Port Moody council members earned slightly more in 2012 than they did the previous year.
The 2012 statement of financial information shows Mayor Mike Clay earned $72,471, of which nearly $24,000 is a tax-free allowance. Former mayor Joe Trasolini, who served until November 2011, earned just over $67,000 the previous year.
Council members took home just under $26,000 in 2012 (almost $8,400 tax free), a slight bump from the 2011 rate of about $24,500.
Council expenses ranged from a low of $3,396 for Clay to just over $6,108 for Coun. Rick Glumac. Also ringing in near the top was Coun. Zoe Royer ($5,665) followed by Coun. Diana Dilworth ($5,220), Coun. Bob Elliott ($4,595), Coun. Rosemary Small ($4,574) and Coun. Gerry Nuttall ($3,573).
The 2012 council remuneration reports for Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam have not yet been released.
In 2011, Coquitlam's Mayor Richard Stewart was earning about $119,000 (plus $8,000 in transportation allowances) while councillors took in $53,800 apiece (plus a $3,500 allowance). In PoCo, Mayor Greg Moore received about $85,400 and councillors received about $31,600 each.
Staff salaries in Port Moody for 2012 - at close to $17.3 million - went up slightly from 2011, about $17,400.
However the number of staff earning more than $75,000 went up, from 75 in 2011 to 79 last year, costing taxpayers an additional $420,575.
Of those, 23 staff members are making more than $100,000 (up from 21 in 2011).
Top earners include Paul Rockwood, general manager of financial services ($147,356); Tim Savoie, GM of development services ($146,682); Ron Higo, GM of community services ($140,715); city clerk Colleen Rohde ($137,168); and Fire Chief Remo Faedo ($134,961).
