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