Agenda item

8.1

RESOLVED: On the motion of Councillor Peter Rippon, seconded by Councillor Olivia Blake, that this Council:-

(a)       notes the report of the Acting Executive Director, Resources commenting on and appending the report of the Council’s Independent Remuneration Panel, dated January 2017, and thanks the members of the Panel for their report;

(b)       having regard to the recommendations contained in the Panel’s report, together with the information contained in the report of the Acting Executive Director, Resources, approves and adopts from 1^st April 2017 and onwards, a Members’ Allowances Scheme comprising the arrangements approved and adopted by the City Council for the years 2013/14 to 2016/17, unchanged; and

(c)        (i) as regards the annual index-linked increase, confirms that, as in previous years, the annual index in relation to Basic, Special Responsibility (including the Pensions Authority), Co-optees and Dependent Carers’ Allowances shall be the average percentage officer pay award in Sheffield, and in relation to travel and subsistence, the annual index shall be the relevant officer rates agreed from time to time; such arrangements to be implemented for a period of four years and (ii) in line with the recommendation of the Independent Remuneration Panel, agrees to implement the annual increase during 2017/18 in relation to Basic, Special Responsibility (including the Pensions Authority), Co-optees and Dependent Carers’ Allowances, the first such increase in 7 years, with provision having been made in the Council’s Revenue Budget for 2017/18 to accommodate a 1% uplift on those Allowances.

8.1.1

(NOTE: 1. Councillors Andy Nash, Bob Pullin, Richard Shaw, Adam Hanrahan, Joe Otten, Colin Ross, Martin Smith, Roger Davison, Shaffaq Mohammed, Paul Scriven, Sue Alston, Andrew Sangar, Cliff Woodcraft, Ian Auckland, Sue Auckland, Steve Ayris, Gail Smith, David Baker, Penny Baker and Vickie Priestley voted for paragraph (a) and against paragraphs (b) and (c) of the Motion, and asked for this to be recorded; and

2. Councillors Pauline Andrews, Jack Clarkson, Keith Davis and John Booker voted for paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)(i) and voted against paragraph (c)(ii) of the Motion, and asked for this to be recorded.)