io economist suntribune regional news thursday april 4 2002 ho lee chow canadian tire kings kitchen white rose iga stouffville gardenmarket sears iga shoppers drug mart loblaws ap enbridge consumers gas zellers the bay price chopper weston produce rona lansing staples business depot toys r us home depot future shop rona cashway sheridan nurseries the era banner home hardware cedar valley todays homes michaels arts and crafts hy zeis bad boy selected areas only regitttie have 100000plus salaries by jeff mitchell staff writer the number of york region employees earning more than 100000 annually grew substantially last year salaries of the regions toppaid officials were released tuesday under the public sector salary disclosure act the list of york employees in the 100000ayear club grew in 2001 by 17 to 39 figures for 2000 show 22 markham auto above is the markham auto staff left right ryan schulze mark erzen jim malcolm bruce hollands tom moiilelis dan naslovar dave gyton mark nakamichi eric mcleod jim white and george laing the 1 choice for auto repair in markham 8 licenced technicians no commission employees open 6 days a week fast lube service available approved caa repair centre all repairs 1 yearunlimited mileage warranty all equipmenttools required electronic diagnosis a specialty motor homes cube vans limousines welcome smmmmmmm3mi approved auto i repair services t r vv f 8 f m y 4 heritage road markham ont l3p 1 m4 9054725100 we accept ifflbrlwsa m kc lltl tl v ti ts baboek of hrtt0 fwu i hwyft n employees among those whose salaries must be dis closed under provisions of the act the increasing number of staff in the 100000 category can be attributed to a num ber of causes for instance four police superintendents crossed the threshold in 2001 and nine regional directors saw their wages rise because of annual increases written in their contracts and some new hirings for top positions including in public transit and planning required upper- end salaries salaries for the regions top bureaucrats range from 102000 plus benefits for department directors to 136000 and more for com missioners of departments such as plan ning works and social services the toppaid employee is chief administrative officer alan wells who oversees all departments and adminisr trative functions mr wells who is retiring in a couple of months was paid 172542 in salary and 10244 in taxable benefits in2001 an increase over the 152284 he was paid in 2000 york regional police chief robert middaugh pulled down 153387 in salary and 5992 in benefits for 2001 compared to 116044 salary trie previous year four police superintendents crossed the 100000 threshold in 2001 and nine regional directors saw their wages rise because of annual increases written in their the thirdhighest paid regional official was dr helena jaczek commission er of health and chief med- ical officer of health she made 142473 in salary and 8564 in taxable benefits in 2001 after being paid a salary of 126426 in 2000 and regional chairperson bill fisch was paid 139799 in salary and 9070 in bene fits for 2001 compared to 126365 in 2000 some other top wage earners joann social and com- contracts in simmons services housing miss oner 137603 in salary and 8564 in benefits finance commissioner and treasurer sandra cartwright 137603 8459 in benefits corporate and legal servic es commissioner phyllis carlyle 13 6282- 8564 kees sch- ipper commissioner of transportation and works 136281 11117 planning- commissioner bryan tuckey 131013 8559 james davidson com missioner of human resources 129463 8545 troy herrick associate medical officer of health 129619 376 deputy police chief terence kelly 125301 1772 and deputy chief armand labarge 126598 6088- durham 9056425111 loose rugs tj br0adl00m ptps upholstery 3m scotchquard i ems carpet division of werek enterprises incorporated ray qirard manager remnants area rugs installations located at the stouffville country market 12555 10th line in 9056425949 stokc iiouks thins iri 1 0 im pin sat h 1111 pill sun im pm 7