Last name	First name	Title	Salary	Employer	Year
Gilleland	Judith A	City Manager	$130,591.12	City of Middletown	2009
Sorrell	Walter D	Fire Deputy Chief	$130,535.17	City of Middletown	2009
Botts	Steven M	Fire Chief	$104,282.26	City of Middletown	2009
Landen	Leslie Scott	Law Director	$100,505.70	City of Middletown	2009
Duritsch Jr	David J	Public Works & Utilities Dir	$99,529.74	City of Middletown	2009
Schwarber	Gregory J	Police Chief	$99,448.33	City of Middletown	2009
Dominy	Brent Robert	Fire Deputy Chief	$98,845.11	City of Middletown	2009
Snively	Thomas L	Deputy Fire Chief	$97,590.01	City of Middletown	2009
Reeve	Walter Scott	Police Lieutenant	$95,670.07	City of Middletown	2009
Day	David Todd	Fire Captain	$94,160.04	City of Middletown	2009
Vanarsdale	David G	Deputy Police Chief	$94,029.57	City of Middletown	2009
Hoffman	Mark F	Deputy Police Chief	$91,708.79	City of Middletown	2009
Adams	David Kris	Fire Captain	$91,090.13	City of Middletown	2009
Bevenger	C David	Fire Lieutenant	$89,179.61	City of Middletown	2009
Kohler	Martin D	Planning Director	$89,013.25	City of Middletown	2009
Muterspaw	Rodney E	Police Lieutenant	$88,838.24	City of Middletown	2009
Lolli	Paul J	Fire Deputy Chief	$88,668.24	City of Middletown	2009
Spaulding	Jeffery S	Fire Captain	$88,352.16	City of Middletown	2009
Parsons	Gregory W	Information Systems Manager	$87,744.59	City of Middletown	2009
Carolus	Russell E	Finance Director	$87,491.22	City of Middletown	2009
Curry	Robert D	Fire Lieutenant	$86,201.54	City of Middletown	2009
Justice	Gregory D	Fire Captain	$86,108.66	City of Middletown	2009
Oliver	Brian J	Fire Lieutenant	$84,549.38	City of Middletown	2009
Hall	James N	Fire Deputy Chief	$83,741.99	City of Middletown	2009
Magill	John D	Police Lieutenant	$83,674.03	City of Middletown	2009
Mills	Sara E	Assistant Law Director	$83,424.90	City of Middletown	2009
Rose	Brett L	Fire Lieutenant	$83,220.69	City of Middletown	2009
Robinette	Mike	Economic Development Director	$80,685.30	City of Middletown	2009
Hughes	Leanne M	Police Lieutenant	$80,403.44	City of Middletown	2009
Wissemeier	Todd C	Fire Captain	$80,370.17	City of Middletown	2009
Bronnenberg	Ronald D	Fire Lieutenant	$79,988.18	City of Middletown	2009
Cobb	Steven T	Fire Lieutenant	$79,037.76	City of Middletown	2009
Winfough	David	Pt Health Com/Dir of Environ	$77,885.82	City of Middletown	2009
Hoerst	David N	Fire Lieutenant	$77,842.72	City of Middletown	2009
Ream	Stephen V	Police Sergeant	$76,747.14	City of Middletown	2009
Sensel	Edward D	Patrol Officer	$76,688.69	City of Middletown	2009
Winters	Stephen C	Patrol Officer	$76,109.35	City of Middletown	2009
Tuttle	Larry D	Chief Building Official	$75,985.90	City of Middletown	2009
Alfrey	Christopher T	Patrol Officer	$75,221.89	City of Middletown	2009
Tieman	David A	Golf Director	$75,091.27	City of Middletown	2009
Newlin	John E	Police Sergeant	$75,028.29	City of Middletown	2009
Anderton	Troy S	Sr Comp Programmer/Analyst	$75,023.01	City of Middletown	2009
Salm	Philip M	Patrol Officer	$74,716.97	City of Middletown	2009
Adkins	Douglas D	Community Revitaliation Dir	$74,462.99	City of Middletown	2009
Birk	David M	Police Sergeant	$74,228.64	City of Middletown	2009
Bush	Richard L	Patrol Officer	$74,167.35	City of Middletown	2009
Cunningham	Jim	Police Sergeant	$73,610.73	City of Middletown	2009
Bowling	Richard H	Police Sergeant	$73,511.88	City of Middletown	2009
Morgan	Ryan J	Patrol Officer	$73,314.85	City of Middletown	2009
Mcguire	Jeffery Scott	Police Sergeant	$72,982.99	City of Middletown	2009
Swartzel	David Lee	Patrol Officer	$72,682.82	City of Middletown	2009
Dellinger	Arthur E	Treatment Plant Operator	$72,427.32	City of Middletown	2009
Mossman	Jerry C	Patrol Officer	$72,134.86	City of Middletown	2009
Warrick	Andy J	Police Sergeant	$71,928.69	City of Middletown	2009
Wargo	Jason A	Patrol Officer	$71,485.03	City of Middletown	2009
Gerdeman	Dean J	Golf Course Superintendent	$71,455.31	City of Middletown	2009
Hovell	John F	Patrol Officer	$71,336.80	City of Middletown	2009
Fultz	Larry L	Patrol Officer	$71,017.50	City of Middletown	2009
Hoover	Jonathan C	Patrol Officer	$70,939.30	City of Middletown	2009
Tadych	Scott D	Assistant City Engineer	$70,542.39	City of Middletown	2009
Carrozza	Bradley D	Police Sergeant	$70,180.30	City of Middletown	2009
Ludwig	Stephen D	Fire Lieutenant	$70,064.22	City of Middletown	2009
Coppock	Barbara J	Dep Chief Prob Off	$69,799.86	City of Middletown	2009
King	Kenneth A	Patrol Officer	$69,495.12	City of Middletown	2009
Belcher	Andrew S	Water Treatment Manager	$68,923.98	City of Middletown	2009
Johnson	Paris S	Patrol Officer	$68,774.32	City of Middletown	2009
Jordan	Dennis R	Patrol Officer	$68,708.29	City of Middletown	2009
Shuler	Chetly S	Chief Engineering Technician	$68,403.39	City of Middletown	2009
Riley	Steven A	Firefighter	$68,100.77	City of Middletown	2009
Nicolls	Robert E	Senior Engineer	$68,046.69	City of Middletown	2009
Kirsch	David K	Patrol Officer	$68,025.30	City of Middletown	2009
Allen	Mark S	Patrol Officer	$67,972.65	City of Middletown	2009
Hoyle	Mark D	Patrol Officer	$67,892.95	City of Middletown	2009
Smallwood	Christopher	Firefighter	$67,786.13	City of Middletown	2009
Tanner	Michael C	Firefighter	$67,723.16	City of Middletown	2009
Fraley	Paul	Wwtp Manager	$67,572.21	City of Middletown	2009
Albrecht	Patrick H	Patrol Officer	$67,403.72	City of Middletown	2009
Nelson	Earl R	Patrol Officer	$67,303.09	City of Middletown	2009
Meehan	Timothy M	Patrol Officer	$67,023.15	City of Middletown	2009
Potter	Beth Y	Dispatcher	$66,682.85	City of Middletown	2009
Hess Jr	Robert J	Firefighter	$66,618.84	City of Middletown	2009
Hughes	Brent R	Firefighter	$66,098.53	City of Middletown	2009
Howard Jr	Ernest W	Electronics Maint Supervisor	$65,982.43	City of Middletown	2009
Creech	David T	Patrol Officer	$65,928.47	City of Middletown	2009
Griffith	James L	Patrol Officer	$65,884.42	City of Middletown	2009
Palmer	John J	Patrol Officer	$65,815.65	City of Middletown	2009
Maxwell	Keith H	Patrol Officer	$65,793.48	City of Middletown	2009
Shortt	David D	Patrol Officer	$65,597.52	City of Middletown	2009
Phillips	Jacquelyn D	Director of Nursing	$65,584.73	City of Middletown	2009
Ahmed	Raqib A	Patrol Officer	$65,584.21	City of Middletown	2009
Griffin	Valerie E	Traffic Engineer	$65,529.34	City of Middletown	2009
Mcintosh	Thomas	Patrol Officer	$65,511.85	City of Middletown	2009
Steinbrunner	Todd M	Firefighter	$64,928.43	City of Middletown	2009
Hamet	Denise S	Economic Dev Program Manager	$64,844.16	City of Middletown	2009
Wright	Brian M	Firefighter	$64,672.15	City of Middletown	2009
Collins	Keith W	Computer Programmer/Analyst	$64,664.19	City of Middletown	2009
Specht	Mark D	Patrol Officer	$64,445.22	City of Middletown	2009
Shyers	Karen S	Dispatcher	$64,380.17	City of Middletown	2009
Robinson	Kimberly M	Patrol Officer	$64,330.11	City of Middletown	2009
Shuemake	Haywood F	Patrol Officer	$64,302.63	City of Middletown	2009

