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The pay parade
Across the GTA, politicians are paid extra for sitting on boards and agencies.
Toronto Hydro: Three of 11 on board are councillors and receive nothing extra.
Oshawa Hydro: No councillors are on the board.
Powerstream (Vaughan-Markham): Eight of 10 are politicians; each receives $14,000 per year plus $650 per meeting attended.
Veridian Corp. (Pickering-Ajax-Clarington-Belleville): Ten of 14 are politicians; each gets $9,800 per year.
Enersource (Mississauga): Two of 10 on the board are politicians (recently increased to four.)
They each receive $15,000 a year plus $1,000 per diem per meeting and $500 for every phone meeting.
Mar 31, 2007 04:30 AM
Phinjo Gombu
STAFF REPORTER
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion is taking a $32,000 pay cut – putting pressure on politicians in her city and the GTA to do the same and return thousands of dollars they get for sitting on municipally owned hydro boards.
"It's permanent, it's irrevocable as long as I sit on the board," McCallion said after she told the Star she is giving back what she receives for sitting on the board of Enersource (formerly Mississauga Hydro), the utility set up in 2000 after the electricity sector was deregulated.
McCallion said she now believes taking the board money was "double-dipping." She receives $164,000 in her roles as mayor and Peel councillor. Councillor Nando Iannicca also sits on the Enersource board.
Base salary for Mississauga councillors is $71,800 a year. Serving as regional councillors boosts their pay to $116,000. Sitting on the Enersource board means further pay of up to $44,000. And there are other boards, such as police services and Credit Valley Conservation.
In contrast, the three Toronto councillors who sit on Toronto Hydro board get nothing extra beyond their annual salaries of $95,000 – or $160,000, in the case of Mayor David Miller.
McCallion wants to follow the provincial model, whereby politicians aren't paid extra to sit on boards such as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority and the Smart Growth Panel.
Her move may focus a spotlight on other GTA politicians, such as those in Vaughan, Markham, Pickering and Ajax, who get paid thousands of dollars to sit on local boards.
In Mississauga, former MP and new councillor Carolyn Parrish moved this week to more than halve hydro board pay, to $15,000. The motion was deferred, pending a consultant's review of other pay packages and recommendations.
She called increases given to Enersource directors "outrageous" and "spectacular".
The per-meeting pay is now $1,250. That brought McCallion's hydro income to $32,156 last year, and Iannicca's to $38,687.
Since deregulation, municipalities either own local utilities or are controlling shareholders. So councils pretty much have the scope to decide who sits on boards and what they receive.
One of the most politician-heavy boards is Powerstream, the joint Vaughan-Markham utility in which Vaughan is controlling shareholder. Eight of 10 board members are politicians, earning at least $14,000 a year, plus $650 per meeting. Six politicians represent Vaughan.
Oshawa Hydro, on the other hand, has no politicians at all. The 10 politicians of Veridian Corp. in Pickering, Ajax, Clarington and Belleville each get a $9,800 annual retainer but no attendance bonuses.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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The pay parade
Across the GTA, politicians are paid extra for sitting on boards and agencies.
Toronto Hydro: Three of 11 on board are councillors and receive nothing extra.
Oshawa Hydro: No councillors are on the board.
Powerstream (Vaughan-Markham): Eight of 10 are politicians; each receives $14,000 per year plus $650 per meeting attended.
Veridian Corp. (Pickering-Ajax-Clarington-Belleville): Ten of 14 are politicians; each gets $9,800 per year.
Enersource (Mississauga): Two of 10 on the board are politicians (recently increased to four.)
They each receive $15,000 a year plus $1,000 per diem per meeting and $500 for every phone meeting.
Mar 31, 2007 04:30 AM
Phinjo Gombu
STAFF REPORTER
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion is taking a $32,000 pay cut – putting pressure on politicians in her city and the GTA to do the same and return thousands of dollars they get for sitting on municipally owned hydro boards.
"It's permanent, it's irrevocable as long as I sit on the board," McCallion said after she told the Star she is giving back what she receives for sitting on the board of Enersource (formerly Mississauga Hydro), the utility set up in 2000 after the electricity sector was deregulated.
McCallion said she now believes taking the board money was "double-dipping." She receives $164,000 in her roles as mayor and Peel councillor. Councillor Nando Iannicca also sits on the Enersource board.
Base salary for Mississauga councillors is $71,800 a year. Serving as regional councillors boosts their pay to $116,000. Sitting on the Enersource board means further pay of up to $44,000. And there are other boards, such as police services and Credit Valley Conservation.
In contrast, the three Toronto councillors who sit on Toronto Hydro board get nothing extra beyond their annual salaries of $95,000 – or $160,000, in the case of Mayor David Miller.
McCallion wants to follow the provincial model, whereby politicians aren't paid extra to sit on boards such as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority and the Smart Growth Panel.
Her move may focus a spotlight on other GTA politicians, such as those in Vaughan, Markham, Pickering and Ajax, who get paid thousands of dollars to sit on local boards.
In Mississauga, former MP and new councillor Carolyn Parrish moved this week to more than halve hydro board pay, to $15,000. The motion was deferred, pending a consultant's review of other pay packages and recommendations.
She called increases given to Enersource directors "outrageous" and "spectacular".
The per-meeting pay is now $1,250. That brought McCallion's hydro income to $32,156 last year, and Iannicca's to $38,687.
Since deregulation, municipalities either own local utilities or are controlling shareholders. So councils pretty much have the scope to decide who sits on boards and what they receive.
One of the most politician-heavy boards is Powerstream, the joint Vaughan-Markham utility in which Vaughan is controlling shareholder. Eight of 10 board members are politicians, earning at least $14,000 a year, plus $650 per meeting. Six politicians represent Vaughan.
Oshawa Hydro, on the other hand, has no politicians at all. The 10 politicians of Veridian Corp. in Pickering, Ajax, Clarington and Belleville each get a $9,800 annual retainer but no attendance bonuses.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net