By Pepper Parr
March 3, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
What members of City Council get paid is always of public interest – people just want to know.
All seven city Councillors at their desks.
The figures for 2024 have been released and are set out below:
City Councillors are also Regional Councillors. They receive a salary and expenses from the Region. As soon as the Regional data is available we will add it to this article. The Regional salary is fairly close to what is paid by the city.
The difference in the benefits paid to Sharman and Bentivegna are the result of their age. OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement Service) does not permit people who are drawing a Canada Pension to participate in the OMERS Plan
City Councillors have a budget for expenses. The following is what was spent by each Councilor during 2024:
The balance in the Special Initiative REserve Fund is $72,336.
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I thought they were paid more than that.
Editor’s note: They will appreciate your apology!
I will replace all of them on a one year contract and will reduce property taxes by half, for that service you will erect a full-size statue of me sitting on a horse up on top a column in Civic Square, with just my first name.
Bronze.
It should draw inspiration from the painting, Napoleon Crossing the Alps. ; )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps
Nothing so grand, but the story is inspirational; How about a pack mule representing the taxpayer, struggling up a hill with a heavy burden while under the whip of jeering officials, I will be represented by a tattered youth giving comfort to the poor animal. Or is that a bit much?