File #: 15-454    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 10/6/2015 In control: Special Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 10/13/2015 Final action: 10/13/2015
Title: Review of Council Policies re Council Remuneration - Update
Attachments: 1. Staff Report ADM-15-036, 2. Staff Report ADM-15-009, 3. CRD Minutes re Board Remuneration, 4. Bylaw 2836 - Council Remuneration Bylaw, 2014

REQUEST FOR DIRECTION

 

DATE:                       October 6, 2015                     Report No. ADM-15-036

TO:                       Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer                                           

FROM:                      Anja Nurvo, Director of Corporate Services

SUBJECT:

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Review of Council Policies re Council Remuneration - Update

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Whether Council wishes to revise Policies ADMIN-58 and ADMIN-62, as recommended by the Special Committee to Review Council Remuneration in its Report to Council dated March 31, 2014.

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation

That the Committee of the Whole: receive Staff Report ADMIN-15-036 and provide direction to staff re proposed revisions to Council Policies ADMIN-58 and ADMIN-62, and direct staff to prepare a report to Council.

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BACKGROUND:

At the Committee of the Whole meeting held on April 20, 2015, the attached Staff Report ADMIN-15-009 was on the agenda for consideration. At that meeting, the COTW passed the following Motion:

 

That the Committee of the Whole defer Staff Report ADM-15-009, re: proposed revisions to Council Policies ADMIN-58 and ADMIN-62, upon review of the Capital Regional District update.

 

The CRD has now completed its process of review of Board remuneration. Attached is an excerpt from the Minutes of the CRD Board meeting held on September 9, 2015. Also attached is a copy of the Council Remuneration Bylaw, 2014, No. 2836 for Council’s information.

ISSUES: 

The previous Staff Report ADM-15-009 sets out the issues and further background for consideration by the COTW.

ALTERNATIVES:

1.  That the COTW receive Staff Report No. ADM-15-036 for information, provide any additional direction to staff as the COTW considers advisable, and direct staff to prepare a report for Council’s consideration.

2.                     That the COTW provide alternative direction to staff.

3.                     That the COTW request further information from staff.