Issue - meetings

Independent Remuneration Panel

12 January 2022

The Panel considered the proposed pay award for 2022/23, that there should be a 2% increase in Member’s allowances at an increased cost of approximately £5,619 per annum.  It was noted that the employees’ pay award was still being negotiated. 

Consideration was also given to the change in governance that was due to take place from Committees to a Leader and Cabinet system.  There was concern that, for a time, allowances would not fully reflect the roles being performed by Councillors and that they would not be fairly remunerated for the work they were doing.  However, it was agreed that the new system would need time to bed in before fair judgements about allowances could be made.

The details of the Members allowances within this report are indicative, as the new Cabinet governance arrangements will be considered at the Full Council on 20 April 2022.

RECOMMENDED to full Council that there should be a 2% increase in Member’s allowances at an increased cost of approximately £5,619 per annum.

Members considered the proposed pay award for 2022/23 that there should be a 2% increase in Members allowances.

In accordance with the Scheme of Members allowances, Member allowance rates should increase in line with any employee pay award.

It was noted that the current rates within the report related to the proposed Cabinet model. This was expected to be formally adopted at the Full Council in May 2022 in line with all other models of governance in place across councils in Nottinghamshire.

RESOLVED that there should be a 2% increase in Member’s allowances at an increased cost of approximately £5,619 per annum.