City of Lloydminster council has updated a policy following a review requesting more clarity.
The Council Remuneration Policy provides a document that enables uniform and transparent practices for the remuneration of council.
This covers everything from council salaries to benefits and cellphones.
The update council heard at the Nov. 25 meeting revolved around updating wording for clarity regarding cellphones. The recommendation was made following a review of the policy.
“Within the policy, it allows the city manager to put together a committee of three members of the public, so that was done back in March, April 2024 with the goal of having it done prior to the election so when the election happened, everyone was aware of the compensation package that was available for both mayor and council,” said Dion Pollard, Lloydminster city manager.
“Committee did the review and recommended what’s being compensated. Again, this change is a wording change that just needed some clarification,” he said.
The policy was last amended and approved in April 2024. The update to the wording reads as follows:
“Members of Council and the Mayor may either utilize a City-issued cellphone in accordance with the Cellular Device Program or receive a monthly allowance of $55, $25 per pay period, based on 26 pay periods annually.”
Council passed the motion to update the wording.
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