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“Sunshine List” released for 2023 public sector employees By Ron Giofu The “Sunshine List” has been released for 2023. The annual reveal is due to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, which requires that organizations which receive public funding from the Ontario government make the list of employees earning over $100,000 in the previous year public by March 31. In a press release sent by the province Thursday afternoon, the province states the largest year-over-year increases were in the hospitals, municipalities and services and postsecondary sectors, which together represented approximately 80 per cent of the growth of the list. There were 29 employees of the Town of Amherstburg
on the list for 2023. Earning the highest salary was chief administrative officer (CAO) Valerie Critchley at $219,180. Deputy CAO/director of development services Melissa Osborne had a 2023 salary of $201,227.87 while director of corporate services/treasurer Tracy Prince earned $180,830.56. Director of infrastructure services Antonietta Giofu had her salary listed at $177,402.06. Fire chief Bruce Montone’s 2023 salary was listed at $166,528.96 while director of parks, facility and recreation Heidi Baillargeon earned $166,180.46. District fire chiefs are next on the list with Jason Durocher earning $158,462.29 while Andrew Challans earned $154,680.12. Randy Wismer earned $151,035.78
while Rick Wismer made $147,651.25. Fire training officer Nick D’Amore saw his 2023 salary listed as $143,550.95 while manager of environmental services Dwayne Grondin earned $134,050. Earning identical $133,900 salaries last year were manager of planning services Chris Aspila, chief building official Angelo Avolio, director of roads and fleet Eric Chamberlain and manager of engineering Todd Hewitt. Human resources manager Donna King earned $133,262.35 while manager of finance Yufang Du earned $132,403.98 in 2023. Deputy fire chief Ron Meloche earned $131,790.85 and IT manager Jordan Long earned $127,116.47.
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Good Friday walk
RTT PHOTO BY RON GIOFU The Italian community of St. John the Baptist Church presented the Good Friday procession with stops including Christ Anglican Church and St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. The walk ended back at St. John the Baptist Church with a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus was portrayed again this year by Nicola Simone of Amherstburg. For more photos, please turn to Page 10.
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