Public Accounts Lists Highest Paid City Employees

As part of the public accounts the City must list the remuneration of all employees paid more than $50,000 annually. Here is the list of the top ten paid City of Moose Jaw employees in 2019.

  • Jim Puffalt City Manager $205,258.46 Other $20,000

  • Rod Montgomery Fire Chief $205,248.88 Other $744.44

  • Rick Bourassa Police Chief $183,791.97

  • Michael Russell Deputy Fire Chief $173,303.57 Other $107.52

  • Rod Stapleton Assistant Fire Chief $172,452.70

  • Laurie Evan Shift Captain $171,662.66

  • Curtis Beler Shift Captain $169,129.07

  • Rick Johns Deputy Chief of Police $167,527.19

  • Brock Knipfel Shift Captain $166,734.18

  • Bill Howes Shift Captain $166,156.16

It should also be noted that in the case of emergency services such as the fire department the 2019 amounts shown include back pay received through arbitration for previouis years but the City has no mechanism to separate the amounts out.

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