Some are listed as Fire Deputy Chief and some as Deputy Fire Chief. Just a typo or some inconsistency in title names? Are these the going rates for these public service positions around the country? Would be interesting seeing a comparison of similar position salaries in a town like Middletown with approx. 48,000 people. Might find Middletown is overpaying these people when compared to most town's the size of Middletown. How about Gilleland's salary for a town this size? Any comparisons out there, you researchers? Old Marty Kohler has certainly earned his salary driving off his share of business opportunities for this town with his $89,013 salary, hasn't he?    Ms. Judith better watch it.....old Walter's right behind her, a few bucks short of topping her salary. Time for a raise for Judy, right Council? Wouldn't want old Walter to outpace her, would we? Hey, how about David Tieman, GOLF DIRECTOR, at $75,091? Alot of training and overall importance to this job to warrant that kind of pay. Surprised he doesn't have an assistant like Leslie has? He's gotta be swamped this time of year.    Arthur Delliger, TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR, coming in at $72,427. Atta boy, Art! Must be a he-- of a "smooth operator"! Another surprise....we have Beth Potter , a dispatcher, at $66,682 and Karen Shyers at $64,380! Medical dispatchers for ambulances in Tucson were making $11/hour. No, from the looks of this list, it looks like the taxpayer is getting the shaft on the salary payouts here. Way overpaid in some positions. JMO Need to start over on the salary requirement for these jobs IMO. Need to be taken down a notch or ten.

