Metro Vancouver Board members are set to discuss a motion on slashing meeting fees.
The motion by Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West also includes eliminating the double pay bonus for meetings that go over four hours and puts a cap on what directors can get paid on a per-meeting basis.
The board is already facing a roughly $4-billion cost overrun on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant and criticism over spending on staff travel and catered networking events.
West said putting a stop to the creeping costs of meetings is a good start to cutting costs.
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“It also allows for what I think is probably an even better approach, which is to move away from the per-meeting fee model of remuneration altogether,” West said.
“I think that that model is flawed. It leads to, I think, an increase in meetings that are unnecessary.”
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West’s motion also seeks to slash at least half of Metro Vancouver’s committees to cut down on spending.
The meeting will also decide whether to cancel this year’s zero-waste conference, which is expected to cost taxpayers $360,000, not including staff hours.
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