Councillor's to receive eight per cent pay rise Lord Mayor Graham Quirk. It's pay day for Brisbane City councillors, with an independent tribunal giving them an eight per cent salary increase. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk established the remuneration tribunal in July to determine future salary rises for councillors, ending a 25 year deal that tied councillor increases to those of Queensland MPs. The tribunal delivered its report to Brisbane City Council cheif executive officer Colin Jensen on Friday, recommending the eight per cent boost to councillor salaries. It is the first time since July 2011 councillors have had a pay rise. The report also recommended the salaries of all office holders but the Lord Mayor's remain at the same percentage of the base councillor wage as currently stands. It recommended the Lord Mayor's rise go from 163 per cent of the base councillor salary to 165 per cent. The boost will be applied retrospectively to July 1. Recommendations included will see the following rises: Lord Mayor Graham Quirk's salary will rise by $21, 481, from $222,026 to $243,507 Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner will get a $14,211 rise, from $177,644 to $191, 855 The committee chairs - Krista Adams, Matthew Bourke, Amanda Cooper, Peter Matic and Julian Simmonds - along with council chairwoman Margaret de Wit, will receive an extra $13,664, from $170,811 to $184,475 Opposition leader Milton Dick is in line for a $12,025 pay rise, up from $150,314 to $162,339. Remaining councillors will receive a $10,931 boost, up from $136,649 to $147,580. There are 26 councillors plus the Lord Mayor. A council spokesman said the report does not require council approval before it proceeds. A public blacklash greeted the July revelation the Newman Government would end a Labor Government freeze on parliamentary pay increases, which by virtue of the previous agreement meant Brisbane City councillors were in line for a $57,481 annual boost to their salaries. Cr Quirk put an interim freeze on councillor pay increases while the tribunal made its determination. The proposed 41 per cent increase came shortly after public service workers had been offered a pay rise of just 2 per cent. Former State Government director-general Bruce Wilson, company director Sally Pitkin and former Industrial Relations Commissioner Don Brown were part of the tribunal. Had the pay rises under the previous agreement gone through on July 1 Cr Quirk, who previously received the same salary as a state cabinet minister, would have received a $93,054 annual boost. Deputy mayor Adrian Schrinner was in line for an extra $74,725, while each of the chairs of Brisbane City Council's committees were in line for a $71,851.25 pay rise.