Pacman, thanks for putting this info up. I read this Sunday and absolutely got ill. This is another reason the economy is in the tank and the arrogance so prevalent down in Donham. Ms. Gilleland got an increase, maybe a cost of living adjustment that most companies aren't paying, that put her at > $130 KK. Recall, she started about 125 KK. Magistrate Newlin's son and retired Sergeant Jeffries daughter (nepotism is the only to get a public job in Middletown is alive and well), was a process server just 5 years ago, nice to be tied to the court where his Dad works, and now makes $75 Kk as a Sergeant. Ms. Jeffries was in Oxford and now in Middletown---how nice she could move over and back home where the pay is better.

stunning to think of how many top level cops and fire guys there are making over $80k...and a dispatcher making $66k?  I got into the wrong business.

With cops & firemen making this kind of money I think it's time the city quit giving in on union demands and find someone who knows how to deal with unions.

 

It's apparent no one at city hall knows how or even cares to know how to deal with negotiating contracts.

Next Public Safety Levy that will be a "No" vote to the continued Unions getting 2-3% a year while the rest of us get zip and are lucky to have jobs.  The city had better start looking into some type of alternatoves or get busy raising the revenues by creating some jobs rather than increased taxes on the poverty sticken city they created.

NRS when I looked at Adkins earlier this morning he was at $74K as he is now.  I don't know when his raise took affect and if it is included here.

2008 for a comparison ole Gilleland did alright compared to the rest of Middletown.

