Grey Highlands council cost just over $370,000 in 2023.
Council received its annual remuneration report at a recent meeting. The total cost of council wages and expenses in 2023 was $373,024.
The report details council expenses for salaries, meeting pay, benefits, mileage, IT/phone allowances, conferences/education/memberships and per diems from other organizations.
Council expenses were as follows:
Mayor Paul McQueen - $79,026 total, including:
- $39,500 in salary,
- $11,100 in meeting pay,
- $13,804 in benefits,
- $8,187 in mileage and
- $6,435 for conferences/education/memberships.
Deputy Mayor Dane Nielsen - $57,203 total, including:
- $29,500 in salary,
- $8,100 in meeting pay,
- $11,890 in benefits,
- $1,881 in mileage and
- $5,832 for conferences/education/memberships.
Coun. Nadia Dubyk - $51,252 total, including:
- $22,500 in salary,
- $8,550 in meeting pay,
- $10,835 in benefits,
- $4,126 in mileage,
- $833 for IT/phone allowance and
- $4,408 for conferences/education/memberships.
Coun. Paul Allen - $49,645 total, including:
- $22,500 in salary,
- $10,200 in meeting pay,
- $11,114 in benefits,
- $1,361 in mileage,
- $833 for IT/phone allowance and
- $1,232 for conferences/education/memberships.
Allen also received $2,405 in per diem pay from the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority.
Coun. Dan Wickens - $48,598 total, including:
- $22,500 in salary,
- $4,350 in meeting pay,
- $10,102 in benefits,
- $3,750 in mileage,
- $833 for IT/phone allowance and
- $7,063 for conferences/education/memberships.
Coun. Joel Loughead - $48,468 total, including:
- $22,500 in salary,
- $4,800 in meeting pay,
- $10,151 in benefits,
- $1,938 in mileage,
- $833 for IT/phone allowance and
- $7,273 for conferences/education/memberships.
Loughead also received a per diem of $973 from the Nottawasaga Conservation Authority.
Coun. Tom Allwood - $38,832 total, including:
- $22,500 in salary,
- $6,150 in meeting pay,
- $8,427 in benefits,
- $769 in mileage,
- $833 for IT/phone allowance and
- $153 for conferences/education/memberships.
The full report can be found here.
