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The move to 22 multi-member wards from the May elections, allied to
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19 September
06
REGULATIONS LAID FOR NEW SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR COUNCILLORS - McCABE
Executive plans to
provide a severance package for councillors took a step forward when
regulations were laid in the Scottish Parliament on 15th September.
The package
will be available to councillors with at least four years service who
stand down at the next local government elections in May 2007. The package
was put in place by the Executive following the Local Governance
(Scotland) Act 2004 and a review of councillors' allowances by the
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (SLARC) earlier this
year.
Councillors
can now apply for the severance package through their local authority and
the closing date for applications is October 20.
Minister for
Finance and Public Service Reform Tom McCabe said: "The introduction of
this severance package is a positive way of recognising the invaluable
service which councillors have provided to the local people they have
served over the years.
"These new
regulations propose a simple scheme with three levels of payment linked to
length of service. The maximum payment available has been capped at 20,000
pounds for councillors with the longest service, to provide an affordable
severance package.
"The
severance package forms part of the Executive's ongoing commitment to
renew local democracy and fits in with our wider reforms that aim to
encourage a new generation of high calibre councillor candidates."
The three
levels of severance package to be met by the Executive have been set at:
* 10,000 pounds for councillors with at least four years and up to 10
years service
* 15,000 pounds for councillors with more than 10 but less than 15 years
service
* 20,000 pounds for councillors with 15 years or more service
Following the
SLARC report's recommendations, the Executive will also modernise the
whole system of councillors' allowances and allow councillors to
contribute to a pension scheme for the first time.
Both
continuous and cumulative years of service by councillors will be
considered to meet the required levels of service for the three packages.
This is a
'one-off' severance package which is part of a set of measures being put
in place as part of the introduction of proportional representation for
the next local authority elections in May 2007.
Councillors
who opt to take the severance package must declare they do not intend to
stand for election in the future to any local authority in Scotland.
The deadline
for applications is October 20, 2006. However, there are some council
areas where the new electoral wards are yet to be finalised. From the date
of the making of the order which confirms the new boundaries, councillors
in these local authority areas will have four weeks in which to decide
whether or not to apply for the severance package, if this four-week
period ends after October 20. But regardless of the ward boundary review,
all applications will have to be submitted by the absolute deadline of
December 15.
Councillors
in special circumstances due to the terminal illness or death of a close
family member (i.e spouse, cohabitee, civil partner or dependent) would
also have an extended timescale to apply for the severance package no
later than March 22, 2007.
Regulations
to put in place the new salary, allowance and pension schemes for
councillors will be brought forward in due course, so they are in place
from the 2007 elections onwards.
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