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Declarations of interest Minutes: None.
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Report of the Independent Remuneration Panel PDF 508 KB Independent Renumeration Panel response to the Procedures Committee comments will be circulated prior to the meeting. Additional documents:
Minutes: Members discussed the Independent Renumeration Panel recommendations.
They raised the following points:- · There was not a need for recommendation 1 it was negated by recommendation 2 · The Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairs should report to Annual Council in May 2023 on the work they have undertaken in 22/23 to enable the new Council to review the Scrutiny Structure and work of the Scrutiny committees · The recommendation for the Chair and Deputy Chair of Council should not be split between allowance and support budget; work should be undertaken within 12 months to undertake a comparison of this allowance with Councils in Devon · A review of the Taxi Policy should be undertaken and added to the Executive Forward Plan · An alternative tiered approach to the Group Leaders allowance could be an option rather than a threshold of a minimum of five group members to trigger a Group Leaders allowance · The current Standards Chair allowance does not reflect the current work and time commitment of the role · The travel and subsistence should be reviewed to encourage sustainable travel with reference to the allowance for cycling and train travel · Parental leave policy would need further review to include foster cares, paternity entitlement and how to address confidentially with regards to the six-month attendance legislation · The approved duties should include attending a Teignbridge District Council meeting only not Town and Parish meetings
RECOMMENDED to Full Council to accept the recommendations below:-
1) That the basic allowance continue to be upgraded in line with the percentage increase for LGE staff pay award for the previous year. However, for instances of a flat rate award (e.g. £1,925 each to all staff) the increase for Members Allowances be equivalent to the average percentage increase for the LGE staff pay award;
2) That there is no increase in the special responsibility allowance for the Leader and the Deputy Leader of the Council;
3) That there is no increase to the special responsibility allowances for Executive Members and the Executive Member without Portfolio;
4) That there be no increase in the special responsibility allowances for the Chairs and Vice Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committees and a the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairs should report to Annual Council in May 2023 on the work they have undertaken in 22/23 to enable the new Council to review the Scrutiny Structure and work of the Scrutiny committees;
5) The special responsibility allowances for the Chair and Deputy Chair of Council remain as the status quo and a review should be undertaken within 12 months to ascertain what Councils in Devon do in respect of this allowance and expenses;
6) The special responsibility allowances for the Chair and Deputy Chair of Planning remain as the status quo;
7) The special responsibility allowances for the Chair of Audit Scrutiny Committee remain as the status quo;
8) That no special responsibility allowance continue for the Vice Chair of Audit Scrutiny Committee;
9) That the special responsibility allowances for the Chair and Deputy Chair of ... view the full minutes text for item 17. |
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Revisions to the Constitution PDF 110 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: RESOLVED that the report be deferred to enable Group Leaders to submit their groups’ written comments to the Monitoring Officer for ease of reference by a date towards the end of November 2022.
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