Governance Committee Special Meeting Agenda

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Governance Committee
Revised Agenda
 
Date:Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Time:3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location:Electronic Zoom Meeting
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.AGENDA
2.1Approval of Agenda
3.BUSINESS
3.1Trustee Remuneration Review
3.1.1Consultant’s Report: Islands Trust Trustee Remuneration Review
2 - 78
3.1.2Draft Trust Council Request For Decision: Trustee Remuneration Policy
Amendments
79 - 92
4.NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
5.CLOSED MEETING
If desired:
That the meeting be closed to the public in accordance with the Community Charter, Part 4,
Division 3, s.90, (quote the pertinent section here, for example, (1)(a) personal information
about...) and that the recorder and staff [attend/not attend] the meeting.
6.RISE AND REPORT
If requested
7.ADJOURNMENT
*Approximate time is provided for the convenience of the public only and is subject to change
without notice.

Trustee 
Remuneration 
Review
E X E C U T I V E   S U M M A RY  AND R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S
2

Purpose of the Review
Remuneration framework established in 2010
Incremental CPI, meeting fee, and policy updates since
Trustee survey highlighted workload and barriers to entry 
Objective: confirm reasonableness of method, survey Trustees, 
recommend refinementsand policy update
3

Current Framework
✓Based on early Regional District Electoral Area Director comparators
✓Population and folio workload proxies
✓Chair and Vice Chair leadership premiums
✓Framework is conceptually sound
✓Somelanguage improvements needed to align with UBCM best 
practices
4

Comparator Context
✓UBCM describes Regional District workload qualitatively
✓School Trustees use annualized time expectations
✓Islands Trust Trustees share elements of both models
✓Islands TrustTrusteeshavenarrowermandate than Regional District 
Electoral Area Directors with perhapsmore intensive community 
engagement
✓Islands Trust Trustees report higher workload within a more defined 
role and responsibility than Electoral Area Directors hold
✓Annualized comparators with workload checks are appropriate
5

Survey Findings
✓Workload driven by TC and LTC meetings and preparation
✓Complexity matters more than size
✓Trustees report significant, variable time commitments driven 
primarily by Local Trust Committee activity, preparation, and 
community engagement
✓Leadership roles are recognized as carrying materially higher 
responsibility, while overall remuneration levels are viewed as a barrier 
to accessibility and renewal
✓Taken together, the survey confirms the need for a remuneration 
framework that emphasizes base compensation, clear role-based 
premiums, objective activity measures and periodic independent review
6

Overall Assessment
✓Methodology is reasonable but under-compensates workload
✓Market alignment has eroded over time
✓Barriers to accessibility and renewal identified
✓Adjustments recommended, not a redesign
7

Comparator Group 
Recommendation
✓Closest comparator remains Regional District Electoral

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