Council Remuneration Review Working Group

On April 20, 2021, City Council approved creating a Council Remuneration Review Working Group to review the remuneration and benefits to be paid to Council members for the upcoming term of office (November 2022 - November 2026). This practice has been in place since 2006 and removes the politics from the discussion by having an objective third party review remuneration and expenses.

The Council Remuneration Review Working Group will issue their final report to Council in the fall of 2021. The working group does not have any decision-making capacity, or delegated authority, except to direct staff to assist with administrative support including the gathering of information and resource materials to assist the group with its review.

View the Terms of Reference for this working group...

Who are the members of the working group?

The group includes seven (7) members to match the size of Burlington’s Council, with balanced representation from:

a representative from a financial institution in the City of Burlington
a local board member
a citizen advisory committee member
a representative from the Chamber of Commerce
a representative of a community social services organization (e.g. Community Development Halton), and
two (2) City of Burlington residents.

The 2021 Group’s members are:

Dave Conrath (Chair)
Sean Ballard
John Chisholm
Colleen Mulholland
Carrie Overholt
Sharon Portelli
Rameen Sabet
Diana Tuszynski

What does the working group do?

Our mandate is to conduct research, review existing policies and practices, make comparisons with similar sized peer and neighbouring municipalities, and produce an independent report with recommendations for the total level of compensation, benefits and expenses for the term of office commencing Nov. 14, 2022.