MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES 2019 - 2020
Chiltern District Council has adopted a scheme of members' allowances for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. In making the Scheme It has complied with the duty to have regard to the recommendations of an Independent Remuneration Panel and applied the locally agreed pay award for staff provision in paragraph 6 of the scheme to increase the 2018/19 allowances by 2%.
The main features of the scheme are:
Allowance
Amount
Basic Allowance
£4,896
Chairman of the Council
E5.141
Vice-Chairman of the Council
£2,056
Leader
£14,198
Deputy Leader
£7,099
Other Portfolio Holders
£6.365
Chairmen of Overview
£3,427
Committees (2)
Chairman of Planning Committee
£5,141
Vice-Chairman of Planning
£1,469
Committee
Chairman of Licensing &
£1,714
Regulation Committee
Chairman of Audit & Standards
£1,714
Committee
Chairman of Governance
£98 (per
& Electoral Arrangements
meeting)
Committee
Chairman of Appeals &
£98 (per
Complaints Committee
meeting)
Chairman of Licensing
£98 (per
Sub-Committee
meeting)
Miscellaneous:-
Ordinary members of a
£49 (per
Licensing Sub-Committee
meeting)
(including reserve)
Ordinary members of Planning
£734
Committee (11)
Party Group Leader/Secretary
£979
2 Members
Childcare Allowance
National Living
Wage -
(£8.21 per
hour as of 1
April 2019)
Dependent Carer Allowance
£17 per hour
Mileage rates unchanged as per HMRC rates (45p per mile) and subsistence rates unchanged as per officer rates.
Copies of the scheme of allowances and the Independent Review of Member Allowances Panel's report detailing its recommendations together with a record of allowances paid to Members are available for inspection at King George V House, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW during office hours and on the Council's website (www.chiltern.gov.uk).
Jim Burness Director of Resources 29 March 2019