Policy No. 08 — Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors — full text

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1 Policy No. 8 "Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors" POLICY NO. 8 ANNUAL REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS FOR COUNCILLORS 1. COUNCILLORS ANNUAL REMUNERATION - The annual remuneration to be paid to the Warden shall be $26,927.00 effective January 1, 2019. - The annual remuneration to be paid to the Deputy Warden shall be $23,619.00 effective January 1, 2019. - The annual remuneration to be paid to Councillors shall be $21,710.00 effective January 1, 2019. Council shall annually provide councillors with a cost of living adjustment based on the Nova Scotia Consumer Price Index, based on statistics as of January 31st of each year for any cost of living increase up to 2.5%. Any cost of living adjustment over 2.5% will be referred to Council for consideration. The cost of living adjustment shall be effective April 1st of each year. 2. DEDUCTIONS The deduction to be made from the remuneration of such persons for missing more than three (3) Council Meetings, or for missing more than three (3) Committee Meetings in a year shall be $100.00 per meeting. No deduction shall be made for meetings missed due to the following causes: - Employment obligations - Illness - Vacation - Other conflicting municipal business - Death or illness in the immediate family 2 Policy No. 8 "Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors" 3. REMUNERATION TO COUNCILLORS FROM OTHER GROUPS Where a Council Member is nominated or appointed by the Council to a Board, Commission or other position, or is otherwise appointed as a representative of the Municipality, any remuneration from that position, to which that Council Member is entitled, shall be paid to the Council Member. 4. METHOD OF PAYMENT Annual remunerations are to be paid to Council Members in equal installments at the same time as the regular bi-weekly employee payroll. 5. PENSION PLAN Councillors shall be given the opportunity to join the Municipal Pension Plan after 6 months of continuous service with the Municipality. Council has the authority to waive the 6 months waiting period, if they so wish. If waived, a letter of waiver must accompany Pension Plan Enrolment Form. The minimum councillor contribution shall be 2% of earnings. The Municipality will match all contributions up to 7 % of the councillor's earnings. A councillor may make voluntary contributions to the plan up to a maximum amount allowed under the provision of the Income Tax Act. A councillor shall be considered to have withdrawn from the plan on the date the councillor is no longer in service with the Municipality. For death benefits, benefit payments and any other matters, reference should be made to the actual pension plan documents. 3 Policy No. 8 "Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors" VERSION LOG Version Number Amendment Description Approved By Approval Date 1 Approved by Council Council Feb 24, 1999 2 Amended Council May 5, 1999 3 Amended Council June 23, 1999 4 Amended Council Sept 11, 2002 5 Amended Council August 13, 2003 6 Amended Council April 14, 2004 7 Amended Council June 13, 2005 8 Amended Council July 25, 2005 9 Amended Council May 8, 2006 10 Amended Council January 14, 2008 11 Amended Council March 10, 2008 12 Amended Council February 25, 2013 13 Amended Council May 26, 2014 14 Amended Council August 21, 2014 15 Amended Council May 27, 2019 16 Amended Section 1 and Section 5 Council May 23, 2023 Clerk's Annotation for Official Policy Book Date of Notice to Council members of Intent to Consider May 9, 2023 Date of Passage of current Policy May 23, 2023 I certify that this Policy No. 8 "Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors" was amended by Council as indicated above. ________________________________ ________________________________ Lesa Rossetti Municipal Clerk 4 Policy No. 8 "Annual Remuneration and Benefits for Councillors"