Posted on 6/19/2015 by Pete McIntyre 107.5 KISSFM
Staff costs have gone up almost a half million dollars over the last year at the City of Vernon. The city paid its employees 21.4 million dollars in 2014, up $461-thousand over the year before. Ninety-two staff were paid 75-thousand dollars or more, an increase of eight over the year. Twenty-nine of those were with Vernon Fire Rescue, the same number as from Operational Services. Mayor Akbal Mund says the increases come from having a skilled staff and what the average wage for those workers is. He says the city has basically put a lid on hiring new staff since a core service review. "I think over the last three years, the city has only hired 1.5 employees, so the other employees have been replaced through retirement, or they've moved somewhere else," Mund tells Kiss FM The highest paid staffer was chief administrative officer Will Pearce at $181,561. The city's annual report also shows $184,061 was paid to city council members last year, down about $6,000 from 2013. The highest amount went to former mayor Rob Sawatzky at $63,126, followed by councillors Juliette Cunningham at $23,443 and Catherine Lord at $22,340. Sawatzky had the highest expense bill on council at $4,467 followed by Cunningham at $2,501. The figures are included in the city's 2014 annual report. (page 57)
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Staff Remuneration 2013 21,019,664
Staff Remuneration 2014 21,480,944 (increase $461,280 ) 2.19%
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