St Albans City& District Council

The Council Of The City And District Of St Albans New Scheme Of Councillors' Allowances

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City and District of St Albans, pursuant to Regulation 22 of the Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, has received recommendations from an independent remuneration panel in respect of its scheme of allowances payable to Members of the Council. The scheme would take effect from 25 May 2022 until 24 May 2023.

The Independent Remuneration Panel has met inaccordance with accordance with Regulation 19(1). The main features of the schemes recommendations are as follows:

(i) A basic allowance for all Councillors of £6,003;

(ii) Special responsibility allowances for the following posts:

Leader / Chair of Policy Committee  £11,737
Other Lead Councillors (7)  £7,452
Chairs of Planning (Development Control) Committees (3) and Planning Referrals Committee (from 25 May 2022 to 31 September 2022).  £867
Chair of the Planning (Development Management) Committee (from 1 September 2022 to 24 May 2023).  £2,601
Chairs of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Licensing and Regulatory Committee, and St Albans District Health and Wellbeing Partnership.  £2,934 each
Member who chairs a Licensing Sub-Committee meeting starting
between 0900 and 1600 hours (per meeting)  £126
Other Members (3) who serve either as a member or a substitute
member of a Licensing Sub-Committee meeting starting between
0900 and 1600 hours (per meeting) each  £105 each
Political Group Leaders (3)  £112 per Member
Political Group Secretaries (3)  £388-£870

(iii) A Travel Allowance of £200 each for members of the Planning (Development Management) Committee;

(iv) Allowances for the financial year 2022/23 be uprated in line with the National Employers offers to unions representing the main local government NJC workforce, and that this be an increase of 4.04 per cent, in line with the highest NJC worker pay spine point (rounded up or down to the nearest pound);

(v) The commencement date for the scheme is 25 May 2022 and Special Responsibility Allowances are payable from that date and will be backdated as necessary;

(vi) Other than new allowances for two additional Lead Councillors, and deletion of Special Responsibility Allowance for the Chair of Audit Committee, there are no changes to any other allowances.

A copy of the scheme may be viewed at the Council's principal offices at the Civic Centre, St Peter's Street, St Albans, between 8.45 am and 5.15 pm Monday to Thursday and between 8.45 am and 4.45 pm on Friday and also at the offices of Harpenden Town Council, Leyton Road, Harpenden during normal office hours.

27 October 2021

Amanda Foley Chief Executive