Town of Petawawa

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 12 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

12

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.5M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$122,008

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$121,189

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Petawawa in 2025?

Chris Mantha, Public Works Director, was paid $148,471 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 12 Town of Petawawa employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $121,189.

How has Town of Petawawa's Sunshine List changed?

Town of Petawawa listed 1 people in 2011 and 12 in 2025 — 12× as many; payroll on the list went from $107K to $1.5M, and the median salary moved from $103,594 to $121,189.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 15 yearly values of median salary, from $103,594 in 2011 to $121,189 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K201120142017201920222025
Median salary, 2011–2025. 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

#1Chris Mantha
$148,471
Public Works Director
#2Colin Howard
$139,050
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Melanie Scheer
$134,584
Director of Planning and Development
#4Peter Lapointe
$132,789
Public Works Supervisor
#5Colin Coyle
$127,284
Manager of Recreation and Tourism
#6Teddy Suckow
$126,919
Public Works Manager
#7Paula Turcotte
$117,346
Deputy Treasurer
#8Mark Reinert
$116,906
Manager of Civic Properties
#9Ted Marcotte
$112,471
Civic Properties Manager
#10Andrew Weisenberg
$112,148
Public Works Mechanic
#11Christine Mitchell
$112,063
Manager of Economic Development
#12Dawn Recoskie
$104,836
Director of Legislative Services/Clerk

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

Colin Howard at Town Of Petawawa had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $115,083 to $137,930, up 19.9%.

Colin Howard+19.9%
Chief Administrative Officer
$115,083 → $137,930
Colin Coyle+12.9%
Manager of Recreation and Tourism
$111,926 → $126,387
Peter Lapointe+3.9%
Public Works Supervisor
$126,962 → $131,970
Chris Mantha+2.1%
Public Works Director
$144,393 → $147,432

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 Town of Petawawa's list in 2025; 5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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