 

http://projects.middletownjournal.com/publicsalaries/2008/City%20Of%20Middletown/

 

Public Salaries / 2008 / City Of Middletown

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Name	Position	Income
Owens, Donnie W	Police lieutenant	$127,244
Gilleland, Judith A	City manager	$120,046
Sorrell, Walter D	Fire deputy chief	$107,718
Duritsch Jr, David J	Public works & utilities dir	$101,246
Landen, Leslie Scott	Law director	$101,246
Botts, Steven M	Fire chief	$100,952
Hall, James N	Fire deputy chief	$98,407
Schwarber, Gregory J	Police chief	$97,440
Dominy, Brent Robert	Fire deputy chief	$92,614
Hoffman, Mark F	Deputy police chief	$92,528
Kohler, Martin D	Planning director	$90,547
Snively, Thomas L	Assistant fire chief	$90,367
Adams, David Kris	Fire captain	$89,535
Parsons, Gregory W	Information systems manager	$89,280
Smith, Ginger L	Community revitaliation dir	$88,410
Vanarsdale, David G	Deputy police chief	$88,148
Justice, Gregory D	Fire captain	$87,947
Muterspaw, Rodney E	Police lieutenant	$86,499
Carolus, Russell E	Finance director	$84,713
Reeve, Walter Scott	Police lieutenant	$83,530

http://projects.middletownjournal.com/publicsalaries/2007/

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Name	Position	Income
Becker, William A	City Manager	$161,727
Terrill, John D	Police Sergeant	$133,852
Bruck, Michael R	Police Chief	$116,590
Sauter, John J	Fire Chief	$105,956
Trainer, Ricky Joe	Fire Captain	$105,553
Sorrell, Walter D	Fire Deputy Chief	$95,846
Duritsch Jr, David J	Eng & Environmental Svc Dir	$94,795
Landen, Leslie Scott	Law Director	$94,756
Lyons, John T	Finance Director	$92,434
Hoffman, Mark F	Deputy Police Chief	$91,124
Botts, Steven M	Fire Chief	$90,580
Hall, James N	Fire Deputy Chief	$87,063
Schwarber, Gregory J	Deputy Police Chief	$86,653
Adams, David Kris	Fire Captain	$86,366
Owens, Donnie W	Police Lieutenant	$86,134
Kohler, Martin D	Planning Director	$84,744
Parsons, Gregory W	Information Systems Manager	$83,569
Dominy, Brent Robert	Fire Captain	$82,154
Castells, Barbara L	Chief Building Official	$81,751
Murphy, William P	Economic Development Director	$81,624

acclaro wrote: These salaries are staggering for the lack of effect and accomplishment associated with any of the positions. Most if not all, went up $10 Kk in less than two years. look at these salaries for providing limited benefit to residents. The plum jobs are those which have the gravy salaries near or over a 100 KK plus overtime---deputy fire chiefs, detectives, lieutenant on police force (detectives), Duritsch--he would not be a $100 Kk civil engineer unless he owned the company, and these few IT guys, getting paid what a DBA makes at a Fortune 500.

The average starting salary for a civil engineer graduating with a 4 year degree is over 50k right now. The average salary for a civil engineer is nearly 80k. My source of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2009.

Therefore, I don't think your statement that Mr. Duritsch would have to own the company in order to make what he's earning is accurate. He's a supervisor of a department, and I assume his duties go beyond the work of a civil engineer within a firm. I don't know how many years of experience he has in his field, but obviously this would be a factor in his salary.

I'm sorry, but all this talk about salaries seems like a lot of sour grapes.

What I find striking is the number of employees the City of Middletown has over $60,000 versus Fairfield. 164 to 101.  Hamilton though is outrageously high at 431!!  From looking at all these, it seems like the smaller cities do a much better job at keeping salaries in line with the "real world" and most are nicer communities as well. 

Pacman wrote: NRS when I looked at Adkins earlier this morning he was at $74K as he is now.  I don't know when his raise took affect and if it is included here.

The figures cited above are the total wages actually PAID in 2009. (Probably gross wages from their individual W-2s)

Who participates in the performance evaluations for these people besides the city manager? Who is qualified to give an assessment of how well these people performed for the year beside the city manager? If there is and "evaluation team" during these appraisals, and if these are public service positions paid by public funds, shouldn't there be some public input as to how the public views how they performed their jobs and a public assessment of how much value the public receives from the job performances? Why isn't there public representation and why is the whole rating system not made known to the public and controlled by just one individual? Alot of "public" involvement in this post, ain't there?