City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
21No wonder the snow removal equipment is mostly in poor condition and braking down all the time,, the city can’t afford to look after it’s equipment ,, my goodness, isn’t time for a rebellion ?
3- Grouchy
'Residents should prepare to be without power for the remainder of the week,' warns Orillia mayor
4Unbelievable!!!The power is on across the street from my house & has been since 2pm today. It’s now 7pm & the street lights are on but still no power on my side of street. Welcome to Hydro One!!Wish Orillia Power still was here.
18- Jody Lamb
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
15A ridiculous yardstick that never moves. Goodbye to any validity of the data. Houses have gone up over 500% in the same peiod the threshold has remained $100,000. Absolute garbage data without inflation adjustments. Caroline Mulorney couldn't even understand that this isn't growth, it's a one time adjustment. And she's a cabinet minister??? Yikes!
6- Carleton
Storm layers Orillia in ice with more freezing rain on the way (26 photos)
21The work that Hydro workers do is both critical and dangerous, especially in these conditions. A big thanks to all of those workers who head out in the weather that keeps us from going anywhere. Thank you Hydro One workers!
- Carleton
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
15To be fair, it’s time for the sunshine list to be pegged to inflation. It has been $100,000 for eons. What is the true comparative value to $100,000 in 1980, 1990, 2000 …?
3- LizA1
'Residents should prepare to be without power for the remainder of the week,' warns Orillia mayor
16No, it wouldn't be any different at aĺl, it just means that you àre on a different grid. The lines have to be drawn somewhere. The old Orillia Power could never have coped with something this massive by itself. It would have asked for help, and who would that help be? Hydro 1! Hydro are pulling in resources from across the province. This is a disaster that has changed the landscape of our city forever. And I don't have power yet, either!
1- Pat Hehn
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
9Absolutely disgusting.
7- OrilliaResident
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
9It’s a shame that these people can flaunt their high salaries paid for on the backs of pensioners who are struggling to make ends meet on CPP and OAP. Isn’t it time we published how much pensioners are struggling on to make ends meet. It’s about time government got it’s head out of the sand and recognized that pensioners are people too, and we have to pay our way on way way less than these Sunshine List people.
6- Ian Richards
Orillia residents reeling from ‘unprecedented’ ice storm (7 photos)
7Just thoughts as I sit here in the dark. When Hydro1 took over Orillia power distribution I welcomed the move thinking the additional resources would get us better service. This has not been the case. We can blame the severity of the ice storm as an excuse, but we have never had to wait 3 days to have our power restored. That’s just a fact. Orillia still owns the power generating station at the Big Shute so a supply is not the issue. Just bring on the resources we expected. As the nations largest power company it’s time to move in extra help.
7- GMetz
About 20,000 people in Orillia still without power: Hydro One
13I'm surprised we in Severn have had zero news from the Township or mayors office. Our power has been out since Friday, many of us have not heard or seen a peep from our "municipality"....it's kind of disheartening. Good on Orillia for taking some leadership for its residents!
1- DLBH
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
6If you want skilled workers to stay, you need to make the salary competitive
7- Reader2023
'Residents should prepare to be without power for the remainder of the week,' warns Orillia mayor
11They're not playing games. Have you seen the area affected and the devastation? While they are assessing more damage is occurring. Servicemen from all over the province are working 24 hours. Let's be reasonable here
2- we'll see
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
12The measurement should be since inception how have public service wages increased compared to the cities or districts average wage. This would be a good indication if public service wage increases have been fair or not compared to the public they serve; it would be especially true of city and district governing members.
- John MacVicar
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
1187 employees is more than 8.7 million in wages.The real question is do you feel that you got 8.7 million worth of results from these 87 employees?
1- Citizen Cane
'Residents should prepare to be without power for the remainder of the week,' warns Orillia mayor
11It wouldn't matter who was in charge. There's only so many people that can work. Have you seen how much damage was done with the storm?Just because one grid is on doesn't mean the grid across the road will be ready to be up and running. A grid covers a big area. Look at the pictures being posted of the trees that are down on the lines. All that has to be cleared and it's not just our area. This storm was HUGE. Hydro will be back on. Just relax
1- MG920
'Residents should prepare to be without power for the remainder of the week,' warns Orillia mayor
4I clearly understand what the Mayor is saying, but Hydro One is playing mind games with city residents. Tell us the truth. Our neighbor is a disaster zone, but stop telling us we will have by 6pm, then ,11 pm, then oh sorry tomorrow. Just tell us the truth. Sorry just be honest, don't give us false hope every day.
8- Ian Gordon
Ice storm, power outage push Orillia businesses into 'survival mode'
12What a ridiculous and sad comment. These folks are the best of us,and deserve to be applauded loudly, and often. Instead of working so hard to dazzle us with your cynicism, maybe work on having 1/1000 of the level of altruism amd humanity they practice.
- Patrick Reid
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
5They aren't flaunting their salaries. The Sunshine List was established 30 years ago, by Mike Harris, in an attempt to 'shame' them, under the guise of transparency in his 'Common Sense Revolution'. If adjusted for inflation, this arbitrary $100,000 salary line would be much higher. Rather than focus on nonsense like this, how about something being done about affordable housing? Improving our healthcare system? Protecting the environment?
6- JohnWinchester
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
11yes! and how many more people could be hired to operate snowplows, do the actual practical stuff by trimming down some of those salaries/less higher up positions.
- krampus
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
2Yes
9- Reader2023
