Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Maughold Commissioners reject any rise in payments for attendance allowance and travel expenses.
At the April meeting, Members unanimously rejected the proposal made by the Department of Infrastructure to increase allowances and travel expenses for local authority members. One proposal was to increase the payment for attendance from the current £30.00 to almost £80.00. Mrs Perks stated that any rise was wholly wrong whilst there were cuts being made
elsewhere; particularly in education. Mr
Quayle stated that now was not the time and added that he was surprised
that a large increase was being considered. Mr Cowley reported that at the recent Municipal Association meeting,
the Douglas Members had been of the opinion that a higher payment would make the role
of Commissioners financially viable. Mr
Cowley added that, outside of Douglas, the other authorities in the
Association opposed a large rise and were of a similar view to Maughold
Commissioners. It was noted that the majority of the meetings of Douglas
Corporation took place during working hours. Members considered the options and
agreed that the clerk should submit comment indicating that the Board were not
supportive of any rises in the current rates.
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