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The 2015 Budget Bylaw 638-15 that was passed with a 5 - 2 vote at the May 5 special meeting held by the County of Paintearth will see the tax rate increased by 10 per cent. A copy of the 2015 final budget provided to the ECA Review had council salaries listed at $165,000 for wages and $30,000 benefits but that number
was not broken down into the amount received by each councillor. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Tarolyn Peach clarified that the $165,000 is an estimate based on previous years actual expenditures for the seven elected officials. Peach confirmed that councillors receive a monthly allowance of $400, deputy reeve is $600 and the reeve is $800, as per policy. Peach, in an email, reported that along with that
monthly allowance councillors also receive a per diem meeting rate of $200 per day and $100 per half day for each meeting they attend. Councillors have not had an increase to the per diem rates since 2009, she said. Doing the math, if council had 24 council meetings a year including the per diem, the reeve would make $24,000; deputy reeve $19,200; and the five remaining councillors pay
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would be $72,000, plus benefits. That amount subtracted from the $165,000 in the budget for wages leaves approximately $50,000 for allowances and other per diem expenses by council plus an additional amount of $45,000 for travel and sub. The 2014 audited financial budget retrieved from the county’s website lists salaries, not including benefits and allowances, for 2014 for Reeve Turn to Overall, Pg 7
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