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North Yorkshire deputy mayor to be paid £68,670
The deputy mayor for policing and crime in York and North Yorkshire will be paid an allowance of £68,670.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority met last week to approve the figure following an independent renumeration panel recommendation.
Jo Coles, a Labour councillor in York and former chief of staff to Yvette Cooper MP, has been put forward as the preferred candidate for the role. Ms Coles is expected to be confirmed as deputy mayor following a police and crime panel meeting on June 12.
A report from the independent renumeration panel recommended an allowance of £65,670 for police and crime powers, plus an additional £3,000 for fire service functions.
The figure is £7,730 lower than the previous North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner was paid, which was £76,300.
Cllr Gareth Dadd, deputy leader of North Yorkshire Council and combined authority board member, told the meeting on Friday that he had no objections to the allowance.
He said:
I am happy to support this. I don't think I have ever voted against an independent renumeration panel’s recommendation. I perhaps would if it was absolutely extreme, but this is not.
They have spent a lot of time looking at it. I think, for what it is worth, they have got it about right.
The allowance for the deputy mayor will be reviewed in 12 months’ time.
The move comes as the combined authority confirmed the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire will be paid an allowance of £81,300 a year.
In March, the board approved the figure after a panel recommended that the salary should “note the public duty” of the role.
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