Mattiussi’s earnings last year top $300K
City of Kelowna says 2017 pay for retiring city manager boosted in part by work he did at emergency operations centre during flooding
In his last full year of employment with the City of Kelowna, city manager Ron Mattiussi was paid $307,000.
That was up from the $268,000 he earned in 2016.
Of the nearly $40,000 in Mattiussi’s additional compensation, about $15,000 came from his work at the emergency operations centre during last year’s flooding emergency, city human resources director Stu Leatherdale said Thursday.
The provincial government covers the salaries of city employees when they work at the EOC.
Mattiussi’s remuneration was also higher last year than in 2016 because of a general salary increase, a switch in the way he was compensated for his car costs and a payout for unused vacation time, Leatherdale said.
Mattiussi will draw a pension that’s based on the average of his five highest-income-earning years with the City of Kelowna, Leatherdale said.
Mattiussi retired as city manager after 23 years with the City of Kelowna. He started in the planning department.
Mattiussi’s final-year salary was much higher than anyone else employed by the City of Kelowna. The second highest-paid employee was deputy city manager Joe Creron, whose remuneration was $212,000.
The five next highest-paid employees were infrastructure director Alan Newcombe at $195,000, airport manager Sam Samaddar at $189,000, planning director Doug Gilchrist at $170,000, infrastructure engineer Ron Westlake at $168,000 and recreation director Jim Gabriel, also at $168,000.
By provincial law, municipalities must publish by the end of each June the names and salaries of everyone who makes at least
$75,000 annually. Including managers, firefighters and unionized staff, there are now about 400 city employees who make at least $75,000.
In 2002, 41 city employees made more than $75,000 annually. In 2008, 153 city employees were
above this threshold.
Total remuneration for all city employees last year was $71 million, up from $67.6 million in 2016. Staff salaries account for the largest single share of municipal taxes, which this year will be about $135 million.