The mayor's salary won't change but councillors will be paid $62,386 annually during the next term. A motion from Councillor Shafiq Dogar to make a smaller, full-time council failed.

The next council for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) will get raises, although the mayor’s salary won’t change. A final motion from Councillor Shafiq Dogar to make council full-time, however, failed at a Thursday meeting after months of hinting he would resurrect the idea. Article content

Council will get a 31 per cent raise to $62,386 from $46,200. The mayor will still make $170,896. Councillors will now get $150 per board or committee meeting they attend, with conditions. The rest of council must have appointed them to that position, they must show up for at least 80 per cent of the meeti

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