Editor: As I understand it Chatham-Kent councillors are paid a salary of more than $36,000 a year. Most have other jobs, which makes it hard to attend council meetings on time requiring them to have catered meals on meeting days and security guards.
I have an idea. Let’s have retired persons serve on council instead. Their time is their own and they’ll always be on time, probably early, for meetings and will not require a catered meal.
I’m thinking that they won’t need to make $36,000 a year either. I propose a salary of $10,000 a year.
Imagine, if you will, that we have all or mostly retired people on council how much money in salaries would be saved, not to mention catered food, bodyguards, etc. In fact, I volunteer for the job. I live in town, I ran two businesses, my time is my own, save two to four hours a day for my model RR. I own my own home so I’m familiar with the problems facing homeowners as well as business owners, I’m a veteran (reserves) with a love for history. And I won’t vote for my own salary increases!
Bryan Marino
Chatham
