Agenda and decisions

That:

(a)        The Chairman of the Local Pension Committee receive a Special Responsibility Allowance of £5,209.00 per annum.

(b)        The Chairman of the Local Pension Board receive a Special Responsibility Allowance of £2,318.00 per annum.

(c)         The new Special Responsibility Allowances for the Chairmen of the Local Pension Committee and Board be index linked on an annual basis in accordance with the level of indexation set out in the Members’ Allowance Scheme.

(d)        The current levels of Travel and Subsistence allowances remain unchanged.

(a)        That the scale of expenses attached to the report be used at the County Council elections to be held on 1 May 2025 and for any subsequent by- elections held before 31st March 2026.

(b)        That the Chief Executive be authorised to fix a scale for the purpose of by-elections occurring between 1st April 2026 and the next County Council elections.

The public are likely to be excluded during the following item of business in accordance with section 100(a) of the Local Government Act 1972:-

-         Charitable Trusts Update and Grant Application

That:

(a)        The annual report of the Leicestershire Educational Trust Fund be noted.

(b)        The transfer of the Hinckley John Cleveland Prize and Hinckley John Cleveland Scholarship Fund to the Hinckley JCC Foundation, subject to charity commission approval and agreement by the Foundation to terms relating to the transfer, be agreed.

(c)         The ongoing discussions relating to the Mary Smith Scholarship Fund and the Piercy Scholarship Fund/Thompson Trust be noted.

(d)        The grant application submitted by the Mead Academy Trust be agreed, subject to The Mead Educational Trust signing a grant agreement letter indicating acceptance of the terms and conditions of the grant which are:

i)             compliance with any due diligence checks identified in the grants policy which may be relevant to the application;

ii)           agreement to proportionate monitoring of the use of the grant including verification that it is used for the purposes agreed in line with the grants policy;

iii)          profiling of the drawdown of the grant to be agreed with the Director of Corporate Resources.

(e)        The Charity Commission governance checklist be noted.