Big bucks going to more than ever at Kelowna city hall these days

by Alistair Waters - Kelowna Capital News posted Jun 25, 2014 at 3:00 PM
More Kelowna city employees then ever are receiving total remuneration of more than $75,000 per year now. This year 289 city workers, from the city's top paid bureaucrat, city manager Ron Mattiussi ($259,000) right on down to a licensing and bylaw enforcement officer who just squeaked onto this year's list at $75,001. Last year, 256 city workers received total remuneration of $75,000 or more in the preceding year. The figures include salary plus any additional amounts, such as paid-out vacation time, overtime and other pay. According to the 2014 city remuneration report, which under B.C law must be made public every year before the end of June, a large number of city firefighters now receive more than $75,000 per year. That is, in part, thanks to a provincially mandated arbitration settlement that awarded firefighters across B.C.pay hikes of three per cent for both 2010 and 2011. Those amounts were paid out last year because of that are reflected in the totals for 108 members of the Kelonwa Fire Department who made this year's list. Regular unionized city workers received a pay hike of 1.5 per cent last year as part of their existing labour contract. A total of 71 of the 108 firefighters on the list received totals of more than $100,000 in 2013 and, ironically, one platoon captain even made more than his boss, fire chief Jeff Carlisle.($137,000) For 2014, the list was spit into three sections, management, firefighters and regular city workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. In addition to the 108 firefighters on the list, there were 102 managers and 79 CUPE-represented workers. (more)
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Staff List at:  http://www.kelowna.ca/CityPage/Docs/PDFs/Council/Meetings/Council%20Meetings%202014/2014-06-23%5CRegular%20PM/Agenda%20Package%20-%20Regular%20PM%20Council%20Meeting_Jun23_2014.pdf   (p.248-251)