Toronto’s city council voted this week in favour of a pay hike for Toronto city council. The motion, which passed by a vote of 15 to 8, will see councillors’ salaries rise to $170,588 from $137,537, effective back to Jan. 1 of this year. It amounts to a 24 per cent raise, or $33,051.

Three councillors were listed as being absent from the vote, including Don Valley East councillor Jon Burnside. The National Post reached out to Burnside but was told he was unavailable for comment.