Agenda item

The Worshipful the Mayor introduced the Report of the Monitoring Officer: Scheme of Members Allowances 2014/15. Debate ensued. A separate vote was taken on each of the recommendations.

On recommendation 1 being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows:

For: 31

Against: 0

Abstain: 30

Absent: 2

RESOLVED –

1             That Council have regard to the recommendations of the Independent       Panel on the Remuneration of Councillors in London as attached at          Appendix ‘A’.

2             That Council approve the Scheme of Members Allowances attached at Appendix ‘B’ covering the period 1 April 2014- 31 March 2015 and revokes the existing scheme.

3             The Council ratifies payments made to councillors between 31st March to the 3rd June 2014.

At 8.21pm the Worshipful the Mayor invoked Meeting Procedure Rules paragraph 8.2 to adjourn the meeting due to disruption. 

The meeting re-convened at 8.40pm.

The Chief Executive introduced the Supplemental Report of the Monitoring Officer: Dispensations – Disclosable Pecuniary Interests.

At least ten members called for a formal division on the voting on recommendation 1. Upon the vote being taken the results of the Division were declared as follows:

For: 31

Against: 30

Abstain: 0

Absent: 2

Supplementary Report of the Monitoring Officer

The chief executive introduced the supplementary report of the Monitoring Officer detailing applications received from Councillors for dispensations under s33 of the Localism Act 2011.

RESOLVED – That Council having considered those applications grant the requests for dispensations to remain, speak and vote on specified matters as set out in the report in paragraphs 2.4 and 3.1, with the dispensations being effective until the next Council elections for paragraph 2.4 and for this meeting only for paragraph 3.1.

On recommendation 2 being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows:

For: 31

Against: 0

Abstain: 27

Absent: 2

RESOLVED – That Council delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to grant dispensations in future, with any dispensation granted being reported to the relevant Committee where the dispensation is relevant.

On recommendation 3 being put to the vote, votes were recorded as follows:

For: 31

Against: 0

Abstain: 25

Absent: 2

RESOLVED –That Council delegate authority to the Monitoring Officer to make changes to the Code of Conduct to reflect these decisions after paragraph 12.5 to reflect these decisions.