City Council · September 16, 2025 · Item 3.
Staff to update the list of comparator municipalities used for all future compensation comparison exercises including City Council remuneration and the Executive Team is delegated to…
Main motion under the agenda item Closed meeting summary
Carried (11 to 1)
11 in favour, 1 against
This was one of 4 motions on the same item
In the order council took them. A vote makes sense next to the ones around it.
- 1/4Main motionNicole Detlor and Chelsea Noiles be appointed to the Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Committee for a term ending November 2026 or until such time as…Carried (12 to 0)
- 2/4Main motionStaff to update the list of comparator municipalities used for all future compensation comparison exercises including City Council remuneration and the Executive Team is delegated to…Differs here: …update the list, as required. That staff be directed to conduct a market survey to determine competitiveness of the City’s Non-union Municipal Employee group benefits. That staff be directed to conduct total compensation reviews (pay and benefits) instead of only a salary review in accordance with the established schedule of every four (4) years.no recorded vote
- 3/4Main motionStaff to update the list of comparator municipalities used for all future compensation comparison exercises including City Council remuneration and the Executive Team is delegated to…you are hereDiffers here: …update the list, as required.Carried (11 to 1)
- 4/4Main motionStaff to conduct a market survey to determine competitiveness of the City’s Non-union Municipal Employee group benefits.Carried (12 to 0)
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That staff be directed to update the list of comparator municipalities used for all future compensation comparison exercises including City Council remuneration and the Executive Team is delegated to update the list, as required.
Moved by Councillor Goller, seconded by Councillor Klassen.
How the room voted
In favour (11)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Hauser
- Klassen
- Richardson
Against (1)
- Gibson
Who spoke to it
Mayor Guthrie called the meeting to order (6:02 p.m.). Mayor Guthrie noted the following: Appointments to Transportation Advisory Committee and Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Committee - 2025 - 414 Council received information from staff and provided direction in the form of a motion, to be voted on in open session. Non-union Municipal Employee Group Compensation Review, 2025-424 Council received information from staff and provided direction in the form of a motion, to be voted on in open session.
What was said
247 words from the meeting recording, transcribed automatically. Times are from the start of the recording.
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5:48afternoon slash evening everybody it is Tuesday September 16th 2025 it is 530
5:55we are here for our city council meeting and right off the top we're looking to move into
6:00a closed session it's under only two items the first one is appointments to transportation
6:06advisory committee and the economic development and tourism advisory committee which is section
6:11239 2b of the municipal act regarding personal matters about an identifiable individual including
6:18municipal or local board employees and the second one is the non-union municipal employee group
6:24compensation review that's under section 239 2d of the municipal act regarding labor relations
6:31or employee negotiations now before I look to see if there's a vote to move into closed session on
6:36those two items is there any disclosure of pecuniary interest or any general nature there of for those
6:43I don't hear or see any before I ask for that vote I do want to state that councillor
6:50Koran has sent in regrets and with that would someone be willing to thank you councillor Allt
6:56thank you councillor Klassen so it's moved and seconded and I'll call the vote is anyone against
7:01moving into closed session nobody that's unanimous so we will move into closed session under those
7:07two items only we'll do a review or a high-level review when I come back out of closed session thank
7:13you so much all right good evening everybody uh just before we start the open session we went into
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