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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 13/07/2023 (1169 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Members of Brandon City Council received a total of $326,384.48 in compensation in 2022, according to the city’s 2022 compensation disclosure report.
Manitoba municipalities are required by law to disclose the names and the amount of compensation provided to employees making more than $75,000 annually as well as compensation provided to members of their councils.
The highest-paid member of council last year was former mayor Rick Chrest, who was given total compensation worth $86,596.91.
Second on the list is current Mayor Jeff Fawcett, who took over from Chrest in November after spending the previous 10 months as councillor for Ward 1. He received $37,133.29 in compensation.
The acting deputy mayor, Coun. Bruce Luebke (Ward 6), was next with $29,626.55 in compensation.
Councillors who were either re-elected or acclaimed back into their roles during last year’s municipal election are next on the list: Shawn Berry (Ward 6) at $24,983.17, Glen Parker (Ward 9) at $23,611.42, Shaun Cameron (Ward 4) at $23,023.17, Barry Cullen (Ward 3) at $22,811.64 and Kris Desjarlais (Ward 2) at $22,513.17.
Members of council are allowed to claim per diems and expenses incurred while working as part of city committees and boards.
Former Ward 5 Coun. Sunday Frangi, who did not win re-election last year, was paid $19.049.66.
The four new councillors on Brandon City Council elected in October received the least amount of compensation: Jason Splett (Ward 8) at $4,894.09, Tyson Tame (Ward 10) at $4,644.09, Greg Hildebrand (Ward 5) at $4,644.09 and Coun. Heather Karrouze (Ward 1) at $4,474.09.
Brandon’s highest-paid employee was city manager Ron Bowles, who earned $207,169.82 in total compensation last year.
While police officers making more than the $75,000 threshold are listed under the report, Manitoba’s Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act prevents their names from being listed.
The second-highest paid employee on the report is just listed as “police chief.”
That would have been former chief Wayne Balcaen, who recently announced his retirement from the Brandon Police Service and subsequently launched a bid to become the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba’s candidate in Brandon West in this fall’s provincial election.
Former fire Chief Scott McDonald, who retired earlier this year, is next on the list with total compensation worth $183,535.37.
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