Agenda and draft minutes
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Contact: Paul Fraser Senior Democratic Services Officer
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Apologies for Absence Minutes: An apology for absence was received from Joanne Hadley. |
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Declarations of Interest Members are requested at a meeting where a disclosable pecuniary interest or personal interest arises, which is not already included in their Register of Members' Interests, todeclare any interests that relate to an item on the agenda.
Where a Member discloses a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, he/she must withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest, except where he/she is permitted to remain as a result of a grant of a dispensation.
Where a Member discloses a personal interest he/she must seek advice from the Monitoring Officer or staff member representing the Monitoring Officer to determine whether the Member should withdraw from the meeting room, including from the public gallery, during the whole consideration of any item of business in which he/she has an interest or whether the Member can remain in the meeting or remain in the meeting and vote on the relevant decision.
Minutes: No declarations of any disclosable pecuniary interest were received.
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Minutes of the meeting held on 10 June 2024 Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the Minutes of the meeting held on 10 June 2024 be confirmed as a correct record.
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Payment of Special Responsibility Allowances to Deputy Leader Positions Report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer Additional documents: Minutes: Further to Minute No. 6 of the meeting held on 10 June 2024 the Panel considered the report of the Chief Legal and Democratic Officer seeking the reconsideration of the level of payment of special responsibility allowance (SRA) to Deputy Leaders of the Council.
The report indicated that at its meeting held on 10 June 2024, the Panel agreed with the principle of the payment of a special responsibility allowance for the Deputy Leader positions; and that having taken into account comparisons between the other Liverpool City Region local authorities and Sefton in terms of population and numbers of elected members serving on such authorities, the Panel considered that Sefton most aligned to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
Accordingly, the Panel agreed that the special responsibility allowance made to a Deputy Leader position should be 10% of the special responsibility allowance made to the Leader; and that the formula be adopted whereby if the Council had two Deputy Leaders then the 10% enhancement to the special responsibility allowance be split 50/50 and that if the Council had three Deputy Leaders then the 10% enhancement to the special responsibility allowance be split by thirds and so on.
The report also indicated that prior to making its decision, the Panel suggested that it would have been helpful if a justification for the introduction of an SRA for the Deputy Leader positions had been set out.
Councillor Atkinson, Leader of the Council, was made aware of this and welcomed the opportunity to set out her justification; and this was detailed in paragraph 2.4 of the report. The Panel was advised that the report to the IRP on 10 June was submitted without seeking any input from the Leader of the Council; hence there being no justification contained in that report from Councillor Atkinson for her proposal.
Councillor Atkinson was present at the meeting and answered questions from Panel members on her justification.
RESOLVED: That having heard the justification from Councillor Atkinson, the Panel understands the principles of the decision for two Deputy Leaders and accordingly:
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