Burnaby’s annual financial statement is out, detailing how much elected officials earned in 2022.
Mayor Mike Hurley made $189,863, a four per cent increase from the year before.
Due to last year’s October municipal election, councillors who served the full calendar year, Couns. Sav Dhaliwal, Alison Gu, Joe Keithley, and James Wang made $86,862, a four per cent increase from 2021. The remuneration includes the time each councillor served as acting mayor. Coun. Pietro Calendino made $86,150.
Newly elected councillors Richard Lee, Maita Santiago and Daniel Tetrault made $11,002.
They replaced former councillors Mike Hillman, Dan Johnston and Colleen Jordan who made $74,915.
The total remuneration, allowances and benefits and expenses for all of council in 2022 added up to almost $1.05 million.
In 2021, the mayor made $182,525, and councillors in office the full year made $83,497.
In 2021, Hurley earned about $4,000 more than then-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart in remuneration, though Vancouver councillors made about $13,000 more than their Burnaby counterparts.
The 2022 financial statement will go before council on Monday.
