More than 3,400 city employees make 2017 Sunshine List

It's that time of year, whenthe public gets to see how much pay the mayor, police chief and some otherpublic sector employees tookhome.

At the end of March the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of provincial and municipal public servants who earned more than $100,000 in the previous year.

• Ontario releases its annual Sunshine List of top public sector salaries

Any agencythat receivesfunding from the province must disclose the names, positions and salaries oftheir most highly paid workers.

The list includes hospital and university administrators, politicians, and blue collar workers.

Here are some of Ottawa's biggest earners in 2017:

• Ottawa Hospital CEO Jack Kitts: $630,485
• CHEO CEO Alex Munter: $329,999
• Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau: $299,791
• General Manager of Transportation Services John Manconi:$269,231
• Director of O-Train Construction Steven Cripps: $224,729
• Ottawa fire Chief Gerry Pingitore: $184,793
• Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson: $178,270

Each year the City of Ottawa issues its own statement about the list.

The city said 2,115 of its employees made the cut last year, a number that grows to 3,432 if you include the Ottawa Public Library and Ottawa police.

According to the city, slightly more than half of the workforce on the Sunshine List hasa base salary under $100,000, but overtime, on-call pay, cash in lieu of vacation time and retroactive payments push many over the threshold.

If the $100,000 figure was adjusted for inflation since the list was first published in 1996, the city said only 270 employees would meet the new threshold of $147,159.20.