Remuneration for the City Appointed Member
to the Toronto Police Service Board
The Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team recommends
the adoption of the recommendation of the Toronto Police Services Board embodied in the
following report (March 27, 1998) from the Chairman, Toronto Police Services Board; and,
further, that the Term of Office for the current incumbent on the Toronto Police Service Board,
whose term of office expires on May 4, 1998, be extended until such time as Council makes a new
appointment:
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the Special Committee approve the Toronto Police Services Board=s
recommendation that the city appointed member to the Toronto Police Services Board be paid an
interim salary of $8,791.00 per annum until the City of Toronto establishes a city-wide compensation
plan for citizen appointees.
Council Reference/Background History:
At its meeting on March 26, 1998, the Toronto Police Services Board was in receipt of the following
report (March 18, 1998) from Norman Gardner, Chairman:
ASubject:Remuneration of the City Appointed Member to the Toronto Police Services Board.
Recommendation:That the Board recommend to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report on
the Toronto Transition Team that the city appointed member be paid an interim salary of $8,791.00 per
annum until the City of Toronto establishes a City-wide compensation plan for citizen appointees.
Background:
In May, the City of Toronto will be appointing a citizen representative to the Police Services Board,
Section 27(12) of the Police Services Act states that ACouncil shall pay the members of the Board who
are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council or Solicitor General remuneration that is at least
equal to the prescribed amount@.
Metro Council established a salary rate for Board members in which part-time provincially appointed
members are paid $8,791.00 per annum and a provincially appointed member who was elected chair is
paid $90,963.00 per annum.
In the absence of a City-wide compensation plan for citizen appointees, and in order to ensure the new
appointee is paid, the Clerk=s office has requested the Board recommend an interim salary for the new
city appointee.@
Conclusions:
The Board approved the foregoing.
Contact Name and Telephone Number:
Norman Gardner, Chairman, Police Services Board, 808-6784.