Council Remuneration and Expenses

The expenditures of the Mayor and Councillors are subject to the Council Expense Manual (PDF), which outlines the approved resources and provides guidance on the allocation of resources in the performance of their duties.

This page provides a summary of expenditures for all members of Council as well as the expenditures of individual Council members. Click on the headings below to open the summaries.

2021 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Galbraith	Kearns	Nisan	Stolte	Sharman	Bentivegna	Meed Ward
Professional Development and memberships	$134	($1,317)	($50)	$435	$317	($190)	($593)
Books and Subscriptions	$1,210	$212	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18
Newsletters and Mailings	$254	$1,125	$0	$0	$458	$1,707	$0
Meeting Expenses	$0	$1,660	$384	$0	$442	$556	$2,027
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$1,001	$242	$694	$0	$0	$1,369	$1,448
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$498	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,252
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$2,501	$1,144	$4,024	$2,643	$931	$213	$174
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$68	$786	$891	$518	$378	$237	$1,272
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$229	$0	$253	$0	$0	$75	$9
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, Events & Activities	$190	$1,393	$468	$284	$409	$141	$3,496
Mayor’s Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Year End Total	$6,086	$5,245	$6,664	$3,879	$2,934	$4,107	$26,103
2021 Approved Budget	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$31,087
Variance to Budget	($3,914)	($4,755)	($3,336)	($6,121)	($7,066)	($5,893)	($4,984)

2021 Council Remuneration

Title	Region Portion	City Portion	Total
Mayor	$52,515	$134,562	$187,077
Council	$52,515	$59,180	$111,695

Council Expenses for past years

2020 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Galbraith	Kearns	Nisan	Stolte	Sharman	Bentivegna	Meed Ward
Professional Development and memberships	$400	$1,500	$800	$0	$1,000	$500	$1,000
Books and Subscriptions	$458	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$27
Newsletters and Mailings	$581	$968	$0	$0	$0	$578	$0
Meeting Expenses	$28	$288	$222	$0	$0	$284	$570
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$3,078	$78	$1,074	$0	$2,117	$2,012	$1,179
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,627
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$146	$442	$76	$3,184	$520	$124	$320
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$1,639	$745	$370	$511	$378	$237	$782
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$0	$128	$289	$185	$0	$0	$1,080
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, Events & Activities	$458	$1,161	$530	$361	$597	$1,535	$0
Mayor’s Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$153
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Year End Total	$6,789	$5,510	$3,360	$4,242	$4,611	$5,269	$6,738
2020 Approved Budget	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$31,087
Variance to Budget	($3,211)	($4,490)	($6,640)	($5,758)	($5,389)	($4,731)	($24,350)

2020 Council Remuneration

Title	Region Portion	City Portion	Total
Mayor	$52,098	$132,890	$184,988
Council	$52,098	$57,988	$110,086

2019 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Galbraith	Kearns	Nisan	Stolte	Sharman	Bentivegna	Meed Ward
Professional Development and memberships	$356	$1,987	$46	$0	$684	$0	$0
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$128	$24	$0
Newsletters and Mailings	$554	$802	$0	$480	$0	$320	$0
Meeting Expenses	$1,499	$570	$1,542	$0	$1,202	$1,635	$4,337
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$1,197	$707	$2,070	$1,985	$3,031	$1,721	$3,655
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,763
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$300	$597	$12	$113	$661	$47	$1,134
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$239	$1,062	$275	$1,423	$378	$240	$1,415
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$755	$302	$1,099	$846	$52	$917	$5,964
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, Events & Activities	$705	$1,154	$1,324	$174	$2,059	$3,056	$151
Mayor’s Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$475
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Year End Total	$5,606	$7,181	$6,367	$5,021	$8,195	$7,961	$23,893
2019 Approved Budget	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$31,087
Variance to Budget	($4,394)	($2,819)	($3,633)	($4,979)	($1,805)	($2,039)	($7,194)

2019 Council Remuneration

Title	Region Portion	City Portion	Total
Mayor	$51,026	$130,157	$181,184
Council	$51,026	$56,796	$107,822

2018 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	($650)	$1,534
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$55
Newsletters and Mailings	$594	$51	$0	$1,034	$0	$0	$703
Meeting Expenses	$334	$258	$103	$0	$75	$0	$2,994
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$1,464	$14	$213	$760	$1,506	$623	$1,333
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$888
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$1,052	$152	$44	$174	$94	$153	$131
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$1,253	$1,274	$831	$2,323	$378	$1,306	$947
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$310	$218	$671	$1,301	$218	$854	$1,579
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$929	$0	$820	$1,824	$2,150	$87	$828
Mayor’s Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$169
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,076
Year End Total	$5,936	$1,967	$2,682	$7,416	$4,421	$3,673	$12,237
2018 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$28,000
Variance to Budget	($3,064)	($7,033)	($6,318)	($1,584)	($4,579)	($5,327)	($15,763)

