98-5
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 98-5
BEING A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH THE ANNUAL REMUNERATION TO BE PAID TO
MEMBERS OF THE ELGIN COUNTY COUNCIL FOR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS OF
THE ELGIN COUNTY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES THEREOF'
WHEREAS Section 242 of the Municipal Act, being Chapter MA5 , R.S.O., 1990, as
amended, authorizes a council to pass by-laws to fix remuneration for the members of
council as said council deems advisable; and
WHEREAS By-Law No. 87-42 did establish the remuneration to be paid to members
of Elgin County Council for serving on local boards and other bodies; and
WHEREAS By-Law No. 90-70 did establish remuneration to be paid to Members of
Elgin County Council for attendance at meetings of the Council and Committees; and
remuneration to be paid to
WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to establish an annua
Councillors of the County of Elgin.
the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin
NOW THEREFORE
enacts as follows
1. That each Member of the Elgin County Council, with the exception of the Warden,
shall be paid $7,000.00 per annum, to be paid monthly, with said remuneration to include
all mileage, meeting and incidental claims (telephone, paper, etc.) for all responsibilities
including work associated with outside boards, meetings with ratepayers, etc.
1999 based
That the above remuneration shall be adjusted automatically beginning In
the following formula
2.
on
Increase remuneration by a percentage figure arrived at by averaging the
percentage increase in the Job Rate in the preceding settlement of the
County bargaining units.
3. That In addition to the above remuneration, where a Member of Council is
requested by the Warden to represent him/her as Deputy Warden at a meeting/ function
that he/she be paid the rate established for the use of personal vehicles for County
business for each kilometre necessarily travelled in attending such meeting/function.
the by-law
3. That attendance at conventions shall be reimbursed as outlined in
establishing rates for such attendance.
the same are hereby repealed
1 st, 1998.
That By-Laws No. 87-42 and 90-70 be and
That this By-Law become effective January
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1998
time this 26th day of February 1998.
this 26th day of February
time and finally passed
and second
READ a third
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Perry Clutterbuck,
Warden.
Mark G. McDonald,
County Administrator/Clerk.