Decision Maker: Director of Finance
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
1. that the
Members Allowances Scheme for 2024/2024 be uprated by 3.5% for the
Basic and Special Responsibility Allowances from the 2023/2024
Members Allowances Scheme in line with the midpoint salary increase
for employees following the implementation of the £1,290 lump
sum Pay Award for employees with effect from 1 April 2024; and
2. that the
Monitoring Officer be requested to update the Constitution with the
revised Members Allowances Scheme attached to this Record of
Decision.
Reasons for the decision:
To enable the Members
Allowances Scheme 2024/2025 to be uprated in line with the average
staff pay following the National Joint Committee for Local
Government Services Pay Award.
Alternative options considered:
Implementation:
This decision will
come into force immediately and the Allowances will be backdated to
1 April 2024.
Information:
At the Council meeting
held on 22 February 2024, Members considered the Recommendations of
the Independent Remuneration Panel following a full review of
Members Allowances and agreed the rates from 9 May 2023 (Minute
95/2/24 refers). The Council gave
delegated authority to the Director of Finance to uprate the
allowances annually in line with the average staff pay following
the National Joint Committee for Local Government Services Pay
Award. This has now been agreed from 1
April 2024 at £1,290 and the mid-point salary has increased
by 3.5% which has now been applied to the Members’ Allowances
Scheme for 2024/2025 as set out in the Appendix attached to this
Record of Decision.
The Members Allowances
Scheme is part of the Council’s Constitution and will be
updated to reflect these changes.
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
Publication date: 21/11/2024
Date of decision: 12/11/2024
Accompanying Documents:
