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Milwaukee Office of the Sheriff, Wisconsin, 2010-2011
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Milwaukee Office of the Sheriff employee salaries are public records under the Wisconsin Open Records Law.
Salaries
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office salaries for 2010 are provided online by The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Nine employees are listed as having earned over $100,000 in total pay in 2010.[1]
| Name | Position | Overtime pay | Total pay |
| Michael Grebner | Medical Director, Detention Services | $0 | $192,694.00 |
| Mindas Siliunas | Medical Director, MH | $0 | $184,512.00 |
| Carol Anger | Deputy Sheriff 1 | $64,871.00 | $128,240.00 |
| David Holloway | Staff Psychiatrist | $0 | $121,707.00 |
| Roger Benson | House Physician 3 | $0 | $121,619.00 |
| Robert Blanco | House Physician 1 | $0 | $118,478.00 |
| Kevin Carr | Executive Director | $0 | $112,312.00 |
| Richard Schmidt | Executive Director | $0 | $105,875.00 |
| Byron Terry | Deputy Sheriff | $41,316.00 | $102,557.00 |
Six Sheriff's Office employees earned over $30,000 in overtime in budget year 2010.[1]
| Name | Position | Overtime pay | Total pay |
| Carol Anger | Deputy Sheriff | $64,871.00 | $128,240.00 |
| Byron Terry | Deputy Sheriff | $41,316.00 | $102,557.00 |
| Robert Nazario | Deputy Sheriff | $36,450.00 | $98,560.00 |
| Van Callies | Deputy Sheriff | $35,162.00 | $96,903.00 |
| Keith Thrower | Deputy Sheriff | $30,167.00 | $91,107.00 |
| Vu Do | Deputy Sheriff | $30,364.00 | $83,189.00 |
The office's 2011 budget contained total expenditures of $152,515,945. It listed a full-time employee equivalent of 1,385.9. Personnel services, excluding employee fringe benefits, totaled $71,984,354. Employee fringe benefits totaled $53,448,396.[2]
Salary records project
In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):
1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.
The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.
A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions.[3] The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.
The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701.[3] The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.[3]
Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Milwaukee County Pay and Overtime for 2010, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 27, 2010
- ↑ Milwaukee County, Office of the Sheriff, 2011 Adopted Operating Budget
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 '’Philadelphia’s Quiet Crisis: The Rising Cost of Employee Benefits, Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, January 23, 2008
