An adjustment will be made twice per council term to realign the mayor’s remuneration with the 60th percentile of comparable B.C. municipalities.
Kelowna 's mayor is defending the hefty pay hike city council approved for itself on Monday. Tom Dyas says the increase was long overdue but as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports the Canadian Taxpayers Federation doesn't see it that way, calling it unacceptable, especially given the economic times. – Mar 26, 2024City councillors in Kelowna , B.C., are voting Monday to usher in an immediate pay increase for themselves, though they could opt out until next term.
Following the general local election in 2026, an adjustment will be made twice per council term to realign the mayor’s pay with the 60th percentile of other like-sized B.C. municipalities. Councillors’ wages will be pegged at 40 per cent of the mayor’s. Only three city councillors — Gord Lovegrove, Mohini Singh and Rick Webber — voted against increasing their own wages by 35 per cent.Don Hankey: Meet the billionaire whose firm bailed out Donald Trump with US$175M
Kelowna city council’s decision to usher in a pay raise for themselves while their constituents are “struggling” to make ends meet is unacceptable, B.C.’s director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said in a recent interview.
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