Municipality of Port Hope

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 37 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

37

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$4.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$125,788

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$126,125

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Municipality of Port Hope in 2025?

Brian Gilmer, Director, Corporate Services, was paid $178,800 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 37 Municipality of Port Hope employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $126,125.

How has Municipality of Port Hope's Sunshine List changed?

Municipality of Port Hope listed 2 people in 2005 and 37 in 2025 — 19× as many; payroll on the list went from $221K to $4.7M, and the median salary moved from $109,777 to $126,125.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 21 yearly values of median salary, from $109,777 in 2005 to $126,125 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K200520092014201620212025
Median salary, 2005–2025. 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

#1Brian Gilmer
$178,800
Director, Corporate Services
#2Jason Williams
$169,176
Director, Fire and Emergency Services
#3Jeanette Davidson
$166,216
Director, Works and Engineering
#4David Gordon Baxter
$166,096
Director, Finance and Information Technology
#5Julia Snoek
$165,976
Director, Parks Recreation and Culture
#6Mike Melinyshyn
$152,960
Chief Administrative Officer
#7Desta Mcadam
$148,476
Director, Development Services
#8Shrishma Dave
$133,955
Manager, Legislative Services
#9Mike Stewart
$133,579
Manager, Water
#10Derrick Mcbride
$133,063
Urban Roads Supervisor
#11David Beckett
$132,072
Manager, Transportation
#12Theodhora Merepeza
$132,012
Manager, Planning
#13Mike Van Den Broek
$131,892
Manager, Engineering
#14Lauren Wingham-Smith
$131,862
Manager, Environmental Remediation
#15Kevin Yule
$131,701
Manager, Wastewater
#16Darryl Thompson
$131,419
Deputy Fire Chief
#17Adam Mccurdy
$130,097
Deputy Fire Chief Prevention
#18Shannon Myles
$127,510
Manager, Human Resources
#19Jeffrey M Cawker
$126,956
Rural Roads Supervisor
#20Kyle Bateman
$121,784
Manager, Information Technology
#21David Abramczuk
$121,754
Chief Building Official
#22Aili Oberson
$118,675
Manager, Recreation Culture and Events
#23Valerie Miller
$111,807
Manager, Finance
#24Geoffrey Morgan
$109,803
Water Operator
#25Benjamin James Coull
$108,911
Water Supervisor

See all 37 employees in 2025 →

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Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Brian Gilmer at Municipality Of Port Hope had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $163,084 to $177,590, up 8.9%.

Brian Gilmer+8.9%
Director, Corporate Services
$163,084 → $177,590
Jeffrey M Cawker+10.4%
Rural Roads Supervisor
$114,218 → $126,125
Shrishma Dave+9.4%
Manager, Legislative Services
$121,460 → $132,897
Adam Mccurdy+8.9%
Deputy Fire Chief Prevention
$118,696 → $129,251
Derrick Mcbride+7.8%
Urban Roads Supervisor
$122,625 → $132,232

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.

11 people were new to Municipality of Port Hope's list in 2025; 8 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Municipality of Port Hope →

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