A modest pay raise for the next members of the Kenora District Services Board.The Board voted 7-3 in favour of a pay hike at its meeting yesterday in Dryden.
The Honoraria will be for travel, board meetings and committee meetings and will only be paid out to those who make a meeting in person.
The current stipend for members who attend a board meeting is 1-thousand dollars and that will go up to 2-thousand.
The KDSB stresses that the current rates are the lowest in Ontario and haven't been changed since 1999.
Sioux Lookout Mayor Dennis Leney, Kenora Councilor Louis Roussin and Lake of the Woods unincorporated member Irene Kember voted against the increase.
They stated the hike isn't needed, while Kember wanted video-conference attendance to count in receiving the honoraria.
The change is effective January 1st, 2015.
