The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 requires organizations that receive public funding from the provincial government to make public each year the names, positions, salaries, and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.
A Town of Huntsville staff report prepared for the February 24, 2021 General Committee meeting outlines the municipality’s top earners in 2020:
Chief administrative officer, Denise Corry – earnings $169,226.50, taxable benefit $2,663.04
Director of operations and protective services, Stephen Hernen – earnings $143,199.80, taxable benefit $1,538.64
Director of financial services/treasurer, Julia McKenzie – earnings $130,194.50, taxable benefit $263.04
Director of development services, Kirstin Maxwell – earnings $124,469.83, taxable benefit $1,463.04
Director of legislative services/municipal clerk, Tanya Calleja – earnings $115,265.60, taxable benefit $263.04
Deputy fire chief, Gary Monahan – earnings $108,509.20, taxable benefit $3,083.76
Manager of human resources, Lisa Smith – earnings $108,509.20, taxable benefit $263.04
Manager of operations, Kevin Boucock – earnings $107,295.37, taxable benefit $219.20
Chief building official, Christopher Nagy – earnings $103,337.60, taxable benefit $262.61
Director of community services, Lorraine O’Brien – earnings $102,456.36, taxable benefit $175.36
Director of community services, Simone Babineau* – earnings $101,601.95, taxable benefit $244.87
*Note: Director of Community Services, Simone Babineau, was a combined salary in 2020 of manager
of leisure and recreation services and director of community services.
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These numbers do not reflect total compensation. Compensation is more than salary and taxable benefits. Not all benefits are taxable. Add in pension costs as well and the actual employment cost becomes accurate.
$100k isn’t shocking anymore. They’ve earned with investing in their education and working hard to get where they are. Municipalities are drawing from the same labour market as private companies, so they have to be competitive.
They pay a higher percentage of taxes, which subsides community and social programs.
These people should donate 1/3 of their earnings to low income families in Huntsville for housing and other needs.
Good for everyone of these people! Went to school? Took different Courses over their career years? Progressed up the ladder? Went to colleges or university? Lots of people in the private sector make just as good or more! Good for them as well! Jealous? Get to work or advance your self! Safe day to all first responders and good bless all those people out there making it work!
I wonder when the government will get around to escalating the 1996 threshold. Twenty-five years ago, 100k was a big deal. However, if we apply CPI escalation…
$100,000 in 1996 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $166,718.93 today, an increase of $66,718.93 over 25 years.
That would then reduce Huntsville’s list to one person who is roughly only 2% above that updated threshold….hardly earth shattering.