By Sue Ellen Woodcock
The list of the top 100 wage earners for the town of Winthrop have been released. There are 41 employees in the DPW/Water and Sewer Department. In the fire department there are 36 employees and in the police department there are 48 employees. The school department employs 546 people in full-time and part-time capacity.
One of the largest expenses in any community are salaries and last year in Winthrop over $4 million was just spent on salaries for the police and fire departments alone. In the school department over $14 million was spent on salaries last year with a total operating budget for schools of $21 million. The town has a total operating budget, including schools, of $43 million. The total budget for the town, including every department, is $53.7 million. Total compensation for police and fire can include details paid from outside sources. Winthrop Police Lt. David Lessard is the highest paid employee in the town. Most of the town’s labor contracts have a 2 percent cost of living increase for FY15, FY16, and FY17. It should also be noted that historic snowfall during 2015 resulted in higher than normal overtime costs
Employee                                  Department                              Gross
David Lessard                           Police Lt.                                   186,870
Richard Swartz                         Fire Capt,                                   154,509
John Macero                             School Super.                            145,384
Frank Scarpa Jr.                        Police Lt.                                   143,987
Robert Jaworski                        Police Off.                                 136,841
Terence Delehanty                   Police Chief                              134,538
Paul Flanagan                            Fire Chief                                  132,251
Timothy Gordon                       CFO                                            123,398
Stephen Rogers                         Police Sgt.                                  123,115
Edwin Macdonald Jr.               Fire Capt.                                   119,537
Nancy Dalrymple                     Police Sgt.                                  116,696
Jennifer O’Connell                  School                                        111,811
David Brown                             Police K9                                   110,841
Steven Calla                              DPW/W/S director                   114,351
Arthur Hickey Jr.                      Police Off.                                 105,384
Frank Woods                             Curriculum Director                104,561
Illene Pearson                           Ft. Banks Principal                   104,417
Sean Perrin                                Police Off.                                 103,167
Charles Flanagan Jr.                 Fire Capt.                                   100,727
Sean Delehanty                         Police Off.                                 100,622
James Freeman                         Police Off.                                 98,947
Giulio Bonavita                        Police Off.                                 97,463
Monica Ford                              Treasurer/Collector                 97,213
Paul Deleo                                 Police Lt.                                   97,143
Mary Crisafi                              Police Sgt.                                  96,677
Ryan Heraty                              Cummings Principal                96,023
Thomas Moses                          Fire Capt.                                   95,509
Daniel Flynn                             Fire Lt.                                       95,479
Julie Fotiades                            School                                        95,317
Matthew Crombie                     H.S. Principal                            94,676
Ignacio Oyola                           Police Off.                                 93,936
Amanda Colella                        School                                        93,366
Sean Hickey                              Police Off.                                 93,212
William Hagemeister               Police Off.                                 91,660
Deborah Fleet-Earl                   School                                        91,275
William Wiley                          Fire                                             89,328
William Vecchio Jr.                 Fire                                             89,065
John Hayes                                Fire                                             89,018
Vincent Zappulla                      Fire                                             88,680
Constance Grayson                  Teacher                                      86,882
Stephen Calandra                     Fire                                             86,085
Andrea O’Leary                        School                                        84,792
Norah Grimes                            School                                        84,008
Mark D’Amico                          School                                        83,600
Matthew Serino                        Athletic Dir.                              82,650
Anita Preble                              School                                        82,463
Michael Nickerson                   School                                        81,987
Michael Capasso                      School                                        81,806
Brian Curley                              School                                        81,799
Maura Sullivan                         School                                        81,687
Aaron Armistead                      DPW/W/S                                  81,659
Karen Wyson                            School                                        80,796
Timothy Callinan                     Police Det.                                 80,047
Kathleen D’Amico                   School                                        79,799
Elizabeth Zaleski                      Finance                                      79,615
Judith Connolly                        McGheeSchool                         79,349
Faton Ramadani                        Police Off.                                 79,137
Janet Thaxton                           School                                        78,954
Bernadette Carsley                   School                                        78,570
Stephen Roche                          Assessor                                    78,461
Andrea Warmbold                    School                                        78,155
Michael DeFelice                     School                                        78,138
Kristen Reynolds                      School                                        78,039
Patrick O’Brien                         Fire                                             77,826
Maria Salvaggio                        School                                        77,659
Michael Brokmeier                  Police                                         77,621
Jaffrie Perrotti Jr.                     Fire                                             77,537
Dale Gaucher                            School                                        77,555
Michael Kirby                           School                                        77,486
Mark Dixon                               School                                        77,196
James Feeley                             Police                                         77,082
Jeffrey Beck                              School                                        77,044
Donna Cummings                     School                                        77,012
Warren McPhail                       School                                        76,928
Stephanie Vasilos                     School                                        76,902
Melody Allen                            School                                        76,899
Janice Denehy                          School                                        76,899
Karen Mauro                             School                                        76,857
Kathleen Costonis                    School                                        76,783
Mary McGunigle                      School                                        76,710
Joyce English                            School                                        76,682
Elizabeth Arena                        School                                        76,599
Carla Fitzpatrick                       School                                        76,446
Karen Calinda                           School                                        76,273
Carla Vitale                               Town Clerk                               76,187
Maria Flanagan                         School                                        75,988
Mary Cali                                   School                                        75,946
Thomas DiBenedetto               Fire                                             75,827
Dawne Armistead                     Police                                         75,803
Al Legee                                     Inspectional Ser.                      75,689
John Rich                                   Fire                                             75,580
Marie Finn                                 School                                        75,383
Joe Domelowicz                       Grant manager                          74,999
Richard Cifuni                          DPW/W/S                                  74,970
Annamaria Taudel                    School                                        74,759
Paul O’Donnell                         DPW/W/S                                  74,668
Jennifer Hazlett                        School                                        74,516
Rock Mastrangelo                    School                                        74,506
Constance Moore                     School                                        74,503
Rose Forina                               School                                        74,356