Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
34YOU. HAVE. GOT. TO. BE. JOKING. You’re telling me that: the 2 year aquatic centre shut down, the downtown core chaos, the floating discussion of an upcoming 6+% tax increase, the incompletion of the fast track permitting process all amounts to “PaY iNcReAsEs aLL aRoUnD?” Huh. Our city has had little to nearly stagnant population growth, no? Any monies up for grabs, yet to be allocated SHOULD be going towards improving, repairing, maintaining infrastructure.I don’t understand how a committee with 2 realtors, a money manager and a former politician and regional district executive can’t read a room - PG *is* said room - and realize this is in extremely poor taste, seeing how unhappy and frustrated and disappointed it’s citizens and families are.Just my 2 lowly cents. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
3- CavebabyK
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
28I understand that being a city councillor can be a full time job in itself and I agree that the Mayor is a full time job as that person is the voice and visible figure of the city henceforth the pay raise. What I don’t agree with is how most of the council seems to not understand is that they represent the people of PG yet few actually seem to have an understanding of how that works.There was a time when councillors took time out of their day to talk to people and listen to their concerns by being in the public eye and even if that council member was disliked they still got respect. Now most of PG city council sits in their office or attends meetings and rarely talks to the public any more. So with that being said why should council deserve a pay raise when they can’t even take time to talk to the public any more for whom they supposedly represent.
3- Dearth
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
28Massive incompetence pays
3- Jim John
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
2836 percent raises for Councillors in a time when taxes are already being raised that individuals can't afford... If they truly are lagging behind they need to compensate like everywhere else, over a period of time. PG also has a lower cost of living compared to the rest of BC so we should be lower.
2- Jeff Z
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
24i have a better idea, no pay raises and that money can go towards snow removal..
3- bcracer
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
22Wow! Two people commenting that we definitely don’t want on council, or near council,or… Thanks Mothus and Higham for nothing
4- Eyeinthesky44
Northern Health issues measles warning for Prince George
14Guess it's to be expected living in a conservative stronghold.
10- DMANP
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
22The remuneration committee drifted into personal commentary, and a process like this should remain professional and stick to facts. A pay increase should come with stronger governance. Council needs to be more assertive in holding the City administration accountable and ensuring staff reports are clear, balanced, and present real options so that council sets direction - not City staff. Councillors also need to be more assertive at the provincial level. The North is often last in line when provincial funding and decisions are made, and stronger advocacy is essential. If both council and staff commit to higher standards of accountability and reporting, the community will benefit from better decisions and stronger public trust. A councillor’s job is time-consuming, demanding, under-appreciated, criticized, and at times lampooned, but that is the nature of public office and a choice they make. Fair remuneration is warranted, but it will come with greater scrutiny.
1- Perham
Northern Health issues measles warning for Prince George
17As the medical profession has long predicted, the fallout is now beginning. Unfortunately, it is the younger generation who will bear the brunt of the impact from decisions made by their parents. No doubt many will later point fingers and expect medical solutions to problems created by declining immunization rates. Yes, vaccines can cause adverse reactions, including severe outcomes, but these occur at a rate of roughly 1 per million people vaccinated. In contrast, measles causes serious complications in about 1 in 1,000 cases, and death in about 1 in 1,000 infections in Canada (far higher in low-income nations). The question is: do we accept the extremely rare risks associated with vaccinations, or the far greater risks posed by widespread infection? For the current generation, the genie is already out of the bottle — through no fault of their own.
6- Perham
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
17That's ridiculous that they get compensated for that.the money should go to more important causes like cleaning up the city. City counsel need to grow up and such it up. We don't get wage increases for that. So why should they get it.
4- Lisa Andrews
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Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
1That’s relatively simple to answer because it’s not a report card on the past council, but what needs to be paid to encourage a new council to come in. It had nothing to do with their past performance.
19- David Mothus
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
4One can see from the many comments why The Citizen does not allow comments for many stories. Agree or disagree - keep it together. Be an adult. Maintain impulse control.
15- Mr Science
Mayor's engineering association disciplinary hearing delayed again
16Speaking of geotechnical engineers, what were the repercussions for the geotechnical engineers who originally planned the slope stability for Site C ?When that slope fractured millions were spent to rectify the error.Was the association as hard on those engineers as they are on Yu for building a garden wall ?
3- BGeez
Police continue to investigate downtown apartment fire
14He should get the same lawyer representing the alleged Crossroads arsonist.If he's lucky enough to get the same slack judge hearing that case he will never come to trial.
4- BGeez
Northern Health board wraps up 2025, looks ahead to 2026
15One thing there is no shortage of is vice-presidents.There are five health authorities in B.C. with a grand total of 63 vice-presidents.NH has ten.Each VP makes at least $ 300,000 a year with annual increases.Time will tell if Health Minister Osbourne follows through with her promise to reduce executive administration in all five health authorities.63 vice-presidents is just plain stupid and a colossal waste of tax dollars.
3- BGeez
Winter conditions see two cars slide into embankment near Highway 97
17Be aware of the conditions and slow down.No one will care if you're late for work or whatever.
1- BGeez
Hunter sues BC Conservation Officer Service, government for defamation
13Regardless of some technical loophole, you poached and broke the law. You don't deserve to have this erroneous case even go to trial.
4- Chestor
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
14The job of mayor & council is to make decisions.That is their only function since junkets to China ended. Some are no brainers(they get those ones right about 50% of the time)* others are hard.No matter what decision is made some people will not be happy and may criticize the mayor & council but they must accept that is part of the job. If they throw their hat in the ring and are elected with the expectation that they will be showered with rose pedals after every vote then they are in the wrong game.. I guess the raises couldn't be justified because of the bang up job they are doing in keeping annual tax increases reasonable- +25% over 5 years🤬, infrastructure in shape-$21 mill to fix pool😠 and keep capital projects on budget- Parkade $32 mill over budget🥶 so used this pitiful reasoning instead*Maybe they can use the extra coin to treat themselves to a spa day *I hope that these comment didn't hurt any little feels or tax bill might go up again
2- Bobs your uncle
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
14This is just unbelievable! At a time when people are losing their jobs, the food bank lines have doubled these people are getting a substantial raise because “ Social media, Higham said, has opened a new avenue of abuse that didn’t use to exist and she wouldn’t sign up for council to be harassed 24-7.” Grow up and stay off social media then. This committee did exactly what they were designed to do. Why were these people even chosen and by who? When no other group that were in contract negotiations this year received close to this I have to ask what is so special about city council that warrants such an exorbitant increase? I ask again. How much more can the taxpayers of this city pay? What a slap in the face to the taxpayers of this city.
2- R. Nich
Committee recommends $15.6K annual pay boost for councillors, $8.2K more for mayor
15Of all the Councillors Trudy Klassen will meet with you if you have a concern. Whether you agree with her views or not she will respond and actually cares about the taxpayers concerns. She is a very hard working councillor. That being said this pay raise is way too much for the climate we are in and if they accept it they will only bring on more disdain towards themselves from a beleaguered town of “had enough” taxpayers. I am actually shocked and disgusted at this recommendation.
1- R. Nich
