City of Quesnel 2011 SOFI Report out...

Like Williams Lake Council -- Quesnel Council at its' meeting on Monday will receive its' 2011 SOFI (Statement of Financial Information) Report outlining pay/benefits of both their Staff and Quesnel Council - read here (Staff Report) and here (Statement on Council/Staff pay and benefits)

For Quesnel Mayor/Council:

Name	Office	Expenses – 2011	Expenses – 2010	Remuneration
Mary Sjostrom (cont)	Mayor	$3,868.73	$9,585.02	$41,376
John Brisco (new)	Councillor	$0	$0	$1,183
Mike Cave (cont)	Councillor	$2,510.75	$2,304.34	$14,196
Ed Coleman (new)	Councillor	$0	$0	$1,183
Peter Couldwell (retired)	Councillor	$100.00	$62.00	$13,013
Scott Elliot (new)	Councillor	$0	$0	$1,183
Coralee Oakes (retired)	Councillor	$2,586.99	$3,023.20	$13,013
Ron Paull (defeated in ‘ 11)	Councillor	$3,630.43	$3,353.52	$13,013
L-A Roodenburg (cont)	Councillor	$3,694.82	$5,215.08	$14,196
Sushil Thapar (cont)	Councillor	$2,540.52	$1,770.27	$14,196

As you can see above - most of Quesnel Council either stayed the same or went down for submitted expenses with the exception of Councillor Cave who submitted just over $200 more in expenses for 2011 vs 2010 & "Quesnel Taxpayer Watchdog" Sushil Thapar whose own expenses went up $770.25 in 2011 vs 2010

Meanwhile - Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom can make use of this information by stating that her expenses are half of what Williams Lake's Mayor were in 2011 ($6,782.12), even when you factor in Quesnel/Williams Lake have roughly the same population size

As for the top three Quesnel City Staff in take-home pay:

1) Former Quesnel City Manager John Stecyk who made $121,970.62 in pay with expenses submitted in 2011 totalling $11,767.11

2) Current Quesnel Finance Director Kari Bolton who made $106,531.03 in pay with expenses submitted in 2011 totalling $4,109.37

3) Current Quesnel Community Services Manager Jeff Norburn who made $100,633.96 in pay with expenses submitted in 2011 totalling $142.24

Finally - the City of Quesnel paid to all employees (who made under $75,000) in 2011 (including Sub-Regional Recreation) - $8,445,793.08 with total expenses paid in 2011 equalling $51,088.17.  In 2010 - this was $7,357,561.40 in pay with expenses in 2010 paid out totalling $46,098.

I wonder if this report will cause sparks to fly at Monday's Quesnel Council Meeting between Councillor Thapar and the rest of his colleagues...