× BARNSLEY Council’s nine highest-earning employees cost more than £1.1m in wages and pensions, new figures released this week have revealed.
The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s ‘Town Hall Rich List’ identified Barnsley Council as having nine staff members breaching the £100,000-a-year bracket in 2019/20.
Top earner was the now-retired executive director for people, Rachel Dickinson, whose total package of £164,000 included a salary of £143,000 and a £21,000 pension top-up.
Chief executive Sarah Norman’s salary of £128,000 was also added to with £5,000 in expenses and a £19,000 pension - considerably less than former boss Diana Terris, whose final year in the post yielded a £159,000 salary and an £89,000 pension.
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These remain strange, constrained times for local gallery-goers, with few options for public viewing. Over in Cayuga Heights, big changes have been afoot at Corners Gallery, a pillar of the local visual arts scene. Rebranded last November as Corners Gallery & the living room, the business has added a design shop to its framing operation and program of formal exhibitions. Working with Rachel Philipson, a local photographer and graphic designer, owner Ariel Bullion Ecklund â herself an ambitious ceramic artist â clearly has as much as ever on her plate. Itâs a busy operation, and it remains to be seen how things shake out for those of us interested in dedicated art shows.Â