Prince George City Council will consider options for Council Remuneration at tomorrow’s (Monday) meeting.
An Advisory Committee on Council Remuneration met four times between October and December.
This Committee reviewed Mayor and Councillor remuneration for peer municipalities, determining Prince George’s current remuneration levels for Mayor and Council fall below the median of these peer municipalities.
The Committee is recommending the implementation of a performance-based model, where incremental remuneration increased would be tied to approved performance metrics.
According to a report being presented to Council tomorrow, this would be capped at $148,268 for the Mayor and $58,346 for Council, the median for the peer municipalities reviewed.
However, the report states that “the Committee asserts that Council would be best positioned to decide what those metrics are,” but also provided examples such as attendance at meetings, budgeting and business starts.
The report also states that “if a metric based model was not tenable, Council should review whether an arm’s length model be adopted such as a remuneration framework whereby the Mayor’s remuneration is tied to a percentage of provincial Minister remuneration and Councillor remuneration is tied to a percentage of Member of Legislative Assembly remuneration, to a maximum of the median salary of peer municipalities.”
The Committee is also recommending future reviews not be conducted by a committee of public members, “due to the sensitivity and complexity of Council remuneration, as well as the exposure of committee members to public scrutiny.”
The last change to Council remuneration came in 2022, when City Council said yes to a total seven per cent increase to Council remuneration over two years.
Other items to be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting includes final building permit stats for 2025, and an update on FIFA World Cup watch parties.
The full agenda for tomorrow’s meeting can be found here.
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