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Several Renfrew names on growing ‘sunshine’ list John Carter and Steve Newman john.carter@metroland.com
News – The growing ‘sunshine’ list of Ontario civil servants who made at least $100,000 in 2013 includes several hundred people working in Renfrew County. The annual release of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure list was made available March 28 with almost 100,000 names on the list. While the number has increased by about 11 per cent over 2012 to 97,795, the provincial government points out the average salary was down slightly to $127,433. The Town of Renfrew had seven members, including treasurer Keray O’Reilly, development and works director Mike Asselin and clerk Kim Bulmer, with respective incomes of $131,960, $128,948 and $112,948, and four members of its fire department. Fire Chief Guy Longtin made $123,056 and Capt. Tim Hill $118,912, while Lieut. Daniel Visneskie and Capt. Peter Whelan were also over $100,000. In comparison, the Town of Arnprior has only one person on the list, CAO Michael Wildman, who made $138,774. Carleton Place had three members and the
Seven Town of Renfrew employees earned over $100,000 in 2013. Town of Mississippi Mills one, CAO Diane Smithson at $123,859. The only other municipalities in the southern end of the county with employees making over $100,000 were Greater Madawaska and Whitewater Region, whose CAO-treasurers Allison Holtzhauer and Annette Mantifel made just over $100,000. The County of Renfrew had 21 officials and paramedics making over $100,000, including CAO Jim Hutton at $190,852. Next highest were treasurer Jim Kutschke at $158,959 and engineering director Dave Darch with $149,456. The health, education and judicial sectors dominated the rest of the list. Arnprior Regional Health (ARH) had four members on the $100,000 list, led by CEO Eric Hanna who made $187,853. The ARH’s three vicepresidents - Steven Hudson (finance and support service), Leah Levesque (patient/resident services) and Ron Marcotte (human resources)
Greater Madawaska council remuneration of $74,487 Peter Clark peter.clark@metroland.com
News - Greater Madawaska released its remuneration report for 2013. Mayor Peter Emon’s remuneration was $11,339.06 and allowance $5,669.53. Each of the four council members received $7,559.40 plus an allowance of $3.779.55. When adding in expenses, totals for 2013 were: Mayor Peter Emon $18,596.62; Coun. Glenda McKay $14,323.74; Coun. Karin Lehnhardt $14,222.56; Coun. Brian Hunt $13,784.96; and Coun. Bruno Kierczak $13,599.86. Total 2013 remuneration for council was $74,487.44. PUBLIC WORKS
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Council has put its stamp behind a recreational soccer league for youth age four to 12 to run as a pilot project this year at the Calabogie Community Centre. Fees for 2014 will be waved and league insurance of $1,000 covered by the township. Equipment will be covered by the sports and recreation grant. Interest for a league started so parents won’t have to drive their kids into Renfrew or other areas to play, Mayor Emon said. The league will run Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Plans are to expand the program include Wards 2 and 3 in 2015. However, children from those wards are welcomed and encouraged to play in the soccer league this year.
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is working on legislation to set remuneration frameworks for senior executives in the civil service, including hard caps and enforcement measures to ensure compliance. The government has already frozen salaries for executives at hospitals, universities, colleges, school boards and provincially owned electricity companies. As well, on March 20 the government introduced legislation that would, if passed, extend a freeze on MPP salaries until the Ontario budget is balanced, which is planned for 2017-18. Local MPP John Yakabuski’s salary in 2013 was $132.867/
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The County of Renfrew had 21 officials and paramedics making over $100,000, including CAO Jim Hutton at $190,852. Next highest were treasurer Jim Kutschke at $158,959 and engineering director Dave Darch with $149,456.
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Council has approved the tendering process to reconstruct a 3.5-kilometre section of Flat Road in 2014. The estimated cost is $445,000, which has been put in the budget. Coun. Glenda McKay noted that the municipality received a grant from the Ontario government of $336,000 for the project. Public works will also clear trees along Ferguson Lake Road over a 3.5-kilometre stretch. The clearing of larger trees will be contracted out at a cost of
about $10,000. This must be done to have the road reconstruction done by the fall of this year. Pitch-in-Week is April 21 to 27. One day will be dedicated to cleaning up the environment. It will be promoted in the paper, website and at the township waste sites. Public works will supply clear garbage bags and safety gear for the picking up of litter. Students from St. Joseph’s Catholic School will also be involved that day. The Pitch-in-Week cost is about $1,000.
– all made $109,220. In comparison, Renfrew Victoria Hospital had six members on the list. Randy Penney, who is chief executive officer of RVH and St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Barry’s Bay, made $270,890. Next were Julia Boudreau, vice-president of corporate services, and Christine Ferguson, vice-president of patient services. Each made $141,622. The Renfrew County District Health Unit had three members on the list, including justretired medical officer of health Michael Corriveau. He made $285,951 last year, just below the county’s best-paid public servant, Pembroke Hospital CEO Pierre Noel at $293,576. There were 66 Renfrew County public and 44 Renfrew County Catholic school board employees on the list. Four superintendents The public board’s director of education Roger Clarke earned $199,192. The number of City of Ottawa employees on the list grew to 2,188, partly because of increases in wages of those in emergency services. To see the full list, visit fin.gov.on.ca/en/ publications/salarydisclosure/pssd. The sunshine list announcement came with a reminder that the provincial government
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