Seventy employees from the City of New Westminster topped the $100,000 mark in 2012 - four more than the previous year.
The city spent a grand total of $43.4 million on remuneration to all city employees (excluding sworn police officers) in 2012, including $19.6 million to staff earning $75,000 or more. The city paid $445,500 in expenses for all city employees (excluding police).
Paul Daminato, who retired in January 2013, was the city's top earner last year at $198,469. His $4,599 in city business expenses made him the only employee to earn more than $200,000 when remuneration and expenses were combined.
Six senior administrators topped the $160,000 mark for remuneration in 2012: Fire Chief Tim Armstrong - $176,626; Dean Gibson, director of parks, culture and recreation - $174,190; Jim Lowrie, director of engineering - $168,611; Rod Carle, general manager of the city's electrical utility - $165,591; Gary Holowatiuk, director of finance - $165,435; and Lisa Spitale, director of development services (who was recently named as Daminato's successor as chief administrative officer) - $160,745.
A number of employees earned remuneration of $130,000 to $160,000:
Pierre Gaudreault (electrical utility) - $144,827; Brent Wisheart (who has since retired as a deputy fire chief) - $140,409; Joan Burgess (director of human resources) - $140,362; Rick Page (director of legislative services) - $139,543; John Hatch (deputy fire chief) - $131,921; Beverly Grieve (manager of planning) - $131,743; and Alvin Chok (manager of information technology) and Arne Hannula (manager of electrical engineering design and planning) - both at $130,536.
Following behind were a number of employees who earned more than $125,000 in 2012, including: Merlin Peterson (electrical utility) - $129,844; Terry Atherton (manager of buildings and properties) - $127,973; Celso Manubay (electrical utility) - $127,273; Timothy Smith (manager of electrical operations) - $127,118; Eugene Wat (manager of infrastructure planning) - $125,611; Julie Spurrell (chief librarian) - $125,547; Mitchell Edgar (former economic development manager) - $125,287.
Rounding out the top 25 earners for the City of New Westminster were: Howard (Tom) Hill (fire department) - $124,101; Jon McDonald (manager of engineering operations) - $123,436; Ron Booth (manager of arenas and Queen's Park facilities) - $118,676; and Alan Hughes (assistant fire chief) - $117,999.
Staff from a variety of city departments followed behind: Keith Coueffin (manager of licensing and integrated services) - $117,089; Mark Wilson (comptroller for the New Westminster police board) - $116,709; Richard Fong (assistant director of human resources) - $115,796; Diane Perry (manager of community development) - $115,655; Wayne Werbovetski (building management coordinator) - $115,507; and David Betts (electrical utility) - $115,006; Brad MacPherson (fire department) was next in line at $114,271, closely followed by Roger Emanuels (coordinator of design and construction) at $114,197.
Not far behind were: Colleen Ponzini (manager of financial services) - $113,991; Claude LeDoux (manager of horticulture) - $113,983; Hilary Knowles (manager of aquatics) - $113,573; John Young (fire department) - $113,343; and Blair Fryer (communications manager) - $113,054.
A trio of firefighters followed: Brent Joel at $113,017, Les Gilbert at $112,994 and Reid Millman at $112,873.Next up were: Frank Durante (manager of building inspections) - $112, 047; Randy Hutchinson (power-line technician) - $111,221; Geordie Dean (fire department) - $110,655; Randy Grant (collection services manager) - $110,476; Derek House (fire department) - $110,338; and Colin Milaney (powerline technician) - $110,275
Jason Haight (manager of business operations) and Roy Moulder (purchasing manager) each received remuneration of $110,176. They were followed by: Catalin Dobrescu (utilities and special projects engineer) at $109,408; Jerry Behl (transportation engineer) at $108,745; Eric Westlund (a former planning analyst with the city) at $107,459; and Brodie Harkness (powerline technician) at $107,582.
Several firefighters followed behind: Rob MacDonald - $105,096, Kevin Murray - $105,059, Ed Bulpitt - $104,684, Richard White - $104,348 and Peter Loss - $104,325.
Bob Jack (supervisor of the water branch) was next at $103,874, followed by Ivan Tuura (fire department) at $103,062.
Supervisors and managers of various departments were next: James Doan (supervisor of parking and animal services) - $102,916; David Jones (manager of emergency management) - $102,700; Lesley Cole (manager of Century House) - $102,103; and Cheryl Meyers (manager of Victim Assistance at police department) - $102,102. Trailing just behind were Anthony MacInnes (fire department) at $101,860, Greig Dodgshon (superintendent of streets and sidewalks) at $101,305 and Scott Torget (fire department) at $100,981.
Two firefighters completed the list : Doug Quinn at $100,531 and Quinn Knutson at $100,333.
