Municipality of Brighton

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 24 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

24

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$3.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$129,355

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$128,335

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Municipality of Brighton in 2025?

Elana Arthurs, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $199,432 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 24 Municipality of Brighton employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $128,335.

How has Municipality of Brighton's Sunshine List changed?

Municipality of Brighton listed 1 people in 2009 and 24 in 2025 — 24× as many; payroll on the list went from $108K to $3.1M, and the median salary moved from $107,694 to $128,335.

How many Municipality of Brighton employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 17 yearly values of median salary, from $107,694 in 2009 to $128,335 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200920122016201820222025
Median salary, 2009–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Elana Arthurs
$199,432
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Gene Thompson
$159,919
Fire Chief
#3Paul Walsh
$157,885
Director of Planning and Development
#4Mark Alexander
$155,009
Water Supervisor
#5Gord Fletcher
$141,609
Public Works Supervisor
#6Danny Blatenszky
$141,380
Manager of Operations
#7Michael Hartley
$137,224
Public Works Foreperson
#8Steve Wong
$130,803
Senior Water Operator
#9Ron Warne
$130,743
Manager of Approvals
#10Adam Walraven
$130,553
Wastewater Supervisor
#11John Gooding
$129,999
Manager of Infrastructure
#12Candice Doiron
$129,427
Clerk
#13Patrick Parkinson
$129,427
Chief Building Official
#14Keith Puffer
$128,642
Deputy Treasurer
#15Andrew Hutchinson
$124,551
Deputy Fire Chief
#16James Taylor
$121,968
Senior Waste Water Operator
#17Vicki Hallam
$119,825
Manager of Parks and Recreation
#18Jennifer Smith
$116,171
Manager of Human Resources
#19Bill Linnen
$110,317
Director of Public Works
#20Ben Hagerman
$110,190
Manager of Economic Development and Communications
#21John Cassibo
$110,115
Manager of Information Technology
#22Daryl Hall
$110,115
Deputy Chief Building Official
#23Jessica Polley
$105,228
Deputy Clerk
#24Caroline Birch
$101,790
Executive Office Coordinator

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Michael Hartley at Municipality Of Brighton had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $112,907 to $134,299, up 18.9%.

Michael Hartley+18.9%
Public Works Foreperson
$112,907 → $134,299
Gene Thompson+10.8%
Fire Chief
$143,400 → $158,826
Candice Doiron+13.1%
Clerk
$113,472 → $128,335
Danny Blatenszky+10.0%
Manager of Operations
$127,486 → $140,288
Paul Walsh+8.8%
Director of Planning and Development
$144,138 → $156,850

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

5 people were new to Municipality of Brighton's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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