Sentences with phrase «council salary»

Koo says he donates his entire council salary to charity.

Tags: city council salary, double dipping, Elizabeth Crowley, Karen Koslowitz, retirement pension, Tony Avella

But Halloran argues that the level of pay encourages the talented people in council, who are «accustomed to earning more than their council salaries in the private sector,» to moonlight — something that is perfectly legal so long as the outside income is properly disclosed and there are no conflicts of interest.

«We need to value public service in a far more meaningful way than I think these council salaries have shown.»

But once you're in, you're in forever — even if you start making big bucks, like Mendez's $ 112,500 council salary.

The panel recommended that the council salary increases be tied to the council enacting several reforms, such as the elimination of committee chairmanship bonuses known as «lulus» and banning outside income by making council jobs full time.

All Council salary increases should be prospective - so that elected officials can't vote themselves a retrospective raise.

Lutczyk blamed Potts for a decision the City of Oshawa made to garnish his council salary between 2008 and 2010 with respect to a $ 190,000 judgment against him by a construction client, and for a dispute in 2003 between the city and his father related to a zoning bylaw.