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MAY 21 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
Alex Francois is heading to the Canadian Junior Golf Championships this summer. See Page A17
Royal Oak area murals defaced Wanda Chow
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BCIT students in the Technology Teacher Education program put their skills to the test in last week’s 11th annual Vehicle in a Box competition. See Page A3.
184 city hall staff earn $100K or more Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
The number of staff at Burnaby city hall paid $100,000 or more continued its growth trend in 2013 with 184 earning six figures. That’s a 27.8 per cent increase from 2012, when 144 staff were in the $100,000-plus club. In 2011, that figure was 106 staff. The top earner was city manager Bob Moncur at $251,229, followed by the two deputy city managers, Chad Turpin, $209,064, and Lambert Chu, $208,719.
The rest of the top 10 were: finance director Denise Jorgenson, $197,956; Lou Pelletier, director of planning and building, $190,777; Dave Ellenwood, director of parks, recreation and cultural services, $187,775; Barry Davis, deputy director of engineering (now retired), $178,756; Patrick Shek, chief building inspector, $170,919; Maurice Schmidt, deputy director-IT business solutions, $169,816; and fire chief Doug McDonald, $167,786. In spots 11 to 20, ranked by
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salary are: city solicitor Bruce Rose, $166,352; chief librarian Edel Toner-Rogala, $163,936; Pat Tennant, director of human resources, $163,833; Bob Klimek, deputy director of finance, $163,537; Ronald Barker, deputy fire chief-administration, $161,202; Denis Nokony, assistant directorcultural services, $158,189; David O’Connor, assistant director-golf services, $152,702; Doug Louie, assistant director of engineeringtraffic and parking management, $152,037; John Cusano, deputy
chief building inspector, $151,089; and Dipak Dattani, assistant director of engineeringenvironmental protection, $148,107. Former chief licence inspector Craig Collis moved to the parks and rec department last year to become its new assistant director-recreation. He earned $142,176. Longtime staffer Maryann Manuel, who was city clerk when she retired earlier this year, earned $133,595. Please see CITY HALL SALARIES, A4
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Local artist Todd Polich knew something was up when he got a barrage of phone calls, text messages and email last Monday. It appears the night before, on May 11, two of his murals in South Burnaby were tagged by graffiti vandals. With his phone number on one of the works, Polich was quickly being notified by the community. “A lot of people were quite upset about it,” Polich said. “Connected Oceans” depicts humpback whales and is located on Beresford Street by Royal Oak Avenue. “There was a fair amount of spray can damage on a couple of major parts of the mural,” he said. “Unfortunately, they actually painted over a part that community youth worked on with me.” The work was also tagged by vandals shortly after it was finished last year. Fortunately, Polich puts a protective anti-graffiti coating on all his murals which made it easier to clean off. Please see MURALS, A3