| 181 | The Council considered a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services which presented the recommendations of the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel (JIRP) on Members' allowances for the Council.
In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 10.1 a number of amendments were proposed to the recommendations as follows:
Amendment 1a and 1b: The Special Responsibility Allowance for Executive Members remains at the current level of £10,841. The Members' Allowances Scheme be amended to make it clear that the two Deputy Leaders will each receive a Deputy Leader Allowance and an Executive Member allowance on a pro-rata basis to reflect the arrangements in place.
Amendment 2: The Basic Allowance would not include the cost of printing cartidges and paper.
Amendment 3: A 1% increase to the basic allowance for all Members.
Amendment 4: No change to any SRA, except for Executive Councillors.
A requisition for a named vote was made in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 12.1 for each amendment. The voting was as follows:-
Amendments 1a & 1b:
For the amendments:
Cllrs Arscott, Assenheim, Aylen, Ayling, Betson, Borton, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Callaghan, Crystall, Davidson, Davies, Endersby, Evans, Flewitt, D Garston, J Garston, Gilbert, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Jarvis, Anne Jones, Kenyon, Lamb, Longley, McGlone, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman MBE, Phillips, Robertson, Robinson, Salter, Stafford, Terry, Walker, Ward, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis and Woodley (45)
Against the amendments:
Cllr Courtenay (1)
Abstentions:
Cllr Velmurugan and the Worshipful the Mayor (2)
Absent:
Cllrs Cox, Folkard and Van Looy (3)
Amendment motions 1a and 1b were carried.
Amendment 2:
For the amendment:
Cllrs Arscott, Assenheim, Aylen, Ayling, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Crystall, Davidson, Endersby, Evans, Flewitt, D Garston, J Garston, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Jarvis, Kenyon, Lamb, Phillips, Robertson, Salter, Stafford, Walker (25)
Against the amendment:
Cllrs Betson, Borton, Callaghan, Courtenay, Gilbert, Anne Jones, Longley, McGlone, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman MBE, Robinson, Terry, Ward, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis and Woodley (18)
Abstentions:
Cllrs Davies, McMahon, Moyies, Velmurugan and the Worshipful the Mayor (5)
Absent:
Cllrs Cox, Folkard and Van Looy (3)
Amendment motion 2 was carried.
Amendment 3:
For the amendment:
Cllrs Ayling, McGlone, Walker, Waterworth (4)
Against the amendment:
Cllrs Arscott, Assenheim, Aylen, Betson, Borton, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Callaghan, Courtenay, Crystall, Davidson, Davies, Endersby, Evans, Flewitt, J Garston, Gilbert, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Jarvis, Jones, Kenyon, Lamb, Longley, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman, Phillips, Robertson, Robinson, Salter, Stafford, Terry, Ward, Ware-Lane, Willis and Woodley (41)
Abstentions:
Cllr Velmurugan and the Worshipful the Mayor Cllr (2)
Absent:
Cllrs Cox, Folkard, D Garston and Van Looy (4)
Amendment motion 3 was not carried.
Amendment 4:
For the amendment:
Cllrs Arscott, Assenheim, Aylen, Ayling, Buckley, Byford, Callaghan, Crystall, Endersby, Evans, Habermel, Kenyon, McGlone, Stafford, Walker, Ward, Waterworth (17)
Against the amendment:
Cllrs Betson, Borton, Butler, Courtenay, Davidson, Davies, Flewitt, J Garston, Gilbert, Hadley, Holland, Jarvis, Jones, Lamb, Longley, McMahon, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman MBE, Phillips, Robertson, Robinson, Salter, Terry, Ware-Lane, Willis and Woodley (28)
Abstentions:
Cllr Velmurugan and The Worshipful the Mayor (2)
Absent:
Cllrs Cox, Folkard, D Garston and Van Looy (4)
Amendment motion 4 was not carried.
The recommendations of the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel (subject to amendments 1(a), 1(b) and 2 above) were then voted on by way of a named vote, as follows:
For the recommendations:
Cllrs Arscott, Assenheim, Aylen, Ayling, Betson, Borton, Buckley, Butler, Byford, Callaghan, Crystall, Davidson, Endersby, Evans, Flewitt, J Garston, Habermel, Hadley, Holland, Jarvis, Jones, Kenyon, Lamb, McGlone, Moyies, Mulroney, Nevin, Norman MBE, Phillips, Robertson, Robinson, Salter, Stafford, Terry, Walker, Ward, Ware-Lane, Waterworth, Willis (39)
Against the recommendations:
Cllrs Courtenay and Woodley (2)
Abstentions:
Cllrs Davies, Gilbert, Longley, McMahon, Velmurugan and the Worshipful the Mayor (6)
Absent:
Cllrs Cox, Folkard, D Garston, Van Looy (4)
Accordingly, the recommendations of the Joint Independent Remuneration Panel were carried with the amendments (1(a), 1(b) and 2 above) as follows:
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