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It took a lot of extra work to get the Remai Modern art gallery open in October. Nobody knows it better than the facility’s building manager.

The highest single City of Saskatoon overtime payout in 2017 went to Remai Modern building manager Vince Regnier, who nearly doubled his regular 2017 salary with $73,434 in overtime pay, for a total of $148,040.

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Regnier was required to work overtime to prepare the gallery for its October 2017 opening. The city has since hired an additional building operator to eliminate the need for overtime, the city’s chief financial officer, Kerry Tarasoff, said in an email.

While the need for overtime to open the art gallery was exceptional, it helped contribute to a rise in overall overtime at the city in 2017, as well as an increase in the number of staff earning more than $25,000 in overtime pay.

The increase marks a departure from a downward trend in overtime at the city dating to 2013.