CENTRE WELLINGTON – Council remuneration and expenses increased by over $15,000 in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Totalling $219,418 in 2023, this included an 11 per cent raise for the mayor and 16 per cent raises for each councillor.
Council remuneration totalled just under $203,000 in 2022.
Mayor Shawn Watters made $51,326 in total. This doesn't include $9,708 for his work with Centre Wellington Hydro and $2,567 for the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Each councillor made $23,716, not including meetings or expenses.
Coun. Barb Evoy made $29,395 with $3,839 in expenses and $1,840 from meetings.
With $2,923 in expenses, Coun. Bronwynne Wilton made $26,640 while Coun. Denis Craddock made $26,636 with $2,920 in expenses. Neither made anything from meetings.
Coun. Kim Jefferson made $29,988 in total with $3,395 from meetings and $2,877 in expenses.
Coun. Jennifer Adams, who also serves as the clerk for the County of Wellington made $25,611, with $1,840 from meetings and $55 in expenses.
Coun. Lis MacDonald made $29,822 with $4,416 in expenses and $1,690 from meetings.
Last year, committee expenses totalled $14,282, including remuneration for members of the Committee of Adjustment and almost $10,000 in general expenses from the Heritage Committee.
Council's non-payroll expenses were $17,254 and largely included costs associated with cell phones, the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO).
The full report is available here.
Isabel Buckmaster is the Local Journalism Initiative reporter for GuelphToday. LJI is a federally-funded program.
