So in short there was no official vote and the money is from the PL coffers. However the press did not report a vote they said all 20 clubs endorsed the action at a meeting 'The payment was agreed to by the league’s audit and remuneration committee and endorsed by the 20 teams at the meeting'...
Add to this that Scudamore is being kept on in a consulting capacity so will no doubt be paid handsomely for that as well
Sad day when even Palace show more class than us on this topic