Agenda item

1. Staffing and Remuneration Committee report on the Pay  Policy Statement 2016/17.

2. Standards Committee  report,  recommending the adoption of the Member Allowances Scheme 2016/17 and the appointment  of  Independent  persons to serve on Standards Committee.

i] Staffing & Remuneration Committee Report No 1 2015/16

Councillor Amin MOVED the report from the Staffing & Remuneration Committee of 26 January 2016 recommending Full Council approve the Pay Policy Statement 2016/17 (attached as Appendix B) for publication in April 2016.

   ii] Standards Committee Report No 1 2015/16

Councillor Sahota informed the meeting that he had received representations from Councillor Gideon Bull about the allocations in the SRA bandings and he would be considering the issues in the coming year through Standards Committee.

Councillor Sahota moved the recommendations of the Standards Committee report

RESOLVED

1.    To approve the Pay Policy Statement 2016/17 as explained in the Chair’s report and attached as Appendix B;

2.    To revoke the Members Allowances Scheme for 2015/16 as of 31^st March 2016; and approve  the proposed new Members Allowances Scheme for 2016-17, as set out in Appendix 2, to this report to take effect from 1^st April 2016;

3.    To appoint Lisa Klein as Independent Person, and Alison Lowton as secondary Independent Person under s28(7) of the Localism Act 2011 for a period of 4 years commencing 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2020; and

To approve the allowance paid per annum to the Independent Person, and Secondary Independent person be £1250.00 and £250.00 respectively