Agenda item

(Chairman of Remuneration Panel) To consider the attached report.

Mr Stephen Lye, a member of the Remuneration Panel presented a report following a review by the Panel of the following aspects of the Members’ Allowances Scheme:

(a)        Basic Allowance;

(b)        Special Responsibility Allowances;

(c)        Childcare and Dependent Carers Allowance; and

(d)        Revised Scheme and Guidance.

Amendment moved by Councillor C Whitbread and Seconded by Councillor R Gadsby

That recommendation (2) read;

“That the Council implements 100% of the recommended amount of Basic allowance of £4,300 per Member per annum and agrees a CSB growth bid item in the sum of £50,200 for the year 2016/17 onwards.”

And recommendation (3) be removed.

Carried

Following the discussion and comments received from the Governance Select Committee on 1 December 2015, the following motion was proposed.

Amendment moved by Councillor J Philip and seconded by Councillor D Stallan

Members’ Allowances – Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Council

‘That consideration of the amount of Special Responsibility Allowance applied to the positions of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council, be added to the responsibilities of the Member Remuneration Panel from the commencement of the 2016/17 municipal year; and

That the amount of Special Responsibility Allowance applied to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Council be reviewed on an annual basis from 2017/18, as part of the Panel’s annual review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme and its recommendations to the Council thereon’.

Carried

            RESOLVED:

Basic Allowance

(1)           That no change be made to the full amount of Basic Allowance of £4,300.00 per member per annum, currently included in the Members’ Allowances Scheme;

(2)           That the Council implements 100% of the recommended amount of Basic allowance of £4,300 per member per annum and agrees a CSB growth bid item in the sum of £50,200 for the year 2016/17 onwards.

Special Responsibility Allowance

(3)           That, with effect from the commencement of the 2016/17 municipal year:

(a)           a Special Responsibility Allowance of £500.00 be applied to the position of the Chairman of the Licensing Committee;

(b)           the Special Responsibility Allowance currently applied to the position of the Chairmen of the six Licensing Sub-Committees be calculated on the basis of an allocation of the allowance according to the number of meetings chaired each year, as set out in Paragraph 17 of this report, so as to more accurately reflect the actual responsibilities involved in chairing meetings of the  Sub-Committees; and

(c)           the Special Responsibility Allowance currently applied to the position of the Chairman of the Constitution Working Group, be reduced to £500.00;

(4)           That no other changes be made to the application of Special Responsibility Allowances currently included in the Members’ Allowances Scheme;

Child Care andDependent Carers Allowance

(5)           That, with effect from the commencement of the 2016/17 municipal year, the Child Care and Dependents Carers’ Allowance element of the Members’ Allowances Scheme be based on the prevailing rate of the National Living Wage; and

Revised Scheme and Guidance

(6)           That, subject to the above recommendations, the Members’ Allowances Scheme and Guidance for 2016/17 attached as an appendix to this report be adopted and implemented with effect from 26 May 2016.

(7)        That consideration of the amount of Special Responsibility Allowance applied to the positions of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council, be added to the responsibilities of the Member Remuneration Panel from the commencement of the 2016/17 municipal year; and

(8)        That the amount of Special Responsibility Allowance applied to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Council be reviewed on an annual basis from 2017/18, as part of the Panel’s annual review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme and its recommendations to the Council thereon.