{"id":10239,"date":"2015-04-01T17:22:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=10239"},"modified":"2015-04-01T17:22:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T21:22:51","slug":"sunshine-list-grows-by-five-at-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sunshine-list-grows-by-five-at-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine List grows by five at Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ontario\u2019s \u201cSunshine List\u201d, the annual disclosure of public sector employees making over $100,000 per year, grew Province-wide over the past year — and Aurora was no exception.<\/p>\n

The number of individuals making over this $100,000 threshold for 2014 grew from 26 in last year\u2019s list to 31 this year.<\/p>\n

The Town of Aurora\u2019s top earner continues to be Chief Administrative Officer Neil Garbe, who made $208,889.52 with $11,842.25 in taxable benefits, compared to a salary of $197,507.18 the previous year and $11,601.27 in taxable benefits.<\/p>\n

Tied for second place are Town Treasurer Dan Elliott and Ilmar Simanovskis, Director of Infrastructure and Environmental Services, who each made $172,185.30 and $2,446.86 in taxable benefits. In the previous year, Mr. Elliott received $169,221.35 and $2,553.27 in benefits, while Mr. Simanovskis brought in $162,986.95 and $2,553.27 in benefits. <\/p>\n

The rest of the list is as follows from largest to smallest earners making over $100,000: current salary\/benefits.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tAl Downey, Director of Parks and Recreation — $169,247.54\/$2,446.25
\n\u2022\tMarco Ramunno, Director of Planning — $169,247.54\/$2,446.25
\n\u2022\tTecha van Leeuwen, Director of Building and Bylaw — $169,247.54\/$2,447.46
\n\u2022\tWarren Mar, Town Solicitor — $165,099.34\/$2,446.25
\n\u2022\tJill Foster, CEO, Aurora Public Library — $152,202.54\/$2,416.35
\n\u2022\tLuigi Colangelo, Manager of Operations Services \u2013 $116,815.61\/$707.45
\n\u2022\tDan Lavesque, Manager of Human Resources — $114,205.80\/$735.17
\n\u2022\tKaren Bates-Denney, Manager of Information Technology — $113,938.72\/$733.07
\n\u2022\tJim Kyle, Special Projects Manager — $113,938.72\/$733.07
\n\u2022\tGlen Letman, Manager of Development Planning — $113,938.72\/$733.07
\n\u2022\tJim Tree, Manager of Parks, $113,938.72\/$733.07
\n\u2022\tStuart Curtis, Supervisor of Roads and Traffic — $113,727.69\/$583.78
\n\u2022\tAnthony Ierullo, Manager of Long-Range and Strategic Planning — $111,996.57\/$719.70
\n\u2022\tAnca Mihail, Manager of Engineering and Capital Delivery — $110,894.07\/$713.27
\n\u2022\tJason Gaertner, Manager of Financial Planning — $110,876.78\/$713.27
\n\u2022\tDale Robson, Manager of Code Review & Inspections — $110,421.57\/$710.36
\n\u2022\tGerald Spencer, Manager of Bylaw Services — $109,110.44\/$700.75
\n\u2022\tMichael Kemp, Manager of Corporate Communications — $107,962.26\/$700.75
\n\u2022\tKatherine Bishop, Manager of Purchasing — $105,855.64\/$603.05
\n\u2022\tPaul Dillman, Manager of Accounting and Revenue — $105,500.50\/$679.83
\n\u2022\tPatricia Damphouse, Manager of Library Services — $105,387.10\/$678.85
\n\u2022\tJo-Anne Jordan, Manager of Children, Youth & Adult Information Services — $105,387.10\/$678.85
\n\u2022\tReccia Mandelcorn, Manager of Circulation & Customer Services (Aurora Public Library) — $105,387.10\/$678.85
\n\u2022\tIvy Henriksen, Manager of Customer Service — $104,008.94\/$666.71
\n\u2022\tJ. Lindsay Hayworth, Supervisor of Water and Wastewater — $103,934.47\/$550.10
\n\u2022\tKhuan Seow, Manager of Systems and Support \u2013 $103,799.99\/$663.77
\n\u2022\tSlawomir Szlapczynski, Associate Solicitor — $103,584.53\/$662.79
\n\u2022\tChristina Nagy-Oh, Program Manager of Environmental Initiatives — $101,511.90\/$653.58<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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