2023-02-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   7 FEBRUARY 2023




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  7 FEBRUARY 2023

              Remuneration responsibilities

              Chapter 6, Part 3 of the Act, proclaimed into force on 3 December 2018, established the
              Local Government Remuneration Commission to assume the remuneration functions of
              the former Local Government Remuneration and Discipline Tribunal which ceased to exist
              on 3 December 2018.

              Section 177 of the Act provides the functions of the Commission are:
              e   toestablish the categories of local governments, and
              e   to decide the category to which each local government belongs, and
              e   todecide the maximum amount of remuneration payable to the councillors in each of
                  the categories, and
              e   to consider and make recommendations to the Minister about the following matters
                  relating to councillor advisors—
                      (i) whether or not to prescribe a local government under section 197D(1)(a);
                      (ii) the number of councillor advisors each councillor of a local government may
                      appoint;
                      (iii) the number of councillor advisors a councillor of the council under the City of
                      Brisbane Act 2010 may appoint; and
              e   another function related to the remuneration of councillors if directed, in writing, by
                  the Minister.

              Chapter 8, Part 1, Division 1 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 (Regulation) sets
              out the processes of the Commission in deciding the remuneration that is payable to
              councillors.

              The Regulation requires the Commission to review the categories of local governments
              once every four years, in the year prior to each quadrennial election, to determine whether
              the categories and the assignment of local governments to those categories require
              amendment.

              After determining the categories of local governments, the Regulation also requires the
              Commission to decide annually, before 1 December each year, the maximum amount of
              remuneration to be paid to mayors, deputy mayors and councillors in each category from
              1 July of the following year.

              In addition, section 248 of the Regulation allows a local government to make a
              submission to the Commission to vary the remuneration for a councillor, or councillors, to
              a level higher than that stated in the remuneration schedule where the local government
              considers exceptional circumstances apply. The Commission may, but is not required to,
              consider any such submission. If the Commission is satisfied that exceptional
              circumstances exist, the Commission may approve payment of a higher amount of
              remuneration.

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