Decision Maker: Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Council had before it a * report of the Group Manager for Legal Services and Monitoring Officer informing Members of a review undertaken by the Independent Remuneration Panel and their recommendations.
The Chairman MOVED, THAT:
a) That the Basic Allowance to be paid to all Councillors remains at the current level of £5011.91 p.a. with any increases being linked to the staff pay award.
b) That Special Responsibility Allowances be paid to the following Members at the unchanged levels indicated below:
Position |
Weighting x basic |
SRA |
Leader of the Council |
3.00 |
£15035.77 |
Deputy Leader |
1.50 |
£7518.40 |
Cabinet Member |
1.25 |
£6264.65 |
Scrutiny Committee Chair |
1.25 |
£6264.65 |
PDG Chair |
0.75 |
£3759.20 |
Audit Committee Chair |
0.75 |
£3759.20 |
Planning Committee Chair |
1.25 |
£6264.65 |
Licensing/Regulatory Chair |
0.25 |
£1252.72 |
Standards Chair |
0.25 |
£1252.72 |
Chairman of the Council |
0.50 |
£2506.48 |
c) To confirm that 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:
o 45p per mile for the first 10,000 miles
o 25p per mile thereafter
o 5p per mile per passenger carried (up to a maximum of 4 passengers payable to the driver)
o 25p per mile for pushbikes
o 24p per mile for motorcycles
NB: To be increased in line with HMRC rates from 1 April 2019 once known.
f) That the subsistence allowances be linked to those of the staff, currently these are as follows:
o Breakfast - £7.50
o Lunch - £10.35
o Tea - £4.07
o Dinner - £12.80
NB: To be increased in line with HMRC rates from 1 April 2019 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 continued to be paid to Members using digital devices only.
i) That Members of the Authority are not entitled to pensions and therefore 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: 05/03/2019
Date of decision: 27/02/2019
Decided at meeting: 27/02/2019 - Council
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