A citizens committee will review if Vernon council members deserve a pay hike. Council has given the go ahead to appointing a three person committee to look into the issue, for the first time in three years. Councillor Bob Spiers says any increases would take effect in January---after this fall's civic elections. "Hopefully they come back with the same recommendation that they always have that the policy of allowing a cost of living increase each year, is what goes forward." One of the committee members will be a former elected person. Councillors currently make a minimum of $20,474 a year, while the mayor's base pay is around 63-thousand.
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