Metro Vancouver board members voted in favour of giving themselves in a retroactive pension of up to $11,000, despite some councillors questioning the move ahead of the fall elections.
In the March 23 meeting, the board agreed to a retirement allowance of 10.2 per cent of earnings, which is about $1,100, for all members who choose to leave or are not re-elected, going back to 2007.
The pension comes in on the heels of a change to federal taxes which would see some of the pay that local officials receive be taxed as income.
The board has voted themselves a raise to mitigate that impact, costing Metro Vancouver $131,333 in 2019.