Issue - meetings

Draft Annual Report 2015/16 of the IRPW

Meeting: 22/10/2014 - Flintshire County Council (Item 59)

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Decision:

(a)       That the points made in paragraphs 3.01 and 3.05 of the report be included in the response to the consultation on the draft report; and

 

(b)       That the procedure in paragraph 3.03 of the report be noted.

Minutes:

The Democracy & Governance Manager presented the report for the Council to determine its response to consultation on the draft annual report 2015/16 of the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW) as required by the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011.  Copies of the draft report had been made available to Members prior to the meeting and the Council’s response was to be forwarded to the IRPW by 27 November 2014 to enable the final version to be issued.

 

The Democracy & Governance Manager summarised the changes proposed by IRPW, as indicated in the report, and highlighted the procedure in place for additional ‘senior salaries’ to be sought by Councils if they wished.  Concerns within the IRPW report around inconsistent support available to Members across Wales had been addressed in Flintshire by the rollout of iPads which would also achieve savings on the despatch of agenda papers.

 

On a technical point on paragraph 3.26 of the draft report, it was clarified that the legislation for no tax liability on travel expenses paid to Members had not yet been introduced by the UK Government.

 

RESOLVED:

 

(a)       That the points made in paragraphs 3.01 and 3.05 of the report be included in the response to the consultation on the draft report; and

 

(b)       That the procedure in paragraph 3.03 of the report be noted.