The city's report on employee remuneration will be reviewed at tonight's Prince Rupert City Council session and as the Council members work their way through range of material to be made available, they may take note of a new benchmark that has been reached with this years annual account for the taxpayers of the city.
That of the city cracking the fifteen million dollar mark when it comes to compensation for the city's work force for both city hall staff and unionized workers outside of the Third Avenue West facility.
The report for Council provides for the latest roll call of city staff members that have jumped into the upper tiers of the salary schedules over the course of the last 365 days, with some new names and increasing numbers making their way onto the listings for this year.
Those findings come from the annual release of the report on Civic Employee Remuneration and Expenses, a document which is included as part of this years Statement of Financial Information for 2018.
The annual listings of those employees making more than $75,000 is required to be disclosed by the municipality as part of the Financial Information Regulations, the statement is usually released as part of the large final stream of financial information that is delivered each June.
The growing umber of those crossing over the reporting threshold of 75,000 dollar continues a trend which has seen more names added to the upper tier of the list in recent years.
This year finds 74 names listed in the 2018 SOFI disclosures as part of the latest report,.
That compares to the 69 names recorded in 2017 and the 65 that were accounted for in 2016.
With 74 names now the new benchmark for 2018, this years report highlights what has been a significant jump for staff and workers with the city from as recent as 2015.
That year the SOFI report listed 52 municipal employees as making 75,000 dollars or more.
The boost to the reporting lists comes as a number of positions were created or revived by the current Council and now continue to cross over that threshold of 75,000 dollars requiring for the more in depth accounting.
Top end salaries for 2018 that were provided to those working in the upper level of Civic Administration included:
City Manager Robert Long
Remuneration and Taxable Benefits -- $247,251
Payment in lieu of Employer Pension contribution -- $18,414
Training and Related travel expenses -- $36,487
Business Travel and Other expenses -- $12,700
(Salary and Expense amounts make for an increase from last years report)
City Financial Office Corinne Bomben
Remuneration and Taxable Benefits -- $168,164
Training and Travel expenses -- $10,683
Business Travel and Other Expenses -- $1,740
(Salary amount makes for a significant increase from last years report, expenses remained much the same)
Operations Director Richard Pucci
Remuneration and Taxable Benefits -- $138,387
Training and Travel Expenses $3,430
Business Travel and Other Expenses -- $30,882
(Salary and Expense amounts make for an increase from last years report)
City Planner Zeno Krekic
Remuneration and Taxable Benefits -- $132,870
Training and Travel Expenses $2,519
Business Travel $0
(Expense amounts feature a slight increase from the levels from last years report)
Corporate Administrator Rory Mandryk
Remuneration and Taxable Benefits -- $131,267
Training and Travel Expenses $1,049
Business Travel and Other Expenses -- $300
(Expense amounts at same level as from last years report)
As with the expenses review for the City Council members, the City does not provide for a larger breakdown of expenses that are claimed by civic employees.
Among the list of 74 names that make for this years list are 19 members of the Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue Department, along with two members of the roster of 911 Fire dispatchers who all are listed as part of the SOFI report for the past year.
The total salaries and expenses from those Fire/Rescue listings accounted for just over 2.5 million dollars for 2018.
The remainder of the positions that are listed from the SOFI report span a number of departments both civic administration and operations.
The total remuneration for employees making over 75,000 dollars in the last year came to $7,729,711 an increase of roughly $700,000 from the year before.
Those civic employees making less that the $75,000 mark in 2018 totalled $7,213,685 an increase of about $170,000.
The list below provides a better understanding of the remuneration pattern over the last decade, with the Total Employee Remuneration and Taxable Benefits noted as follows:
2018 -- $15,076,582
2017 -- $14,210,870
2016 -- $13,563,909
2015 -- $13,575,579
2014 -- $12,708,559
2013 -- $12,305,600
2012 -- $12,884,077
2011 -- $12,409,305
2010 -- $12,099,475
In total the City of Prince Rupert employs approximately 259 full and part time employees and staff members.
The full documentation on Civic salaries can be found as part of the City Council agenda package for tonight's session, the listings are published from pages 33 to 75
Not listed as a department, but included as a payment to suppliers is payment of $3,665,408 to the Receiver General for Canada for RCMP E Division. That marks the amount that the City of Prince Rupert pays to the Federal Government for its contract policing agreement with the RCMP.
This years review makes for an increase of 200,000 dollars towards policing from last years report.
Once the Statement of Financial Information report is received by City Council this Monday, it will become part of the permanent record of Financial information that is archived on the city website offering up an opportunity to make year to year comparisons when it comes to City payroll spending.
You can compare this years notes and amounts above, with those of the past four years from our archive pages below:
2018 (report year 2017)
2017 (report year 2016)
2016 (report year 2015)
2015 (report year 2014)
2014 (report year 2013)
The Review of civic compensation is one of a number of reports for Council, as we review the data from each, you can review the other notes on those below:
Prince Rupert's payments for Goods and Services were shared among 102 suppliers in 2018
SOFI Report outlines Mayor and Council compensation for work of 2018
More items of note on the City's budget process can be reviewed here, while our archive of articles on City Council Discussions can be found here.
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Way too many staff for a city this size. Do the residents not know that this is about 2x as many staff as a city this size should have.
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