Issue - meetings

(a)       That the application to the Independent Remuneration Panel for a specific additional senior salary. which does not fall within the current remuneration framework, to recognise the currently unpaid role of the Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Committee, be endorsed; and

(b)       That the Chief Officer (Governance) be authorised to make a response on behalf of the Council, reflecting the decision made at the meeting, to the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales.

The Monitoring Officer introduced a report to enable the Council to consider and comment on the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW) Draft Annual Report for 2018/19.  He provided background information and explained that it was  the IRPW which sets out and decides what should be the rates of payment to Members and co-optees of Local Authorities in Wales. 

The Monitoring Officer advised that the IRPW was required to take into account the representations it received on the draft before issuing the final version of the report  in February 2018.  He informed that the Panel’s determinations for 2018 were appended to the report.  The Monitoring Officer summarised that the IRPW was not recommending any increases in any allowances for 2018/19 apart from a change to  the basic salary for elected Members which equated to an increase of £200 (1.49%).

The Monitoring Officer also advised that no increase was proposed for senior salaries but the postholders would receive the £200 increase in the basic salary being paid to all Members.  The IRPW had removed the “two tier” approach for payment of Cabinet Members and Committee Chairs as no local authorities had adopted the approach.

The Monitoring Officer referred to the number of senior salaried posts which Flintshire was able to pay.  He gave background information and explained that the Council was asked to consider whether an application should be made to the Independent Remuneration Panel for a specific or additional senior salary, which does not fall within the current remuneration framework, to recognise the role of the Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Committee which was currently unpaid.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the application to the Independent Remuneration Panel for a specific additional senior salary. which does not fall within the current remuneration framework, to recognise the currently unpaid role of the Chair of the Clwyd Pension Fund Committee, be endorsed; and

(b)       That the Chief Officer (Governance) be authorised to make a response on behalf of the Council, reflecting the decision made at the meeting, to the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales.