The City of Timmins paid just under $300,000 in salaries and expenses for council in 2021.
Each year municipalities are required to reveal how much council members were paid in salary and expenses.
The 2021 remuneration report is on the agenda for tomorrow's council meeting.
For 2021, council members received $293,679.97 in remuneration and $6,151 in expenses. Altogether, $299,831.28 was paid out. That's $31,830.68 less than 2021, when the total was $331,661.96. Prior to the pandemic in 2019, the total cost for council salaries and expenses was $351,407.88.
Mayor George Pirie topped the 2021 list.
He received a total of $104,439.79, which includes remuneration for the mayor's position and committees as well as expenses.
Pirie received $96,362.45 in mayor's remuneration — a $2,046 decrease from 2020 — and $1,058.64 in expenses, for a total of $97,421.09. Overall, his payout in 2021 was $4,364.49 less than the year prior. For committee work, he received $7,018.70 for the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB).
The base remuneration for councillors is $24,664.69, which is $519 less than the previous year.
In 2021, the amount each councillor took home is:
- Mickey Auger - $27,650.79. It includes the base salary, $650 for the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority (MRCA) board, $150 for the Porcupine Health Unit (PHU) board, and $2,186.10 for CDSSAB.
- Michelle Boileau - $32,572.86. It includes $712.32 in council expenses, $4,766.85 for the Timmins Police Services board, and $2,429 for CDSSAB.
- Joe Campbell - $27,780.57. It includes 686.88 in council expenses and $2,429 for CDSSAB.
- John Curley - $29,989.98. It includes $715 for the MRCA board, $600 for the PHU board, $2,429 for CDSSAB, and $1,581.29 for the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities ($675 in remuneration and $906.29 in expenses).
- Andrew Marks - $28,264.96. It includes $2,820.27 in council expenses and $780 for the MRCA board.
- Kristin Murray - $32,717.58. It includes $407.04 in council expenses, $4,766.85 for the TPS board, $450 for the PHU board, and $2,429 for CDSSAB.
- Cory Robin - $27,559.85. It includes $466.16 in council expenses and $2,429 for CDSSAB.
- Rock Whissell - $25,979.69. It includes $715 for the MRCA board and $600 for the PHU board.
Ahead of this year's municipal election, council is expected to review the mayor's salary.
In late 2021, Marks called for the review to be presented to council in the first quarter of this year. A report has not been brought to council yet.
The review wouldn't affect the current sitting council and is for whoever wins the seat in the Oct. 24, 2022 election. The report is expected to compare the mayor's salary with other cities in the north as well as municipalities of similar size.
The full report is available here.
