Town Announces Top Salaries From 2014

Editor’s note, Friday, June 26: The Town of North Reading announced the “Paid by town” column in the Top 50 Salaries report did not present an accurate figure for some employees. The following is corrected information, with the employee’s name, department and the dollar amount reflecting the correct “Paid by Town” amount, according to the Town of North Reading: Mark Zimmerman, Police, $150,449; Thomas Romeo, Police, $163,077; Anthony Morlani, Police, $136,349; Kevin Brennan, Police, $140,266; Lawrence Tremblay, Police, $99,601; Paul Dorsey, Police, $121,201; Thomas Encarnacao, Police, $113,420; Scott Tilton, Police, $94,768; Keith Lamont, Police, $96,829; Joseph Thibodeau, Police, $112,049; Michael McCauliffe, Police, $94,723; Michael LeBlanc, Police, $93,559; James McCormack, Police, $85,811; David DiFraia, Police, $89,769; Jason Connolly, Police, $101,366; Sean O’Leary, Police, $97,865; Derek Howe, Police, $100,582; and, Thomas Hatch, Police, $92,403.

The Town of North Reading released information regarding the top 50 salaries for both general government and school employees for the 2014 calendar year.

The employee with the highest base pay in North Reading in 2014 was former superintendent of North Reading Public Schools, Kathleen Willis, at $159,275, according to the Town of North Reading.

The fire official with the highest regular pay figure was Fire Chief William Warnock, at $148,760, the town said. The police official with the highest regular figure was Police Chief Michael Murphy, at $158,600. The highest paid public works employee was Richard Carnevale, director of public works, at $119,620, according to the town.

Forty-eight of the 50 employees had an employee gross of more than $100,000 in 2014. Employee gross combines regular pay, overtime pay and special details.

The employee with the highest employee gross was Barry Galvin, North Reading Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief, with $193,073 for 2014, of which $191,894 was paid by North Reading, according to the town. Galvin clocked more than 1,400 overtime hours during the 2014 calendar year.

Check out the list from the Town of North Reading, sorted by employee gross, of the 50 top salaries in the town from 2014:

(Chart courtesy of the Town of North Reading)