Issue - decisions

Members' Allowances Scheme 2020-2021 - Key Decision

16/03/2020 - Members' Allowances Scheme 2020/21

Council considered the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel on the Members Allowance Scheme for 2020/21.

 

Resolved to approve the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel in relation to the Members’ Allowances Scheme 2020-2021, as set out below and in the Approved Duties list attached to these minutes:

 

Allowance

Current amount

Number

Recommended Allowance for 2020/20211

 

Basic:

£6200

39

£6355

 

 

 

 

Special Responsibility:

 

 

 

 

Leader of the Council

 

£14259

1

£14616

Deputy Leader

 

£9412

1

£9647

Cabinet Members

 

£7130

72

£7308

Cabinet member for Strategic Planning

N/A

-

£5846

Spelthorne Joint Committee Chairman/Vice-Chairman

£4999

1

£5124

Planning Committee Chairman

 

£5703

1

£5846

Licensing Committee Chairman

 

£4991

1

£5116

Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman

 

£4991

1

£5116

Audit

Committee Chairman

 

£3566

1

£3654

 

 

 

 

Opposition Group Leader

 

£3322

1

£3405

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Optees’ Allowance

£1000 (Chair)

£500 (Vice-Chair)

1

1

£1500 (Chair)

£750 (Vice-Chair)

Total Budget

£346,735

 

£359,621

 

1 On an assumption of a 2.5% staff pay award

2 Based on the existing Cabinet and excluding the Leader, Deputy Leader and Strategic Planning Portfolio

 

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

Unchanged allowances for 2020/21

 

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

 


28/02/2020 - Members' Allowances Scheme 2020/21

Cabinet received a report from the Independent Remuneration Panel which set out their findings and recommendations following a review of the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2020/21. 

 

Resolved to recommend that Council approves the Independent Remuneration Panel’s recommendations in relation to the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2020/21.

 

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.