City releases remuneration, expense data for mayor, councillors

Our mayor cost us $89,499 last year, while Ron Zagordo and Angela Caputo were our priciest city councillors by a slight margin

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The following, as just released by the City of Sault Ste. Marie, are remuneration, benefits and expenses and employee travel expenses paid in 2023 to Mayor Matthew Shoemaker and his 10-person city council.

Acronyms for conferences mentioned under the Training/Travel category are as follows: AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario - London), FONOM (Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities - Parry Sound), and NOLUM (Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors - Sudbury).

Mayor

Matthew Shoemaker

Honorarium - $79,125.31
Car Allowance - $5,548.46
Cell Phone - $258.36
Training/Travel - Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities - US$1,032.50
Training/Travel - AMO Conference - $2,959.20
Training/Travel - NOLUM Conference - $575.41
Total - $89,499.24

Councillors

Marchy Bruni

Honorarium - $25,427.54
Car Allowance - $3,081.50
Cell Phone - $258.36
Total - $28,767.40

Angela Caputo

Honorarium - $25,427.54
Car Allowance - $3,081.50
Cell Phone - $258.36
Training/Travel - AMO Conference - $2,876.00
Total - $31,643.40

Luke Dufour

Honorarium - $25,427.54
Car Allowance - $3,081.50
Cell Phone - $258.36
Training/Travel - Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities - $790.49
Total - $29,557.89
Note: During 2023 AMO made payments to L. Dufour totalling $549.09 for travel expenses

Corey Gardi

Honorarium - $25,427.54
Car Allowance - $3,081.50
Cell Phone - $258.36
Total - $28,767.40

Sandra Hollingsworth

Honorarium - $25,427.54
Car Allowance - $3,081.50
Cell Phone - $258.36
Training/Travel - FONOM Conference - $551.38
Total - $29,318.78
Note: During 2023 FONOM made payments to S. Hollingsworth totalling $3,217.50 for travel expenses and honorarium

Stephan Kinach