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Advisory Committee to help determine City Council pay

Prince George City Council voted to establish a committee to help determine Council pay.

At this week’s meeting, Council voted to establish the committee, which will conduct an independent review of Council remuneration with any adjustments that Council may approve, to be effective January 1st, 2027.

According to a staff report to Council, this review must be completed by June 30th, 2026.

The City will be advertising opportunities to be on the Committee, with the application deadline being August 12th.

Appointments will be made to the Committee at the Council meeting to be held on August 18th.

Committee recommendations to Council are expected to come in December 2025 or January 2026.

Council’s last raises were voted on in June 2022. At that time, an Advisory Committee on Council Remuneration had recommended 3.5 per cent raises which took effect on January 1st, 2023, and on January 1st, 2024.

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Darin Bain
Darin Bain
Darin is a news reporter for Vista Radio's Prince George stations. His career started in the Cariboo in 2020, working as a News Reporter in both 100 Mile House and Williams Lake before making the move to Prince George in late 2021.

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