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Members' Allowances Scheme 2016/17
Meeting: 21/07/2016 - Council (Item 179)
179 Members' Allowances Scheme 2016-17 
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To consider the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2016-17.
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The Council considered the report on the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2016-17.
It was proposed by Councillor I.T.E. Harvey and seconded by Councillor A.C. Harman that the following recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel, outlined in the tables below, be approved:
|
Allowance |
Current amount for 2015/16 |
Number |
Recommended Allowance for 2016/17 |
Recommended Allowance Calculation |
|
Basic (BA): |
£3938 |
39 |
£4550 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special Responsibility: |
|
|
|
|
|
Leader of the Council
|
£9037 |
1 |
£9100 |
200% of BA |
|
Deputy Leader
|
£6001 |
1 |
£6060 |
66% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Cabinet Members
|
£3012 |
61 |
£4550 |
50% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Planning Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3600 |
40% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Licensing Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3200 |
35% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3200 |
35% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Audit Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£2500 |
25% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opposition Group Leader
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3100 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Co-Optees’ Allowance |
£1000 (Chair) £500 (Vice-Chair) |
1 1 |
£1000 (Chair) £500 (Vice-Chair) |
- |
1 Based on the existing Cabinet and excluding the Leader and Deputy Leader
|
Allowance for expenditure incurred in relation to Approved Duties (Schedule 1 to Scheme) |
Current amount for 2015/16 |
Recommended Allowance for 2016/17 |
|
Dependants’Carer’s Allowance
|
Reimbursement of actual costs incurred |
unchanged |
|
|
|
|
|
Travelling and Subsistence Allowances |
|
|
|
Motor Mileage Allowance (per mile)
Cars
Motorcycles
Cycle
|
Up to 999cc – 46.9p 1000cc – 1199cc – 52.2p 1200cc and over – 65p
24p
Nil |
unchanged
unchanged
20p
|
|
Day Subsistence Allowance
|
Reimbursement of actual costs incurred |
unchanged |
|
That no changes be made to the Scheme of Members’ Allowances in relation to the rules on claiming Special Responsibility Allowances.
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That the minor clarification made to the original list of Approved Duties which was put before the Council in 2015/16. |
The following amendment to the Basic and Special Responsibility Allowances was moved by Councillor S.C. Mooney and seconded by Councillor H.R. Williams:
|
Allowance |
Current amount for 2015/16 |
Number |
Recommended Allowance for 2016/17 |
Recommended Allowance Calculation |
|
Basic (BA): |
£3938 |
39 |
£5785 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Special Responsibility: |
|
|
|
|
|
Leader of the Council
|
£9037 |
1 |
£13,306 |
230% Basic Allowance |
|
Deputy Leader
|
£6001 |
1 |
£8,782 |
66% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Cabinet Members
|
£3012 |
61 |
£6,653 |
50% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Planning Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£5,322 |
40% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Licensing Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£4,657 |
35% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£4,657 |
35% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
Audit Committee Chairman
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3,327 |
25% of Leader’s Allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opposition Group Leader
|
£3012 |
1 |
£3100 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Co-Optees’ Allowance |
£1000 (Chair) £500 (Vice-Chair) |
1 1 |
£1000 (Chair) £500 (Vice-Chair) |
- |
The amendment was carried.
The Mayor then invited councillors to vote on the substantive motion proposed by Councillor S.C. Mooney.
The substantive motion was carried.
Resolved that the following recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel and the amended figures to the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2016-17 be approved and back-dated to 1 April 2016:
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Allowance |
Current amount for 2015/16 |
Number |
Recommended Allowance for 2016/17 |
Recommended Allowance Calculation |
|
Basic (BA): |
£3938 |
39 |
£5785 |
- |
|
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Special Responsibility: |
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