2017 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	($242)	($2,698)	($800)	$0	($845)	($464)	($3,000)
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$312	$0	$0	$0	$0	$54
Newsletters and Mailings	$712	$0	$0	$1,010	$0	$0	$1,660
Meeting Expenses	$1,156	$671	$530	$75	$214	$554	$2,163
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$1,767	$1,127	$828	$1,594	$1,626	$1,484	$3,027
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,140
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$480	$971	$155	$197	$100	$1,382	$624
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$1,537	$1,307	$860	$2,114	$399	$1,204	$1,312
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$130	$0	$445	$1,588	$427	$736	$1,057
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$1,303	$1,309	$1,380	$1,051	$1,472	$102	$1,720
Mayor’s Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,825
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Year End Total	$6,843	$2,999	$3,398	$7,629	$3,393	$4,998	$14,582
2017 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$28,000
Variance to Budget	($2,157)	($6,001)	($5,602)	($1,371)	($5,607)	($4,002)	($13,418)

2016 Council Expenses

As of June 30, 2016	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$0	($1,221)	($749)	$0	($536)	($1,000)	($3,220)
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$534	$0	$0	$0	$0	$144
Newsletters and Mailings	$331	$0	$0	$489	$0	$0	$556
Meeting Expenses	$584	$570	$513	$66	$49	$285	$1,951
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$1,529	$534	$224	$1,160	$460	$628	$3,510
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$660
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$25	$519	$79	$38	$7	$26	$390
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$401	$684	$132	$436	$199	$390	$644
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$0	$0	$342	$0	$0	$169	$2,017
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$503	$259	$932	$441	$989	$0	$2,779
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$145
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$609
June 30 Total	$3,373	$1,879	$1,473	$2,630	$1,168	$498	$10,185
2016 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$28,000
Variance to Budget	($5,627)	($7,121)	($7,527)	($6,370)	($7,832)	($8,502)	($17,815)

2015 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$985	$279	$51	$0	$240	$0	($449)
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$224	$0	$346
Newsletters and Mailings	$628	$352	$0	$940	$0	$0	$95
Meeting Expenses	$883	$1,101	$612	$32	$900	$311	$2,410
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$3,862	$1,391	$1,334	$1,752	$1,644	$1,894	$2,838
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$3,053	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,534
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$180	$931	$24	$17	$130	$16	$129
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$831	$1,324	$429	$2,491	$456	$1,091	$1,203
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$263	$0	$789	$1,281	$0	$736	$3,710
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$310	$35	$951	$519	$881	$1,356	$895
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$923
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$200
Year End Total	$7,942	$8,465	$4,190	$7,032	$4,475	$5,404	$18,834
2015 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$28,000
Variance to Budget	($1,058)	($535)	($4,810)	($1,968)	($4,525)	($6,769)	($25,184)
Total Salaries & Benefits	$68,911	$68,911	$64,715	$54,725	$68,911	$68,981	$154,547

2014 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$256	$2,361	$0	$0	$2,087	$500	$926
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$0	$0	$0	$28	$28	$171
Newsletters and Mailings	$654	$0	$0	$768	$0	$0	$0
Meeting Expenses	$1,002	$194	$1,139	$0	$818	$455	$1,932
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$3,029	$1,912	$777	$1,946	$2,520	$1,775	$3,142
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,693
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$458	$60	$45	$0	$291	$32	$130
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$26	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$849	$996	$668	$2,153	$887	$1,405	$1,217
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$257	$0	$808	$1,683	$289	$239	$1,476
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$1,501	$0	$911	$2,375	$1,357	$638	$1,510
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,538
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,092
Year End Total	$8,006	$5,523	$4,348	$8,951	$8,277	$5,072	$18,827
2013 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$31,300
Variance to Budget	-$994	-$3,477	-$4,652	-$49	-$723	-$3,928	-$12,473
Total Salaries & Benefits	$68,814	$68,814	$61,880	$58,562	$65,661	$68,814	$152,733

2013 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$144	$1,180	($866)	($1,014)	$640	$3,717	$918
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$0	$0	$21	$123	$69	$317
Newsletters and Mailings	$411	$1,338	$0	$672	$0	$0	$0
Meeting Expenses	$530	$398	$345	$12	$456	$618	$2,128
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$2,680	$3,242	$1,955	$1,075	$2,893	$1,558	$5,894.83
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,009
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$200	$1,292	$41	$89	$217	$369	$231
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$770	$1,497	$782	$2,049	$903	$1,330	$941
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$56	$0	$1,080	$1,304	$94	$335	$1,104.37
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$757	$0	$979	$1,932	$1,654	$295	$1,728
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,456
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$269
Year End Total	$5,548	$8,947	$4,316	$6,140	$6,980	$8,291	$19,996
2013 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$31,300
Variance to Budget	-$3,452	-$53	-$4,684	-$2,860	-$2,020	-$709	-$11,304
Total Salaries & Benefits	$54,311	$54,311	$52,874	$52,753	$54,311	$54,311	$124,840

