Documents showing what Tri-City council members own and owe were made public last month.
The financial statements, which disclosure potential conflicts of interest for the local policymakers, are required to be filed at city hall annually under provincial legislation.
According to the papers that can be viewed at Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam city halls (and online for Port Moody elected officials) the assets and liabilities as well as income sources, real property and corporate ownership are revealed by the mayors and city councillors — including those who were elected for the first time last fall.
In Coquitlam, Coun. Steve Kim’s disclosures indicate he pulls a salary from Boiling Point Communications, of which he is the owner, and has rental property in Surrey; Kim also has personal and business debt with four banks.
But Coun. Trish Mandewo, who used to own Vancouver TumbleBus, has no assets or liabilities, according to her paperwork.
Coun. Craig Hodge lists 35 companies of which he has shares and draws a salary from Craig Hodge and Associates, a photography firm, while Coun. Dennis Marsden is a shareholder with Aurora Cannabis, Isodiol International and International Zeolite and is paid as principal of True North Business Consultation.
Mayor Richard Stewart also has a communications company and property on Lebleu Street while Coun. Chris Wilson, the executive director of KidSport Tri-Cities, lists 52 companies as shareholder and has debt owed to four financial institutions; Wilson also owns another home in Coquitlam besides his principal residence.
Coun. Bonita Zarrillo has assets with Prometic Life Sciences, biopharmaceutical corporation.
In Port Coquitlam, newly elected Coun. Steve Darling is an employee of Proactive Investors and consults for Corus TV, the Justice Institute of BC and the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association, according to his disclosures.
Coun. Nancy McCurrach, who was also voted in last October, has assets with Baywater RV Estates, Telus and Vancity; she is a Telus staffer and a delegate with the New Westminster and District Labour Council, local 1944.
Coun. Glenn Pollock is a constituency assistant for MLA Mike Farnworth while Coun. Dean Washington is president of RPM Media Inc. and Grip Tire Stores Inc, their papers read.
And, in Port Moody, Rob Vagramov is not only the city’s new mayor, he’s also a contractor for the technology help company Macinhome and for East to West Inc.
Coun. Diana Dilworth is employed as manager of government relations for the BC Non-Profit Housing Association while Coun. Amy Lubik is a policy analyst with the Fraser Health Authority.
Coun. Steve Milani who, like Lubik, won a council seat last fall, is a partner with Music Maestro DJ Service and owns Milani Design.
And Coun. Zoe Royer, who lists her personal address as the same as Silk Gallery’s, which she owns, is the president and CEO of Sweetheart Bakery World Inc., a children’s educational company. Royer also owns property at 1912 Clarke St., in Port Moody; two sites in Peachland; and land in Maple Ridge.
