by looking at this chart I would say our mayor is getting paid more than enough compared to other mayors and city citzen count,
in fact she is getting paid a LOT better than the mayors of Kamloops, Nanaimo, and..
Kelowna…

as a matter of fact she is getting paid more per capita than any other mayor on the list???
why so?

It was all part of Shari Greens grand election promise to cut 10% in all departments. The best 10% cut is going to be cutting her from holding any public office.

Compensation is out of line in PG. Really 40% of the mayors pay per councillor. That’s rich for any city. I guess we can be number one for crime as well as number one for per capita politician pay?

I think comparisons to other communities in total pay is not the proper metric to use. More valid for comparison would be to use total property valuations and cost of living as a metric that is fair given that it is property taxes that fund municipal governments.

Per capita in Whistler and North Van affordability is not the same as per capita PG or Quesnel.

Incompetence pays well for mayor and council in PG.

Wow this should be embarrassing …if it is not, what does that say about council.

I thought the city had a net zero mandate for labour negotiations this year? Or does that only apply to everyone else?

Is her work worth a buck thirty to me. nada

The wealthiest city in BC, North Van pays less for their mayor.

Love to see what the REAL Evil at City hall makes….Beth James!! SHE has to go along with Green.

Who cares about the cost per capita? Funny that there aren’t a flood of people running for Mayor considering how ‘rich’ the position pays?

Lame article not up to the normal standards of this site.

Hah! $94k? I’d take the $89k and be in Kelowna anyday.

Should the Mayor of a City of 100k be paid twice as much as a Mayor of a city of 50k? Of course not.

Johnny, maybe you haven’t noticed but we are the lowest population on the list. From 72,000 to 126,000 people. It does look like we are apples to apples in this case. We shouldn’t necessarily be at the bottom of the wage scale but unless there is a huge reason for it we should not be at the top, or even close. North Van has a ton more infrastructure to deal with and they probably pull in a ton more tax revenue than we do annually.

“North Van has a ton more infrastructure to deal with and they probably pull in a ton more tax revenue than we do annually”

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North Vancouver is 12 square KM’s in size. PG is 318 square KM’s. I’d hazard a guess that PG has significantly more infrastructure to manage.

On the budget side, North Vancouver brings in a little over $131M in revenues (included $20M of asset dispositions) and they have a surplus of $38M. PG brings in a little over $168M and had an operating surplus of roughly $37M. So PG does in fact have a larger budget to manage.

Oops, my mistake. Those numbers are for the CITY of North Van, not the district. The district is 160 square KM’s in size. Their gross revenues were a little over $168M as well, so similar to PG.

Where you see a big difference is on the net financial assets. North Van is in an $85M surplus position, whereas PG is in a deficit of $68M. PG’s position is hampered by a significant amount of long-term debt as compared to North Van.

I would agree with JB though, I don’t think per capita makes allot of sense to use as a basis for measurement. You have to look at complexity of operations, the role of the city within its surrounding region, etc.

I think a comparison is best made to a place like Kamloops, Cranbrook, Nanaimo, etc. Look at regional hubs and not bedroom communities of much larger cities.

Here’s a ripper, instead of trying to keep up with the Jones and trying to surpass them how about leading the way in keeping increases to a minimum, less than the jones.

When hell freezes over I bet.

I agree with those that propose Mayor and Councilor salaries be tied to the size of the city’s revenues/operating budget. I would also propose salaries be reduced according to the size of deficit Mayor and Council allow their city to accumulate… think of it as being “performance” related ;-)

This is ridiculous. If any of member of council supports a pay increase they should resign. Of course they probably aren’t gonna do that so they should be turfed in November.

Why? Because it is the clearest case of hypocrisy which is the second worst trait a politician can have. Number one is being a lair which one could argue might apply to some but that is an argument for another day.

Council is in full control of this. A simple motion to hold the line would be in keeping with what they have supposedly been preaching for the last number of years. Even taking time to examine their wages was a waste of time and a waste of our tax dollars.

They are demanding belt tightening across the board so maybe they should show true leadership and lead by example. Toss this idea out with the trash!

BTW Could a reporter out there ask why, if one third of their salary is tax free to cover their expenses, that they also then put in for expenses? You would think the income cops at Revenue Canada would be a little suspicious as to what appears to be double dipping by our local politicians.

The only ones supporting the raise are Green and Wilbur. Guess I will not be voting for either in the future of any political running…..