2008: 110 Village of Schaumburg Employees Making $100K+ Per Year
February 3rd, 2009 | by Brian Costin Published in Blog, Transparency | 25 Comments
FOIA 2008 Gross Wages Village of Schaumburg Employees (PDF)
92 Village of Schaumburg employees made ($100K – $124,999).
16 Village of Schaumburg employees made ($125K+).
2 Village of Schaumburg employees making ($150K+).
110 Village of Schaumburg employees made over $100K in 2008.
Obtained via Freedom of Information Act request and now posted Village of Schaumburg’s website.
Village of Schaumburg Employees Making $100k+
2008 (110 employees), 2007 (42 employees), 2006 (39 employees), 2005 (30 employees)
See the story below on how the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition’s leadership in transparency led to the Village of Schaumburg posting salary information online for the first time in Village history below.
Schaumburg Transparency Project Scores Small Victory
$100,000 – $124,999:
1. Richard Anderson
2. David Antes
3. John Atamian
4. Philip Aufman
5. Larry Barchet
6. Steven Becker
7. Todd Bochenek
8. DAriusz Bochenek
9. William Brennan
10. John Brohan
11. Paul Bultinck
12. Maureen Cairns
13. Michael Carroll
14. Peter Castritsis
15. Frank Chambers
16. Dirk Christiansen
17. Paul Christiansen
18. Kenneth Chrobak
19. Gary Ciccola
20. Bruce Cram
21. Gary Darrow
22. Michelle Defer
23. Michael Diaferia
24. Nick Digioia
25. Patricia Donovan
26. Peter Dudek
27. Scott Finnander
28. Dennis Gatza
29. Michael Gerard
30. Michael Gust
31. Michael Hanley
32. David Hellmer
33. Brian Howerton
34. John Jameson
35. Scott Kasper
36. Gregory Klebba
37. Scott Kody
38. Richard Kolmay
39. Steven Lamprecht
40. Thomas Larson
41. Douglas Leschewski
42. Vince Liberio
43. Leonard Lynch
44. Michael Maggio
45. Elmer Mannina
46. Michael Marchese
47. Dawn McDermott Marsden
48. Brian McIntyre
49. Pamon Mir
50. Timothy Molitor
51. William Morris
52. Mark Nelson
53. Terrance O’Brien
54. Herbert Olujic
55. Armando Palacios
56. Derek Persson
57. Jon Plimpton
58. Michael Prafke
59. Kristine Provenzano
60. Richard Provenzano
61. Richard Riesterer
62. Michael Rizer
63. Paul Rizzo
64. Robin Ruisz
65. Marc Santoro
66. Dan Sarich
67. Denis Schmitt
68. John Schneidwind
69. Paul Schnetz
70. Thomas Selch
71. Tommy Smith
72. Matthew Sonnefeldt
73. Robert Specht
74. William Spencer
75. John Steele
76. Donald Suchomski
77. Marcus Sullivan
78. Alan Takei
79. Stephen Teolis
80. Jeffrey Theriault
81. Gerard Thommes
82. Mark Tieri
83. Scott Tillema
84. Douglas Ulmer
85. David Varner
86. Frank Wasielewski
87. Christopher Westgor
88. John Williams
89. Stewart Wing
90. Kenneth Wood
91. Phillip Wydra
92. Carmen Zepeda
$125,000 – $149,999:
1. Elizabeth Armistead
2. Richard Casler
3. Michael Conjura
4. Don Eller
5. Samuel Ferguson
6. Mark Harper
7. Paula Hewson
8. J Christopher Huff
9. June Johnson
10. Gerald Leska
11. Robert Levin
12. Darold Pitzer
13. David Schumann
14. Kathleen Tempesta
15. Steven Weinstock
16. David Wermes
$150,000 and above:
1. Douglas Ellsworth
2. Kenneth Fritz
Note: Schaumburg’s fiscal year ends April 31st every year. For example, the 2008 fiscal year is May 1st, 2007 thru April 31st, 2008.
Update: With a Freedom of Information Act request by the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition, we now have exact salary numbers for Village employees in Fiscal Year 2008. However, the Village did not provide us with the positions/job title of the employees as requested.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 PM (#)
It has come to my attention that the two lists provided to the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition thru Freedom of Information Act request have significant discrepancies. Salary information is not consistent between the 2008 Treasurer’s Report and the exact salary information later provided by the Village.
The SFC will be cross referencing the 2 Village-provided documents in the near future to address these concerns, and try to find out why the Village is providing contradictory salary information.
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March 19th, 2009 at 10:28 PM (#)
Who cares!
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 12th, 2009 at 7:51 PM
I do and the taxpayers should too.
When government employees are significantly richer than the average taxpayers in our community it is a big problem. Why are there so many employees making double what an average Schaumburg family makes?
