While the District makes noise about affordable housing it has failed to recognize that the cost of living in Tofino has gone up with the introduction of the HST and our ridiculous water rates....District staff got a settlement of 0% over 2 years...(not management)....while I'm all in favor of keeping expenses down a small increase in pay to compensate for cost of living increases wouldn't be out of line....
The Mayor got a raise of about $6000.00 Canadian dollars and council got a raise of about $3500.00 Canadian dollars in 2010 !!! I think that is fair but a bit of a raise for District staff that actually show up for work would go a long way towards keeping staff employed on a long term basis and making sure that they can afford housing....
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