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The Committee considered the Independent Remuneration Panel’s recommendations regarding the award of a Special Responsibility Allowance to the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Local Service Delivery Committees for Crewe and Macclesfield.         

The recommended allowances related to the 2011-12 municipal year only in recognition of the work undertaken by the Committees in that year.

RESOLVED

That Council be recommended to approve that

(1)  a Special Responsibility Allowance be awarded to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Local Service Delivery Committee (Crewe) and the Local Service Delivery Committee (Macclesfield), of £5,600 (Chairman) and £1,000 (Vice-Chairman) for 2011/2012 in recognition of the work undertaken during the Committees’ inaugural year and in line with the requirements of Cheshire East Council’s Scheme of Members’ Allowances which states that a Member can only be in receipt of one Special Responsibility Allowance; and

(2)  the matter be included as part of the Independent Remuneration Panel’s Review of the Scheme of Members’ Allowances for 2012/2013 which will consider whether the posts merit the awarding of a Special Responsibility Allowance from 16^th May 2012 onwards.