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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-04-02, Page 7Walden tops Huron -Kinloss in Ontario 'sunshine list' Steven Goetz Kincardine News Just one employee for the Township of Huron Kinloss -- administrator Mary Rose Walden -- made the provincial "sunshine list" this year. Walden made $103,319.95, according to the annual public sector salary disclo- sure released on Friday. More than 330 people in Grey -Bruce are on this year's list, which includes public sector employees who earn more than $100,000 a year. Chief administrative officer Murray Clarke topped the list of municipality of Kincardine employees, earning $149,103.55 last year. Four other Kincardine municipal employees were listed this year, includ- ing Michele Barr, the director of building and planning, who made $103,519.08; Karen Kieffer, the director of parks and recreation, $103,409.86; clerk Donna MacDougall, $106,291.24; and Gagan Sandhu, the former director of public works, $107,539.84. Dr. Hazel Lynn retained her crown as Grey -Bruce's highest-paid public servant for the fifth straight year, earning $307,295.04 111 2013. Lynn's salary was down from 2012, when she earned $319,288. Ninety-one employees of the Bluewa- ter District School Board were on the list, along with 53 from Grey Bruce Health Services and 29 from the Bruce -Grey Catholic District School Board. Local justices Julia Morneau and George Brophy each made $271,420.72 in 2013, while GBHS President and CEO Maureen Solecki, earned $266,437.10, the same amount she made in 2012. Other top earners among GBHS's 53 employees on the list were vice-presi- dent of clinical services Julia Scott who earned $180,165.82 and vice-president of corporate and diagnostic services and chief financial officer Martin Mazza earned $173,445.79. The list also included five nurse practitioners and five registered nurses. A total of 14 GBHU employees were on the list, led by Lynn. Others included Director of Accountability and Chief Nursing Officer Maureen Handley, Director of Operations and Program Development Chris Munn and Director of Finance and Administration Joan Tod, who each earned $115,559.50. South Bruce Grey Health Centre had six on the list, led by president and chief executive officer Paul Rosebush, who Take the Scenic Itovie Maintaining a healthy weight zr.keantizehealthlong way foods nn aiZtr,s? : 1,74,-, Your */ -C4 ') A */1 made $205,393.62. Bruce County's 15 employees that made more than $100,000 included CAO Kelley Coulter, who received $149,000, as well as six directors, two long-term care facility administrators and a registered nurse. The Bluewater District School Board's 91 employees on the list were topped by Superintendent of Business Brenda Booth, who earned $212,517.38 in 2013. There were 49 principals, 17 vice -princi- pals and 12 teachers on the list. The Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board had 29 employees make the 2013 list. Director of Education Bruce MacPherson earned $244,500.05 in 2013. There were 11 principals, two vice -prin- cipals and six teachers on the list. Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson received $116,550 in 2013. South Bruce OPP detachment com- mander Insp. Scott Smith earned $135,584.34. The Crown's office in Bruce County was represented on the list by Andrew Shatto, who made $185,717.78, assistant Crown Brian Linley, who made $198,660.92 and assistant Crown Danise Scapinello, who made $102,022.97. Justice of the Peace Stew Taylor made $127,728.28. Six employees of Bruce Grey Child and Family Services made the list, down from 12 last year. Executive director Phyl- lis Lovell earned a salary of $178.442.42. This year there were a total of 97,796 public servants on the Sunshine List, compared to 88,412 in 2012. The govern- ment says the average salary on the Sun- shine List decreased to $127,433 in 2013 from $127,576 in the previous year, and notes that the list's $100,000 threshold has remained the same since 1996. Tom Mitchell, the CEO of Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which the auditor criticized last fall for its generous pensions, topped the list at just over $1.7 million with almost $6,800 in taxable benefits. "OPG salaries are benchmarked against other utilities," OPG spokesman Neal Kelly said in an e-mail. "In the case of the CEO, the salary is well below the 50th percentile compared to peer bench- marks of other utilities of similar size and complexity including multiple nuclear and large hydroelectric stations. In 2013, Mr. Mitchell's salary was less than 2012:' Carmine Marcello, CEO of Hydro One which is the subject of an ombudsman's investigation for erratic billing and poor customer service, made $724,917 last year, plus $3,654 in taxable benefits. Sc Poe t ana support ir Sc Laura Ritchie ail 5, 2014 .m. — 1 a.m. Huron Wescast unity Complex Lunch provided kets: $10.00 Tickets call 3 or available at door Rosemarie Leclair, CEO and chair of the Ontario Energy Board, which on Thursday agreed to a 40% hike in Enbridge gas rates, pulled in $503,171 in 2013. Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod said her party supports a legis- lated broader public sector freeze. The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act covers employees of the government and publicly funded organizations, but does not include private consultants or workers in privately owned hydro facili- ties, such as Bruce Power. Salaries of those who work for munici- palities, school boards, the judiciary, provincial and municipal police, provin- cial crown agencies, and the Ontario leg- islature are subject to disclosure. NDP MPP Peter Tabuns said he's most concerned with the salaries of the public sector CEOs. "Something like $4 million is being paid ... to the heads of four different hydro -related agencies," Tabuns said. "That says to us that we have too many CEOs and that we need a (salary) cap:" - with files from the Toronto Sun and Owen Sound Sun Times INSTALL SMOKE ALM IT'S THF LAW Every home in Ontario must ha a working smoke alarrn an ;ivory sYaray and ow - side all 51sepine tIrdH15, OFFICE OF THE FIRE FMRSH.5,I. Buck & Doe for Michael Morrison & Cindy Hill April 12, 2014 at the Lucknow & District sports complex 9pm - lam DJ & Late Lunch Tickets $7 in advance or $10 @ door and available from the wedding party or Michael and Cindy. Wednesday, April 2, 2014 • Lucknow Sentinel 7 MPP Thompson Invites ministers to tour K2 Wind Lisa Thompson, MPP Huron -Bruce, invited the Minister of the Environ- ment and the Minister of Energy to make a trip to her riding of Huron -Bruce to visit the 1(2 Wind Project, in a letter sent March 27, 2014. The K2 Wind Project, just north of Goderich, is slated to be the largest in the province with 140 industrial wind turbines. Construction on the project began earlier this month. "The Minister of the Environment and the Min- ister of Energy need to come and see for them- selves how their green energy scheme has failed'' she said. It has been brought to Thompson's attention that questions about the suitability of a designated property for a substation were raised with officials, yet the project forged ahead - despite significant drainage concerns. "This is an excellent illustration of why local autonomy should be restored to municipal offi- cials and I have invited both Minister Bradley and Minister Chiarelli to join me in a visit to the site, which has now been dubbed lake K2' by peo- ple in the affected area," Thompson said. "The project has barely started, and it's already hit- ting huge -road blocks. 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