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April 5th, 2009 at 6:59 AM (#)
what the coalition needs to do to inform residents is to print this and deliver door to door this information. Most people do not take the time to find info like this so this is unknown. I just happened to stumble across it by accident. I can not believe their are 110 jobs in the village worth this kind of money, then if you add benifits and”perks I bet those 110 people cost the village over 25 million a year. And the stimulus money going to bike paths, runway improvement ( which is a laugh, that airport is landlocked and never gonna be any more than what it is now ) and LED lights is a joke. How about fixing some of the roads?????? forget the pretty medium strips and parks that the average citizen could care less about. All the village does is keep creating more jobs that cost tax payers money. FOR WHAT???????????
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 9th, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I agree. We need your help.
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April 12th, 2009 at 11:26 AM (#)
Brian how come you have not posted since you were given the answers as to why the increase on employees over 100K? You were given the answers by Mr. Fritz at a following board meeting. But of course your posts are one sided you you fail to post that. You are nothing but a grandstander & are not looking for answers but rather looking to make a name for yourself via negative attention & cause trouble. Nothing more than that. Most people see you for what you’re & laugh at you. It’s cheap amusement so carry on little man.
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 12th, 2009 at 1:15 PM
The Village does not videotape their board meetings. I asked Mr. Fritz for a written statement & documentation to the question about the explosion of the $100K+ salaries. He refused to provide either.
If he does provide these I will be more than willing to post these answers on this site.
Please email Ken Fritz at kfritz@ci.schaumburg.il.us and ask him why he wont make a written statement or release the information about why there was and explosion in $100k+ salaries.
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April 12th, 2009 at 5:00 PM (#)
Nice try & poor excuse. You’re redirecting but not admitting that your question was answered. Typical answer but once again poor excuse. Try harder.
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April 12th, 2009 at 5:36 PM (#)
If you’re such the “advocate” that you say you are than post the answers you were given.
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 12th, 2009 at 7:25 PM
“Joe”- I wasn’t given any answers. If you have the answer’s from the Village that I have asked for but not received you are more than willing to post them here in the comments section.
How can I post something that wasn’t given to me and hasn’t been posted to the Village website? I’m no mind reader.
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April 13th, 2009 at 6:08 AM (#)
You have selective memory as Mr. Fritz gave you a full explanation at the following meeting. You just refuse to accept it. I am not going to do your homework for you. Also, there is no reason for that to be posted to the village web site.
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
“Joe”-
You saying “There is no reason for that to be posted to the village web site” is is a great example of a Village board gone completely bad. When the Village Board, and people like you, claim that the people of Schaumburg don’t need answers & documentation to their questions including on how there was and explosion of $100k+ salaries it shows how much you and the Village board disrespect the people of Schaumburg.
Do you really think that the people of Schaumburg should be left in the dark like this?
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April 13th, 2009 at 11:42 AM (#)
This type of answer is typical of a politician who forgets the taxpayers are the ones who are footing the bill for the extravagant salaries & benefit packages of public employees.
You don’t answer the key question is why are public employees in Schaumburg making so much more money than it’s average citizens? The median HOUSEHOLD income for Schaumburg in the most recent census was slightly over $60,000. Why are so many government employees making over $100K? Why is Ken Fritz making over $200K per year, and more than any Governor, Senator, or Representative in the United States?
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April 13th, 2009 at 7:06 PM (#)
These employees are paid for what they are worth & that is the bottom line. Just because you & others make less is not a reason to be against this. There are many people in private sectors also making these salaries as they merit the salaries they are getting. Mr. Fritz is running a large corporation & merits his pay.
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 13th, 2009 at 9:07 PM
You believe that public sector employees deserve a much higher pay and benefits than they rest of us, and I think salaries and benefits for public sector employees should be comparable to the citizens they represent. Elitist Pay & Benefits vs. Comparable/Competitive Pay and Benefits.
I can see that the only thing we can agree on here is that we disagree.
Judging by the fact that you are anonymously posting to this website I wouldn’t be surprised if you are one of the Village administrators, workers, elected officials, or family members of these individuals who benefit from the high pay and benefits. I’m sure you will refuse to reveal your identity, say your not one of these people, etc., etc.
I don’t put much merit in the opinions of people who don’t have the courage to use their real names or intentionally don’t use their real names to hide their true motives. Everyone would take your opinions much more seriously if you did.
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April 13th, 2009 at 11:11 PM (#)
So anytime anyone criticizes excessive government pay & benefits they are just automatically jealous instead of looking out for the taxpayer? Thanks Dr. Phil but I recommend keeping your personal opinions to yourself.
So what is too much pay for government employees, three times the level of the area median income, four?
If $206K for Village Manager Fritz is O.K. then why not $300K or $400K or $1 Million. When does pay & salaries become excessive “Joe”?
Or do you think that money is no object, and the taxpayer’s are just something that you can abuse and tap for an endless source of money?
My agenda is crystal clear. I am promoting economic and personal freedom by trying to protect the taxpayers, lower taxes, and ensure a prosperous local economy.
What about you?
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April 14th, 2009 at 9:20 PM (#)
Actually, I agree with you on this one. Pay should be based on “merit, knowledge, etc.” with one caveat. That it should be in a competitive employment marketplace.
