Issue - meetings
ELECTORAL SCALE OF FEES
Meeting: 15/01/2025 - Council (Item 72)
72 ELECTORAL SCALE OF FEES 
PDF 302 KB
REPORT OF THE SERVICE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES
To agree the Scale of Fees for electoral events held during 2025/26.
Additional documents:
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Council agreed the Scale of Fees for 2025/26 as set out in Appendix A.
REASON FOR DECISION: To enable the Council to remunerate the Returning Officer and the staff employed to carry out tasks during electoral events and to be open and transparent regarding other payments.
Minutes:
Audio recording – 2 hours 56 minutes 16 seconds
N.B. The Democratic Services Manager and Monitoring Officer left the Chamber for the duration of this item, due to their roles as Returning Officer and Deputy Returning Officer respectively.
The Service Director – Resources presented the report entitled ‘Electoral Scale of Fees’ and advised that:
· The reasons for the proposed increase in fees were detailed at Section 8 of the report.
· The focus had been on the lower paid roles and ensuring that the National Living Wage was maintained.
· Presiding Officers were required to run Polling Stations and the fees needed to reflect the value of this role, as well as take into account fees paid by neighbouring authorities.
Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Daniel Allen seconded and, following a vote, it was:
RESOLVED: That the Council agreed the Scale of Fees for 2025/26 as set out in Appendix A.
REASON FOR DECISION: To enable the Council to remunerate the Returning Officer and the staff employed to carry out tasks during electoral events and to be open and transparent regarding other payments.
N.B. Following the conclusion of this item, the Democratic Services Manager and Monitoring Officer returned to the Chamber.