The 2013 salaries and benefits of Canmore's mayor, council and chief administrative officer have been publicly released. The numbers were disclosed in the Town of Canmore's 2013 consolidated financial statements, which council approved on April 29.
The 2013 salaries and benefits of Canmore's mayor, council and chief administrative officer have been publicly released.
The numbers were disclosed in the Town of Canmore's 2013 consolidated financial statements, which council approved on April 29.
The salary and benefits for elected officials is based on council's compensation policy. Mayor John Borrowman earned a salary of $73,399 and benefits and allowances of $9,258 for a total pay package of $83,657. That is up from $53,199 he earned in 2012, although he was a councillor for part of that year and elected mayor in a byelection.
The mayor collects a base salary of $74,438, but does not receive per diems, or pay for attending additional meetings. Councillors receive a base salary of $22,592 for attending up to four council meetings per month, informal meetings with the CAO, staff and council, staff functions, informal meetings with other councils, preparation work for council meetings, independent work in the community undertaken to be more familiar with an issue and social functions representing council like Canada Day and other events. For 2014, that base pay will increase by one per cent.
Per diems are paid to councillors for work in addition to what is covered by the base salary, including orientation sessions, planning and working sessions, CCHC meetings, additional council meetings above four per month, town hall meetings, conferences and conventions, educational and training courses, business meetings with other councils, meetings with government agencies and businesses on behalf of the Town, grand openings outside Canmore, other committee meetings, work as deputy mayor and all other meetings and appearances approved by council or made at the request of the mayor.
The rate is $100 for less than four hours of work, $200 for four to eight hours of work and $300 for over eight hours. Councillors may not claim more than one and one half per diems per day ($300).
Vi Sandford and Sean Krausert were also elected in the byelection and re-elected in last year's municipal election. Krausert earned a total of $46,188 in 2013 - $40,509 in salary and $5,679 in benefits and allowances. Krausert earned $21,447 in 2012.
Sandford earned a salary of $39,464 and benefits and allowances of $5,679 for a total of $45,143 in 2013, compared to $19,947 in 2012.
Joanna McCallum earned a salary of $32,580 and benefits and allowances of $5,679 for a total of $38,259 in 2013 compared to $37,089 the year before. Councillors who sit on external committees for regional housing and waste management also receive an additional amount.
Elected last fall, Esm
é Comfort earned a salary of $6,662 and benefits and allowances of $1,071 last year for a total pay package of $7,733. Ed Russell earned $6,862 and $796 for a total of $7,658 last year.
Rob Seeley, also newly elected, earned a salary of $6,062 and benefits of $1,221 for a total pay of $7,283 in 2013.
Chief Administrative Officer Lisa de Soto earned a total of $215,254 in 2013 - $191,849 in salary and $23,405 in benefits and allowances. That is up slightly from 2012 when she earned $214,695. In comparison, Banff Town Manager Robert Earl earned $253,697 in 2013 compared to $244,865 in 2012.
All other designated officers for the Town of Canmore, of which there are 15, earned a total of $1.4 million in salaries and $184,903 in benefits and allowances - a total of $1.6 million - compared to $1.3 million in 2012.
McCallum and Comfort earned $1,750 and $450 respectively for work on the Bow Valley Regional Housing board, which is not included in the consolidated finaicails. Sandord and Russell meanwhile earned $800 and $700 as board members of the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission.
