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Trustees vote pay increase Small raise applies only to incoming board By Ne i l Cor be tt ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
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Incoming trustees in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will receive an inflationary raise. With the Nov. 15 municipal elections coming, trustees have set remuneration for the new school board at a base rate of $18,832, effective Dec. 1, 2014. That is a $279 per year raise from the current rate of $18,553, or 1.5 per cent. Trustees also receive a car allowance of $750 for in-district travel. The board chairperson, presently Mike Murray, gets an additional $3,000, and the vice-chair $1,500 more than trustees. Salaries will be $18,832 for trustees, $20,332 for the vice-chair and $21,832 for the chairperson. See Trustees, 12
Oliver Shumay pushes cranberries in a free-standing bog exhibit during Cranberry Day at Meadows Maze on Saturday.
Slate running for school board seats Supported by teachers’ union and CUPE By Neil Corbe tt ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
A team of four politicians – one incumbent and three newcomers – will have the backing of the two biggest employee groups in the school district as they run for trustee. Slates have not been common in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows politics. However, trustee Ken
Clarkson said it appears to be the best way to uproot an incumbent in local elections, where simple name recognition holds powerful sway over voters. Clarkson announced Friday that he will be on a “team,” joined by three candidates who would be newcomers to the board – Korleen Carreras in Pitt Meadows, and Lisa Beare and Cherie Delainey in Maple Ridge. “In order to accomplish what we want to accomplish, we need a majority on the board,” said Clarkson, a former board chair-
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man. He explained that they want a board that conducts more of its business in the public eye, and one that is willing to stand up to a provincial government that is underfunding education. “Too much of the conversation takes place behind closed doors,” he said of the current board. Clarkson clarified that the board is not breaking any rules, but he sees public debate as an important part of the process. He said the existing board discusses controversial issues in private $
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meetings, then “rubber stamps” its decisions at public meetings. The slate is supported by CUPE and the Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association. MRTA president George Serra said the unions have been working with the candidates in the run up to the Nov. 15. election. “The only incumbent we would support is Ken Clarkson,” said Serra. “One of the things that has become clear to us and CUPE is we need candidates who are politically astute.”
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