91原创 City Councillor Nathan Pachal said his remuneration and expenses happen to be the lowest of any member of council because his term as deputy mayor, which comes with a pay bump, happened to overlap two different fiscal years. All councillors take turns as deputy mayor.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 attend many events,鈥� Pachal added, the result of the pandemic.

He ranked sixth of six councillors in the by the City of 91原创, with $61,000 in combined remuneration and expenses.

Councillors Paul Albrecht was at the top, with $68,000, followed by Rosemary Wallace with $68,000, Rudy Storteboom with $67,000, Teri James with $66,000, and Gayle Martin with $65,000 (all figures rounded up to the nearest thousand).

Mayor Val van den Broek鈥檚 combined remuneration and expenses for the fiscal year were $142,000.

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The three highest-paid senior City staffers were Chief Administrative Officer Francis Cheung, reporting $259,000 in remuneration and expenses combined, Darrin Leite, Director of Corporate Services at $186,000 and Rick Bomhof, Director of Engineering, Parks and Environment at $170,000.

In a on the state of the City finances, Leite said the City was in a 鈥渟olid financial position at the end of 2021鈥� with net financial assets of $48 million and an 鈥渁ccumulated surplus (the equivalent of net worth) of $272 million in tangible capital assets (land, buildings, equipment and engineering structures like roads and utility pipes).鈥�

91原创 City collected $32 million in taxation revenues and a further $10 million in water and sewer user rates.

Leite reported the three largest operating cost centers for the City are policing, engineering services and general government services, which includes an allocation for community grants.

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