Sage highest-paid city employee in 2020 By: Colin Slark
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The City of Brandon’s highest-paid employee in 2020 didn’t actually do any work.
Despite retiring in February 2020 after several months on paid leave, former city manager Rod Sage made the most money of any municipal employee last year, according to a compensation disclosure report released by the city earlier this week.
Under the provincial Public Sector Compensation Disclosure Act, municipalities must disclose how much municipal councillors were paid as well as the salaries of any city employee making $75,000 or more. The threshold was $50,000 until 2019.
Sage raked in $213,519.41 in regular earnings and other compensation in 2020, which is more than $20,000 greater than the No. 2 highest-paid employee, Brandon Police Service Chief Wayne Balcaen. The chief made $193,128.13 in total compensation in 2020.
Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark
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Brandon s newest city councillor, Sunday Frangi (Meadows-Waverly), smiles after officially being sworn in at Monday s virtual council meeting. Frangi won the May 5 byelection to replace John LoRegio.
Brandon City Council’s ranks were bolstered on Monday with the swearing-in of Sunday Frangi as the new councillor for Ward 5, Meadows-Waverly.
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Brandon City Council’s ranks were bolstered on Monday with the swearing-in of Sunday Frangi as the new councillor for Ward 5, Meadows-Waverly.
Frangi prevailed in a May 5 byelection by a margin of 50 votes to 42 against competitor Gordon McRae in the race to replace John LoRegio, who stepped down to focus on his fight against multiple myeloma cancer.
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Sunday Frangi stands outside his new workplace, Brandon City Hall, after being elected as the new councillor for Ward 5 in a byelection Wednesday evening. (Colin Slark/The Brandon Sun)
The unofficial results are in: Sunday Frangi will be the next member of Brandon City Council.
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The unofficial results are in: Sunday Frangi will be the next member of Brandon City Council.
Turnout was extremely low, with Frangi carrying the day over opponent Gordon McRae by a slim margin of 50 votes to 42.
Wednesday’s result was a successful second effort by Frangi, who unsuccessfully ran as a Manitoba Liberal candidate in the 2019 provincial election against Progressive Conservative Brandon West MLA Reg Helwer.