Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

The Leader of the Council (Policy, Reform and Finance) (Councillor Sue Derbyshire) submitted a report of the Independent Remuneration Panel (copies of which had been circulated) recommending amendments to the Members’ Allowances Scheme.

RESOLVED - (1) That the Chair of Employment Appeals Committee Special Responsibility Allowance be discontinued.

(2) That the existing provision within the scheme as relates to the Dependent Carer’s Allowance be maintained, save that:-

(i)         the upper limit of £42 that may be claimed for the care of dependents who are children within any one week period be removed.

(ii)        the figure at which the Dependent Carer’s Allowance is reimbursed be

increased from the £6.00 stated in the report, and which has not been

adjusted since 2006, to the rate equivalent to the current value of the Living Wage paid by the Council.

To consider a report of the Independent Remuneration Panel

The report sets out the findings, conclusions of the Independent Remuneration Panel in relation to the ‘Chair of the Employment Appeals Committee’ Special Responsibility Allowance and representations made in respect of the Dependant Carers’ Allowance.

The Executive is recommended to receive the report and consider and comment on the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel prior to its submission to the Council Meeting on 11 September 2014, specifically:-

(a) That the Chair of Employment Appeals Committee SRA be discontinued.

(b) That the existing provision within the scheme as relates to the Dependent Carer’s Allowance be maintained, save that the upper limit of £42 that may be claimed for the care of dependents who are children within any one week period be removed.

(c) That the recommendations contained within this report be implemented from the day following the date of the Meeting of the Council Meeting at which they are approved.

Officer Contact: Damian Eaton on 0161 474 3207 or email: damian.eaton@stockport.gov.uk

The Chief Executive submitted a report of the Independent Remuneration Panel (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the findings and conclusions of the Independent Remuneration Panel in relation to the ‘Chair of the Employment Appeals Committee’ Special Responsibility Allowance and representations made in respect of the Dependant Carers’ Allowance.

RESOLVED – That Council Meeting be recommended to receive the report and recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel specifically:-

(a) That the Chair of Employment Appeals Committee Special Responsibility Allowance be discontinued.

(b) That the existing provision within the scheme as relates to the Dependent Carer’s Allowance be maintained, save that the upper limit of £42 that may be claimed for the care of dependents who were children within any one week period be removed.

(c) That the recommendations contained within this report be implemented from the day following the date of the Meeting of the Council Meeting at which they were approved.