spider
Senior Member
You only get what you pay for, right? We pay some traffic cops and TTC ticket booth attendants way more than we pay 44 people to run our city. Top municipal civil servants are being paid 2 and 3 times what we pay their bosses, something is wrong with this picture.
Instead of 44 people with often rather ordinary skillsets being paid more than they could command in the real world let's go after some real talent by paying more than we pay a bus driver, no offence meant to bus drivers.
Let's reduce the number of members from 44 to 11.
Councillors would each be paid $300,000 per year but would be required to pay all their expenses from this amount. No junkets, meals, mileage, parking or anything else could be expensed.
Council meetings would be scheduled for 2 days per week, not 2 days per month where attendance appears to be optional. Quorum would be set at 9. Imagine a meeting where only 11 opinions instead of 44 would have to be heard.
Discuss.
Instead of 44 people with often rather ordinary skillsets being paid more than they could command in the real world let's go after some real talent by paying more than we pay a bus driver, no offence meant to bus drivers.
Let's reduce the number of members from 44 to 11.
Councillors would each be paid $300,000 per year but would be required to pay all their expenses from this amount. No junkets, meals, mileage, parking or anything else could be expensed.
Council meetings would be scheduled for 2 days per week, not 2 days per month where attendance appears to be optional. Quorum would be set at 9. Imagine a meeting where only 11 opinions instead of 44 would have to be heard.
Discuss.
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