There are three Village of Burns Lake employees that earned over $75,000 in annual salaries in 2013, according to the financial statement of information presented to village councillors in the agenda at last Tuesday's village council meeting.
Sheryl Worthing, Chief Administrative Officer, Jim McBride, Director of Public Services, a job which includes duties as the Burns Lake Fire Department's Chief, duties as the bylaw enforcement officer and duties as the animal control officer and Richard Martin, Director of Public Works are the three village employees that earned an annual salary over $75,000 in 2013.
There are 53 staff members in total employed by the Village of Burns Lake, and excluding the three staff members earning over $75,000, the other 50 employees earned a total of $1,116,212.73 in 2013, according the financial report.
The Village of Burns Lake also employs another 25 members of the fire department who are volunteers.
The financial report also included remuneration and expenses payments to the village's elected officials.
Mayor Luke Strimbold was the highest compensated elected official, earning $15,000 in remuneration, along with $8,317.15 in expenses.
The village paid six separate councillors remuneration in 2013, according to the financial report, even though only four sit as members of council at a time.
Councillors Frank Varga and John Illes served as councillors for the full calendar year in 2013, both earning $7500 in remuneration for their services as councillors to the village.
Illes was also compensated for $3466.45 in expenses and Varga was compensated $1576.79 in expenses during 2013.
Councillor Susan Schienbein earned $4038 in remuneration and was compensated for $150.22 in expenses in 2013.
Schienbein resigned her post as councillor on July 2, 2013, to take a job with the Village of Clinton, although she is no longer at that job.
Schienbein was replaced on council by Chris Beach, who was acclaimed as a village councillor on Sept. 27, 2013.
Beach earned $1125.03 in remuneration in 2013.
He had no expenses in 2013 as a village councillor.
Former councillor, Quinten Beach, earned $1730.76 as a village councillor in 2013, and had no expenses as a member of village council.
Beach resigned his seat as a Village of Burns Lake councillor on Feb. 26, 2013.
He was replaced on council by Wes Hart.
Hart was acclaimed as a village councillor on May 14, 2013.
Hart earned $4442 in remuneration as a village councillor in 2013, and like both Chris and Quinten Beach, Hart had no expenses as a village councillor in 2013.
The village reported paying over $25,000 to 25 different suppliers in 2013.
The total amount paid to those 25 was $4,483,758.72, including $1,813,350.78 to Venture Pacific Construction Management, the company that was hired to build the new Lakeside Multiplex.
The village received a $2.4 million grant from the provincial government to offset the cost of construction on the new multiplex.
The total amount spent on suppliers by the village in 2013 was $5,616,235.34.
The village's net financial assets at the end of the year were $10,515,077 compared to $10,108,481 at the end of 2012.
In accordance with the Financial Information Act, the Village of Burns Lake must report all elected officials' salaries, along with all employees making more than $75,000.
The full report can be found online at http://office.burnslake.ca/wp-content/uploads/Village-of-Burns-Lake-Fin-Stmt-2013.pdf.