The filed record
Review of Councillor Remuneration
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The decision
2025-03-26 · Toronto City Council · amended
As filed
City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025, adopted the following: 1. City Council approve an increase to Ward Councillors' base salary to $170,588.60 (inclusive of 2025 actual Consumer Price Index adjustment), effective January 1, 2025. 2. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 223, Remuneration for Council Members, to require the Chief People Officer to review Council Members' remuneration and report directly to City Council at the beginning of each City Council term, with data to support a continued application of a 75th percentile benchmark for salary.
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3. City Council amend Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 223, Remuneration for Council Members, to permit a First Deputy Mayor to be compensated at the rate of the Mayor in situations where the Office of the Mayor becomes vacant in accordance with section 204 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, for a period of 30 days or more, until such time as a Mayor is elected. 4. City Council approve an in-year 2025 Operating Budget transfer of $0.957 million gross and net from the City's Corporate Non-Program Expenditure Budget to the City Council Budget for the increase to Ward Councillors' salary.
The vote
Amend Item · Carried, 15-8
The whole record, all 26 members
- Alejandra BravoAgainst
- Amber MorleyFor
- Anthony PerruzzaFor
- Ausma MalikFor
- Brad BradfordAgainst
- Chris MoiseFor
- Dianne SaxeFor
- Frances NunziataAgainst
- Gord PerksAgainst
- Jamaal MyersFor
- James PasternakFor
- Jennifer McKelvieAbsent
- Jon BurnsideAbsent
- Josh MatlowFor
- Lily ChengFor
- Michael ThompsonFor
- Mike ColleFor
- Nick MantasFor
- Olivia ChowAbsent
- Parthi KandavelAgainst
- Paul AinslieFor
- Paula FletcherAgainst
- Rachel Chernos LinFor
- Shelley CarrollFor
- Stephen HolydayAgainst
- Vincent CrisantiAgainst
Every name opens that member’s record.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The purpose of this report is to advise that the City Manager and the Chief People Officer will be submitting a report related to a review of Councillor remuneration to City Council before its meeting on March 26, 27 and 28, 2025.
Staff recommended
The City Manager and the Chief People Officer recommend that: 1. City Council receive this report for information.
On the record
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