If there are two people equally qualified to do the job, and one is willing to do it for less cost to the taxpayers, the government has a duty to accept the lower bid. This is exactly the same principle that is used in bidding for contracted projects such as roads and buildings. The lowest bid of a qualified contractor usually wins the contract.
This isn’t done in regards to government salaries, but it should. All the people who apply with the adequate merit, knowledge, and other skills necessary to do the job should qualify be able to compete for the job. At that point the government should accept the lowest bidder for the job.
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April 15th, 2009 at 10:48 PM (#)
If I were you guys, I would check out the absurd salaries in School District 54. How about a ridiculous title of a “multi cultural” administrator named Julie Colgrove who probably makes over $100K for doing what? Many school districts are laying off teachers and tighten their belts. In school district 54, incompetent people are promoted to leach off the taxpayer.
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January 14th, 2010 at 8:30 AM (#)
I just ran into this web page . as a life long 40plus years
resident , i recognize alot of those names . mainly fire and police personnel. wow, 150k to drive around in a squad sign me up
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January 20th, 2010 at 2:22 PM (#)
I’d be interested to see the job titles posted next to names – b/c there may be some jobs that are worth the money – and just having the names doesn’t help me all that much. Would that be hard to post? I’m not sure if that info is given to you or if you would have to look it all up.
Thank you.
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January 28th, 2010 at 5:37 PM (#)
I’ve heard that all civilian employees did not get a cost of living raise last year nor will they be getting one this year. Does this include Ken Fritz and those high up in the civilian administration? I would be curious to know if that is the case. There are many civilian employees that are worth their pay and could have used that cost of living increase. If it turns out that all the little people that are out there busting their butts for this village didn’t get a raise last year or this year and the hire ups like Fritz got his that would really suck.
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January 30th, 2010 at 8:45 PM (#)
Brian-
I appreciate why residents would want (and deserve to know) the salaries of their public employees, but is it really necessary to print the employees names? Couldn’t the same be accomplished by printing just their positions? I really feel it is an unnecessary violation of their privacy.
Also it seems the police and fire personnel are some of those making over $100k, but isn’t that comparable pay to other communitites? From what I’ve read, it appears you believe they are over compensated. How do you purpose we compete against other communities for qualified applicants if we are going to pay less? Thanks in advance for the response.
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April 20th, 2010 at 8:39 PM (#)
many of these police officers work a lot of special details…which are paid by the private sector…. they pimp themselves out for easy money. The rest of the time they are milking d.u.i. arrests and shopping lifting arrests which are handed to them at the end of their shifts.
It doesn’t have to do with anything that benefits society only the effects of the lowely status trying to make it…. they aren’t much better…they just happen on an out and a solutions to make a living.
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Brian Costin Reply:
April 20th, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Zan-
You make a good point about special details. Multiple times the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has asked the Village to itemize the wages so that we the citizens can understand the ins and outs of salaries & benefits. They have refused to provide such breakdown in violation of State Laws. We would love to know this information and would be more than willing to work with you to obtain it. Please contact the Village Board or Village Manager Ken Fritz to help make this happen.
Citizens deserve to know the whole story and public servants also should have an interest in making sure their government is transparent.
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Crazee Reply:
July 27th, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Until this year village “salaries” were never paid by 1 dime from property tax bills, these so called overpaid people are the very people who have to “stand-by” while citizens enjoy firework shows, baseball games, festivals etc. Basically wait to save a drunk kid from hisself, or stop a fight from getting everyone hurt cause booze is flowin at all the events.Funny how the village did not include how the majority of money made in excess of their actual salary was overtime, which needed to be filled because the village critically understaffs its shifts. As a former employee you would not believe me if I did tell you, but the sales tax is what pays the bills, or did until the economy took a dive, ask the mayor about his 1 million dollar a mile improvements, yes, that how much that crap costs. Now the fire & police have to fight for the right to just have a contract. They have to spend gobs of money on lawyers and they don’t get a contract settled for 3 yrs, then the village settles and gives them back pay in 1 lump sum. There are a million games these people play, don’t blame the swabs, go after the captain, better yet go to the board. why don’t renters have to pay any taxes for their kids who go to Schaumburg schools? Why isn’t someone charged when the Fire Dept has to respond to 30 alarm pulls in a apt. building? Everyone always has a problem with someone elses pro”s but never looks at the con’s. Whats it worth to you to fight a fire for 5 hrs in subzero temps, freeze your hands, and not know theyr actually burning? Whats it worth to hold dead children because their drunk dad went for a joy ride? What is the price for getting shot because your “gang” err “family” thought thats fun on a friday night? How about picking up your dead GRANDMOTHER with a coal shovel, because she died in the heat 3 weeks ago? Think that might be worth something? Would you do that for free, as everyone shouts your worth nothing? Did you people ever once think before you crab about what YOU don’t have? Did anyone out there request the records of how much money these “worthless” employees have to spend each and every year on their ongoing education, so that they can serve all of you ungrateful people? And lastly, whatever was given to you must have also included the price of dignity, determination and a willingness to do whats right, on or off duty, our taxes last in 2008 were 52,000, we are on that list, I’d like to know where the other 50,000 is
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