With a 5-4 vote, it was agreed to bump the salaries of the next Norfolk County mayor and councillors based on a ratio of what’s paid to a Member of Provincial Parliament.

At a council-in-committee meeting on Tuesday, councillors passed a motion that the mayor’s remuneration be set at 75 per cent of an MPP’s salary. That would increase the mayor’s salary from the current $93,139 to $118,013.

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The committee also agreed that the pay for councillors would be 50 per cent of that earned by the mayor. Councillors currently earn $40,830 a year. The increase will bring that up to $59,006.

The pay hikes would come into effect for the next council term, from 2026 to 2030.

The decision requires a final vote at a council meeting later this month.

The discussion about pay began i

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