The Mayor of Quesnel and the 6 City Councillors will be taking home a slightly bigger paycheque beginning in the New Year.
Director of Finance Kari Bolton delivered the news at Tuesday (Nov 25) night’s meeting.
“Each year Council’s remuneration, as per policy, increases by the BC stats CPI for September, so this year that amount was 1.9 percent, so I’ve included in here what the changes to Council remuneration will be, it’s approximately a four thousand dollar change to our budget.”
The Mayor will now make $66,591 next year, up by about $1,242.
Councillors will get $22,539, which is an increase of roughly $420 dollars.
Looking at recent previous years, Council received a 2% bump back in 2025, 3.3% in 2024, 4% in 2023, 3.5% in 2022, and just .4% in 2021.
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