Puslinch’s five-member council comes with a $120,622 price tag for 2013.
The 2013 expense report, presented in a different format than last year (for 2012 remuneration), above, shows the mayor’s overall expenses are up just over $3,000 from $26,721 for 2012.
For councillor Ken Roth, his overall claim of $22,125 is actually down a few hundred dollars from $23,431 in 2012.
Jerry’s Schmidt’s $23,904 is up a few hundred dollars from $23,783 in 2012.
Wayne Stokley, who had the lowest claim on council, lowered his costs by $150, from $20,762 to $20,612.
Susan Fielding’s claim also dropped from $27,271 in 2012 to $23,892 in 2013. Fielding’s position as appointee to the Halton Source Water Protection Committee generated an additional $1,711 for her pay.
Last year, council pay was based on a combination of remuneration, meetings and expenses.
Now, although remuneration is higher for both the mayor and council, additional payments for attending meetings has been removed from the equation.
Council received the report and gave staff direction to also post the information on the township website.
Lever added staff will also continue to post monthly expenses on the website.
He noted that council changed to a flat salary for the mayor and council in 2013 and overall remuneration amounts are now slightly lower than they were previously.
