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Members' Allowances Scheme 2017-2018

 

 

Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Council (Item 490)

Members' Allowances Scheme 2017-2018

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Council considered the recommendation from the Cabinet on the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2017-18.

 

It was moved by Councillor I.T. Harvey and seconded by Councillor A.C. Harman and

 

Resolved to approve the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel in relation to the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2017-2018, as set out below, and that these be backdated to take effect from 1 April 2017.

 

Allowance

Current amount

Number

Recommended Allowance for 2017/18

 

Basic (BA):

£5785

39

£5901

 

 

 

 

Special Responsibility (SRA):

 

 

 

 

Leader of the Council

 

£13306

1

£13572

Deputy Leader

 

£8782

1

£8958

Cabinet Members

 

£6653

71

£6786

Spelthorne Joint Committee Chairman/Vice-Chairman

N/A

1

£4758

Planning Committee Chairman

 

£5322

1

£5428

Licensing Committee Chairman

 

£4657

1

£4750

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman

 

£4657

1

£4750

Audit

Committee Chairman

 

£3327

1

£3394

 

 

 

 

Opposition Group Leader

 

£3100

1

£3162

 

 

 

 

Co-Optees’ Allowance

£1000 (Chair)

£500 (Vice-Chair)

1

1

£1000 (Chair)

£500 (Vice-Chair)

 

 

 

 

Total Budget

£316, 837

 

£327,913

 

Allowance for expenditure incurred in relation to Approved Duties (Schedule 1 to Scheme)

Unchanged allowances for 2017/18

 

Dependants’ Carer’s Allowance

 

Reimbursement of actual costs incurred

 

 

 

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

 

Day Subsistence Allowance

 

 

Reimbursement of actual costs incurred

 

a)         that the ‘one SRA only’ rule be waived only in the situation where the        Chairman/Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee is a Borough      Councillor already in receipt of an SRA under the Scheme.

 

b)         that the ‘one third’ rule be maintained as a standard by which the Panel    will consider if it is happy with the numbers of SRAs designated, rather   than a hard and fast rule to which it must abide.

Meeting: 19/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 2401)

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Councillor Harvey

 

To consider the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2017-2018 and recommend the amended scheme to Council.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the Independent Remuneration Panel’s report on the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2017/18.

 

The report explained that it is a matter for the Council to decide the level of members’ allowances under the Spelthorne Members’ Allowances Scheme and the function of the Independent Remuneration Panel is to provide the Council with advice on the type of its allowances and the amounts to be paid.

  

Resolved that Cabinet recommends the amended Members’ Allowances Scheme 2017-2018 to Council for approval.

 

Reason for the decision:

The Council is required to make a scheme of allowances and the Independent Remuneration Panel is appointed by the Council to advise on the type of its allowances and the amounts to be paid.