Surprise Council Reversal re Salary increase
At last week’s Committee of the Whole, Council voted to schedule an increase in their salaries on Jan 1, 2020 subject to budget deliberations this fall. The vote was 6-1 in favour but at the full Council meeting when the motion would normally be routinely confirmed, Councillors opened the motion for debate. Suzanne Séguin changed the motion in the Agenda to include a review of Police Board compensation and also other groups such as Holdco and GRCA boards. Brian Darling then asked that a full review should also be done for Councillors. Treasurer Ian Davey advised that Council had no control over the compensation of “other” boards so the amendment was then rejected. Susanne said that in any event, increases… Read complete articleSurprise Council Reversal re Salary increase