Canadore President George Burton and VP's at the college look to be in line for a huge pay hike. And the same could happen to Nipissing University President Dr. Michael DeGagne and North Bay Regional Hospital president Paul Heinrich and their VP's.
The government of Ontario has introduced a new framework, called the Executive Compensation Program, for determining executive compensation in colleges, universities, hospitals, and other public sector agencies.
See the Canadore proposal here.
The college is looking for public input. You can comment up until Saturday January 14.
Burton signed a new five-year contract back in 2015.
See: Canadore President in the fold for five more years
According to the Sunshine List he made $239,626. that year and the three VPs made about $160,000 each.
See: Educators top local sunshine list
Burton could see his pay jump to $325,000 or just over 52 per cent while the VPs will see theirs rise to $221,000 or just under 28 per cent.
Nancy Partridge, Chair of the Canadore College Board of Governors says on the college website that there is "the need to attract and retain the very best leaders possible in order to deliver high quality public services on behalf of the college and while also managing responsibly".
A call to Partridge by BayToday requesting details was not returned.
As part of the process to determine the compensation program for the Senior Leadership Team, the Board of Governors reviewed a number of objective measures of complexity and accountability, including enrolment, revenue, and staff complement.
In order to finalize the relative ranking, the Board conducted a further assessment of additional complexity and accountability factors of:
- number and diversity of degree programs offered,
- applied research activity,
- nature and complexity of particular types of enrolment, including first generation, aboriginal and/or special needs students, as well as the provision of clinical and cooperative/experiential programs, and
- size, diversity and complexity of the geography in which the college is located.
Meanwhile, Nipissing University spokesman Bob Pipe told BayToday that the university will undertake the same, or a similar process.
"Right now, the universities are working together to analyze executive salaries and establish comparators (i.e.: the VP Admin at NU compared to the same role at, say Trent). This will help better inform future decisions."
According to the Sunshine List, in 2015 President Mike DeGagne was paid $287,215. The three VP's make between $215,833 and $247,075.
The same review will take place at the hospital says spokesperson Lindsay Smylie Smith.
"Yes, hospitals are required to create and make publicly available an executive compensation program that meets the requirements set out in the same regulation Canadore references in the link under the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014 by September 5, 2017."
NBRHC’s website, under Accountability, hosts information about the organization’s executive contracts.
Hospital president Paul Heinrich was paid a base salary of $318,975 in 2015. The three VP's took home$183,440. Performance bonuses were on top.
"We are currently working on the additional portions of the new regulation and will have it publicly available once completed. This will include posting on our website and a process to collect feedback from the public," added Smylie smith.
