WHEREAS the Council of the City of London is responsible to the residents of London for the prudent and accountable use of public funds;

AND WHEREAS the offices of councillor, deputy mayor, budget chair, and mayor are positions of trust held in service to the residents;

AND WHEREAS Section 283 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, authorizes a municipal council to pay remuneration to its members by bylaw;

AND WHEREAS alignment between the financial outcomes of elected officials and the financial outcomes of their constituents is in the public interest;

NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Municipal Corporation of the City of London enacts the following:

In this bylaw:

(a) “Affected office” means any of the offices to which this bylaw applies, as listed in clause 2(a).

(b) “Annual operating property-tax levy” means the gross dollar amount of property tax to be raised in a fiscal year through the City’s general municipal property-tax levy as approved by Council in the operating budget for that year, expressed in Canadian dollars.

(c) “Base pay” means the lawful remuneration for an Affected office in effect at the start of the council term commencing November 17, 2026, as set out in clause 2.

(d) “Baseline” means, for any year, the remuneration to which the formula in clause 3 is applied. The initial baseline is the base pay. After any year in which the baseline is reduced under clause 3, the reduced amount becomes the new baseline for all subsequent years.

(e) “CPI” means Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index for the London Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), All-Items, annual average for the prior calendar year.

(f) “Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the City of London.

(a) This bylaw applies to the following offices:

• Councillor
• Deputy Mayor
• Budget Chair
• Mayor

(b) The base pay for each Affected office is as follows:

(c) These figures correspond to the lawful remuneration in force at the start of the council term commencing November 17, 2026. Source: City of London 2026 Candidate Information Session, slide 38.

(a) Pay reduction on levy increase. If, in any fiscal year, the annual operating property-tax levy approved by Council exceeds the prior year’s annual operating property-tax levy by X percent, the remuneration of every Affected office shall be reduced for the following fiscal year by 1.0 times X percent of the then-current baseline. The reduced amount shall become the new baseline for all subsequent calculations under this clause.

(b) Pay maintenance on flat levy. If, in any fiscal year, the annual operating property-tax levy approved by Council is equal to the prior year’s annual operating property-tax levy, the remuneration of every Affected office shall be adjusted for the following fiscal year by the percentage change in CPI for the prior calendar year, applied to the then-current baseline.

(c) Pay increase on levy decrease. If, in any fiscal year, the annual operating property-tax levy approved by Council is less than the prior year’s annual operating property-tax levy, the remuneration of every Affected office shall be adjusted for the following fiscal year by the percentage change in CPI for the prior calendar year plus one percentage point, applied to the then-current baseline.

(d) Automatic calculation. The adjustments in this clause shall be calculated by the Treasurer and shall take effect automatically without further action of Council.

(a) Notwithstanding clause 3, the remuneration of an Affected office shall not in any year fall below 50 percent of the original base pay set out in clause 2.

(b) For greater certainty, if the formula in clause 3 would otherwise reduce remuneration below the floor in this clause, the remuneration shall be set at the floor and that amount shall constitute the baseline for subsequent calculations.

No exclusion, carve-out, override, suspension, or exception applies to clause 3 in respect of any circumstance, including but not limited to: declared emergencies, court orders, judgments, settlements, provincial cost downloads, extraordinary capital expenditures, or any other event whether foreseen or unforeseen at the time of enactment.

(a) The Treasurer shall publish, alongside the annual statement of remuneration and expenses required by Section 284 of the Municipal Act, 2001, a calculation showing the application of clause 3 for the year, including:

• the prior year’s annual operating property-tax levy;
• the current year’s annual operating property-tax levy;
• the percentage change in the levy;
• the percentage change in CPI for the prior calendar year;
• the resulting adjustment under clause 3, by office;
• the resulting baseline for the following year, by office; and
• any application of the floor in clause 4, by office.

(b) The publication required by this clause shall be made on the City of London’s public website and shall remain available for not less than ten years.

(a) The “Consumer Price Index” or “CPI” referenced in this bylaw means Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index for the London Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), All-Items, annual average for the prior calendar year.

(b) If Statistics Canada ceases to publish the index referenced in clause 7(a), or substantially changes its methodology, Council may, by a subsequent bylaw, designate a comparable successor measure of inflation for the use of this bylaw.