ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

Date: April 22, 1998

Author/Local: Jaan Kolk/6392

CC File No. 1255

TO:	Vancouver City Council
FROM:	Director of Finance
SUBJECT:	Annual Report on Council Remuneration and Expenses

INFORMATION

The General Manager of Corporate Services submits this report to Council for INFORMATION.

COUNCIL POLICY

In 1993, the Provincial Government changed the Vancouver Charter (section 196A) requiring the annual reporting of Council salaries and expenses in open Council.

PURPOSE

A report on Council expenditures must be submitted annually to Council. This report outlines the remuneration and expenses paid to Council members in 1997.

DISCUSSION

The following table outlines the remuneration and expenses paid to Council in 1997. The amounts shown in the travel and training column of the table are expanded in Appendix I of the report.

Council Expenditures in 1997

Name	Income (1)	Annual Expense Allowance (1)	Auto Allowance (3)	Travel & Training (2)
P. Owen	$ 92,930.26	$ -	$7,200.00	$5,433.31
D. Bellamy	42,638.19	2,457.84	-	3,703.64
N. Chiavario	42,638.19	4,231.70	-	608.25
J. Clarke	44,342.96	2,852.88	-	3,517.43
A. Herbert	42,638.19	2,613.34	-	902.30
L. Kennedy	42,638.19	2,621.87	-	1,395.27
Daniel Lee	42,638.19	2,909.03	-	497.35
Don Lee	42,638.19	2,672.34	-	4,753.24
G. Price	44,342.96	2,337.90	-	1,249.25
G. Puil	42,638.19	2,457.82	-	6,631.12
S. Sullivan	42,638.19	2,002.30	-	4,300.96
	$522,721.70	$27,157.02	$7,200.00	$32,992.12

Notes:

(1)This allowance is for reimbursement of local expenses incurred by Members of Council in the discharge of their duties.

(2) The travel and training expenses have been approved in open Council. These expenses relate directly to the conduct of City business as provided for in the Expenses By-law for Members of Council. See report Appendix I.

(3) The Mayor's automobile allowance is set out in the Expenses By-law approved by City Council under Section 196(1) of the Vancouver Charter.

CONCLUSION

The foregoing information is presented to Council in open session in accordance with therequirements of the Vancouver Charter. Under those provisions, the City Clerk must make a copy of this report available for public inspection at City Hall during regular office hours, from the date the report is considered by Council until one year after that date.

ELECTRONIC COPY OF APPENDIX 1 NOT AVAILABLE. FULL COPIES OF REPORT ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.

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