The City of Dauphin is planning to increase compensation rates for council members.
At their most recent council meeting council gave first reading to a bylaw increasing their pay.
Mayor Dowhan is set to be paid $2,581.00 a month as well as reimbursement of nominal out-of-pocket expenses while doing the duties of mayor.
The Deputy Mayor will be paid a monthly compensation of $1,176.00 and councillors are set to be paid $1,023 a month, plus reimbursement to things paid out of pocket for doing the job.
Also, municipal officials are eligible to receive $28 per hour, to a maximum of $140 for each hour actually spent representing the City at meetings for boards and committees.
If anyone on council is absent for more than six meetings of council, which includes regular and special council meetings and Planning and Priorities Committee meetings in one calendar year, they will be subject to a loss of $140 for each subsequent absence of the three meetings.
