Councillors to vote on their allowances (From Gazette)
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Councillors to vote on their allowances
11:10am Friday 30th November 2012 in News
CASH given to councillors for their work will be voted on later this week - by councillors.
An independent body has recommended allowances for Colchester councillors remain the same and should only rise in line with inflation under the council’s existing policy.
The Independent Renumeration Panel has also recommended a special allowance paid to members of the licensing committee is halved.
If councillors accept the changes during a full council meeting on Thursday the authority would save £4,264 each year, with changes coming into force from January 1.
jut1972 says...
12:56pm Fri 30 Nov 12
A cut should have been proposed in line with the overall targets CBC have to meet. How do they expect their staff and customers to bear the brunt of any cuts if they themselves arent prepared to do the same?