Town of Cobourg

Also filed as Corporation of the Town of Cobourg (2006).

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

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

100

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$13.6M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$134,762

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$126,919

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Cobourg in 2025?

Tracey Vaughan, Chief Administrative Officer, was paid $247,202 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 100 Town of Cobourg employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $126,919.

How has Town of Cobourg's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Cobourg listed 2 people in 2004 and 100 in 2025 — 50× as many; payroll on the list went from $219K to $13.6M, and the median salary moved from $106,645 to $126,919.

How many Town of Cobourg employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 22 yearly values of median salary, from $106,645 in 2004 to $126,919 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K200420092013201620212025
Median salary, 2004–2025. 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

#1Tracey Vaughan
$247,202
Chief Administrative Officer
#2Paul Vandegraaf
$221,286
Chief of Police
#3John Linney
$216,746
Staff Sergeant
#4Scott Bambridge
$216,428
Staff Sergeant
#5Jeffrey Haskins
$213,462
Deputy Chief of Police
#6C. Brent Larmer
$193,030
Director, Legislative Services/Municipal Clerk
#7Damien Cunningham
$186,650
Constable
#8Roger Ramkissoon
$180,862
Chief Administrative Officer
#9Laurie Wills
$177,252
Director, Public Works and Engineering
#10Adam Giddings
$174,658
Director, Corporate Services
#11Danielle Mckeen
$173,087
Detective Constable
#12Jeremy Anderson
$172,891
Constable
#13Ellard Beaven
$172,633
Fire Chief
#14Richard Ferguson
$162,128
Sergeant
#15Janice Macdonald
$161,722
Sergeant
#16Jeffrey Briggs
$160,765
Fire Captain
#17Scott Macdonald
$160,521
Fire Captain
#18Randall Curr
$155,673
Sergeant
#19Jamie Baggaley
$155,236
Detective Constable
#20Terry Hoekstra
$154,401
Deputy Director, Engineering
#21Jordan Mcgrath
$152,746
Constable
#22Ryan Rinneard
$152,150
Detective Constable
#23Josalyn Hilts
$152,029
Constable
#24Jason Salisbury
$151,175
Constable
#25Kevin Ashfield
$150,130
Deputy Fire Chief

See all 100 employees in 2025 →

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

Tracey Vaughan at Town Of Cobourg had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $202,487 to $245,151, up 21.1%.

Tracey Vaughan+21.1%
Chief Administrative Officer
$202,487 → $245,151
John Linney+19.8%
Staff Sergeant
$180,528 → $216,190
Jeremy Anderson+26.1%
Constable
$135,677 → $171,042
Jeffrey Haskins+19.2%
Deputy Chief of Police
$178,363 → $212,549
Danielle Mckeen+20.4%
Detective Constable
$143,025 → $172,164

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.

25 people were new to Town of Cobourg's list in 2025; 6 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Town of Cobourg →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people