Members' Remuneration

These payments for the financial year 2010 / 2011 include a basic salary of £16,234 paid to all other councillors.

Where a councillor holds two office-bearing positions, he/she is paid only the higher of the two entitlements.

Members' Remuneration 2010/2011
from 9th September 2010
Salary (includes basic salary of £16, 234)
Convener £37,880
Leader of the Council's Administration £28,410
Budget Leader and Chairman of Budget Information Group £24,480
Resources  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair £19,962
Education, Culture and Sport  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair £19,962
Housing and Social Work  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair £19,962
Planning, Environment and Development  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair and also chair of Land, Environment and Sustainability Sub Committee £19,962
Transport, Environmental and Community Services  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair £19,962
Audit and Scrutiny  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair  
Gaelic  
Chair £24,480
Vice Chair
Leader of the Opposition £19,962
City of Inverness Chairman and Provost £24,480
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Planning Applications and Review Committee  
Chair £19,962
Vice Chair
Ross, Skye and Lochaber Planning Applications and Review Committee  
Chair £19,962
Vice Chair
Inverness, Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey Planning Applications and Review Committee  
Chair £19,962
Vice Chair
Highland Licensing Committee £19,962
Total £486,230
   
Joint Boards  
Police  
Convener £28,410
Vice Convener £21,308
   
Fire  
Convener £28,410
Vice Convener £21,308
   
Valuation  
Convener £20,294
Vice Convener £19,279