Framingham Municipal Salaries: Who Makes The Most Money?

FRAMINGHAM, MA—Readers have asked, "What do our town workers make for salaries?" In our "You Ask, Patch Answers" column, Framingham Patch answers just that.

Since Framingham has dozens of people on the payroll, we're breaking it down into installments.
Below are the top 84 salaries (gross) paid to the town's workers. Why 84, you ask? Framingham Patch limited this particular list to those making $80,000 or more. Note that employees of the public school system are not listed and will be reported on a different list.

1. Robert Halpin, town manager, $192,330.24
2. Kenneth Ferguson, police chief, $191,488.31
3. Peter Sellers, director of public works, $173,152.94
4. Joseph Hicks, fire chief, $160,216.50
5. Mary Kelley, CFO, $150,065.70
6. Dolores Hamilton, human resources director, $132,558.46
7. James Duane, assistant town manager, $131,114.88
8. Steven Trask, deputy police chief, $130,892.76
9. Michael Dutcher, assistant fire chief, $130,800.28
10. Michael Tusino, building commissioner, $129,547.21
11. Arthur Robert, director community and economic development, $128,918.70
12. Carly Melo, director IT services, $125,021.40
13. Paul Barden, deputy director of DPW, $124,635.56
14. James Paolini, director of facilities management, $121,231.36
15. Stephen Stone, fire captain, $120,121.00
16. Mark Leporati, fire chief, $120,121.00
17. Paul Gildea, deputy fire chief, $120,121.00
18. Daniel Nau, highway and solid waste management director, $119,538.87
19. Mark Contois, library director, $119,391.23
20. Ronald Brandolini, deputy chief of administration/PD, $119,295.45
21. Sam Wong, health director, $118,000.00
22. William Sedewitz, chief engineer, $116,719.45
23. Blake Lukis, director of water and wastewater division, $116,472.11
24. James Snyder, director of parks and recreation, $115,671.06
25. Eric Johnson, town engineer, $114,517.85
26. Diane Conner, DPW's director of administration and finance, $113,419.50
27. Laurie Lizak, executive director, retirement, $109,262.40
28. Richard Howarth, town accountant, $108,474.96
29. Jennifer Pratt, assistant CFO, $108,474.96
30. William Naser, chief assessor, $108,474.96
31. Dana Haagensen, director of administration & finance, $107,100.00
32. Steven Magri, fire marshal, $104,896.00
33. Brian Connolly, deputy fire chief, $104,896.00
34. John Schultz, deputy fire chief, $104,896.00
35. Frederick Davies, director fleet, facilities, DPW, $103,313.60
36. Valerie Mulvey, town clerk, $101,430.00
37. James Schiavone, tech services, $100,277.22
38. Patricia Powell, superintendent of recreation, $99,431.28
39. Vonnie Reis, director of capital projects, $98,821.02
40. Gerald Carchedi, director of admin and finance, DPW, $98,341.34
41. Robert Sheldon, director of capital projects, $97,858.16
42. Simon Alexandrovich, director of transportation, engineer, DPW, $97,858.16
43. Christopher McGinty, superintendent of maintenance, parks and rec, $97,006.00
44. Thomas Begin, deputy director, facilities, $96,517.72
45. Amanda Loomis, planning board administrator, $96,517.18
46. Brian Simoneau, assistant to the police chief, $95,939.37
47. Grace O'Donnell, director, council on aging, $95,916.60
48. Wayne Bolduc, fire alarm superintendent, $95,700.00
49. James Barsanti, assistant director of water and wastewater management, $94,991.97
50. Erika Jerram, deputy director of community and economic development, $94,599.41
51. Kathryn Ronconi, MCA, $93,706.17
52. Richard Weston, arena director, $93,143.96
53. Michael Hupfer, highway operations manager, $93,143.44
54. Alan Holt, technology services, $92,015.00
55. Brian McCarthy, DPW, $91,138.32
56. Peter Lampasona, operations manager, DPW, $91,138.32
57. Stephen Norton, operations manager, $91,138.32
58. John Rogers, director of project development, DPW, $90,976.86
59. Geoffrey Kovar, GIS manager, $90,523.68
60. David Ivany, senior project manager, $90,523.68
61. Adam Kiel, senior traffic and transportation engineer, $90,523.68
62. Carolyn Lyons, treasurer/collector, $89,376.48
63. Juan Liu, senior project manager, DPW capital, $88,748.40
64. Kerry Reed, senior stormwater engineer, $88,748.40
65. Peter Sippel, system intergration, DPW, $87,599.20
66. Lisa Antonio Ferguson, assistant town clerk, $87,008.48
67. Matthew Hayes, senior project manager of transportation, $87,008.48
68. Jose Corena Alvarez, senior project manager, $85,302.36
69. Robert Marchesseault, senior project manager, DPW, $85,302.36
70. Darren Guertin, conservation administrator, $83,827.64
71. Ron Rego, ADA coordinator, $83,629.52
72. Nichol Figueiredo, public information officer, $83,629.52
73. Patricia Grigas, police lieutenant, $83,009.16
74. Michael Loughman, police sergeant, $83,009.16
75. Stephen Cronin, police lieutenant, $83,009.16
76. Blaise Tersoni, police lieutenant, $83,009.16
77. Daniel Murphy, financial manager, parks and recreation, $81,989.44
78. Maria Kilburn, assistant director public library, $81,989.44
79. Nancy Lomas, acting manager, voice, office and web services, $81,989.44
80. William McManus, project manager, $81,989.44
81. Frederick Bray, deputy building commissioner, $80,382.12
82. Joseph Mazzola, assistant fire marshal, $80,054.00
83. William Norton, fire captain, $80,054.00
84. Jayne Gourdeau, business manager, $79,098.76

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