Saturday, January 22, 2011

Steve Rant - Increase to Per Diem Rates

On Tuesday, WL Council will receive a report from Council's General Governance Committee which recommends Council increase the daily per diem rate (breakfast, lunch and dinner) from $60 to $80 per day.  See the Committee's report here

At a time when people are still struggling to pay their bills in our community - Council has the wrong priorities here.  The existing daily per diem rate of $60 is sufficient, in my view, and is on par with the City of Prince George which has a bigger population and budget than Williams Lake.

If WL Council approves this - then their so-called concerns about taxpayers' around budget discussion time & when the property tax rate is set to be hypocrisy on Williams Lake Council's part 

Council should reject the Committee's recommendation and find other opportunities to reduce administrative costs (Staff, etc) at Williams Lake City Hall, in order to reduce as much as possible the overall tax increase at City Hall to inflation (2%) or less

SBF

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