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Mayor Rachel Reese said the system for setting councillors’ pay was “very wicked” after council restructures meant a re-allotment of pay including a “substantial” cut for “super-chair” Brian McGurk.
A reshuffling of Nelson councillors’ pay to reflect a council re-structure has led to a “bitterly disappointing” pay cut for the council’s “super-chair” Brian McGurk and a pay rise for the deputy mayor. Councillors assign their own remuneration from an annual funding pool of $603,300 set by the Remuneration Authority. That funding does not include the mayoral remuneration, which is set by the authority at $144,500 per year.