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Report of the Council's IRP on Members' Allowances for 2020/21

Meeting: 30/07/2020 - Council (Item 35)

35 Report of the Council's IRP on Members' Allowances for 2020/21

To receive the Report and Recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Acting Chief Executive introduced the report of the Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel which recommended a Members’ Allowances Scheme to apply from 1 April 2020, with applicable elements applied retrospectively back to that date.

 

Councillor Brunt proposed and Councillor Blacker seconded the recommendations, and it was noted that the report identified that consideration should be given for future reviews to be conducted on a lighter-touch or less frequent basis.

 

RESOLVED that

 

1.               Recommendations (1) to (12) of the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) be adopted

2.               The Proper Officer be authorised to make any necessary changes to the Members’ Allowances Scheme for 2020/21 (approved under Recommendation 1 above) arising from any amendment or non-adoption of the IRP’s recommendations on Allowances

3.               The payment to IRP members for producing their report be increased, in line with the general principle of adopting the January 2020 CPI (1.8%), from £563.20 to £573.34, in accordance with the general principle of the approach agreed by Council in December 2018

4.               The IRP be thanked for its report

5.               The Council agree to recruit two IRP Members for a three-year period