The Town of The Blue Mountains had 25 members of staff on the 2023 Sunshine List.
The total number of town employees on the list dropped by one from 2022.
By provincial legislation (Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996), the town is required to disclose to the Ministry of Finance the names, positions, salaries and taxable benefits of all employees paid $100,000 more during the year. The province publishes those disclosures, and the annual release is called the Sunshine List.
The town released its disclosure in advance of the province releasing the 2022 list.
The 25 staff from Town of The Blue Mountains who made $100,000 or more last year includes:
- Shawn Everitt, Chief Administrative Officer, Salary: $228,213.70 Benefits: $1,726.77.
- Shawn Carey, Director of Operations, Salary: $150,227.68 Benefits: $1,726.77.
- Ryan Gibbons, Director of Community Services, Salary: $150,228.48 Benefits: 1,694.52. $1,707.48.
- Sabrina Saunders, Chief Executive Officer Library, Salary: $145,820.06 Benefits: $1,726.77.
- Adam Smith, Director of Planning and Development Services, Salary: $137,034.52 Benefits: 1,726.77.
- Allison Kershaw, Manager of Water and Wastewater Services, Salary: $126,807.48 Benefits: $1,638.67.
- Stephen Conn, Fire Chief, Salary: $135,587.53 Benefit: $1,726.77.
- Corrina Giles, Town Clerk, Salary: $126,501.67 Benefits: $1,713.24.
- Timothy Hendry, Manager Communications and Economic Development, Salary: $123,694.10 Benefits: $1,713.24.
- Sarah Traynor, Manager of Human Resources, Salary: $123,694.19 Benefits: $1,713.24.
- Timothy Murawsky, Manager Building Services Chief Building Official, Salary: $123,218.34 Benefits: $1,713.24.
- Sam Dinsmore, Deputy-Treasurer/Manager of Budgets and Accounting, Salary: $122,439.46 Benefits: $1,638.67.
- Brian Worsley, Manager of Development Engineering, Salary: $118,552.93 Benefits: $1,638.67.
- Shawn Postma, Manager of Community Planning, Salary: $118,292.05 Benefits: $1,428.52
- Duncan Rydall, Chief Fire Prevention Officer, Salary: $118,218.34 Benefits: $1,618.34.
- Mike Keeling, Fire Prevention Officer/Suppression, Salary: $117,553.60 Benefits: $1,591.21.
- Aaron McMullen, Manager Beaver Valley Community Centre, Facilities, Tomahawk Golf Course, Salary: $117,268.00 Benefits: $1,625.16.
- James McCannell, Manager of Roads and Drainage, Salary: $117,226.79 Benefits: $4,987.74.
- Darren Johnston, Training Officer/Suppression, Salary: $115,999.94 Benefits: $1,591.21.
- Michael Campbell, Senior Infrastructure Capital Project Coordinator, Salary: $106,914.27 Benefits: $1,482.77.
- Dax McAllister, Roads and Drainage Supervisor, Salary: $104,987.19 Benefits: $1,414.99.
- Rob Gilchrist, Water Supervisor, Salary: $103,258.74 Benefit: $1,222.00.
- Amy Moore, Manager of Revenue, Salary: $102,575.13 Benefits: $1,428.52.
- Jeffery Fletcher, Manager of Sustainability and Solid Waste, Salary: $102,573.73 Benefits: $1,417.50.
- Terry Green, Manager of Parks and Trails, Salary: $101,573.41 Benefits: $1,414.99.
Since the Sunshine List was established in 1996, the threshold for disclosure (salaries of $100,000) has not changed.
According to the government of Ontario website used for Sunshine List disclosure, the Canadian consumer price index (CPI) has increased by 76.7 per cent from 1996 to 2023.
In 2023, there were 300,570 records on the sunshine list. If the original threshold established in 1996 followed inflation, the size of the 2023 list would have been reduced by 92 per cent, to 22,754 records.
Based on purchasing power, a salary of $100,000 in 2023 is equivalent to $56,588 in 1996.
