REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: May 14, 2018 Report No. ADM-18-014
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Vicki Gannon, Director of Human Resources
SUBJECT:
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Mayor and Council Compensation Review
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Mayor and Council receive Staff Report ADM-18-014 for information and provide staff with direction to revise Council Remuneration Bylaw, 2014, No. 2836, effective November 1, 2018.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Council Policy ADMIN-58 Independent Review and Market Analysis of Council Remuneration
Council Policy ADMIN-62 Remuneration for Elected Officials
Council Remuneration Bylaw, 2014, No. 2836
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision is not directly related to any specific Council priority.
BACKGROUND:
Council Policy Admin-62 outlines that Mayor and Council appoint an independent consultant to review Council remuneration in January of the 4th year of a Council Term, and that a sample grouping be established, with criteria as set out in the Policy. Council remuneration will be based on the median remuneration as the most objective and fair measurement.
At an In-Camera meeting on February 19, 2018, Julie Case, an independent consultant, met with Council for clarity on the criteria and process prior to commencing the review.
It was agreed, at that meeting, that the following 10 comparable municipalities would be surveyed to determine the remuneration for their elected officials:
* Cranbrook
* Dawson Creek
* Oak Bay
* Pitt Meadows
* Port Alberni
* Prince Rupert
* Salmon Arm
* Squamish
* Terrace
* White Rock
Mayor and Council also requested information as to what other municipalities are implementing in order to deal with the changes to the income tax laws that will come into effect in January 2019: that the one-third tax free allowance, which previously applied to many public sector elected officials, will be eliminated. As a motion was passed on December 11, 2017 whereby the income tax ch...
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