It seems like such a shame to have one of the busiest Council agenda in months on a night when both Ward 3 Councillors are unable to attend.
Council Communications will take you a while to read this week. (4 parts).
The Council Remuneration report is included(page 13). Looking at it, either Enwin and Windsor Utilities Commission have some serious issues requiring endless meetings or they are being used to subsidize Councillor's pay without actually having to deal with the issue in public.
Any monies received for various boards and committees is pooled and shared equally amongst Council. Last year, thanks to a payment of $158,968.44 to WUC/Enwin members, Councillor's received $17,531.59 as individual shares from the pooled funds. On top of their base salary of $$26,372.93, this brings the total salary to $46,445.94.
I think this is a fair total for our Councillors, if not even on the low side considering the amount of work they perform. It would be interesting to compare this years Enwin/WUC payments with the last 4 years.
If the case is there for Councillors to be paid more than $26,372.93 then it should be made in public. EnWin/WUC is owned by the City of Windsor and has no other shareholders to my knowledge. These large payments for meetings have the appearance of a salary increase by stealth.
One final note. As I read the Council Communications and other various reports each week, I'm left hoping that we've seriously beefed up our legal budget this year. I get the sense we're going to need it.
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