Consideration was given to a report from the
Governance and Constitution Committee following its deliberation on
the recommendations of the County Council’s Independent
Remuneration Panel about the Members’ Allowances Scheme for
the Shadow period. The Committee had made the following
recommendations:-
- “A proportion of the County Council’s Basic and
Special Responsibility Allowances being applied to the Shadow
Council in the following sums:
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£ (per annum)
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Basic Allowance
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£4,800
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Council Chairman
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£4,000
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Vice Chairman
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£1.500
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Council Leader
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£15.000
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Deputy Leader
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£10,000
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Cabinet Member
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£7,500
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Committees (excluding Joint Liaison Committee)
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Chair
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£4,000
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Vice Chair
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£1,500
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Spokesperson
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No SRA to apply at present but
it be noted that this role will develop with time
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Panels (Cabinet Advisory and other Panels)
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Chair
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£2,000
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Vice Chair
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£1,000
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Spokesperson
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No SRA to apply at present but
it be noted that this role will develop with time
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Opposition Group
Leaders
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£4,000
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Deputy Leaders
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Nil
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Administration Group
Whip
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£3,000
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Deputy Administration Group
Whip
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£1,500
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Opposition Group
Whip
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£1,500
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Opposition Group Deputy
Whip
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Nil
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- The number of Special
Responsibility Allowances which may be claimed by any individual
Member of the Shadow Council be limited to one.
- Travelling and
Subsistence Reimbursement Allowances and Dependents’
Carers’ Allowances be paid in accordance with the County
Council’s arrangements at the rates and in respect of the
duties as indicated in the Scheme.
- The County
Council’s Nominated Member Duties allowances provisions
should form part of the Shadow Council’s Allowances Scheme,
so as to enable the Chairman and Vice Chairman, Party Group Leaders
and Deputy Leaders and Party Group Whips to claim travel and
subsistence allowances for attendance, as required, at the
Headquarters buildings of Cheshire County Council, Macclesfield
Borough Council, Congleton Borough Council and Crewe and Nantwich
Borough Council.
- Payment of all of the
above allowances be applied retrospectively as appropriate from May
2008.”
RESOLVED
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to receive the report and recommendations of the
Independent Remuneration Panel and to adopt the Governance and
Constitution Committee’s recommendations concerning the
appropriate rates and application of allowances for payment from 2
May 2008; and
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to thank the Independent Remuneration Panel Members
formally for their work