To consider the attached report of the Director of Governance (to follow).

The Democratic Services Manager presented the report on the Members’ Allowance Scheme 2018/19.

It was moved by Councillor M D Conolly, duly seconded and

RESOLVED:       That the Members’ Allowance Scheme 2018/19 be made at the levels of 2017/18, as set out in Appendix 2 of the report, subject to an increase in the Dependent Carers Allowance to £7.83 per hour in line with the National Living Wage from April 2018.