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Decision details

Independent Remuneration Panel Report(2-26-39)

Decision Maker: Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Council had before it a *report of the Head of Legal (Monitoring Officer) informing Members of a review undertaken by the Independent Remuneration Panel and their recommendations.

 

The Leader MOVED seconded by Councillor R J Dolley, THAT:

 

a.    The Basic Allowance to be paid to all Councillors remains at the current level of £5252.70 p.a., with any increases being linked to, but not greater than, the staff pay award.

 

b.    Special Responsibility Allowances (“SRA”) be paid to the following Members at the levels indicated:

 

Position

Weighting x basic

SRA

Leader of the Council

3.00

£15,758.10

Deputy Leader

1.50

£7,879.05

Cabinet Member

1.25

£6,565.88

Scrutiny Committee Chair

1.25

£6,565.88

PDG Chair

0.75

£3,939.53

Audit Committee Chair

0.75

£3,939.53

Planning Committee Chair

1.25

£6,565.88

Licensing/Regulatory Chair

0.25

£1,313.18

Standards Chair

0.25

£1,313.18

Chairman of the Council

0.50

£2,626.35

 

c.    No Member should be entitled to claim more than one Special Responsibility Allowance.

 

d.    Carers’ allowances be calculated on the current basis namely, the actual expenditure up to the national living wage of a person over 25.

 

e.    That travel allowances be linked to HMRC rates and calculated at the national levels indicated, currently:

 

·         45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles

·         25p per mile thereafter

·         5p per mile per passenger carried (up to a maximum of 4 passengers, payable to the driver)

·         25p per mile for push bikes

·         24p per mile for motorcycles

 

            NB: To be increased in line with HMRC rates from 1 April 2021 once known.

                                                                               

f.     That subsistence allowances only be paid when councillors are conducting approved duties outside of the Mid Devon District Council area (where refreshments are not provided by the host) and that they be linked to those of the staff, currently these are as follows in each case up to a maximum of:

 

·         Breakfast             £7.87

·         Lunch                  £10.86

·         Tea                       £4.27

·         Dinner                  £13.44

 

NB: To be increased in line with HMRC rates from 1 April 2021 once known.

 

g.    That all claims for travel and subsistence reimbursement be accompanied by an appropriate receipt.

 

h.    That an annual digital allowance of £150 continues to be paid to Members using digital devices only.

 

i.      That the Chief Executive or Monitoring Officer may consider the payment of any additional claims or support arrangements that fall outside the scope of the scheme to support Members with additional needs.

 

j.      That Members of the Authority are not entitled to pensions and neither the basic allowance nor SRA be treated as an allowance in respect of which pensions are payable.

 

Upon a vote being taken, the MOTION was declared to have been CARRIED.

 

Note: *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.

 

 

Publication date: 11/01/2021

Date of decision: 06/01/2021

Decided at meeting: 06/01/2021 - Council

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