Dunedin City Council community board members are paid $8166.20 a year, while a deputy chairman gets $9189.95, and the chairman $16,332.42.
Their pay comes from a pool set by the Remuneration Authority, which is divided up by the council.
All community boards were asked in their latest meeting round to endorse 2011-12 rates, which remain the same as last year, before they were considered by the remuneration subcommittee recently and forwarded to the council for final approval.
The Mosgiel board chose to "not endorse" the rates and Mr Dillon said community boards should be funded on the basis of population, "to do everyone fairly".
"I believe the bigger boards should be acknowledged by the amount they get paid," he said.
This money should come from the existing pool, so it would not cost any more.
The population of Mosgiel was 16,500 while the Strath Taieri Community Board covered a population of 650, he said.
"If you've got a bigger population, you are going to have more interaction with people and the community require more consultation."
With issues in the board's area such as flooding and Riccarton Rd, along with board, working party and committee meetings, Mr Dillon said he "probably put in 20 hours a week", which was "a lot more work than most of them".
"All I'm saying is a fair suck of the sav. There is a limit to what you'll do for $50 a week."
However, remuneration subcommittee chairman Cr Chris Staynes said community boards were "remunerated reasonably for the hours of work they are required to do".
Community boards had taken issue with their remuneration before, "which they have the right to do".
However, "if there had been a considered view across the community boards it would have had more influence" on the committee's decision.
Otago Peninsula Community Board chairman John Bellamy said the board was "happy enough with the remuneration", but wanted the mileage allowance reinstated.
A national policy, introduced by the Remuneration Authority at the last local body election, meant a 70c a km payment only applied during journeys of more than 30km, for the first 5000km.
A 35c a km payment came in for all kilometres more than 5000.
Driving to meetings, which were held alternately in Dunedin and on Otago Peninsula, "mounts up to quite a considerable amount of mileage".
Most members did not claim the allowance, but increasing fuel costs meant some did not have much of an option.
"To lose our mileage privilege is a bit tough on some of the members. The remuneration barely covers costs as it is," he said.
Mr Bellamy believed a "few dollars" for members to carry out the public service was "not too much to ask".
Community board pay
Proposed rates for 2011-12
• Community board member $8166.20
• Deputy chairman $9189.95
• Chairman $16,332.42
• Councillor $44,215.42
• Committee chairman $49,215.42
• Deputy mayor $60,000.
• Remuneration pool: $834,789
Remuneration 2010-11
• Community board member $8166.20
• Deputy chairman $9189.95
• Chairman $16,332.42
• Councillor $40,592.30
• Committee deputy chairman $42,645.90
• Committee chairman $50,747.98
• Deputy mayor $60,895.65
• Remuneration pool: $834,362
• The national Remuneration Authority sets the remuneration pool. It covers remuneration of all elected members, excluding the mayor.
