The ruling said Hesler should receive back pay for the difference between what he earned in Miami Twp., and what he earned as a Perry Twp. police officer where he worked while appealing the termination.
Miami Twp. paid 15 employees more than $100,000 each in 2022, according to the Payroll Project, an annual reporting project from the Dayton Daily News.
The police department had 12 six-figure salaries, which was more than any other department.
The township’s highest paid employee was Daniel Mayberry, who retired in 2022 as public works director and cashed out $111,160 in unused sick leave. Township administrator Ron Hess also retired last year and was replaced mid-year by current administrator Chris Snyder.
The voting and taxpaying public is the employer for government agencies. As with any other employer, the public has not just a right but a responsibility to know how much its employees are paid in the interest of good stewardship.
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The highest-paid Miami Township employees last year were:
1. Daniel Mayberry, public works director: $178,144
2. Douglas Hesler, detective: $167,478
3. James McCarty, sergeant: $127,991
4. Ronald Hess, township administrator: $117,535
5. Charles Stiegelmeyer, police chief: $112,147
6. Christopher McCord, finance director: $110,008
7. Scott Miller, sergeant: $106,084
8. Raymond Swallen, sergeant: $106,016
9. Paul Nienhaus, sergeant: $105,558
10. Michael Siney, lieutenant: $103,938
