East Gwillimbury mayor earns about $110K for work at town, York Region


Yorkregion.com
March 26, 2015
By Simon Martin

The numbers are in for East Gwillimbury council salaries and benefits for 2014.

Mayor Virginia Hackson’s salary was $66,630, plus she received just more than $50,000 from York Region for her work as a regional councillor.

Councillors Marlene Johnston, Cathy Morton, Tara Roy-DiClemente and John Eaton each earned $41,753 while new councillors James Young and Joe Persechini each received $1,614 for the month of December.

The mayor received a car allowance of $8,580 while the councillors Roy-DiClemente and Johnston received $4,290 and councillors Eaton and Morton received $4,125.

In terms of discretionary expenses, Hackson led the way with expenses totalling $1,581. The majority of the mayor’s expenses fell under professional development with $339 falling under other expenses. Eaton filed $896 for expenses with $361 filed under professional development. Roy-DiClemente filed $653 for expenses with $475 under professional development. Johnston had $226 all filed under other expenses and Morton claimed no discretionary expenses.

Persechini also had $304 of expenses under professional development while Young claimed no expenses.