Below are the highest paid employees of the Bolingbrook Police Department and Bolingbrook Fire Department. This information comes from a Patch FOIA request for salary and benefit information for 2012.
Editor's note: We post this information because we know it is of interest to our readers, the taxpayers, whose property taxes are a source of income for the village and its police and fire departments.
The "Other" category can include contributions such as overtime, pension contributions, bereavement and company car and cell phones, among others.
About 8 pecent of a Bolingbrook property tax bill goes to the village. The total village levy in 2012 was $16,346,000, according to village documents.
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UPDATED: 20 Highest Paid VVSD Administrators 20 Highest Paid Teachers in Valley View School District 365U 21 Highest Paid Village of Bolingbrook Employees
Name Position Base salary Sick/vacation/holiday Other Total Kevin McCarthy Police Chief $113,141.32 $16,083.43 $23,895.33 $153,120.08 David Litton Fire Chief $114,891.3 $14,497.7 $23,681.02 $153,070.02 Sean Koren Police Officer $74,594.63 $9,619.79 $46,935.97 $131,150.39 Thomas Ross Deputy Chief of Police $102,715.21 $22,023.95 $2,072.81 $126,811.97 Christopher Witt Police Officer $69,751.03 $9,074.94 $46,605.1 $125,431.07 Thomas Stepanek Police Officer $66,576.85 $12,135.18 $46,455.16 $125,167.19 Dennis Hess Police Commander $105,660.26 $12,126.85 $1,978.83 $119,765.94 Kenneth Teppel Police Commander $99,525.49 $19,174.68 $1,041.7 $119,741.87 Patrick Freeman Police Lieutenant $95,508.72 $18,575.11 $4,824.44 $118,908.27 Jeffrey Lockard Police Lieutenant $97,653.67 $15,360.63 $5,391.37 $118,405.67 David Schurr Police Lieutenant $92,554.53 $21,358.71 $4,266.04 $118,179.28 Michael Rompa Police Lieutenant $99,482.71 $11,707.57 $5,933.71 $117,123.99 Dale Szymanski Police Officer $76,294.64 $8,624.65 $31,445.35 $116,364.64 Carter Larry Police Lieutenant $95,281.15 $15,909.12 $4,130.32 $115,320.59 James Coughlin Police Lieutenant $96,289.57 $14,959 $3,340.23 $114,588.80 Brian Hafner Police Lieutenant $96,288.19 $14,957.65 $2,860.26 $114,106.10 Trinedad Garza Deputy Fire Chief $93,794.84 $17,991.55 $1,921.58 $113,707.97 Jon Costion Police Officer $73,067.69 $7,740.15 $3,1076.86 $111,884.70 Sean Talbot Police Officer $71,609.22 $11,195.49 $28,488.32 $111,293.03 Peter Moranda Police Officer $60,585.45 $9,593.05 $40,853.1 $111,031.60 Anthony Columbus Police Sergeant $93,381.57 $13,129.83 $4,151.47 $110,662.87 Nicholas Schmidt Police Officer $71,598.63 $10,719.01 $28,176.85 $110,494.49 Richard Hilliard Police Sergeant $89,416.87 $16,857.67 $4,206.4 $110,480.94 Daniel Ross Fire Shift Battalion Chief $89,560.1 $17,034.31 $3,121.4 $109,715.81 Steven Schaefer Police Sergeant $87,038.05 $18,824.6 $3,671.36 $109,534.01