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The committee is proposing future adjustments continue to use the weekly earnings indicator that’s already in use, but instead of having the changes automatically happen every Jan. 1, the group wants future councils to vote annually whether to accept or decline the pay hikes or cuts, a proposal Ward 11 Coun. Brian Pincott doesn’t agree with.

“I don’t think we should be making that decision,” he said. “For political purposes, council will always vote to decline (a pay increase) until you reach a situation where they’re so out of whack they have to do a 20 per cent increase just to be competitive again.”

Nenshi wasn’t available to comment on the committee’s recommendations on Wednesday.

When Nenshi first ran for the mayor’s chair in 2010, the job came with $177,100 in annual pay, plus benefits and expenses, while city councillors were paid $97,551 annually.

Ward 10 Coun. Andre Chabot, who is running for mayor in the October election, said he’s long thought the mayoral position was “overpaid, regardless of who happens to be in the seat.”

“The mayor’s salary was always recognized as being high in Calgary compared to other municipalities. I think it should be brought into alignment, whatever that happens to be,” he said.

The survey of six cities concluded Calgary’s elected officials are the second-highest paid, behind Edmonton, where the fully taxable equivalent for Mayor Don Iveson’s salary is $218,200 and the annual salary is $116,729 for Edmonton city councillors.