Issue - meetings

(a)               That the schedule of Member remuneration shown in Appendix A of the report be approved; and

(b)               That the following posts be eligible for senior salaries/special responsibility allowances at the amounts shown in the report:-

·        Leader of the Council

·        Deputy Leader of the Council

·        Cabinet Members x 6

·        Chairman of the Planning and Development Control Committee

·        Chair of the Audit Committee

·        Chairman of the Licensing Committee

·        Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees x 6

·        Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Panel

The Head of Legal and Democratic Services presented a report to seek Council’s approval of the schedule of Member remuneration.

            At the Council meeting held on 31 January, 2012 it had been decided that the appropriate mileage rate for travel by car should remain at 40p per mile, that this should not be payable for constituency mileage and that the maximum reimbursement for London hotel expenditure should be £150 per night.  These decisions had been incorporated into the schedule of Member remuneration attached at Appendix A of the report.

            One of the issues outstanding was to determine the posts that would be eligible for senior salaries.  The number of such posts had been limited to a maximum of 18 excluding the civic allowances paid to the Council’s Chair and Vice-Chair.  The posts eligible for senior salaries were shown in Appendix 2 of the schedule of Member remuneration.

            Councillor A.P. Shotton proposed that the schedule of Member remuneration be approved and that the following posts be eligible for senior salaries at the amounts shown in the report:-

• Leader of the Council
• Deputy Leader of the Council
• Cabinet Members x 6
• Chairman of the Planning and Development Control Committee
• Chair of the Audit Committee
• Chairman of the Licensing Committee
• Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees x 6
• Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Panel

The proposal was seconded by Councillor J.B. Attridge.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the schedule of Member remuneration shown in Appendix A of the report be approved; and

(b)       That the following posts be eligible for senior salaries/special responsibility allowances at the amounts shown in the report :-

• Leader of the Council
• Deputy Leader of the Council
• Cabinet Members x 6
• Chair of the Planning and Development Control Committee
• Chair of the Audit Committee
• Chair of the Licensing Committee
• Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees x 6
• Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Panel