Sarnia City Hall (BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin)Sarnia City Hall (BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin)
Sarnia

City 'Sunshine Club' Grows By Just One

The number of city of Sarnia employees who made $100,000 or more in 2017 is about the same as 2016.

The total of 238 is up by just one with 85% of them being fire and police officers.

Overtime, retroactive earnings and other payments are included along with salary.

Chief Administrative Officer Margaret Misek-Evans was paid nearly $184,000, Sarnia police Chief Phil Nelson earned $178,000 and John Kingyens received $147,000 as city fire chief.

Municipalities and other taxpayer-funded organizations are required to provide the information yearly under The Public Sector Disclosure Act of 1996.

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