Mayor Derek Corrigan had a three per cent salary increase last year, but his expenses decreased when compared with 2010.
Corrigan received a total of $144,569 in wages, benefits and travel allowance last year, down from the more than $145,000 he received in 2010.
The information comes from the city's 2011 remuneration and expense report.
Corrigan's base salary was $117,532.04 in 2011.
He also received a $10,918.71 retiring allowance, a $10,339.33 transportation allowance, and $1,561.80 for cell phones, telephones, and fax and Internet costs.
Corrigan claimed $4,220.46 in travel expenses last year, down from $6,713.47 the year before.
The bulk of Corrigan's travel costs for last year was the trip to Halifax for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board meeting, at $3,296.23.
The other travel costs were for another federation conference in Victoria, B.C. ($290.61); a Lower Mainland Local Government Association conference in Whistler ($521.62); and a Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver ($112).
Burnaby councillors received $45,368.08 as their base salary in 2011. Councillors also received a $3,600 transportation allowance, a $4,549.18 retiring allowance and varying amounts of acting mayor pay.
One councillor spent more on travel and conferences last year than all the other council members.
Coun. Sav Dhaliwal received a total of $65,911.47, including $10,094.65 for travel expenses to six conferences.
The councillor to claim the least amount of travel expenses was Coun. Richard Chang, who claimed none at all.
Chang received a total of $55,678.18.
Coun. Pietro Calendino received $62,457.05 in total, including $5,839.09 for travel expenses to three conferences.
Coun. Dan Johnston received $61,581.80, including $6,214.50 for travel expenses to three conferences.
Coun. Colleen Jordan received $57,294.80 including $1,325.88 for travel expenses to two conferences.
Coun. Anne Kang received a total of $58,397.78, including $3,035.28 for travel expenses to one conference.
Coun. Paul McDonell received a total of $56,550.47, including $756 in travel expenses to one conference.
Coun. Nick Volkow received a total of $57,578.27, including $599.20 for travel expenses to one conference.
Volkow claimed the most in cellphone, telephone, fax and Internet expenses out of all the councillors, at $3,083.74.
Burnaby city council usually sets the pay rate in August, when a panel of community representatives considers factors such as the consumer price index, B.C.'s average wage increases and pay rates for city hall's unionized staff. The committee then makes a recommendation to council.
Members of the public can pick up a copy of the remuneration and expense report for 2011 at city hall.
