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Top 50 Earners in Reading in 2012
Check out the list of the top 50 earners in Reading in 2012.

The top earner from Reading in 2012 was Vincent Cameron from RMLD with a gross salary of $190,642.40. Superintendent John Doherty and Lieutenant Richard Robbins take the second and third spots with gross salaries of $161,661.62 and $159,689.49, respectively.
Twenty-six of the top 50 earners were from RMLD, and eight of those were in the top 10. Twelve were from the police department and eight from the school department.
Police Chief James Cormier is ranked number 15 with a gross salary of $137,253.66, Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner is ranked 18 with a gross salary of $136,069.24 and Fire Chief Gregory Burns is ranked 44 with a gross salary of $114,233.94.
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Top 50 Earners in Reading in 2012
# Name Location Gross Base OT Details* Other** 1 Vincent Cameron Light Department 190,642.40 177,868.22 - - 12,774 2 John Doherty School Department 161,661.62 161,661.62 - - - 3 Richard Robbins Police Department 159,689.49 106,263.57 29,297.38 24,128.54 - 4 James Green Light Department 156,729.82 92,023.64 62,756.18 - 1,950 5 Stephen Deferrari Light Department 154,872.15 94,371.64 57,703.51 - 2,797 6 Steven Smith Light Department 152,121.38 86,967.78 62,566.60 - 2,587 7 Michael McDonough Light Department 151,040.33 92,734.00 55,706.33 - 2,600 8 David Ericson Light Department 147,825.97 86,465.00 58,773.97 - 2,587 9 Thomas Williamson Light Department 147,076.84 94,041.61 50,435.23 - 2,600 10 Peter Price Light Department 146,406.73 111,856.40 30,539.33 - 4,011 11 John McKenna Police Department 145,760.90 90,939.41 18,468.85 36,352.64 - 12 Mark O'Brien Police Department 144,323.65 85,792.20 20,128.00 38,403.45 - 13 Mark Segalla Police Department 140,533.59 96,370.53 26,569.78 17,593.28 - 14 Thomas O'Connor Light Department 140,420.71 101,674.20 35,031.51 - 3,715 15 James Cormier Police Department 137,253.66 137,253.66 - - - 16 Christopher Gray Light Department 137,159.27 86,565.00 48,007.27 - 2,587 17 Phillip Lafleur Light Department 136,868.89 93,866.60 42,352.29 - 650 18 Peter Hechenbleikner Town Manager 136,069.24 136,069.24 - - - 19 Richard Abate Police Department 135,742.59 89,342.65 16,103.07 30,296.87 - 20 Matthew Brown Light Department 134,343.29 86,465.00 45,291.29 - 2,587 21 Kevin Sullivan Light Department 133,692.40 128,613.40 657.00 - 4,422 22 Nicholas Dalleva Light Department 132,870.64 112,501.20 16,279.44 - 4,090 23 Paul Murphy Light Department 130,586.35 93,966.61 33,822.74 - 2,797 24 Jane Parenteau Light Department 128,616.83 124,941.83 - - 3,675 25 Robert Fournier Light Department 128,616.83 124,941.83 - - 3,675 26 Keith Hurley Police Department 127,747.02 71,781.94 7,095.18 48,869.90 - 27 Mark Uvanni Light Department 126,975.71 122,384.21 2,641.50 - 1,950 28 Joseph Donahoe Light Department 126,787.89 31,611.45 - - 95,176 29 Michael Saunders Police Department 125,106.37 84,304.62 12,269.72 28,532.03 - 30 Kenneth Evans Light Department 123,916.56 104,906.20 15,189.36 - 3,821 31 Mary Delai School Department 122,879.21 122,879.21 - - - 32 Scott Williams Light Department 121,835.14 82,294.60 37,090.54 - 2,450 33 William Faller Light Department 120,533.75 66,526.82 54,006.93 - - 34 Patricia Degaravilla School Department 120,461.00 120,461.00 - - - 35 Peter Garchinsky Police Department 119,614.86 98,867.15 12,397.62 8,350.09 - 36 Craig Martin School Department 118,384.08 117,691.80 - - - 37 Douglas Lyons School Department 117,691.80 117,691.80 - - - 38 Thomas Davis Light Department 116,748.38 64,307.92 49,897.46 - 2,543 39 Alison Elmer School Department 116,653.80 116,653.80 - - - 40 Matthew Edson Police Department 116,364.68 71,409.99 4,085.81 40,118.88 - 41 Christopher Voegelin Police Department 115,889.52 69,054.18 4,210.21 42,625.13 - 42 Paul Vartanian Light Department 115,679.34 80,565.42 33,813.92 - 1,300 43 William Seldon Light Department 114,235.80 109,985.81 971.99 - 3,278 44 Gregory Burns Fire Department 114,233.94 114,233.94 - - - 45 Karen Callan School Department 113,925.32 111,733.04 - - - 46 Phillip Boisvert Fire Department 113,428.85 95,764.07 17,664.78 - - 47 Paul Guarino Fire Department 113,369.57 101,230.11 12,139.46 - - 48 Kevin Brown Police Department 112,017.52 67,718.49 4,966.07 39,332.96 - 49 Catherine Giles School Department 111,699.65 109,565.06 - - - 50 Beth-Ellen Antonio Light Department 110,890.20 107,120.27 618.93 - 3,151*Total for Town-paid and private sector paid amounts combined
**Vacation buyback, tuition reimbursement, retirement savings match, vehicle fringe benefits (these numbers have been rounded to the nearest dollar)
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Stipends are not included in this chart. Craig Martin received a stipend of $692.28, Matthew Edson received $750, Karen Callan received $2,192.28 and Catherine Giles received $2,134.59.
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