Salary disclosure · 2008

British Columbia Cities' Sunshine List 2008

Salaries paid in calendar year 2008, published in 2009 (the list often called the Cities' Sunshine List). 1,255 people. Calendar years. Each city’s schedule of employees paid remuneration over $75,000, from its own files; cities are added one at a time (now Vancouver, from 2008, and Victoria, from 2012).

People on the list

1,255

Median salary

$85,803

Total salaries

$115M

Employers

Top 100 highest paid in 2008

#	Name	Employer	Remuneration
1	J RogersCity Manager	City of Vancouver	$568,448
2	E LoGeneral Manager - Corporate Services	City of Vancouver	$398,365
3	D H RudbergGeneral Manager Olympic Operations	City of Vancouver	$233,456
4	J T RidgeDeputy City Manager	City of Vancouver	$231,315
5	F J ConnellDirector Legal Services & City Solicitor	City of Vancouver	$225,218
6	T R TimmGeneral Manager - Engineering Services	City of Vancouver	$224,676
7	S J MundickGeneral Manager-Parks & Recreation	City of Vancouver	$212,414
8	G AndrewsDeputy City Manager	City of Vancouver	$208,790
9	R J SmithDeputy Fire Chief	City of Vancouver	$207,021
10	J Forbes-RobertsGeneral Manager - Community Services	City of Vancouver	$206,237
11	K B BayneGeneral Manager Business Planning & Srvc	City of Vancouver	$188,281
12	R FastDirector Major Projects	City of Vancouver	$186,724
13	P WhitneyCity Librarian	City of Vancouver	$185,869
14	R C HoldgateFire Chief	City of Vancouver	$185,824
15	M A McLellanGeneral Manager - Community Services	City of Vancouver	$180,670
16	L ToderianDirector Planning	City of Vancouver	$178,892
17	G P JohnsenA/Director of Legal Services	City of Vancouver	$167,633
18	W AuA/City Manager	City of Vancouver	$165,824
19	P J ScheerA/Director of Legal Services	City of Vancouver	$156,674
20	P E JuddDeputy City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$156,170
21	S BaxterCity Clerk	City of Vancouver	$154,089
22	T WarrenDirector Development Services	City of Vancouver	$150,775
23	A NaklickiDeputy General Manager HR	City of Vancouver	$147,263
24	G BradshawDirector Facility Design & Management	City of Vancouver	$145,899
25	K R BirchA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$143,675
26	P U RutgersDirector Planning & Operations	City of Vancouver	$143,640
27	B* ParkinSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$143,037
28	K M RamsayGeneral Manager - Human Resources	City of Vancouver	$142,566
29	C K OehlschlagerSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$142,528
30	J R McKearneyDeputy Fire Chief	City of Vancouver	$142,514
31	C M KinahanSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$142,407
32	L SziklaiDeputy Fire Chief	City of Vancouver	$142,398
33	D HillSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$142,092
34	Y LiljeforsSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$142,086
35	J BaderDeputy General Manager	City of Vancouver	$141,989
36	L McKennaDirector - Vancouver East District	City of Vancouver	$141,962
37	A S HoDirector Corporate Services	City of Vancouver	$141,735
38	I C AdamA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$141,691
39	M G FlaniganDirector Real Estate Services	City of Vancouver	$141,140
40	D HaywardSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$140,323
41	E LeeDirector Financial Services	City of Vancouver	$140,023
42	B T QuayleSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$139,905
43	J M GreenbergSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$139,551
44	T R McEwenDeputy Fire Chief	City of Vancouver	$138,939
45	J BillingSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$138,640
46	T ZWORSKISolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$138,606
47	J W DobrovolnyA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$138,605
48	S HarveyManaging Director of Cultural Services	City of Vancouver	$138,605
49	F LetourneuxSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$137,651
50	R E TrydalManager Operations - QE	City of Vancouver	$136,827
51	J N StubbsSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$136,699
52	M W ZoraDirector HR Projects	City of Vancouver	$136,646
53	L A MackayDirector Queen Elizabeth District	City of Vancouver	$136,499
