Local government services in the Scottish Borders may have suffered significant spending cuts during the last financial year, but expenditure on salaries and expenses collected by the local authority's 34 elected members showed a small increase, topping £750,000 for the twelve month period.
A report on the 2018/19 'wages' and expense claims at Scottish Borders Council shows there are now 16 senior posts carrying enhanced payments which means almost half the entire membership receives extra money in the shape of a responsibility payment. These include council leader Shona Haslam and convener David Parker.
The document explains: "In addition to the Convener and the Leader, 14 Senior remunerated posts were agreed with sums payable from 1 April 2018 as follows: the Executive Members for Adult Social Care (and Depute Convener); Children & People; Finance; Business & Economic Development; Transformation & HR; Roads & Infrastructure; Culture & Sport; Planning & Environment; Neighbourhoods & Locality Services and Community Safety received £22,329 per annum; the Chair of Audit & Scrutiny and the Locality Committee (now Area Partnerships) Chairs, who do not hold an Executive Member post, received £18,524 per annum."
The level of expenses claimed by individual members varied from £419 by Independent Councillor Caroline Penman to £6,311 by Conservative Councillor Mark Rowley.
The report which forms part of the agenda for this week's full council meeting states: "Total remuneration and expenses paid to Members in 2018/19 amounted to £757,910.91, compared with a total of £747,698.02 in 2017/18.
"Travel expenses total £61,119.58 in 2018/19, compared to the 2017/18 figure of £58,744.61. The cost of Telephone and ICT Expenses in 2018/19 amounted to £29,001.12, compared to £30,133.52 in 2017/18."
Here are the amounts paid to each elected member. C = Conservative; N = Scottish National Party; I = Independent; and L = Liberal Democrat.
A K Aitchison I 22,329.00 3,398.00 25,727.00
A C Anderson N 16,994.04 1,873.38 18,867.42
H J Anderson N 16,994.04 4,899.90 21,893.94
S Bell N 18,524.04 3,522.00 22,046.04
J A Brown N 16,994.04 2,092.56 19,086.60
K Chapman L 16,994.04 1,357.04 18,351.08
K Drum N 16,994.04 1,129.88 18,123.92
R G Edgar I 22,329.00 3,874.88 26,203.78
J A Fullarton C 18,524,04 2,678.16 21,202.20
J Greenwell C 16,994.04 3,105.27 20,099.31
C A Hamilton C 22,329.00 5,510.21 27,839.21
S A Hamilton C 16,994.04 1,996.59 18,990.63
S R Haslam C 33,992.00 4,532.05 38,524.09
E C Jardine C 22,329.00 820.05 23,149.05
H A Laing N 16,994.04 2,033.84 19,027.88
S Marshall I 17,627.42 3,020.20 20,647.62
A W McAteer I 19,202.60 1,833.70 21,036.70
T D Miers C 22,329.00 1,592.99 23,921.99
D P Moffat N 16,994.04 3,255.03 20,249.07
S J Mountford C 22,329.00 4,476.29 26,805.29
D Parker I 25,496.00 2,728.71 28,222.71
D Paterson I 16,994.04 2,532.33 19,526.37
C A Penman I 16,994.04 419.84 17,413.88
C H Ramage N 16,994.04 1,745.24 18,739.28
N M Richards C 17,890.66 1,572.21 19,462.87
E M Robson L 16,994.04 525.20 17,519.24
M Rowley C 22,329.00 6,311.15 28,640.15
A A Scott C 16,994.04 2,979.26 19,973.30
H R Scott I 16,994.04 1,070.32 18,064.36
E M Small C 16,994.04 4,221.99 21,216.03
C R Tatler I 20,753.82 3,150.04 23,903.86
E Thornton-Nicol N 16,994.04 1,616.14 18,610.18
G Turnbull C 22,329.00 5,982.06 28,311.06
T Weatherston C 22,329.00 4,185.27 26,524.27
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