The bus fleet manager earns more than the minister. The passenger transport company AS CATA is owned by several local governments, and more than 54% of the company's shares are owned by the Tsisis City Council. The salary of the chairman of the board of directors of CATA, Maris Ozulis, is almost 150 thousand euros per year, reports the portal it is enough.com. The company's annual sales turnover is about 16 million euros, so roughly every hundred euros the company receives - whether it's money for a purchased card, a local government subsidy or funds from the state budget - is sent to Ozolis' salary account at the end of the month. The salary of an AS CATA bus driver is about 1,100 euros, and the mayor of Tsisis district is about five thousand a month. Thus, the head of AS CATA earns more than the two heads of the council combined, and almost eleven times more than the driver. "These 16 million were not obtained under conditions of market competition and have nothing to do with outstanding management abilities or talents. The route network is determined by the customer, competition is minimal, and most costs are covered by subsidies - meaning you and I, the taxpayers. Running such an enterprise simply means making sure that the money, which actually comes from itself, is not spent completely pointlessly. For carrying out this task, a municipal enterprise is paid more than a minister who manages an entire industry in the country," the article reads.