The top-paid City of Prince George employee's wages have increased 22 per cent in two years, closing in on $200,000 in 2009.
City manager Derek Bates has been the highest-remunerated city employee since 2007, and last year took in a gross sum of $194,262.96. Adding expenses, Bates's total earnings jumped to $204,668.94.
The number of city staff earning more than $100,000 in gross wages has increased from 39 employees in 2008 (translating to 5.2 per cent of staff), to 67 employees (6.8 per cent) in 2009.
"The increase can be almost exclusively attributed to the ratification of the IAFF Collective Agreement, which implemented negotiated wage increases retroactive to Jan. 1, 2007," said Mike Davis, manager, communications and citizen engagement for the city.
"This retroactive payment of wages included all overtime claimed by our fire department employees for three significant events that occurred during that time period, including the Nechako flood, the North Central Plywood fire and the Columbus Hotel fire."
Just less than half of the 67 employees earning more than $100,000 held jobs within the fire department.
Municipalities are required to provide a list of city staff earning $75,000 to the general public under subsection 2(3) of the Financial Information Act, and subsection 4(1) of the Financial Information Regulation.
Staff wages have increased by $5.4 million since 2007, and the number of employees earning $75,000 or more went from 131 in 2007 to 209 in 2009 -- a 60 per cent increase.
Including expenses, there were 26 employees earning more than $100,000 in 2007, compared to the 67 employees in 2009. The number of staff earning between $90,000 and 100,000 went from 28 to 63 in the same two-year period.
Similarly, there were 40 employees taking in $80,000 to 90,000 in 2007, compared to 48 in 2009.
The following employees grossed more than $90,000 in 2009, not including expenses:
Daniel Adamson, environment management, earned $99,548. Donald Allemeersch, fire captain, received $116,280, followed by N. Greg Anderson, manager, civic facilities, at $106,837.
Firefighter Darren Andreychuk reached $95,248, while Donald Antosko, fire alarm operator/dispatcher, took $93,497.
Firefighter Dean Aussem earned $91,261, and Walter Babicz, manager of legislative services, was at $122,234, followed by Grant Bain, director development services, at $128,810.
Civic facility supervisor Wesley Barker took in $91,026, and Brad Beckett, supervisor of recreation services, followed at $96,134. Andrew Beesley, manager of the arenas division, grossed $105,330, while firefighter Richard Belsham hit $90,574.
Utilities foreman Dale Berg earned $107,654, Mavis Bethune, human resources advisor, received $91,912, and Francis Blues, asset manager, took in $112,622. Christina Bone, social policy facilitator, grossed $90,682, while Scott Bone, manager of fleet and supply services, earned $112,846.
Ray Borgia, Manager of risk and benefits, is listed at $100,258 while fire captains Jeffery Bredo and Eric Callaghan earned $113,985 and $115,145 respectively. Sandra Caffrey, human resources advisor, hit $99,596.
Firefighter Ronald Cherry brought home $91,157, while Alan Clark, manager of transportation, reached $106,550 and Devon Cooper, manager police support, cashed in $98,724.
Debra Deley, supervisor of accounting, earned $90,834; Michael Doering, fire captain, is listed at $117,398; David Dyer, chief engineer, at $109,855; and Rae-Ann Emery, manager of human resources, at $107,112.
Mark Fercho, ICSP leader, earned $107,455, while Marco Fornari, manager of utilities division, hit $115,118, and Brad Frenkel, supervisor of IT applications, reached $94,838.
Dale Froescul, firefighter, earned $91,208, and William Gaal, superintendent of operations, is listed at $125,325. William Gardiner, fire captain, is at $107,048 and Kelly Gilday, deputy fire chief, at $125,505.
Marc Girard, chief training officer, grossed $99,531, while Elden Gjerde, assistant chief, took in $117,002, and fire captain Terry Gladesdahl received $111,829. Firefighter Simon Gould reached $91,556, as Dana Griswold, fire alarm operator/dispatcher, hit $90,755. Elmer Gunderson, assistant foreman, earned $99,786, followed by firefighter James Gunn, at $92,638, and fire alarm operators/dispatchers Christine Halovich at $92,779 and Jennifer Hansen at $92,576. Leland Hanson, civic facility supervisor, received $95,616, while Darren Hauck, firefighter, cashed in $96,411. Terry Hawkes, supervisor of fleet program, earned $94,778.
