Nine Town of Huntsville employees make the 2015 Sunshine List

Public sector salary disclosure, also known as the “Sunshine” list, for 2015 was presented to Huntsville’s General Committee on February 24.

Organizations that receive public funding are required to disclose annually the names, positions and salaries, as well as taxable benefits, of employees who earn $100,000 or more. The public sector is required to report those numbers to the Ministry of Finance on March 31 of each year and those numbers are in turn posted on the Ministry’s website. You can access the numbers as they become available, as well as previous years, by clicking on “municipalities” when visiting the Ministry’s site.

Disclosure practice is ‘ridiculous’ – Councillor Brian Thompson

The practice was referred to as “ridiculous” by Huntsville Councillor Brian Thompson who chaired the meeting in the mayor’s absence and said the Town of Bracebridge is catching up to Huntsville’s numbers. “So hopefully they’ll take the heat off,” said Thompson arguing that the equivalent today to $100,000 in 1996, which is when the legislation was passed, would be about $150,000. “Anyway we have to do it,” he added.

In 2014 the Town of Huntsville had eight employees on the list for a total payout of $911,053.54

See the breakdown by clicking here.

Here are the numbers that will be published on the Ministry’s website for 2015:

Chief Administrative Officer
Denise Corry – Earnings: $140,938.17
Taxable benefit: $2652.78
Salary range: $136,186.00 to $150,323.00

Chief Librarian
Deborah Duce – Earnings: $116,581.61
Taxable benefits: $252.72
Salary range: $106,541.81 to 118,379.79

Manager of Finance/Treasurer
Julia Finch – Earnings: $107,661.83
Taxable benefits: $252.72
Salary range: $103,636.12 to $115,151.24

Executive Director of Development Services
Mike Gooch – Earnings: $114,680.01
Taxable benefits: $11,083.98*
Salary range: $106,541.81 to $118,379.79
* This amount includes the vehicle taxable benefit as this position utilizes a town owned vehicle.

Director of Protective Services/Fire Chief
Stephen Hernen – Earnings: $120,278.74
Taxable benefits: $581.58
Salary range: $106,541.81 to $118,379.79

Executive Director of Transportation Infrastructure
Jason Krynicki – Earnings: $104,320.56
Taxable benefits: $231.66
Salary Range $106,541.81 to $118,379.79

Executive Director of Community Services/Economic Development
Karina Lambe – Earnings: $111,728.46
Taxable benefits: $492.72
Salary range: $106,541.81 to $118,379.79

Director of Planning and Sustainability
Chris Marshall – Earnings: $105,272.47
Taxable benefits $249.98
Salary range: $103,636.12 to $115,151.24

Executive Director of Human Resources & Corporate Information
Lisa Smith – Earnings: $117,166.58
Taxable benefits: $252.72
Salary range $106,541.81 to $118,379.79