Category Archives: public sector salary disclosure

03.06.10
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St. Thomas Sunshine Club proves stingy on memberships in 2009

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Holding the line or a pause in the action? Membership in the city’s Sunshine Club stalled at 27 in 2009, based on figures released this week under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, which requires municipalities to publicly report salary and benefits of more than $100,000 paid to municipal employees.

Mind you the select group would have inched up to 28 but for the extended leave of absence undertaken by city treasurer Bill Day who, in 2008, earned a base salary of close to $110,000.

Leading the payroll parade again this year is St. Thomas Police Chief Bill Lynch at $135,424, up marginally from $135,267 in 2008.

As was the case at this time last year, Deputy Chief Darryl Pinnell has a lock on second place at $126.494 — virtually identical to a year ago.

Three other members of the force remained on the list: senior inspectors Mark Traichevich and Jeff Driedger at $119,871 (up slightly from $119,732 in 2008); and Staff Sgt. Steve Withenshaw, $101,677 ($101,627); while Staff Sgt. Randy Mundt joined the club at $100,700.
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04.02.09
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Ain’t life grand, $100 grand that is

From the St. Thomas Times-Journal

Nineteen local public sector employees have joined the so-called Sunshine Club for public sector workers earning more than $100,000 in 2008.

Under the Public Sector Disclosure Act, the name and salary of employees earning more than $100,000 are published yearly.

The biggest increase in this area came for St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital which saw seven new employees earn salaries in excess of $100,000. Three of those were registered nurses and CEO Paul Collins said it’s now normal to find them with six-figure salaries. Continue reading →

04.02.09
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The sun shines brightly on the Thames Valley District School Board

From the St. Thomas Times-Journal

The Thames Valley District School Board has added a whopping 115 new members to its Sunshine Club — the list of public sector employees earning more than $100,000 a year.

In all, 180 principals, administrative staff and teachers earned more than $100,000 in 2008, according to an annual filing required under Ontario’s so-called Sunshine Law.

That’s up from 65 the previous year and more than 100 of them are elementary school principals, including at least 17 from St. Thomas-Elgin.

“That (increase) would be because our elementary principals, as a group, this year, their salary grid placed them above $100,000 for the first time,” said Mike Sereda, executive superintendent of human resources.

He noted that all principals will be on that list in given time due to pay increases.

But, he noted the Sunshine list is out of date.

“It was created at a time when very few people had a salary of $100,000.”

For the second year in a row, former director of education Bill Bryce earned the highest salary at $266,721. Meanwhile, current education director Bill Tucker earned $186,850 plus $1,130 in taxable benefits, and Sereda himself was paid $159,746.

03.07.09
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$100,000 Club defies economic downturn

Ian McCallum

Ian McCallum


In the same week the last truck rolled off the line at the Sterling plant, the 2008 Sunshine Club membership list crossed our desk.
So, while 700 or so hard-working employees at the South Edgeware Road plant bid farewell to the final medium-duty truck — and their jobs — the $100,000 club at city hall swells by nearly 25 per cent in the past year.
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