West Island mayors weigh in on pay increases

Like all West Island municipalities, Kirkland recently went through the exercise of deciding what adjustments should be made to remunerations for elected officials.
When the proposed numbers came in, Kirkland council voted. It was not unanimous. During the Nov. 5 council meeting, District 5 councillor Stephen Bouchard, District 3 councillor Sam Rother and District 1 councillor Michael Brown all voted against the raise.
“Stephen and Sam both said they didn’t feel right about giving th