Tim Shadbolt’s sacrifice
PA Auckland The Mayor of Waitemata, Mr Tim Shadbolt, will not accept almost $lO,OOO back pay he is entitled to because he says the city cannot afford it. He urges that his councillors do the same for increases in their allowances awarded by the
Higher Salaries Commission. The commission raised Mr Shadbolt’s $27,850 allowance to $37,460, councillors’ $29 daily pay to $6O, and committee chairmen’s $2350 pay to $4104. Mr Shadbolt said the increases were deserved, but he said it was unfair to accept a year’s backdating to April 1, 1985, at
a time when Waitemata faced rate increases expected to be at least 20 per cent. He said he could use the $9610 he was entitled to, but he felt a responsibility to the city to keep the rates down. He would ask councillors at a policy and finance committee meeting today not to back-date the rises.
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