From Kelowna – City’s annual report

City manager Ron Mattiussi is the leading wage earner, pulling in $271,000 in 2014.

Deputy manager Paul Macklem is next at $195,000. John Vos (corporate business director) also earned $195,000 in 2014, followed by Jim Paterson (director business development – now retired) $171,000 and Sam Samaddar (airport manager) at $165,000.

Overall, 75 employees with the city earned a paycheque in excess of $100,000, including 44 management, 29 firefighters and two CUPE employees.

Of the 788 city employees, 40 percent earned $75,000 or more. Those include 110 management, 107 firefighters and 99 CUPE employees.

In Oliver a few facts:

28 permanent employees with a $6.1 million operating budget ( 18 in PW – 10 in administration )

7 employees paid more than $75 thousand including 2 over $100 thousand

Council of 7 members paid $107,507.48 in remuneration and expenses

Fire Department – 30 paid on call members including 5 officers

Issued 389 business licenses and 72 inter community business licenses

In 2005-2008 – largest amount of residential building permit values

Book value of assets $51 million

Reserves: $2.4 million

Protective Services (fire) Taxation  $154,080 -rural and OIB – $222,367

General government salaries and benefits: $688,802 – other wages allocated to sewer and water

$1,943,225 for a Town total of $2.632 Million

Population: 4824 on 584 hectares

Tax Multiples – Business and Light Industry pay 2.45 times the mill rate for residential (provincial rate)

In tax revenue Residential brings in 933,397 and Business – 344,168

When you pay YOUR tax bill – 46% goes to the government  for schools, 19% goes to RDOS (joint services and administration), Library 4%, RDOS (Hospital District-capital) 5%

Of the total bill only 25% is for general municipal services.