Council takes step towards disclosing top city salaries

Calgary councillors have voted to take a closer look at creating a "sunshine" list thatwould reveal the salaries of the highest-paid city employees.

The annual list, available to the public, would include thosewho make more than $100,000 a year.

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Many cities and provinces already maintain suchlists, arguing theyprovide greater transparency on how public money is spent.

The motion approved Monday by Calgarycouncillors calls for a report to come back to city council by September on how such a salary disclosure list would work.

Council heard during the debate that about 20 per cent of the city's workforce or about 3,000city employees currently make more than $100,000 each year.