{"id":15744,"date":"2024-03-28T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/?p=15744"},"modified":"2024-03-28T07:59:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:59:47","slug":"statement-on-aurora-council-reinstating-total-compensation-increase-of-42-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/statement-on-aurora-council-reinstating-total-compensation-increase-of-42-6\/","title":{"rendered":"STATEMENT &#8211; on Aurora Council reinstating total compensation increase of 42.6%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">At last night\u2019s Council meeting, on a 4 \u2013 2 vote (with Councillors Gallo, Gilliland, Gaertner, and Weese in favour), Council in the majority approved a motion to reinstate a 42.6% total council compensation increase (including a 30% salary increase) effective immediately.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">We have now debated and discussed a Council compensation increase four times in less than a year. As a Council, I believe our focus should be on more pressing matters that directly impact our residents.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">I will not be swayed or pressured into approving a decision that residents of Aurora have made clear to me they staunchly oppose, and I believe does not serve the best interests of our community.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">After careful consideration, and as required by the Municipal Act, I have notified Council of my intention to potentially veto the proposed bylaw seeking to immediately increase Council&#8217;s total compensation by 42.6% and salaries by 30%, as the utilization of funds from the tax rate stabilization fund was not anticipated for this purpose when the 2024 budget was adopted. I will take the next 14 days as per the Act and carefully consider this option, and what is in the best interest of our community.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">As I have reiterated throughout the multiple debates on this matter, I remain committed to serving the best interests of our residents and advancing the positive growth our town has experienced over the past six years. I hope this will mark the conclusion of this debate, allowing us to redirect our focus to more urgent and productive matters.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last night\u2019s Council meeting, on a 4 \u2013 2 vote (with Councillors Gallo, Gilliland, Gaertner, and Weese in favour), Council in the majority approved a motion to reinstate a 42.6% total council compensation increase (including a 30% salary increase) effective immediately. We have now debated and discussed a Council compensation increase four times in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-28-at-7.58.13\u202fAM.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15748,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15744\/revisions\/15748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrakas.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}