The city of Middletown paid 15 employees more than $100,000 last year, compared to 13 in in 2016, according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.
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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.
The city's highest-paid employee last year was Lt. Jim Cunningham, who retired after 28 years with the department and cashed out $120,302 in unused leave to bring his total compensation to $216,929. Third from the top was Mark Hoffman, who retired as assistant police chief in April 2017 and cashed out $104,647 to take home $135,465.
An I-Team investigation last 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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Another police officer whose pay broke into the top 10 last year was patrol Officer Kristina Hughes, who got there with $31,655 in overtime.
Middletown’s 10 highest-paid employees last year were:
1. Jim Cunningham, police lieutenant: $216,929
2. Douglas Adkins, city manager: $161,949
3. Mark Hoffman, assistant police chief: $135,465
4. Rodney Muterspaw, police chief: $122,209
5. Leslie Landen, law director: $113,443
6. Paul Lolli, fire chief: $111,683
7. Andy Warrick, police lieutenant: $107,630
8. Scott Tadych, public works and utilities director: $107,586
9. Kristina Hughes, patrol officer: $106,757
10. Thomas Snively, assistant fire chief: $106,293
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