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CTV News
3 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
Highest-paid City of Winnipeg workers revealed in report
A City of Winnipeg report shows that the former chief of police and CAO were among the highest-paid city workers in 2024. According to Winnipeg's 2024 Compensation Disclosure, the police chief made $498,841 last year, which is a substantial increase from 2023, when the position made $305,874. Former Police Chief Danny Smyth spent nine months on the job in 2024, retiring from the role in September 2024 after nearly four decades with the Winnipeg Police Service. In March 2025, Gene Bowers, who has been with the service since 1989, took over as Winnipeg's top cop. An unnamed superintendent followed Smyth, earning $419,362 last year. The third-highest-paid civil servant on the city's compensation disclosure report also retired from his position last year. According to the document, former chief administrative officer Michael Jack made $410,469 last year—up from $286,782 in 2023. Jack resigned from the CAO position in June 2024, with Joseph Dunford expected to take over the role on Aug. 4. Other notable names on the list include Mayor Scott Gillingham, who made $223,338; deputy CAO Moira Geer, who made $263,678; and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Chief Christian Schmidt, who made $261,603. The City of Winnipeg published the report as the Provincial Public Sector Compensation Act requires all Manitoba municipalities to release a list of all employees and members of the governing body who made $85,000 or more in the previous fiscal year. The list includes 4,253 employees, including 15 council members and the deputy mayor. The compensation reported for each employee may include any combination of salary and taxable benefits, overtime retroactive pay adjustments, retirement allowance, sick and vacation pay cash outs, back pay, and severance pay. The figures do not include payments made or benefits accrued in relation to pension plans. The full report can be found online.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Former police chief, CAO among Winnipeg's top paid city employees last year
Winnipeg's police chief and top bureaucrat remained among the city's highest paid civil servants in 2024, despite leaving their positions midway through the year. The police chief received $498,841 in 2024, according to the city's annual compensation disclosure published Friday. The figure — which may include any combination of salary and other forms of compensation — would be almost $200,000 higher than what the city paid for the same position a year previous. Danny Smyth retired from the role on Sept. 3, 2024. He'd been the highest-paid civil servant in 2023, when he was compensated $305,874. The disclosures may include compensation in the form of taxable benefits, overtime, retroactive pay adjustments, retirement allowance, sick pay cash out, vacation pay cash out, back pay and severance pay. Before retiring, Smyth had served seven years as chief and had been with the Winnipeg police service for more than 38 years. Smyth's predecessor, Devon Clunis, received $368,883 in compensation in 2016, his last year as police chief. He'd been with the service for 29 years. Only ranks of police officers are shown on the annual disclosure. A "chief of police" also claimed the No. 4 spot in 2024 with $312,419 in compensation. Art Stannard took over from Smyth as acting chief before Gene Bowers took on the job permanently this March. CAO Jack 3rd highest-paid civil servant in 2024 Michael Jack, who resigned last June from his role as the city's chief administrative officer, was the third highest-paid civil servant with $410,769 in compensation. Jack's resignation came a week after an audit of the city's workforce found gaps in how the city reviewed staff performance, saying there was "limited accountability" in how it documented whether leaders were meeting key goals. He had the second-highest compensation out of civil servants in 2023, receiving $287,782. Sherwood Armbruster — who took over as interim CAO in June — received $222,731 in 2024. Joseph Dunford, the provincial deputy minister of public service delivery, is set to take over the role permanently on Aug. 4. The disclosures include all civic employees who make $85,000 or more. About 4,200 made the latest list. Others in the top 10 include human resources director Angie Cusson, Moira Geer who served as deputy CAO, fire chief Christian Schmidt, and four unnamed police officers: a superintendent, a sergeant and two deputy chiefs. Mayor Scott Gillingham was No. 21 on the list with $223,338.
CBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CBC
Former police chief, CAO among Winnipeg's top paid city employees last year
Winnipeg's police chief and top bureaucrat remained among the city's highest paid civil servants in 2024, despite leaving their positions midway through the year. The police chief received $498,841 in 2024, according to the city's annual compensation disclosure published Friday. The figure — which may include any combination of salary and other forms of compensation — would be almost $200,000 higher than what the city paid for the same position a year previous. Danny Smyth retired from the role on Sept. 3, 2024. He'd been the highest-paid civil servant in 2023, when he was compensated $305,874. The disclosures may include compensation in the form of taxable benefits, overtime, retroactive pay adjustments, retirement allowance, sick pay cash out, vacation pay cash out, back pay and severance pay. Before retiring, Smyth had served seven years as chief and had been with the Winnipeg police service for more than 38 years. Smyth's predecessor, Devon Clunis, received $368,883 in compensation in 2016, his last year as police chief. He'd been with the service for 29 years. Only ranks of police officers are shown on the annual disclosure. A "chief of police" also claimed the No. 4 spot in 2024 with $312,419 in compensation. Art Stannard took over from Smyth as acting chief before Gene Bowers took on the job permanently this March. CAO Jack 3rd highest-paid civil servant in 2024 Michael Jack, who resigned last June from his role as the city's chief administrative officer, was the third highest-paid civil servant with $498,841 in compensation. Jack's resignation came a week after an audit of the city's workforce found gaps in how the city reviewed staff performance, saying there was "limited accountability" in how it documented whether leaders were meeting key goals. He had the second-highest compensation out of civil servants in 2023, receiving $287,782. Sherwood Armbruster — who took over as interim CAO in June — received $222,731 in 2024. Joseph Dunford, the provincial deputy minister of public service delivery, is set to take over the role permanently on Aug. 4. The disclosures include all civic employees who make $85,000 or more. About 4,200 made the list last year. Others in the top 10 include human resources director Angie Cusson, Moira Geer who served as deputy CAO, fire chief Christian Schmidt, and four unnamed police officers: a superintendent, a sergeant and two deputy chiefs. Mayor Scott Gillingham was No. 21 on the list with $223,338.
CBC
17-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
City of Winnipeg nominates provincial bureaucrat to be new top civil servant
Mayor Scott Gillingham's inner circle has nominated a provincial public servant with a background in engineering to serve as the City of Winnipeg's new chief administrative officer. The executive policy committee unanimously approved a motion naming Joseph Dunford to lead the civil service. The nomination still needs council approval. Dunford currently serves as the deputy minister of public service delivery for the province of Manitoba. He has more than 20 years of experience as a professional engineer, having worked in Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, a news release from the mayor's office said. He has worked on large-scale projects, including a $5-billion hospital in Halifax. If approved, Dunford would begin work on Aug. 4. He would replace former CAO Michael Jack, who resigned in June 2024, less than a week after an audit of the city's workforce. Jack had come under fire from some council members for his management of the city's administration, after the audit found the city lacked adequate processes for performance reviews and measuring progress toward key goals. Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt was censured by council, after he refused to apologize following an ethics commissioner report that found his criticisms of Jack amounted to harassment. In a news release, Gillingham thanked interim CAO Sherwood Armbruster, who has served in the role since last June.
CBC
08-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Coun. Wyatt asks court to quash reprimand against him by Winnipeg city council
Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt has asked a court to quash a Winnipeg city council reprimand against him and order council to apologize. Wyatt is seeking a judicial review of a Jan. 30 city council vote to reprimand Wyatt for refusing to apologize for comments he made in 2023 about former Winnipeg chief administrative officer Michael Jack. "We need a change. We need a new CAO and we need to start removing some of the deadwood that exists in senior management," Wyatt said in his initial comments about Jack in 2023. Jack filed a complaint later that year, arguing Wyatt violated the harassment rule in the city's code of conduct. A subsequent report by an acting integrity commissioner found Wyatt breached that code and made "objectively offensive comments." The report recommended Wyatt apologize or face a council reprimand. After he refused to apologize, council voted 12-2 in favour of that reprimand, with some arguing this action didn't go far enough. "We need more than just we're reprimanding. I think the public needs more," Coun. Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre) said at the time. Councillors Jason Schreyer (Elmwood-East Kildonan) and Sherri Rollins (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry), meanwhile, voted against that reprimand in January. Coun. John Orlikow (River Heights-Fort Garry) was not present for the vote. Neither was Wyatt, who said before the vote he didn't believe he did anything wrong In a notice of application to Manitoba's Court of King's Bench, Wyatt lawyer Dave Hill argues council erred in determining he harassed Jack and acted in bad faith by issuing a reprimand. In addition to an apology, Wyatt is seeking costs. Council Speaker Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan) declined to comment. So did Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham.
