The latest so-called “sunshine” list that shines a light on City of Burnaby salaries is out and it shows that the number of city staff making more than $75,000 is growing.
The provincial government mandates cities release of an annual statement of financial information – known as SOFI. The threshold for listing salaries is set at more than $75,000.
According to the list, published online by the city on Friday, a total of 901 city workers made more than $75,000 in 2020. That’s up from the 853 who made that amount in 2019 and the 811 in 2018.
Out of those 901 on the SOFI list, more than half – 460 – earned over $100,000 in pay.
The list includes workers from a wide variety of jobs, from firefighters to department directors to inspectors to those who do communications work for the city and the RCMP.
Nine city employees earned over $200,000. Topping the list is Lambert Chu, who has now retired as Burnaby city manager. He earned $291,000.
Here are the others who earned more than $200,000:
- Fire Chief Chris Bowcock: $210,000
- Director of public safety Dave Critchley: $221,000
- Parks director Dave Ellenwood: $235,000
- Head of corporate services Dipak Dattani: $229,000
- Director of engineering Leon Gous: $230,000
- Finance director Noreen Kassam: $232,000
- Planning director Ed Kozak: $231,000
- City solicitor May Leung: $207,000
By comparison, there were a total of 195 Burnaby School District employees listed on the 2019/20 SOFI who made more than $100,000.
