Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were received.

An apology for absence was received from Councillor Barnett.

To move “That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act".

RESOLVED –

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act.

The Monitoring Officer submitted a report seeking approval for the appointment of the Independent Remuneration Panel for 2015-19.

The Local Authorities (Members Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 required the Council to make a scheme of Members’ Allowances having regard to the recommendations of the Independent Remuneration Panel.

The most recent panel had been established in 2011. Two of the three members of that Panel, Professor Steve Leach and Mr Tim Nye had agreed to continue to serve on the Panel for an additional term. The other previous member, appointed through the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, had not wished to continue, and the Chamber had therefore been approached to give their officers opportunity to apply for the role.

An application had subsequently been received from Mr Watterson, from the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce, and he had been interviewed by the Monitoring Officer and the Chair of Standards and Audit Committee.

* RESOLVED -

That the following individuals be appointed to the Independent Remuneration Panel for 2015-2019:

·        Steven Leach

·        Tim Nye

·        Andy Watterson.