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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, Ju ne 16 ,2 02 2 | 18 www.concretetrimmings.com CONCRETE FREE ESTIMATES 905-844-5518 1-888-944-5518 uality At Its Best! Call Fernando 1-888-944-5518 www 1-888-944-5518 • DRIVEWAYS • FRENCH CURBS • PATIOS • STEPS • WALKWAYS • GARAGE FLOORS ExposEd aggrEgatE (pebble) SAVING YOU MORE ON NOW AT THE BRICK! SAVING YOU MORE SAVING YOU MORE For more details shop instore or online at thebrick.com Eighty-year-old Lidiya Sagir, a cancer survivor of 20 years, walks with daughters Olha Nesterenko (left) and Galina Grinchenko of Oakville during the Lap of Hope at the Relay for Life Burlington/Hamilton/Oakville in-person event at M.M. Robinson High School in Burlington. The Canadian Cancer Society fundraiser returned after a two-year pause and pivot online due to the pandemic. Graham Paine/Metroland CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION Post the details for free in our calendar. Hosting an event online or in the community? INSIDEHALTON.COM/EVENTS It's that time of year when Halton's number crunchers report on how much regional politicians are earning. The latest staff report reveals that $1,636,128 was spent on council member salaries, benefits and ex- penses throughout 2021, with an additional $36,487 dished out for certain local boards that councillors and others sit on. Regional Chair Gary Carr was the top earner on council and brought home $233,448 while councillors were paid between $53,000 to just over $61,000 each in salaries and benefits. Halton also covers the salaries, benefits and ex- penses incurred by the Hal- ton Regional Police Service Board, which came in at $56,519. Just over $30,000 was paid to council mem- bers throughout Halton for sitting on the conservation authority boards, while Milton Mayor Gord Krantz received a $6,372 per diem for being a member of the Niagara Escarpment Com- mission board. The pandemic contin- ues to result in some sav- ings for regional council. According to the staff re- port, council spent much less on mileage and attend- ing conferences through- out 2021 than it did before COVID-19 hit. Collectively, councillors only spent $20,115 on conferences, compared to over $130,000 in 2019. Similarly, mileage claims were down to $551 for 2021, versus about $9,000 the year before the pandemic. Regional council mem- bers are also compensated by the local municipalities they serve -- numbers that are reported separately by the four towns/cities in Halton. $1.7M SPENT ON HALTON COUNCIL SALARIES, EXPENSES IN 2021 MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@ metroland.com Regional Chair Gary Carr earned $233,448 last year. Metroland file photo COUNCIL