2012 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$400	$801	$800	$100	$1,000	$1,364	$3,000
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$77	$16	($44)	$49	$85	$192
Newsletters and Mailings	$0	$2,515	$0	$722	$0	$0	$0
Meeting Expenses	$34	$465	$520	$250	$348	$1,007	$1,840
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$3,190	$3,581	$1,833	$1,975	$3,076	$1,712	$4,591
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,989
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$225	$711	$150	$28	$140	$19	$345
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$988	$815	$646	$2,222	$868	$818	$995
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$435	$0	$1,361	$1,188	$7	$663	$1,458
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$1,709	$0	$746	$1,701	$1,848	$771	$790
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,581
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$173
Year End Total	$6,981	$8,965	$6,072	$8,142	$7,336	$6,439	$19,954
2012 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$31,300
Variance to Budget	-$2,019	-$35	-$2,928	-$858	-$1,664	-$2,561	-$11,346

2011 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Mayor
Description	Craven	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Sharman	Lancaster	Goldring
Professional Development and memberships	$72	$111	$534	$86	$828	$978	$254
Books and Subscriptions	$0	$51	$0	$44	$530	$7	$0
Newsletters and Mailings	$19	$342	$0	$625	$0	$0	$0
Meeting Expenses	$774	$226	$668	$0	$1,089	$711	$328
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, General Office, Advertising, furniture	$2,065	$3,093	$2,338	$1,502	$3,578	$1,158	$3,527
Special Projects, Professional and Consulting Services, Other external services	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$240	$170	$3	$28	$160	$619	$100
Postage, Courier Service	$198	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone	$824	$1,560	$678	$1,820	$683	$797	$1,123
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$152	$0	$1,136	$1,619	$0	$670	$2,004
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$1,023	$0	$1,177	$2,025	$665	$512	$278
Mayor's Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$878
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$681
Year End Total	$5,367	$5,553	$6,534	$7,749	$7,533	$5,452	$9,173
2011 Approved Budget	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$9,000	$32,000
Variance to Budget	-$3,633	-$3,447	-$2,466	-$1,251	-$1,467	-$3,548	-$22,827

2010 Council Expenses

	Ward 1	Ward 2		Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5		Ward 6		Mayor
Description	Craven	Thoem	Meed Ward	Taylor	Dennison	Goldring	Sharman	D'Amelio	Lancaster	Jackson	Goldring
Gifts in Kind, Promotion, Souvenirs and promotional supplies, Advertising, General Office	$1,519	$1,671	$0	$1,777	$1,374	$1,011	$180	$1,367	$403	$5,017	$0
Newsletters and Mailings	$368	$3,626	$0	$0	$0	$725	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Cell Phone, Equipment maintenance	$774	$767	$0	$729	$1,388	$1,136	$0	$741	$0	$1,638	$0
Postage, Courier Service	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Hospitality, Funds to attend community and charitable events, General Entertainment	$313	$342	$0	$95	$1,057	$92	$0	$1,510	$24	$0	$0
Meeting Expenses	$1,072	$552	$0	$732	$0	$2,359	$0	$684	$0	$746	$0
Mileage, Travel- City Business	$79	$256	$0	$883	$1,250	$0	$0	$741	$19	$1,461	$94
Printing and Reproduction, Colour Copies	$190	$506	$0	$395	$7	$169	$0	$1	$0	$543	$0
Professional and Consulting Services, Special Projects, Other external services	N/A	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,113	$0
Books and Subscriptions	N/A	$77	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Mayor's Expenses	N/A	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0	$0	$0	$1,321	$120
Claims and Awards, Other Grants	N/A	$0	$0	$0	$0		$0	$0	$0	$4,075	$0
Professional Development and memberships	$378	$420	$0	$40	$0	$105	$38	$0	$356	$39	$242
Total	$4,693	$8,217	$0	$4,651	$5,076	$5,597	$218	$5,044	$802	$16,953	$456
Total for Combined		$8,217				$5,815		$5,846		$17,409
2010 Approved Budget	$8,850	$8,850		$8,850	$8,850	$8,850		$8,850		$38,700
Variance	-$4,157	-$633		-$4,199	-$3,774	-$3,035		-$3,004		-$21,291