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on May 05, 2025

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TOP WAGE EARNERS - CITY OF NANAIMO

$305,000.00 TOP WAGE PAID WAGE INFO SOURCE: SOFI DOCUMENTS; CITY OF NANAIMO For comparison here is a table for other positions in the nation. Consider the level of complexity and responsibility assigned these jobs and compare with the positions at Nanaimo City Hall. Role Approx. Salary (CAD/year) Prime Minister $406,200 Federal Cabinet Minister $299,900 Backbench MP $203,100 Premier of BC $218,587 BC MLA $119,532 BC Provincial Minister $179,300 Richmond Mayor $198,437 (+benefits) RCMP Dep. Commissioner (max) $256,893 Another metric for comparison is the average household income in Nanaimo = $99,320.00 and the median household income = $ 81,606.00. The median income means that 50% of the population is higher and 50% of the population is lower. In addition to the published wage is a pension and benefits package that adds great value to the total compensation paid for their community service. According to the most recent report from the Ci...

CITY COUNCILOR COMPENSATION - PART TIME JOB - FULL TIME PAY

Part-Time Politics, Full-Time Pay? A Closer Look at Nanaimo City Councillor Compensation By Voice of Nanaimo | Editorial Desk In Nanaimo, serving as a city councillor is technically considered a part-time role. Yet when you tally up the numbers, it begins to look more like a lucrative contract than a civic duty. As taxpayers feel the squeeze of rising property taxes, inflation, and crumbling core services, it's worth asking: Are we getting value for money from those elected to represent us? 💰 The Pay Let’s start with the basics. According to the 2024 Statement of Financial Information (SOFI), Nanaimo councillors each earn $52,014 in base remuneration. That number doesn’t include their expense accounts—which add another $8,000 to $11,000 annually, depending on the individual. So right out of the gate, we're looking at a compensation package worth around $60,000 per councillor . This for a job that is still officially labelled part-time . But it doesn’t stop there. 🌐 D...

$412,000.00 FENCE TO PROTECT CITY STAFF

Fencing Off Failure Another $412,000 Band-Aid at City Hal l Once again, the City of Nanaimo wants to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars—not to solve a problem, but to wall themselves off from it. A new staff report recommends $412,000 for fencing and security upgrades around City Hall and the Service and Resource Centre (SARC). Why? Because disorder, vandalism, open drug use, and safety concerns have made the area increasingly unsafe for staff. And much of that activity is directly linked to the sanctioned Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) next door at 250 Albert Street—funded by Island Health and operated by CMHA and surrounded by ongoing chaos. Let’s be honest: this is not a fencing problem. This is a drug use and street disorder problem—years in the making and growing worse, not better. This fencing proposal is a reactive cost, not a solution. It’s a symptom of a deeper failure: the refusal of government at every level to deal directly with addiction, mental health, and repe...

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