17. Subject to section 16, the board must, in rendering its decision, take into account(1) the financial and fiscal situation of the municipality concerned or of the municipalities which are party to the agreement creating the intermunicipal board concerned and the impact of the decision on that municipality or those municipalities and their ratepayers;
(2) the conditions of employment applicable to the employees concerned;
(3) the conditions of employment applicable to the other employees of the municipality concerned or of the municipalities which are party to the agreement creating the intermunicipal board concerned;
(4) the policy on remuneration and the latest increases granted by the Government to employees in the public and parapublic sectors;
(5) the conditions of employment applicable in similar municipalities and intermunicipal boards;
(6) requirements relating to the sound management of public finances;
(7) prevailing local economic conditions; and
(8) prevailing and anticipated wage and economic conditions in Québec.
The board may also take into account any other evidence referred to in section 16.
2016, c. 242016, c. 24, s. 17.