By Joe Fries - Penticton Western News Published: December 04, 2012 3:00 PM
Dan Ashton’s political aspirations could cost him one of his jobs. Penticton’s mayor has since 2001 also chaired the
board of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, a position to
which fellow directors have elected him each year, mostly by
acclamation. But there could be some serious competition
Thursday when the board elects its leader for the year ahead, which will
see Ashton represent the B.C. Liberals in the spring provincial
election. He plans to take leaves of absence from both the
city and RDOS during the campaign. If he wins, he’ll then resign his
local government jobs. If he loses, he’ll simply resume his duties.
Despite that uncertainty, Ashton said he is still the best choice to
serve as chair of the RDOS board and can still “absolutely” be effective
by keeping the two levels of politics separate. “I’m known as a very regional person and that
needs to carry on,” he said, adding that the provincial campaign will
probably only force him to miss two RDOS meetings.
Being board chair comes with a monthly salary of $1,643. That’s
on top of the $317 base salary collected by municipal directors and
$1,095 paid to rural directors, plus the extra cash they collect for
each board and committee meeting they attend. In 2011, Ashton’s RDOS compensation package totalled $40,177 on top of $4,376 in expenses.
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see: http://vernonblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/2011-political-remuneration-rdno.html
for Political Remuneration figures at RDNO in 2011
RDNO ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TODAY
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 4:00 pm - Regular Agenda
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