon." | |
Resignation calls | Resignation calls |
Mr Parry-Jones is the highest paid council chief executive in Wales with a salary of almost £195,000 plus benefits in kind. | Mr Parry-Jones is the highest paid council chief executive in Wales with a salary of almost £195,000 plus benefits in kind. |
But following the Wales Audit Office report in January into the cash payments, he has been under pressure to resign from the post he has held for nearly 20 years. | But following the Wales Audit Office report in January into the cash payments, he has been under pressure to resign from the post he has held for nearly 20 years. |
In July, Pembrokeshire council said it would take no further action to reclaim the money from him or another unnamed senior officer involved in a similar arrangement. | In July, Pembrokeshire council said it would take no further action to reclaim the money from him or another unnamed senior officer involved in a similar arrangement. |
The chief executive took a "leave of absence" in August, but it has since emerged it coincided in part with his annual leave. | The chief executive took a "leave of absence" in August, but it has since emerged it coincided in part with his annual leave. |
The proposal for a severance deal for Mr Parry-Jones was confirmed to BBC Wales earlier in October by a member of the council's disciplinary investigation committee. | The proposal for a severance deal for Mr Parry-Jones was confirmed to BBC Wales earlier in October by a member of the council's disciplinary investigation committee. |
Mr Miller said earlier that any discussion over such a package "should be held in public gaze". | |
However, councillors voted to discuss the severance package in private. | However, councillors voted to discuss the severance package in private. |