Sheffield councillors to get over 7% pay increase

[max 13]

There's a link here showing how much they get now and how much an independent review panel recommended in 2003. However, the allowances are only going up by 5% on current allowances. When you think that is 2 years later than planned it is only 2 1/2 % p.a. in reality.

 

Members' allowances

[owdlad 10]

Originally posted by royjames

Interesting is that Mo,just goes to show that you can indeed make a nice living in the job.

The mileage allowance is not bad either is is?

We in my party are considering setting up something called council watch which one of our members in Rotherhan called Marleen guest has some experience of.

Will be speaking to her soon on this very subject,she used to be a candidate for the lib dems but she saw the light and came over to us.

Anyway I feel that this council might have some more going on that we know about.

 

 

Get her to join the Forum Roy, so we can all share her words of wisdom first hand.

[Mo 10]

Originally posted by MrHelicopter

For people like the Leader of the Council and Committee Chairs, being a Councillor is a full time job. If we expect people to sit on the Council and run the City for us, then we ought to compensate them for the fact that they are giving their time up - and, in some cases, any possibility of getting a decent full time job.

 

If we follow the principle of "lets make being a Councillor an entirely voluntary activity" then nobody with any skill or capability would ever volunteer to be a Councillor - and the City would go down hill very quickly indeed!

 

Most people would probably give up their full time jobs to earn the leaders salary as most of us don't earn anything like that in 'real life'.

 

If you are going to make job of Councillor full time then all councillors should be prepared to give up their outside jobs so that they can devote all their time and energy into their civic duties.

[A.B.Yaffle 24]

I don't know if too much is being read into the figure "7%". Maybe they were being paid below average before, in which case they may be entitled to a 7% increase. Will they now be getting more than councillors in other cities are getting?

[dishwasher 10]

I think it's interesting that none of the councillors have added to this thread to justify their 7% increase.

 

Just why is that?

 

Have they been sworn to a vow of silence?

 

Do they ignore the Forum?

 

Are they a bit embarrassed by the 7% when the vast majority of the working population get rises of less than half that amount?

 

Come on councillors - we elected you - explain youselves.

 

You have a duty to do so over this, or most people will reach their own conclusions.

[Ousetunes 10]

Why do the words NOSE and TROUGH spring immediately to mind here?

 

Everyone knows people become politicians not to serve or represent others. They do it for themselves. Quite easy to have your socialist policies when you have the authority to vote gargantuan wage increases whilst the rest of your subjects have to put up and shut up.

 

Jan Wilson and company is no different to any other councillor in the country.

[Tony 10]

For the sake of comparison, what is the standard pay-rise for council workers this year?

[Mo 10]

What other job attracts a salary increase while at the same time requires less responsibility and work?

 

The following Council responsibilities have been passed or about to be to either trusts or outside bodies;

 

1. Housing stock

 

2. Museums and theatres

 

3. Public works

 

4. Housing benefits

 

5. Refuse collection

 

6. Incinerator

 

7. Sports facilities

 

8. City Hall

 

9. Old peoples homes

 

10. Education advisory service

 

 

What the b***** hell do they do in that town hall?

[Cols 10]

Have meetings. Then they have meetings about those meetings. Then they ...............

Some people make a career out of meetings. The rest of us work for a living.

[Ousetunes 10]

They get a map of Sheffield's road network and think: 'Right, where can we really get up the motorist's nose today?'

 

They then take a dart each and throw it at the map which is now pinned to the door. Yellow darts for No Right Turn sign, Red dart for new pedestrian corssing, green dart for a totally unnecessary buslane and a white dart for a Road Closed.

 

If two darts of the same colour land in the same street, then that street will benefit from 'Traffic Calming Measures' and if three darts of any colour land in the same street then that street's bus lay-bys are to be built out into the street.

 

Then, they go to their cars parked in their private and free car park and go home to some large house in Derbyshire.

 

Probably.

[Tony 10]

Originally posted by Tony

For the sake of comparison, what is the standard pay-rise for council workers this year?

 

The answers to my question was in todays Sheffield Telegraph.

 

The average pay rise is 2.95%

[chalicefc3 10]

congratulations coucillors. we could all do with pay rises. i'll expect my cheque through the post shortly lol