CBRM meeting agenda may rile residents
SYDNEY, N.S. – Two issues that have been known to rile up residents of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality — council compensation and heavy garbage pickup — will be on the agenda for today’s general committee meeting.
The issue paper prepared for the meeting by Gordie MacDougall, the CBRM’s director of human resources, outlines three possible scenarios for compensation for council to consider — maintaining the status quo; maintaining the current salary including one-third non-taxable but removing the $140 weekly travel allowance and allowing mileage to be claimed for one meeting per day; or adding travel allowance to salary.
In 2005, under former mayor John Morgan, CBRM council changed its expense policy to give council members the option of claiming $140 a week for local travel and expenses. It’s a measure that has proven to be unpopular with many residents over the years. CBRM meeting agenda may rile residents
