Expenses for Nanaimo’s mayor, city manager see biggest change in 2016
NANAIMO — Expenses for two of the top figures in Nanaimo’s political landscape marked the biggest changes in terms of spending in 2016.
According to the recently released statement of financial information, the greatest changes between 2015 and 2016 belonged to Mayor Bill McKay and Nanaimo’s chief administrative officer (CAO) Tracy Samra.
McKay’s expenses dropped by more than half, from more than $28,000 to roughly $9,500. He still led council in regards to expenditures. Mayor and council were working under a newly adopted spending policy, which capped certain expense claims and gave each member a set budget.
In her first year on the job, CAO Samra’s expenses drastically increased over what was spent in 2015 and even over the last five years by the City’s top employee.