A report which would have brought councillor Bob Shields into South Ayrshire Council's administration while merging two scrutiny panels has been withdrawn.
Conservative proposals to create a new cabinet post while merging two of the council's oversight panels were ditched at the last council meeting of 2022.
The plan had been to bring independent councillor Shields into cabinet by creating a portfolio holder with oversight of future developments and special projects.
The proposal also sought to merge the Service and Performance Panel, of which cllr Shields is chair, and Partnerships Panel in to a new committee, essentially removing Cllr Shields' current post.
The new portfolio post would come with a salary of £26,305.
The proposals would have also sought to make the position of depute provost a senior post, with a salary of £23,704, essentially taking on the senior councillor allowance that had gone to one of the chairs of the merged panels.
By law, the council can only have 14 senior councillors, with a total remuneration for councillors capped at £342,000, but only approved 13 when it decided on the structure in May, with allowances of £326,000.
This was then reduced to 12, at £300,000, when councillor Lee Lyons joined Ayrshire and Arran Health Board.
The addition of a new cabinet post would have brought the number of senior portfolio holders on £26,305 back up to seven. It would also see an increase total member remuneration back to £326,000.
As well as the merger, the proposals sought to expressly make the chair of the appeals panel an SNP councillor rather than a Labour member.
The pulled report outlined the proposed cabinet post: "The Portfolio Holder will oversee the following functions/ services to ensure their effective management and continuous improvement - Special Projects."
The item was withdrawn ahead of the meeting.
A council spokesperson said: "The item was withdrawn from the agenda to allow the Monitoring Officer to take advice on an issue raised by a member."
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