Nearly 600 people at the City of Burnaby made salaries of more than $75,000 last year, according to the city’s most recent Statement of Financial Information.
In 2013, 590 city employees cleared $75,000, up by 50 from 540 in 2012. By law, the city is required to disclose the salaries of each employee that exceeds $75,000, including expenses, in the annual SOFI report.
City manager Bob Moncur retained the highest pay, taking home $251,229, up $16,000 from his previous year’s salary. He was trailed by deputy city manager Chad Turpin at $209,064.
Deputy city manager Lambert Chu cracked the $200,000 mark to join Moncur and Turpin in the top three at $208,719.
Nineteen employees, including Moncur, Turpin and Chu, made more than $150,000.
The top 10 overall includes Denise Jorgenson, director of finance ($197,956); Lou Pelletier, director of planning and building ($190,777); Dave Ellenwood, director of parks, recreation and cultural services ($187,775); Barry Davis, deputy director of engineering ($178,756); Patrick Shek, chief building inspector ($170,919); Maurice Schmidt, deputy director of IT business solutions ($169,816); and Doug McDonald, fire chief ($167,786).
Of last year’s $150k-ers, Pelletier logged the biggest raise, jumping nearly $30,000 from his salary of $161,142 in 2012.
Jorgenson tallied the highest expenses at $7,130, followed by chief licence inspector Dan Layng ($6,203) and network architect Curt Watts ($5,967).
In total, employees with salaries over $75,000 accounted for $80.9 million in wages, while employees with salaries under $75,000 collected $56.6 million overall. The grand total amounted to $137.5 million, while expenses across all employees tipped $585,000.
Burnaby’s eight councillors made $55,408 – up by almost $1,000 from last year – while Mayor Derek Corrigan’s pay reached $123,131, up from $120,928.
