Port Coquitlam councillors have voted to give themselves and the mayor hefty pay raises.
At a meeting Monday night, council voted in favour of a 27 per cent increase for the mayor, which would raise his pay to $85,418 a year from $67,277.
City councillors will get a 42 per cent raise, bringing their pay to $31,654, up from $22,257.
Speaking to CBC News before the vote, Mayor Greg Moore said it was high time to decide whether the city's elected officials deserved more money.
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Why are there two Coquitlams anyway (same with two Langley's and two North Vancouvers)...maybe this raise would be justified if they were merged. Seems like a waste of money to me. Too many 'little cities' in lower mainland.
Surrey is the second largest city and soon to be first (Vancouver will then be a Surrey suburb lol) yet our Mayor is only #3...so I guess that will change soon enough...
