CAO heads list of 34 Stouffville employees earning $100,000 plus

Yorkregion.com
March 25, 2016
By Ali Raza

Ontario’s “sunshine list” for 2015 has been released. The annual report outlines 115,000 public sector employees who earned $100,000 or more, 34 of which are Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville employees.

Topping the list at $189,314.88 is Chief Administrative Officer Marc Pourvahidi, who became the town’s CAO on May 5, 2015 after serving as acting CAO and director of finance.

Pourvahidi began as acting CAO in March 2015 after former CAO Andrew McNeely went on administrative leave. McNeely resigned on April 21.

Fire Chief Rob McKenzie is the second-highest earner from Stouffville with a salary of $156,381.81. A total of 19 firefighters - including the former deputy fire chief and a fire training officer - made the list.

Leisure services director Rob Raycroft earned $152,792.01 and planning and development services director Steven Kemp earned $144,283.82.

Former town solicitor Michael Bigioni earned $140,200.63, Bigioni was replaced by Joshua Silver who’s held the position since February 2016.