Town of Saugeen Shores

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 58 employees earning $100K+

Municipalities & Services

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

58

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$7.8M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$133,158

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$125,063

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Town of Saugeen Shores in 2025?

Kevin Zettel, Chief of Police, was paid $232,449 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 58 Town of Saugeen Shores employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $125,063.

How has Town of Saugeen Shores' Sunshine List changed?

Town of Saugeen Shores listed 1 people in 2005 and 58 in 2025 — 58× as many; payroll on the list went from $104K to $7.8M, and the median salary moved from $103,595 to $125,063.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 21 yearly values of median salary, from $103,595 in 2005 to $125,063 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K$150K200520092014201620212025
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

#1Kevin Zettel
$232,449
Chief of Police
#2Kara Van Myall
$222,207
Chief Administrative Officer
#3Jeremy Mighton
$207,372
Deputy Chief of Police
#4Ken Cook
$172,302
Police Inspector
#5Mark Paoli
$170,085
Director, Development Services
#6Tammy Grove
$168,837
Municipal Solicitor
#7Ed Melanson
$168,835
Director, Fire Services/Fire Chief
#8Jim Bundschuh
$168,835
Director, Corporate Services
#9Kristan Shrider
$168,798
Director, Community Services
#10Matt Prentice
$166,092
Director, Operations
#11Dawn Mittelholtz
$149,424
Manager, Legislative Services/Clerk
#12Chantel Primeau
$147,601
Police Sergeant
#13Adam Sachs
$146,919
Police Sergeant
#14Jill Roote
$146,847
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
#15Ruhul Amin
$144,157
Manager, Engineering Services
#16Susan Briggs
$141,207
Police Sergeant
#17Andrew Evans
$140,860
Police Sergeant
#18Christopher Shaidle
$136,557
Police First Class Constable
#19Laurel Hopkins
$135,675
Police Sergeant
#20Joshua Planz
$135,645
Chief Building Official
#21Darren Hill
$134,545
Manager, Information Technology
#22Lisa Billing
$134,445
Manager, Recreation
#23Shawn Paulitzki
$132,455
Police 1st Class Constable
#24Matthew Cutting
$132,357
Detective Constable
#25Jay Pausner
$131,815
Manager, Planning and Development

See all 58 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

Jeremy Mighton at Town Of Saugeen Shores had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $163,655 to $206,574, up 26.2%.

Jeremy Mighton+26.2%
Deputy Chief of Police
$163,655 → $206,574
Ken Cook+32.0%
Police Inspector
$129,896 → $171,492
Kevin Zettel+16.7%
Chief of Police
$198,578 → $231,651
Jay Pausner+10.4%
Manager, Planning and Development
$118,508 → $130,823
Michael Cuillerier+10.9%
Police 1st Class Constable
$108,533 → $120,366

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.

16 people were new to Town of Saugeen Shores's list in 2025; 5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Town of Saugeen Shores →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people