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On May 14, council voted 6-1 to approve a change to the remuneration bylaw, which outlines salaries over a four-year period. Coun. Bob Doiron opposed.
That means council will receive a lump sum to make up for pay not changing for two years, giving an extra $2,285.96 to the mayor, $1,281.77 to the deputy and $1,173.49 for councillors. According to a staff report by HR manager Emilee MacLeod, a previous amendment to the bylaw contradicted itself. The pay table showed a two per cent automatic raise for each year, while another section of the document said annual raises would be equivalent to the lowest increase given to unionized city employees.
Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown says higher wages for council mean more professionalization, which could change the motivation for getting into politics. - Logan MacLean/SaltWireWhile council votes on its pay, councillors don’t make up the numbers on their own. The city strikes a remuneration and allowances commission that recommends the changes.
He would like to see a third party – like the remuneration commission – have the authority to set wages, he said in a May 17 SaltWire interview. – Charlottetown Mayor Philip Brown Another way to encourage a wider variety of people to get into politics would be term limits, Brown said. While he can only speak for himself, he would like to see a limit of two terms — something Brown has promised to do by not running in the 2026 election.
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