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Members' Allowances 2019

 

 

Meeting: 21/02/2019 - Council (Item 54)

Members' Allowances 2019

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Council considered the recommendation of the Cabinet on the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2019/20, as set out in Annex 1 to the Independent Remuneration Panel’s report.

 

Resolved to approve the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel in relation to the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2019-2020, as set out below:

 

Allowance

Current amount

Number

Recommended Allowance for 2019/201

 

Basic:

£6049

39

£6200

 

 

 

 

Special Responsibility:

 

 

 

 

Leader of the Council

 

£13911

1

£14259

Deputy Leader

 

£9182

1

£9412

Cabinet Member

for finance

N/A

1

£9412

Cabinet Members

 

£6956

62

£7130

Spelthorne Joint Committee Chairman/Vice-Chairman

£4877

1

£4999

Planning Committee Chairman

 

£5564

1

£5703

Licensing Committee Chairman

 

£4869

1

£4991

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman

 

£4869

1

£4991

Audit

Committee Chairman

 

£3479

1

£3566

 

 

 

 

Opposition Group Leader

 

£3241

1

£3322

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Optees’ Allowance

£1000 (Chair)

£500 (Vice-Chair)

1

1

£1000 (Chair)

£500 (Vice-Chair)

 

 

 

 

Total Budget

£336,095

 

£346,735

 

1 On an assumption of a 2.5% staff pay award

2 Based on the existing Cabinet and excluding the Leader, Deputy Leader and Cabinet member for Finance

 

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

Unchanged allowances for 2019/20

 

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

 

 

 

 

Meeting: 20/02/2019 - Cabinet (Item 2577)

2577 Members' Allowances 2019 pdf icon PDF 99 KB

Councillor Harvey

 

To consider the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2019/20 and make a recommendation to Council.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet received a report from the Independent Remuneration Panel which set out their findings following a review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2019/20. 

 

Resolved to recommend that Council approves the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2019/20 as set out in Annex 1 to the Independent Remuneration Panel’s report.

 

Reasons for recommendation:

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.