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OMWA-CARLETON
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
TO: Chair and Members
of the Board
DATE: 11 October 2005
RE: NOTICE OF MOTION RE TRUSTEE REMUNERATION
Trustee Lynn Scott has given notice that she will move as follows at the 11 October 2005
Board meeting:
WHEREAS in 2000 the Ontario government of the day held an independent review of
remuneration for members of the provincial legislature, which recommended a substantial
increase in compensation, to approximately $100,000 per year;
WHEREAS prior to the amalgamation of the City of Ottawa, an independent study of
remuneration for municipal councillors in the new City of Ottawa recommended a substantial
increase in compensation over that of any councilor in the predecessor municipalities, to
approximately $70,000 per year, on the basis of increased workload and responsibilities arising
from the municipal amalgamation;
WHEREAS remuneration for school board members was arbitrarily fixed at $5,000 per year
beginning concurrently with school board amalgamation as of 1998, with no review comparable
to those conducted for MLA and municipal councillor compensation;
WHEREAS reviews of school board member remuneration have several times been promised,
with no action by the provincial government;
WHEREAS school board members are, in many cases, responsible to more electors than
municipal politicians, provide governance to significantly larger organizations, administer larger
budgets, have experienced increases in workload as a result of new provincial legislation such as
the Safe Schools Act, and increasingly require a high level of background knowledge and
understanding for effective decision - making;
WHEREAS a reasonable formula for calculating maximum allowable campaign expenditures,
that recognizes differences in electoral areas, already exists and has been in use at the municipal
level for council and school board candidates for many years;
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
A. THAT the Board request the Minister of Education to initiate a review of school board
member remuneration as soon as possible, involving broad consultation with school
board members and provincial school board organizations;
B. THAT, as an interim measure to address the longstanding failure to provide adequate and
appropriate remuneration for school board members commensurate with their
responsibilities, the Board urge the Minister of Education to implement and fund annual
trustee remuneration, effective 1 December 2005, equivalent to the average maximum
allowable campaign expenditure for members of each district school board, calculated in
accordance with the formula in effect for the 2003 municipal elections;
C. THAT OPSBA and other provincial school board associations be urged to support this
proposal to implement appropriate and equitable remuneration for school board members
oan Melancon,
Assistant Secretary of the Board
Lorne M. Rachlis,
Director of Education/Secretary of the Board
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