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Council expenses for 2018 By Bryan Jessop
LEAMINGTON – A statement issued by municipal treasurer Laura Rauch has offered a glimpse at council’s expenses through the year of 2018. The report was submitted during a regular municipal council meeting held Tuesday, March 12 and was accepted by council members as filed. As required per Section 284 of the Municipal Act, the statement includes a breakdown of wages and municipally-related expenses as incurred per each member of council. Expenses include remuneration received as members of boards, agencies, committees or other organizations to which councilors are appointed to as members of council. In Leamington, municipal council passed a resolution made effective December 1 of last year that increased the gross honorarium of elected officials in response to the federal government’s elimination of the ‘one-third tax-free’ benefit for municipal councilors. Salary amounts paid to councilors, the mayor and deputy mayor for 2018 revealed discrepancies in comparison to previous years. Those differences arose through appointments made official during the autumn of last year following results from the October 22 municipal election. Following are the expenses incurred by members of council based on salaries, conference costs, other expenses including travel, training and per diems and compensation as members of boards and agencies: • Salaries: John Paterson – $33,266 (mayor), Hilda MacDonald – $24,820 (deputy-mayor/mayor), Bill Dunn – $19,134 (councillor), John Hammond – $19,134 (councillor), John Jacobs – $19,134 (councillor), Larry Verbeke – $19,558 (councillor/deputy-mayor), Tim Wilkinson – $19,134 (councillor), Paul Tiessen – $1,836 (councillor, following 2018 election). • Conference expenses: Paterson – $7,755, MacDonald – $275, Dunn – $5,340, Hammond – $3,569, Jacobs – $1,975, Verbeke – $2,737, Wilkinson – $0, Tiessen – $0. • Other expenses: Paterson – $3,355, MacDonald – $876, Dunn – $1,097, Hammond – $722, Jacobs – $722, Verbeke – $1,680, Wilkinson – $122, Tiessen – $0. • Total municipal expenses: Paterson – $44,376, MacDonald – $25,971, Dunn – $25,571, Hammond – $23,425, Jacobs – $21,831, Verbeke – $23,975, Wilkinson – $19,256, Tiessen – $1,836. • Boards and agencies: Paterson – $12,095, MacDonald – $4,445, Dunn – $1,719, Hammond – $3,852, Jacobs – $4,309, Verbeke – $2,231, Wilkinson – $136, Tiessen – $41. • Combined totals: Paterson – $56,471, MacDonald – $30,415, Dunn – $27,290, Hammond – $27,277, Jacobs – $26,140, Verbeke – $26,206, Wilkinson – $19,392, Tiessen – $1,877. Five non-members of council — Joan McSweeney, Paul Tiessen, Derek Friesen, Keith Klassen and Frank Ricci — were also compensated for their involvement with local boards and agencies. Combined, those expenses totaled $16,589. The grand total among council and non-council expenses equaled $231,656.
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Libraries were a popular spot during the March Break. From left to right, Tegan Grubb, Peyton Anthony and Keira Anthony put some of the finishing touches on their sun catchers at the Wheatley branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library Wednesday, March 13. Kids of all ages visited the local branch throughout the week of March Break to take part in a series of Never Never Land Stay n’ Play activities, which on Wednesday, coincided with the library’s weekly Jump Into Storytime gatherings. (Southpoint Sun Photo)
Busy schedule at Wheatley Library By Bryan Jessop
WHEATLEY – The Chatham-Kent Public Library is encouraging growth in more ways than one. In addition to Jump Into Storytime — a weekly gathering at the Wheatley branch — the 11 facilities throughout the municipality are introducing the CKPL Grows Seed Library. Starting Wednesday, March 20, a Chatham-Kent Public Library card can be used to ‘check out’ up to five packages of seeds at any of the municipality’s 11 public library branches including the Wheatley location at 35 Talbot Road West. Seeds are available at CKPL circulation desks in a wide assortment of flowers and vegetable varieties for residents to plant in their gardens and yards. In return, the participating branches are encouraging everyone utilizing the free program to save and donate seeds back to CKPL locations in the autumn of this year. Last year, more than 2,200 packages of seeds were ‘checked out’ of CKPL facilities. This year marks the first time CKPL Grows Seeds Library is available at the smaller branches including Wheatley’s. Anyone interested in accepting seed packages from their nearest CKPL location can visit the website www.ckpl.ca or call 519-354-2940 or in Wheatley, 519-825-7131. Last week, Wheatley was among the Chatham-Kent Public Library locations that welcomed youths of all ages for many March Break activities based on a Never Never Land (Continued on Page 2)
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