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2-The Canadian Champion, Fnday, September 27, 2002 vMilton council set to get pay increase in January To wn couincillors' pay viil! jumtp 37 pec ent o f ncvi yeuir By RICHARD VIVIAN The Champion Rallying behind a new remuneration package, Milton councillors awarded themnselves a financial boost Monday. Starting in January, the mayor's annual pay will jump from $41,385 to $44340, while councillors will see an increase from $ 13,905 to $ 19,039. I1 didn't have a problem with what was recommended (raises)," Mayor Gord Krantz told The Champion. -1 would suggcst that if you take it down (based on hours spent). including myself, we might be lucky to get minimum wage.- Council approved the Town staff-recommended pay structure after hearing ils pay isn't in line with other comparable munîci- palities. 0f seven comparable municipalities, the Town of Whitby (pop- ulation 91,500) had the higbest paid mayor at $52,49 1. In contrast, the lowest paid mayor bails from St. Thomas (population 32,000) and earns $3 1,907 annually. The highest paid counicillors are from the Town of Newmarket (population 70,000) at $23,7 17. With the exception of Milton, St. Thomas pays councillors the least at $14,581. Miltons population currenlly sits at about 38,000 people and is growing. Increases to the remuneration package were necessary in order to attract members from the communîty to run l'or councîl. sug- gested Councillor John Challinor. m aIà .-q PM F4 ff q V và eE M 2002 - CLEAROUT Yeesl (what you'il say to these great offers) $14,420 MSRP Woooooo! $24,800 MSRP Veeeeees! 2002 Toyota Echo LEASE FOR $1 89.0 OMNYDW .8FM '.3,3'.CD wth 4 peak- 1 5L m.3338622 e 08 HP DOH00C VVI'.3538 2002 Toyota Camry LE LEASE FOR $299.20 .833233023FO 48032033S 0 ,& 33 23 G 3 Tý 333203.30.AIF' 03' , q- - .'p-d m-3al, .3 332--d-, A030, 033.2 433<30080 s26,315 MSRP 2002 Toyota RAV4 Ahhhhhh! 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Mr. Challinor is the only councillor flot currently accepting the full remuneration package. According the Jim MeQucen, Milton's treasurer, the councillor accepts 56 per cent of what is available to him. Councillors saw a raise in January, when a new policy came into effeci, increasing council remuneration annually hased on non- union Town staff pay levels- which arc themselves based on inflation. Through this policy- approved hy counicil last November -a 3 per cent raîse was awarded ail around the council table. While the majority of council supported the new increase. coun- cillors Art Melanson and Rick Maîbocul stood in opposition. Councillor Wally Hunter was absent from the meeting. "Our mayor is the highcst (paid) if you look at a per capita basis. If we approve this recommendation, without reducing the si/c of counicil, Milton becomes the second highest counicil payroll. We will have the ighest per capita costs of the survey group.- said Mr. Maîbocuf. admitting he would accept the raise should counicil approve it. "I would accept it because I feel I work just as bard as anyone here (at council>." Downsizing recommendation rejected In a motion that died after failing to find a seconder, Mr. Malboeuf recommended downsizing the size of council by two counicillors and creating two additional wards. With six wards - each of which would have one representative on counicil, along wiîh two regional counicillors - the town's pop- ulation could be better distributed, the counicillor argued. Population data from 1991 indicated the population of Ward 1 to be 2,946, Ward 2 to be 11,066. Ward 3 to be 5,232 and Ward 4 to be 12,107. But no other counicillors agreed that ward boundaries should be re-drawn or that council should be downsized. -Talking of a reduction in size when the population is growing s completely irrelevant," Mr. Challinor responded to the motion. "This is silly. This discussion is old news.- In addition to approving the new remuneration levels, council also approved a resolution of their intention to, retain a one-third tax free expense option. The provincial govemment had given municipal counicils until January 1 to decîde if they wished to keep the tax-free allocation. f WE'VE NEVER MET A MOMI m ýFw4R ýýý KeWeMýý à 9010 ,ý d9exez [ýý 0 Ken dLexem m m m a