The City of Timmins paid just over $300,000 in salaries and expenses for council in 2022.
Each year municipalities are required to reveal how much council members were paid in salary and expenses.
The 2022 remuneration report is on the agenda for tonight's (March 21) council meeting. It includes the amounts paid out to the last council and the new council elected in October 2022.
For 2022, council members received $283,660.40 in remuneration and $22,555.78 in expenses. Altogether, $306,216.18 was paid out. That's $6,384.9 more than 2021, when the total was $299,831.28. It is still less than the pre-pandemic levels. In 2019, the total cost for council salaries and expenses was $351,407.88.
Kristin Murray topped the 2022 remuneration list. Elected as a Ward 5 councillor in 2018 and again in 2022, she was appointed as mayor in August after George Pirie vacated the role when he was elected as Timmins MPP.
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She received a total of $59,127.26, which includes remuneration for the council positions, expenses and committees.
Murray received $57,762.58 in council remuneration and $50.88 in expenses, for a total of $57,813.46. For committee work, she received $75 for the Porcupine Health Unit board, and $1,238.80 for the Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB).
In 2022, the amount each councillor took home is:
- Mickey Auger - $25,085.82. It includes $22,896.50 in council remuneration, $455 for the Mattagami Region Conservation Authority (MRCA) board, and $1,734.32 for CDSSAB board.
- Steve Black - $3,121.82 in council remuneration.
- Michelle Boileau - $48,917.40. It includes $33,571.94 in council remuneration, $3,849.35 in expenses, $4,856.94 for the Timmins Police Services Board, $6,608.28 for CDSSAB remuneration and $30.89 in CDSSAB expenses.
- Joe Campbell - $26,818.06. It includes $22,896.50 in council remuneration, $2,682.76 in council expenses, and $1,238.80 for CDSSAB.
- John Curley - $40,245.60. It includes $25,523.32 in council remuneration, $8,043.05 in council expenses, $195 for the MRCA board, $300 for the Porcupine Health Unit board, $1,734.32 for CDSSAB, $1,350 in remuneration for the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities board, and $3,099.91 for FONOM expenses.
- Lorne Feldman - $3,121.82 in council remuneration. As a member of the committee of adjustment prior to being elected, he received $270 in remuneration.
- Bill Gvozdanovic - $3,121.82 in council remuneration.
- Andrew Marks - $31,379.08. It includes $25,523.32 in council remuneration, $5,270.76 in council expenses, and $585 for the MRCA board.
- George Pirie - $36,160.97. It includes $35,074.14 in council remuneration, $95.79 for council expenses, and $991.04 for CDSSAB.
- Cory Robin - $29,522.19. It includes $25,523.32 in council remuneration, $2,512.31 in council expenses and $1,486.56 for CDSSAB.
- Rock Whissell - $28,375.24. It includes $25,523.32 in council remuneration, $50.88 in council expenses, $585 for the MRCA board, $1,225 for the Porcupine Health Unit board, and $991.04 for CDSSAB.
Ahead of last year's municipal election, there was a push for a review of the mayor's salary.
The ask was for the staff report to compare the salary with other cities in the north as well as municipalities of similar size. It was never brought back to council.
Read the full 2022 remuneration report here.
