Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Law & Governance / Monitoring Officer

Having declared a pecuniary interest, the Leader of the Council left the Chamber and took no part in the debate on the item of business and voting thereon.

Councillor J Kaufman left the Chamber.

The Council gave consideration to the report as set out on pages 63-65 of the agenda, which asked it to approve the recommendation of the Independent Remuneration Panel (IRP) that the Leader of the Council receive a final payment of £2,000 in relation to the additional time spent on Council business during the previous two years.

A Member expressed disagreement with the wording of paragraph 2.4 of the report, which stated that Members voted against the recommendation of the IRP at the Council meeting held on 05 December 2017. The Member herself had voted in support of the recommendation at that meeting, and stated that she also supported the revised recommendation.

Several other Members stated that their full support for the IRP’s current recommendation, having voted against the previous recommendation on the basis that it was not clear at that time how much longer the additional duties being undertaken by the Leader were likely to continue for. Now that the additional work had been completed, most Members were supportive of a final payment to recognise the significant additional work undertaken and to also draw a line under the matter.

It was moved by Councillor D A Gamble, seconded by Councillor K J Loydall JP and

RESOLVED THAT:

An additional final payment of £2,000 be made to the Leader of the Council in relation to the additional time spent on Council business during the past two years.

Votes For                  17

Votes Against          0

Abstentions                         2

The Leader of the Council and Councillor J Kaufman returned to the Chamber.