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ÐÔÊӽ紫ý council cost taxpayers more than $825,000 in 2016

That includes more than $100,000 in expenses for ÐÔÊӽ紫ý City Council last year
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SURREY — The numbers are in and ÐÔÊӽ紫ý City Council cost taxpayers almost $826,000 last year.

That includes each member’s salary, taxable benefits and expenses for 2016.

Mayor Linda Hepner makes the most. Her base salary in 2016 was approximately $132,470 in 2016 (up from $125,100 in 2015) and she received $15,855 in other taxable benefits, almost all of which went to a car allowance.

ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s eight councillors each received just over $67,000 in 2016 as a base salary, that’s up from approximately $63,300 the year prior.

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In all, ÐÔÊӽ紫ý City Council expensed just shy of $105,000 last year, up from $87, 100 in 2015.

Councillor Bruce Hayne expensed the most with nearly $16,700, followed by Councillor Vera LeFranc at $13,700, then Councillor Barbara Steele, just a few dollars behind.

Councillor Dave Woods expensed roughly $12,700, followed by Councillor Tom Gill with about $12,300.

Councillor Judy Villeneuve expensed nearly $11,400 and Mayor Hepner about $11,100.

The lowest spenders when it came to expenses were Councillor Mike Starchuk ($9,000) and Councillor Mary Martin (just over $4,000).

Altogether, more than $50,000 was reported to ÐÔÊӽ紫ý City Council in other taxable benefits, including the mayor’s car allowance.

Click here to see the full report from 2015.

amy.reid@ surreynowleader.com

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