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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKIN 81 4377 Remun Mem&Counc THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF KINCARDINE BY-LAW NO. 4377 Being a By-law respecting remuneration and expenses for members of council and local boards. · LEGISLATION: Section 389d of the Municipal Act as amended R.S.O. 1970. WHEREAS, pursuant to The Municipal Act, the council of a municipality may by by-law provide for remuneration and expenses for its members and for its appointees to local boards and other bodies; · AND WHEREAS the said act provides for salary, expenses and allowances paid by local boards to be established by the council of a municipality; NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine ENACTS as follows: · INTERPRETATION 1. In this by-law and in the attached schedule the following terms shall apply: (a) "MUNICIPALITY" means the Corporation of the Town of Kincardine. (b) "COUNCIL" means the council of the Municipality. (c) "LOCAL BOARD" means a local boards as defined in The Municipal Affairs Act. (d) "OTHER BODY" means any body other than a local board, or the council of a municipality or a council committee. (e) "EX OFFICIO MEMBER" means and includes a member of a local board or other body. (i) who, by statute, is entitled to be a member of that board or body by virtue of his office as head of Councilor as a specified class of Council member, or · (ii) who serves as a member of that board or body pursuant to his appointment under section 213 of The Municipal Act. (f) "COUNCIL COMMITTEE" means any standing or special com- mittee, or subcommittee thereof, established by Council regardless of the name by which it is identified or the fact that persons other than Council members may be included in its membership. Council Members REMUNERATION 2. Council members shall receive remuneration as determined according to the provisions of Schedule A appended to and forming part of this by-law for their services as Council members or officers of the Municipality. -2- By-law 4377 3. (1) Council Appointees to Local Boards and Other Bodies · Ex-Officio Members · EXPENSES 4. · · Persons, whether Council members or otherwise, appointed by the Council as members of a local board or other body shall receive remuneration as determined according to the provisions of Schedule B appended to and forming part of this by-law for their services as members of such board or body. (2) In addition to the persons mentioned in subclause 1, a Council member who by virtue of his membership on Council is an ex-officio member of a local board or other body shall receive remuneration as determined according to the provisions of Schedule B for his services as a member of the board or body. For the purpose of this clause and Schedule B "local board or other body" does not include a public utilities commission or a hydro-electric commission. (3) {I) The Municipal Treasurer shall, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule D appended hereto and forming part of this by-law, make payments to (i) a Council member or a Municipal employee, (ii) a person appointed by the Council as a member of a local board or a member of any other body, or an ex officio member of a local board, other than a public utility commission (ancilor a hydro-electric commission), or an ex officio member of any other body, in respect of expenses incurred by such person that come within the appropriate description of expenses in Schedule D. (iii) (2) For the purpose of this clause and Schedule D, "Municipal Employee" means an officer, servant or other employee of the Municipality, but does not include: (i) Any person who is a "council member" or who received remuneration from the municipality solely as a result of being a member of a "local board" or "other body"; (ii) a volunteer fire fighter paid an honorarium, allowance or salary for such services either by the municipality or pursuant to a fire protection agreement, provided such fire fighter is not the fire chief; · · · · -3- By-law 4377 AIMINISTRATION 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this by-law, where a person is entitled to receive remuneration or expenses under this by-law from the Municipality in respect of his membership on an "other body" in repect of a certain period or certain items of expenditure and where he has received or is entitled to receive remuneration or expenses from that "other body" in respect of the same period or for the same items of expenditure, he shall deduct the remuneration and expenses he has received from the other body or is entitled to receive from the remuneration and expenses that but for this clause would be payable to him under this by-law in respect of his membership on the board for that period and those items and the amounts remaining, if any, shall be the amounts to which he is entitled under this by-law as remuneration or expenses for that period and those items. The remuneration provided for in clauses 2 and 3 of this by-law shall be paid by the treasurer of the Municipality from the funds provided by Council and the treasurer shall pay the said remuneration in semi-annual installments. Notwithstanding clause 6, where a person who has been appointed by the Council as a member of a local board or other body or an ex officio member of a local board or other body fails to submit any information or documentation required to be submitted in support of a claim for remuneration or expenses, the treasurer may pay such portion of the regular monthly instalment as may be authorized without supporting documents and the remainder shall be paid forthwith after such necessary documentation is submitted. 6. 7. 8. (i) Beginning in the year 1980, the Municipal treasurer shall on or before the 28th of February in each year submit to the Council an itemized statement of the remuneration and expenses paid pursuant to this by-law in the preceding year to: (i) each member of Council in respect of his services as a member of Councilor as an officer of the Municipality in the preceding year. ; (ii) each person, whether a Còuncil member or otherwise, appointed by the Council to a local board orother body in respect of his services as a member of the board or body in the prece4ing year, (iii) each ex officio member of a local board or body in respect of his services as a member or that board or body in the preceding year. (2) The ~orm of the statement mentioned in subclause 1 shall be approved by the Municipal auditor and the Council and the statement mey be subject to audit. - -4- By-law 4377 9. ìV'here the Municipal auditor determines that the information contained in a statement submitted under clause 10 appears to be in error, the error shall be communicated to Council by letter to be dealt with at its next regular meeting, and Council's disposition of the matter shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which the letter is considered. A statement submitted under clause 10 shall be in the form set out in Schedule E appended to and forming part of this by-law, but the treasurer may include in the statement any additional information that he, the Councilor the Municipal auditor sees fit. · 10. · · · ~ · · · · READ a FIRST and SECOND time this ~~ Mayor By-Law 4377 16th day of July ~nt~ Clerk READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 16th day of July 1981. ~~ Mayor ~ø~~ ../' Clerk , 1981. , > ~, '/ ' . :::- SCHEDULE "Aft BY-LAW NO. 4377 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1981 The Mayor $ 4,500. The Reeve 3,500. · The Deputy Reeve 2,750. The Councillors 2,750. each MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1982 The Mayor $ 5,000. · The Reeve 4,000. The Deputy Reeve 3,500. The Councillors 3,500. ,each SCHEDULE "B" EXPENSES TO LOCAL BOARDS COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT The fee of $5.00 per meeting or $100.00 per year, whichever is greater. · SCHEDULE "D" Council Members Members of Local Boards . Remuneration of $50.00 per day for out-of-town meetings on municipal business or attendance at conferences or seminars. !~ALS: a maximum of $30.00 per diem with expense claims. ACCOMMODATION: on submission of expense claim. PARKING: on submission of expense claim. I~LEAGE: the rate of .18¢ per kilometer. This schedule can be amended from time to time by resolution of the Council of the Town of Kincardine.