Municipal Affairs

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

Salary Name Position
$214,957.73
earned in 2019
Meryl Whittaker Deputy Minister
Municipal Affairs
$185,880.50
earned in 2019
Gary Sandberg ADM-MSL
Municipal Affairs
$182,334.62
earned in 2019
Shane Schreiber Managing Director
Municipal Affairs
$181,228.06
earned in 2019
Michael d'Alquen Dir-Legal Services
Municipal Affairs
$180,466.78
earned in 2019
Dale J Beesley ADM-PSD
Municipal Affairs
$180,067.16
earned in 2019
Karen Sinclair-Santos Solicitor
Municipal Affairs
$168,982.58
earned in 2019
Ethan Bayne ADM-MAG
Municipal Affairs
$164,060.78
earned in 2019
Stephen White ED-ASB/Provincial Assessor
Municipal Affairs
$163,269.08
earned in 2019
Catherine Maniego Executive Director-MCS
Municipal Affairs
$162,054.36
earned in 2019
Janice Romanyshyn ED-Grants and Ed Property Tax
Municipal Affairs
$161,374.98
earned in 2019
Dan Reg Balderston ED-Financial Services
Municipal Affairs
$158,218.84
earned in 2019
Thomas Djurfors Exec Dir-Cmty and Tech Support
Municipal Affairs
$158,020.20
earned in 2019
Bradley Geddes ED-Recovery
Municipal Affairs
$155,168.00
earned in 2019
Scott Long ED-Provincial Operations
Municipal Affairs
$152,476.48
earned in 2019
Leonard Hancock ED-Pol and Train
Municipal Affairs
$144,188.39
earned in 2019
Jeff Paruk Dir-Corporate StrategicPolicy
Municipal Affairs
$143,984.88
earned in 2019
Jordon Christianson Chairman-Special Areas Board
Municipal Affairs
$139,807.46
earned in 2019
Monte Krueger ED-SSS
Municipal Affairs
$138,729.76
earned in 2019
Andrew Horton ED-Strat Policy and Planning
Municipal Affairs
$138,539.44
earned in 2019
Andrew McGregor Executive Director Support
Municipal Affairs
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Published March 2020

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Municipal Affairs, including:

2020 Alberta Sunshine List: Municipal Affairs Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Municipal Affairs's 64 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $8,619,592.43 in 2019.

At the top of the Municipal Affairs Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Municipal Affairs was Deputy Minister Meryl Whittaker, who brought home $214,957.73 in 2019.

Following Meryl Whittaker was ADM-MSL Gary Sandberg, with annual earnings of $185,880.50. Managing Director Shane Schreiber made $182,334.62, Dir-Legal Services Michael d'Alquen made $181,228.06, and ADM-PSD Dale J Beesley round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $180,466.78 for the Municipal Affairs 2020 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2019, 49 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 14 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Municipal Affairs.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 49 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 14 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2020 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2020 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2020 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000