Inflation rate to set raises for city council?

Kelowna Courier May 12
Pay raises for the mayor of Kelowna should be linked to the inflation rate, city council will hear today. A committee studying the issue of remuneration for the mayor and council recommends their salaries be adjusted on Jan. 1 in each of the next two years by changes in the Consumer Price Index, as determined by Statistics Canada. The committee also considered recommending that councillors be given a clothing allowance, reimbursement for child-care expenses and matching RRSP contributions. However, the committee, headed by retired military officer Jack Dangerfield, decided against all three possibilities. Currently, the mayor is paid $85,789, one-third of which is tax free. Of 11 similar-sized B.C. cities, only the mayors of Coquitlam, Prince George and Abbotsford are paid more. Kelowna councillors are paid $28,313, also one-third tax free. The salary is about $1,000 higher than the average for the 11 other comparison cities. Pay scales for Kelowna‘s mayor and council are generally reviewed every three years by a volunteer committee appointed by council. Dangerfield and other members of the committee also recommend that the mayor‘s position come with $1,500 in meal expenses, not including alcohol.