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RESOLVED – That Council:
 
1)     
Notes the recommendation of Corporate Governance and Audit
Committee.
2)   
Requests that a Members’ Allowance Independent Review Panel
is convened as soon as possible to consider the allowances paid to
Councillors, having regard to the financial position of the
Council.
3)     
Requests that Members in attendance at the Council meeting to
indicate by recorded vote whether they wish to forgo the increase
in allowances (basic and SRA) based on the officer pay award for
the 2023/24 financial year and in addition to take a 5% reduction
in their current allowances (basic and SRA).
4)     
Requests that Members of the Council not in attendance at the
Council meeting be asked to indicate whether they intend to forgo
the increase and in addition take a 5% reduction in their current
allowances (basic and SRA).
 
Under the provision of Council
Procedure Rule 24(3), a recorded vote was taken on this item as
follows;
For: Councillors Addy, Ahmed,
Allison, Amin, Anwar, Burke, Cooper, Crook, P Davies, Dockrat, E
Firth, S Hall, Hawkins, Homewood, Hussain, Kaushik, Kendrick, Khan,
J D Lawson, J Lawson, Lee-Richards, Marchington, McCarthy,
McKerchar, McLoughlin, Moore, Munro, O’Donovan, Pandor,
Pattison, Pervaiz, A U Pinnock, A Pinnock, Ramsay, Reynolds,
Safdar, Scott, Simpson, A Smith, Sokhal, Turner, Ullah and H Zaman
(43 votes)
Against: Councillors Ali, Armer,
Bamford, Bellamy, Bolt, D Hall, Holmes, Lees-Hamilton, McGrath,
McGuin, Sheard, Smaje, R Smith, Taylor and Thompson (15 votes)
Abstained: Councillor Greaves