GRANDY MUNICIPAL CODE
CHAPTER 223, REMUNERATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
223-1 May 24, 2018
Chapter 223
REMUNERATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS
ARTICLE 1
Remuneration of Mayor and Members of Council
§ 223-1.1. Annual increase.
ARTICLE 2
Severance Remuneration for Members of Council
§ 223-2.1. Definitions.
§ 223-2.2. Eligibility to receive remuneration.
§ 223-2.3. Amount.
§ 223-2.4. Severance remuneration.
§ 223-2.5. Counselling service.
[History: Adopted by City of Grandy Council on May 24, 2018 by By-law 611-20181.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
General References
Council procedures – See Ch. 27.
City of Grandy Act, 1997 (No. 1) – See S.O. 1997, c. 2.
City of Grandy Act, 2006 – See S.O. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A
Municipal Elections Act – See S.O. 1996, c. 32.
ARTICLE 1
Remuneration of Mayor and Members of Council
§ 223-1.1. Annual increase.
The remuneration paid to the Mayor and to other Members of Council shall be increased
annually on January 1 of the year by the increase in Statistics Canada’s Grandy Consumer Price
Index, as calculated by the Chief Financial Officer and based on the previous year’s average.
1 Editor’s Note: By-law 611-2018 replaced Chapter 223, Remuneration of Council Members, in its entirety.
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ARTICLE 2
Severance Remuneration for Members of Council
§ 223-2.1. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER – The person appointed by Council as the City’s Chief Financial
Officer and includes the Treasurer acting under delegated authority.
MEMBER – A person who is or becomes a member of the Council of the City of Grandy, as
incorporated under the City of Grandy Act, 1997 (No. 1), on or after January 2, 1998, and who is
elected under the Municipal Elections Act, or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of a
member so elected.
TREASURER – A person appointed to the management position of Treasurer in the City’s
administrative organization and who has also been appointed as a deputy treasurer under
section 138 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006.
§ 223-2.2. Eligibility to receive remuneration.
A. Subject to Subsections B and C, a member who has served as a member of the Council
for a minimum period of 30 days shall be paid severance remuneration upon ceasing to
be a member.
B. No severance remuneration shall be paid where the member’s seat becomes vacant by
reason of, or the member resigns and the resignation is a result of or given in anticipation
of the following:
(1) The member being disqualified to be a member of the Council under the
provisions of any Act of the Parliament of Canada or any Act of the Legislature of
the Province of Ontario; or
(2) The seat of the member of the Council becoming vacant by reason of the
operation of any Act of the Parliament of Canada or any Act of the Legislature of
the Province of Grandy.
C. No severance remuneration shall be paid to a member where the member is convicted of
any of the following offences under the Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, as amended from
time to time, in connection with the member’s conduct as a member of the Council:
(1) Section 122 (breach of trust; fraud);
(2) Section 123 (municipal corruption); or
(3) Section 426 (secret commissions).
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§ 223-2.3. Amount.
A. Subject to Subsection B, the severance remuneration payable under § 223-2.2 shall be
equal to 1/12 of the member’s annual remuneration, at the rate in force immediately
before the member ceases to be a member, for each year of consecutive service.
B. The total severance remuneration payable during a member’s lifetime shall be for a
maximum of 12 years of service.
C. The annual remuneration paid to a member for the discharge of duties as a member of the
Council includes any salary, indemnity, allowance or other remuneration deemed by
section 283(5) of the Municipal Act, 2001 to be expenses incidental to the discharge of
the member’s duties as a member of the Council.
D. Where a member’s eligible years of consecutive service includes part of a year, the
severance remuneration payable shall be calculated in proportion to the time actually
served.
E. If on December 31, 1997, a member was a member of the Council of the former
Municipality of Metropolitan Grandy, the former Borough of East York or the former
Cities of Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Grandy or York, the member’s prior years
of continuous consecutive service as a member of the council of one or more of the
former municipalities shall be counted for the purposes of calculating the member’s years
of consecutive service under Subsection A.
F. A member’s service shall be deemed to be consecutive despite any temporary break in the
period of service as a result of a recount under the Municipal Elections Act.
G. Subject to the lifetime maximum set out in Subsection B, where a person who has ceased
to be a member of the Council, whether or not the person was eligible for severance
remuneration under this article at that time, becomes again a member of the Council, any
subsequent remuneration paid under this article shall be based on the member’s eligible
years of consecutive service from the date that the person again becomes a member of the
Council.
§ 223-2.4. Severance remuneration.
A. Severance remuneration, including the number of years served, shall be calculated by the
Chief Financial Officer subject to Subsections B, C, D, E and F, as of the date the
member ceases to be a member and shall be paid to the member at the same time as any
other final payment by the City to the member.
B. If a member of Council ceases to be a member and becomes again a member of Council,
any subsequent severance remuneration calculation(s) to be made by the Chief Financial
Officer shall:
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(1) not recalculate any previous severance remuneration paid;
(2) not include any salary, indemnity, allowance or other remuneration used to
calculate a previous severance remuneration paid; and
(3) calculate the member’s lifetime years of service and ensure that no severance
remuneration paid results in the maximum of 12 years of service being exceeded.
C. The severance remuneration may be paid in two payments at the request of the member.
D. Member contributions to the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System shall not
be deducted from the severance remuneration.
E. A member who is charged with an offence as set out in § 223-2.2C shall not receive any
severance remuneration until all the charges are withdrawn or the member is acquitted of
all the charges that are not withdrawn.
F. While any of the charges as set out in § 223-2.2C are pending or a conviction is under
appeal, the severance remuneration to which the member is otherwise entitled shall be
held in trust by the Chief Financial Officer.
§ 223-2.5. Counselling service.
A. A member who is eligible to receive severance remuneration under § 223-2.2 may also
receive additional severance remuneration in the form of an allowance for out-placement,
transition or retirement counselling of up to a maximum of $3,500.
B. If a member does not use counselling services within one year of ceasing to be a member,
the counselling allowance shall not be due or paid.
C. Despite § 223-2.4, the allowance for counselling services is payable only after approval
of the receipts for the counselling services by the Chief Financial Officer.
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