Councillor allowances

February 29, 2024 Council (Other) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to increase the basic councillor allowance by 6% and most special responsibility allowances by 3.88%, while re-banding the Chief Whip allowance and adopting the amended 2024/25 Scheme of Members’ Allowances.

Full council record
Content

Council
agreed:

To increase the
basic allowance by 6% to £12,766.64 per annum from 1 April
2024,
To increase
special responsibility allowances by 3.88% as set out in Appendix 1
from 1 April 2024, excluding:

the Chair of the
Coordinating Scrutiny Committee, where the increase will take
effect following the AGM in May 2024 when the role is appointed
to,
Cabinet
Commissioners and the Chair of the Transport Liaison Consultative
Group, which will be excluded from the scheme in AGM in May
2024,

To re-band the
SRA for the majority group Chief Whip to match that of the Chair of
the Coordinating Scrutiny Committee; and
To adopt the
proposed amended 2024/25 Scheme of Members’ Allowances for
implementation from 1 April 2024 as set out in Appendix 2.

 

Supporting Documents

Members Allowances Scheme 2023-24.pdf
Appendix 2 - Revised Scheme of Members Allowances.pdf
Appendix 1 - Proposed Increases and IRP recommendations.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date29 Feb 2024