Langley Times, October 30, 2015

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Fall Back Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour Saturday night

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COMMUNITY A Party for Miracle Maya

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SPORTS Homecoming for Billings

Happy Halloween

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Highest Township salaries defended Think of municipality as $1.5 billion corporation, says head of human resources DA N F E R G US ON Time s Re po rte r

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Dorian and Pauline Steger with son Taymen were busy setting up their first all-out Halloween display in 12 years Saturday morning. The Haunted Graveyard features zombies, a werewolf, a vampire, ghosts, Frankenstein’s monster and more. Visitors are asked to bring food bank donations. Turn off 208 Street onto 46A Avenue and follow the signs. Full story and more photos on page 13.

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If the Township of Langley was a private corporation, it would be a $1.5 billion operation that pays its chief administrative officer (CAO) $300,000 a year to be responsible for 1,300 employees. The argument was made after the legally-required annual statement of financial information for municipal staff was released in July and provoked a number of complaints about the amount CAO Mark Bakken was paid. In response to one email suggesting Bakken wasn’t worth the money, Township Human Resources director Shannon Harvey-Renner sent a reply that said the salary paid to top Township managers “reflect the extensive training, skill, expertise and experience that is required to run an organization the size and scope of Langley Township, which is essentially a $1.5 billion corporation.”

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