Citynow Report sheds light on how much money mayor and council make

LaurenVanderdeen

lvanderdeen@burnabynow com

Burnaby’s annual financial statement is out, detailing how much elected officials earned in 2022 Mayor Mike Hurley made $189,863, a four per cent increase from the year before.

Due to last year’s October municipal election, councillors who served the full calendar year, Couns Sav Dhaliwal, Alison Gu, Joe Keithley, and James Wang made $86,862, a four per cent increase from 2021.The remuneration includes the time each councillor served as acting mayor. Coun. Pietro Calendino made $86,150

Newly elected council- lors Richard Lee, Maita Santiago and Daniel Tetrault made $11,002

REMUNERATION: Burnaby’s 2022 statement of financial information is out, with pay for city council members.

They replaced former councillors Mike Hillman, Dan Johnston and Colleen Jordan who made $74,915.

The total remuneration, allowances and benefits and expenses for all of council in 2022 added up to almost $1 05 million

In 2021, the mayor made $182,525, and councillors in office the full year made $83,497

In 2021, Hurley earned about $4,000 more than then-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart in remuneration, thoughVancouver councillors made about $13,000 more than their Burnaby counterparts