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Recommendation: That the following actions
be taken with respect to the 11th Report of the Council Compensation Review
Task Force (Final Report):
a) the
existing practice of not providing additional honorariums to members of Council
serving on agencies, boards and commissions BE CONTINUED;
b) the
existing practice of providing non-council members with an honorarium for
serving on agencies, board and commissions BE CONTINUED;
c) NO
ACTION BE TAKEN to establish a practice to provide a stipend for an Acting
Mayor. If the circumstance does arise, the Council may consider establishing
an Acting Mayor stipend should someone be required to serve in this capacity
for an extended of period such as greater than a one month contiguous period;
d) consideration
of a stipend for the Acting Mayor position BE INCLUDED in the Terms of
Reference of the next Council Compensation Review Task Force;
e) the
following actions be taken with respect to benefits available to Council
Members:
i)
NO
CHANGE BE MADE to the benefits provided to the Council Members it be noted
that they should remain the same as presently provided to Council Members and
as provided for non-union staff at the City of London, excluding eligibility
for any paid leave;
ii)
the
Civic Administration BE ASKED to improve how the City communicates Council
Member benefits by providing clear information as to the Council Member
benefits package (as well as Council stipend practices) on the City’s web
site; and,
iii)
given
the nature of the four-year term served by Council Members, and the
uncertainty as to how the long term disability (LTD) benefit should apply
after a Council Member’s term has expired, the Civic Administration BE ASKED
to clarify how to handle situations where a Council Member remains disabled
beyond the end of her or his term of office;
f) the
following actions be taken with respect to future regular reviews of council
compensation:
i)
the
next regular review of Council compensation BE UNDERTAKEN in four years’
time;
ii)
the
review of Council compensation BE CONDUCTED by a Citizen Task Force formed at
least 12 months in advance of its deadline to report back to Council;
iii)
the
same Terms of Reference BE USED with the following amendments:
A)
the
number of members at large be changed from 3 to 5, with a preference that one
of the 5 members be a former elected member of a municipal council, and that
one of the 5 members represent youth, either from the London Youth Advisory
Council or as nominated by Western University and Fanshawe College; and
B)
the
mandate provide for continued work on matters covered within the report of
the 2013 Council Compensation Review Task Force, as well as consideration of
an Acting Mayor stipend;
iv) former
Council Members, youth organizations, and service clubs BE ENCOURAGED to
consider submitting nominations for citizen-at-large members;
v) prior
to establishing the next Task Force, the Guiding Principles BE REVIEWED by
the Municipal Council in order to ensure they are still relevant; and,
vi)
the next Task Force BE ASKED to hold more than one public
participation meeting and to hold them at different times of day (morning and
later in the evening) to provide greater opportunities for public input; and
g) the
Mayor BE REQUESTED to send a letter to the Task Force Members to thank them
for the time, effort and expertise they put into their work;
it being noted that the Strategic
Priorities and Policy Committee received a verbal overview of the Final
Report of the 2013 Council Compensation Review Task Force from B. Orr, Task
Force Chair.
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