Firefighters John Heaslip and Michael Holliday took in $102,258 and $94,805 respectively. Fire captain Mark Hill earned $107,416, and Guy Hudson, fleet training facilitator, was paid $96,639.
Fire captains Rob Ingham and John Iverson earned $107,783 and $109,745 respectively, while Gordon Johnson, manager of IT services division, received $107,837. Lana Keim, manager of aquatics division, took in $106,750.
Aidan Kelly, former manager of parks and solid waste division, earned $93,772, while firefighters Thad Kennedy ($100,921), Darrell Kloschinsky ($106,278) and Blake King, a fire captain ($113,625) topped the $100,000 mark.
Nick Kohler, mechanic, grossed $124,439, while Cindy Kroeger, quality coordinator/ICSP project, earned $91,933 and deputy fire chief John Lane earned $128,465.
Drew Larsen, assistant chief, reached $125,678, followed by John Law, firefighter at $97,440, Sean LeBrun, supervisor, solid waste, at $92,071 and Wade Loukes, supervisor, community arenas, at $92,495.
Fire alarm operators/dispatchers Sherrie MacIvor and Lisa Mason received $90,493 and $92,779 respectively. Leroy Manning, a firefighter, grossed $104,588, followed by Scott McMillan, health and safety advisor, at $97,249, Keith Meldrum, chief communications officer, at $112,571, and Richard Merrison, electrical supervisor, at $97,427. Daniel Milburn, manager of long-range planning, earned $115,072, while site administer Troy Naef hit $92,104.
Lyle Nesbitt, fire captain, received $106,682, followed by Katheryn Norby, fire alarm operator/dispatcher, at $93,859, Wendy Nordin, deputy city clerk, at $96,465, firefighter Glen Nowoczin at $91,282, and fire captains Lawrence Obst at $118,626 and Stephen Oslund at $111,662.
Firefighter Dan Pears earned $91,950, while Douglas Peden, foreman, hit $90,354. Fire prevention captain Dennis Perrault got $102,756 and Antonio Pirillo, supervisor, utility plants, took in $96,960. Fire captain Denis Poulin grossed $109,880 while firefighter Norman Price totaled $93,189.
Robert Radloff, general manager development, earned $158,035, followed by Terry Ree, fire prevention captain, at $102,550, Peter Robertson, firefighter, at $100,600, fire chief Jeffrey Rowland at $140,707, Kevin Sanregret, supervisor, utilities operations at $101,625, and Kevin Scobie, firefighter, $97,178.
Ed Shearer, supervisor of street operations, earned $101, 794. Gerald Simpson, assistant chief, made $121,706, Kathleen Soltis, director of corporate services earned $157,114, V. Glenn Stanker, transportation engineer, grossed $100,435 and Sandra Stibrany, manager of financial services, made $116,941.
James Sweet, chief training officer, earned $104,077, while fire captain Cody Thibault grossed $106,919, followed by firefighter Dennis Toninato at $92,858. Colleen Van Mook, manager of recreation services, was paid $117,619, and Flavio Viola, parks supervisor, earned $92,288.
Cliff Warner, a firefighter, earned $90,953. Ian Wells, manager of real estate service, received $108,525, while Robert Whitwham, director of administrative, was paid $152,527 and Rodney Wiese, assistant chief, earned $125,591.
Gregory Wilkins, assistant chief, earned $132,521, followed by Peter Willms, supervisor of IT operations, at $94,339, library director Allan Wilson at $105,161, F. Dean Wilson, fire captain, at $104,640, and David Yee, supervisor of wastewater treatment, at $98,259.
For more on this topic, turn to the editorial on Page 6. As well, for the full list of city staff earning more than $75,000, visit:
city-staff-wages.pdf The wages chart starts on page 9, rotate the page clockwise for easier viewing.
