Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore will lead the Metro Vancouver board again next year.
Last week, Moore was acclaimed to the position — for the fifth time — along with Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie, who will return as vice-chair.
Both elected officials will also head up the boards for the Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District as well as the Greater Vancouver Water District.
As Metro chair, Moore earns an annual wage of $71,858 — on top of his municipal salary of about $91,000 (both 2015 rates) — for his one-year term while Louie gains $35,929.
They're also eligible to be compensated for travel and expenses to workshops and conferences. As of Dec. 1, 2015, Moore had claimed $6,825; however, that doesn't include his recent trip to London and Paris for the UN Climate Change Conference.
Moore will also act as PoCo's voice on the Metro board in 2016 while Mayor Richard Stewart and Coun. Craig Hodge will continue to represent Coquitlam.
Port Moody's vote is held by Mayor Mike Clay while the Tri-City villages of Anmore and Belcarra will have their mayors at the table, too (votes are distributed according to population).
Each board and committee members gets $359 (2015 rate) for a meeting up to four hours; past then, it's $718.
Meanwhile, Moore will roll out his list next month of 2016 Metro committee appointments though Coquitlam has already put forward its requests with all councillors — except for Teri Towner and Chris Wilson — seeking jobs.
As for municipal appointments, Tri-City mayors this month shuffled the committee portfolios for the new year.
In Coquitlam, chairs and vice-chairs will stay pat though the Celebrate Coquitlam advisory panel — which aimed to draw major tourism events — has folded into the Coquitlam 125th anniversary steering committee.
In PoCo, Coun. Brad West will take over smart growth (planning) from Coun. Glenn Pollock. West's former committee of transportation will be headed up by Coun. Dean Washington while Coun. Darrell Penner will lead healthy communities to replace Coun. Mike Forrest. Penner's former committee of community safety will be overseen by Coun. Laura Dupont.
And in Port Moody, land use will be led by Coun. Robert Vagramov, finance by Coun. Meghan Lahti and heritage by Coun. Barbara Junker. For parks and recreation, Coun. Diana Dilworth will take charge.
