Nanaimo City Wages

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Nanaimo City Managers 

Among The Highest Paid In The Province

There are a total of 167 employees at Nanaimo City who are earning in excess of $85,000 per year, with the top spot going to city manager Al Kenning at $214,544.00, which puts him in the top one half of one percent among 8181 municipal employees in the province! Among 8181 of his peers, our own Mr. Kenning comes in at number 39!

The following are the 'Top Ten Dogs' at city hall by salary rank. Remember there are still 157 more earning in excess of $85,000 with a great many exceeding the $100,000 mark.

1. Al Kenning $214,544.00
2. Andy Laidlaw $183,089.00
3. Ted Swabey $184,791.00
4. Doug Holmes $175,695.00
5. Per Kristensen $144,229.00
6. Tom Hickey $141,230.00
7. Toby Seward $139,987.00
8. Richard Harding $138,186.00
9. Terry Hartley $137,195.00
10. Andrew Tucker $134,709.00
11. Total $1,593,655.00

These ten people account for approximately 2% of your tax bill. All of these top ten, rank in the top 5% for wages paid to public servants among the 8181 recorded in all of British Columbia.

The total paid for wages and salaries on the financial report for the year 2010 was $52,373,548.00 which represents a staggering 64% of every tax dollar collected from Nanaimo taxpayers. Mr. Kenning will tell you this is perfectly sustainable. Does he mean long term? Or just until he can retire?

This elite group of Nanaimo citizens also decided they needed a $16,000,000.00 new office instead of upgrading their existing one for $4,000,000.00. Are any of the taxpayers getting as upset as I am??