Here's What Your Joliet City Hall Officials Make, So Far, In 2025

JOLIET — There have been a lot of new employees hired for various jobs and a number of new positions created at the City of Joliet since Terry D'Arcy became the mayor of Joliet in May of 2023. Joliet has also seen substantial turnover for several department heads including legal, city clerk, neighborhood services, community development and economic development.

But what are City Hall staff making nowadays? That information is not easily accessible on the city of Joliet's website. It's posted on the website, as required annually by state transparency laws, but the compensation data that Joliet posts does not list the employee's job title or the employee's base salary, only the person's name and total annual pay.

In an effort to bring readers greater transparency on how Joliet City Hall tax dollars are being spent, Joliet Patch has obtained the latest salary data focusing on the non-union full-time staff employed inside Joliet's City Hall. This particular story does not focus on the employee pay at the Joliet Police, Fire Departments and Public Works Division, who are part of labor unions.

Rather, this Joliet Patch public salary watchdog story focuses on the staff at City Hall, the people you are likely to meet when you visit City Hall to obtain a permit, propose opening a new business or have a problem in your neighborhood.

These are the people whose salaries your tax dollars are funding.

The city of Joliet responded to Joliet Patch's Freedom of Information Act request by furnishing the names and pay for 82 full-time at City Hall.

Of the 82 City Hall staff identified for this FOIA request:

• 13 make less than $75,000
• 19 make between $75,000 and $90,000
• 16 make $90,000 to $99,999
• 7 make $100,000 to $119,999
• 9 make $120,000 to $149,999
• 12 make $150,000 to $179,999
• 6 make between $180,000 to $230,000

Here's a listing of City Hall staff, position and annual pay for those making $90,000 or more:

Kathy Franson, director of human resources, $171,253

Armando De Avila, benefit risk management administrator, $97,000

Kathleen Ostrowski, administrative manager, $96,000

Todd Lenzie, assistant corporation counsel, $115,492

Stephanie Silkey, assistant corporation counsel, $105,000

Gina Logalbo, assistant corporation counsel, $134,520

Deanna Donnelly, assistant corporation counsel, $118,560

Don Pallissard, building service director, $152,127

Jessica Frankowski, systems development coordinator, $90,000

Paulina Martinez, economic development director, $135,000

Dustin Anderson, community development director, $180,000

Emily McGuire, economic development specialist, $96,000

Stephanie Brooks, property maintenance coordinator, $129,000

Joe Fleischauer, neighborhood services director, $152,127

Steven Kline, facilities management director, $133,445

Jim Torri, planning director, $152,127 ** although he retired from work in mid-November, Torri remains on the payroll, according to the city of Joliet's FOIA response.

Lauren O'Hara, city clerk, $139,510

Christa Desiderio, deputy city manager, $189,210

Delia Ulloa-Jimenez, management assistant for city manager, $90,000

Beth Beatty, city manager, $230,000

Rosemaria DiBenedetto, director of media engagement and communications director, $159,900

Kevin Sing, director of finance, $182,286

Christine Chinderle, assistant director of finance, $154,865

John Bolek, senior accountant, $117,500

Diana Jaskowski, payroll administrator, $95,000

Kaitlin Villafranco, accountant, $90,000

Susan Hutten, city collector CS manager, $111,078

Amber Ramsey, utility billing collection manager, $111,892

Milton Kanellakes, purchasing contracts administrator, $127,500

Jeffrey D'Aleo, senior network engineer, $126,000

Richard Moreno, M365 administrator, $96,000

Christopher Sternal, chief information officer, $177,451

Kori Narayan, application support analyst, $95,456

Michael Chapiesky, senior GIS analyst, $94,102

Amanda Dite, deputy director information technology, $141,000

Joshua Floyd, public safety system administrator, $95,177

Michael DiGiannantonio, GIS coordinator, $118,388

Pamela Cox, Help Desk manager, $95,000

Larry Heintz, system administrator, $102,900

Timothy Smolik, system administrator, $98,000

Keith Williams, application support analyst, $92,700

Gregory Ruddy, director of public works, $182,370

Sean Mikos, deputy director of public works, $154.,865

Annmarie Grooms, management assistant public works, $90,000

Allison Swisher, director of utilities, $182,748

Anthony Anczer, deputy director of engineering, $154,865

Carri Parker, management analyst, $90,300

Lawrence Ryan, collection system superintendent, $139,510

William Baltz, utility superintendent, $154,865

Nicholas Gornick, plant operations superintendent, $154,865