54	S WallaceDirector Information Technology	City of Vancouver	$135,712
55	I K DixonSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$135,406
56	M C FairweatherSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$135,088
57	B J DaviesA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$135,045
58	A KleinDirector Budget Services	City of Vancouver	$134,961
59	B D McGowanA/Chief Manager Communications	City of Vancouver	$134,815
60	K LiangSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$134,773
61	B* JordanSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$134,506
62	B P CroweA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$134,061
63	R W* AckermanDirector Civic Theatres	City of Vancouver	$133,855
64	D BoblinSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$133,828
65	E GerberSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$133,828
66	J LowdenDirector - Special Projects	City of Vancouver	$133,827
67	P H ProcyshynSuperintendent Ill	City of Vancouver	$133,271
68	H B AujlaSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$128,178
69	K SchoeffelTeam Lead Ill	City of Vancouver	$128,097
70	K R LevittDirector Business Planning Secretariat	City of Vancouver	$127,722
71	N* CarleyA/City Engineer	City of Vancouver	$126,994
72	W M* JohnstonChief Building Official	City of Vancouver	$126,910
73	D D BarbourTechnical Specialist	City of Vancouver	$126,670
74	J HendersonDirector Olympic & Paralympic Ops	City of Vancouver	$126,543
75	S GrayManaging Director of Social Development	City of Vancouver	$126,022
76	R P RoelofsenManager Facility Development	City of Vancouver	$126,000
77	A LuongoSuperintendent IV	City of Vancouver	$125,528
78	P L JosephsManager Revenue Services & Marinas	City of Vancouver	$124,978
79	D H MurphyManager Recreation Services	City of Vancouver	$123,988
80	R SegalPlanner Ill	City of Vancouver	$123,801
81	B ManningManager Horticulture & Arboriculture	City of Vancouver	$123,469
82	G M EngDir Comm Rel & Special Projects	City of Vancouver	$123,444
83	T DoTechnical Specialist	City of Vancouver	$122,899
84	K FrancisSolicitor Ill	City of Vancouver	$122,786
85	R WilliamsSenior Branch Head Engineering	City of Vancouver	$122,765
86	A TsisserevManager Electrical Inspection Branch	City of Vancouver	$122,148
87	P KuranDirector Stanley District	City of Vancouver	$121,993
88	M E CoulsonCity Clerk	City of Vancouver	$121,882
89	E SmithDirector Corporate Services	City of Vancouver	$121,557
90	P S UnderwoodSenior Project Manager 311/VOIP	City of Vancouver	$120,225
91	P J BruinManager Admin & Special Projects	City of Vancouver	$120,127
92	N B DelmonicoDeputy Fire Chief	City of Vancouver	$119,684
93	J C WilliamsSuperintendent IV	City of Vancouver	$119,520
94	D M SteeleBattalion Chief	City of Vancouver	$119,385
95	J HunterManager Infrastructure & Messaging Services	City of Vancouver	$119,327
96	D C* SmithSuperintendent Iv	City of Vancouver	$119,004
97	R WaltonManager Recreation Services	City of Vancouver	$118,444
98	I A SmithManager SEFC & Olympic Village	City of Vancouver	$118,353
99	P S KarlssonSuperintendent IV	City of Vancouver	$118,084
100	P A FrenchA/Director Planning	City of Vancouver	$118,067

Questions and answers

How many people were on the 2008 Cities' Sunshine List?

1,255 people paid $75,000 or more in 2008.

Who was the highest paid on the 2008 list?

J Rogers, City Manager at City of Vancouver, with a salary of $568,448.

What was the median salary on the 2008 list?

$85,803. It is the median of people paid $75,000 or more, not of every public employee.

When was the 2008 Cities' Sunshine List released?

In 2009. Each list covers the salaries paid in one year and is published after it ends.

What is “remuneration”?

The one pay figure each city publishes for each person, its remuneration, shown as published. Victoria also lists taxable benefits and payouts, and expenses, in separate columns, which are not shown; Vancouver's remuneration includes payouts. How the lists work

Why is someone not on the list?

Only people paid $75,000 or more in the year are listed, and only by the public employers the Financial Information Act covers. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.