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3 medals for PoMo brewers + Jewish groups are stepping up their security measures + City shares several property tax ‘myths’
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Pay will stay for PM mayor on leave Council votes to continue paid leave and review every 45 days Mario Bartel mbartel@tricitynews.com
Port Moody’s Geoff Livingston was diagnosed with kidney cancer last fall, shortly after he and a friend completed a 4,350-km mountain bike ride along the Great Divide from Banff to Mexico. He’s working his way back to health and fitness by participating in the Workout to Conquer Cancer. See story, page 36. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Port Moody Mayor Rob Vagramov will still be paid his full $111,833 annual salary while he’s on an indefinite leave of absence to deal with a charge of sexual assault. At a closed meeting Tuesday, city council decided to stand by its earlier decision to grant Vagramov the paid leave that was effective March 29, the day after the criminal charge was announced by a special prosecutor. But in a resolution released Wednesday, council said it will review its decision after 45 days and every 45 days after that as long as Vagramov is on leave. Acting Mayor Meghan Lahti said council didn’t want to tie its regular review to specific events like a court date. But, she said,
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council did want to send a message that it would consistently revisit the matter and its determination wouldn’t necessarily stay in effect until Vagramov returns to his position. “We are cognizant of the community’s concerns,” Lahti said about some of the feedback council has received regarding Vagramov’s paid leave. “That’s why we are revisiting it on a consistent basis.” see
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