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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