Centerville’s highest-paid employees: I-Team Payroll Project

The city of Centerville paid 12 employees more than $100,000 last year, according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

Seven of the city’s six-figure earners worked in the police department and bolstered their gross pay with overtime. The city’s highest-paid employees were the police chief and city administrators, though.

Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the I-Team has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees.

An I-Team investigation this year found the ability to cash out unused sick and vacation leave is a rare perk in the private sector, though local governments are on the hook for tens of millions of dollars worth of these payments.

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The five highest paid Centerville employees last year were:

1. Gregory Horn, city manager: $178,252

2. Bruce Robertson, chief of police: $127,501

3. Kenneth Spitler, public works director: $122,332

4. Scott Ontjes, information technology manager: $109,213

5. James Brinegar, city engineer: $107,045

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Josh Sweigart

Josh Sweigart is an investigative reporter at the Dayton Daily News. His stories have focused on government waste, fraud, abuse and accountability in southwest Ohio, as well as the statehouse and U.S. Capitol.