Public record data with additional information provided by Michael D. Robbins, PublicSafetyProject.org.
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CITY OF EL SEGUNDO - Full-Time Employee Earnings in Calendar Year 2009 - Total Earnings Sort
( See the important notes at the end explaining the meaning of each column. )
		Regular	Special		Leave		Total
Employee	Position	Earnings	Comp.	Overtime	Payout		Earnings
Cummings, David	Police Chief	225,627	480	0	199,668		425,775
Phipps, Max	Police Captain	160,909	6,444	0	159,723		327,076
Smith, Kevin	Fire Chief	225,794	297	0	43,961		270,052
Rehm, Kevin	Fire Captain	113,314	61,228	43,094	41,232		258,868
Schrantz, Mark	Fire Captain	104,383	71,717	34,114	48,495		258,709
Moore, Eric	Deputy Fire Chief	197,959	17,779	0	42,795		258,533
Slover, Breck	Battalion Chief	166,988	360	39,473	49,882		256,703
Wayt, John	City Manager	230,933	0	0	24,094		255,027
Tavera, Mitchell	Police Captain	203,611	22,934	0	27,570		254,115
Bibee, John	Battalion Chief	167,269	360	35,468	47,233		250,330
Nixt, Harold	Fire Captain	103,552	52,899	42,952	28,860		228,263
Turnbull, Robert	Police Captain	186,148	22,771	0	16,616		225,535
Simpson, Mark	Fire Paramedic	82,040	49,558	59,302	32,716		223,616
Early, Mark	Battalion Chief	167,269	8,011	32,790	13,848		221,918
Harrison, Mark	Fire Captain	104,517	52,899	42,157	20,572		220,145
Evanski, Brian	Police Lieutenant	165,277	19,740	3,532	22,840		211,389
Mendoza, Carlos	Police Lieutenant	164,558	18,541	9,652	17,464		210,215
Tarango, Samuel	Fire Captain	102,942	47,752	40,657	14,906		206,257
Garcia, Raymond	Police Lieutenant	162,424	19,335	2,775	21,488		206,022
O'Leary, David	Fire Captain	106,133	54,704	36,510	8,397		205,744
Krumbach, Walter	Police Lieutenant	164,653	20,413	4,856	14,569		204,491
Guyer, Richard	Fire Captain	104,947	38,725	31,964	26,739		202,375
Williams, Joe	Fire Paramedic	81,493	44,813	61,578	8,147		196,031
Flickinger, Robert	Firefighter	78,582	32,301	78,197	5,478		194,558
Sonek, Robert	Fire Paramedic	87,477	39,430	60,364	6,110		193,381
Kerkhof, Rudy	Police Officer	81,649	39,860	50,083	17,281		188,873
Crowe, William	Assistant City Manager	179,852	0	0	7,831		187,683
Thomason, Christopher	Fire Captain	104,693	49,233	23,888	7,622		185,436
DeLa Rambelje, Tony	Police Officer	99,799	41,759	22,269	18,387		182,214
Petralia, John	Fire Engineer	84,414	55,242	27,331	13,753		180,740
Lees, Mark	Fire Paramedic	78,817	40,423	54,626	5,893		179,759
James, Carson	Fire Engineer	90,702	37,798	34,267	13,834		176,601
Doukakis, Scott	Police Sergeant	93,337	41,432	29,520	12,282		176,571
Gritzmacher, John	Fire Captain	108,719	42,681	15,929	7,332		174,661
Mitchell, Michael	Police Officer	75,186	34,696	45,820	15,951		171,653
Gray, Elizabeth	Police Sergeant	93,209	41,185	3,954	32,782		171,130
Hyland, Robert	Director of Human Resources	157,068	0	0	12,874		169,942
Heronema, Kevin	Fire Paramedic	86,495	30,182	45,380	6,284		168,341
Fowler, Rex	Police Sergeant	96,510	33,619	17,206	17,827		165,162
Towne, Richard	Fire Paramedic	81,884	30,313	42,238	9,024		163,459
Brighton, Debra	Director of Library Services	146,882	0	0	15,048		161,930
Carson, Charles	Firefighter	78,426	46,200	20,553	15,985		161,164
Smith, Calvin	Police Sergeant	80,451	40,017	24,880	15,357		160,705
Cullen, Deborah	Director of Finance	160,635	0	0	0		160,635
Carpenter, Gregory	Director Planning/Bldg. Safety	160,635	0	0	0		160,635
Stephenson, Roger	Police Sergeant	93,436	51,171	2,776	13,207		160,590
Archambault, Michael	Fire Engineer	90,627	34,416	27,661	7,296		160,000
Martinez, Scott	Fire Captain	94,879	30,643	27,551	6,228		159,301
Bermudez, Jaime	Police Lieutenant	112,139	30,743	2,991	13,310		159,183
Stack, Steven	Fire Paramedic	78,717	30,182	44,930	4,896		158,725
Carver, James	Fire Marshal	111,056	300	42,933	4,224		158,513
Macdonald, Daren	Fire Captain	91,003	34,416	22,467	9,796		157,682
Gill, Michael	Police Sergeant	93,385	30,264	21,695	11,266		156,610
Howard, Dean	Police Sergeant	85,644	46,138	13,537	10,945		156,264
Tulette, James	Fire Engineer	88,050	28,959	31,329	7,772		156,110
Powell, Andrew	Fire Paramedic	81,707	22,894	45,571	5,386		155,558
Kim, Daniel	Police Lieutenant	101,363	33,393	6,990	11,894		153,640
Cummings, Robert	Director, Rec./Parks	153,122	0	0	0		153,122
Johnson, Deana	Fire Captain	103,293	9,005	33,033	5,777		151,108
Jones, Thomas	Police Officer	74,226	32,605	38,074	6,104		151,009
Delmendo, Glenn	Police Officer	76,992	35,391	28,757	8,321		149,461
Santagata, Brian	Fire Paramedic	79,065	30,182	33,574	5,386		148,207
Del Castillo, Antonio	Fire Paramedic	79,811	30,182	32,763	5,386		148,142
Lemus, Marco	Police Officer	80,138	25,909	32,575	8,544		147,166
Dennis, Donald	Fire Paramedic	80,953	33,459	26,662	5,892		146,966
Garcia, Daniel	Assistant City Engineer	132,871	0	0	13,872		146,743
Cameron, Christian	Police Officer	74,705	28,032	38,069	5,834		146,640
Allee, Ryan	Fire Paramedic	79,480	24,810	37,074	5,198		146,562
Schultz, Kenneth	Fire Engineer	94,457	25,961	20,341	5,768		146,527
Christensen, Kimberly	Planning Manager	134,422	0	0	11,216		145,638
Butler, Artie	Police Officer	74,512	30,539	31,106	9,453		145,610
Zimmer, Janet	Police Sergeant	93,121	37,844	0	12,067		143,032
Plugge, Aaron	Police Officer	80,540	16,735	40,635	5,110		143,020
Rodriguez, Armando	Police Officer	79,595	22,798	33,983	5,837		142,213
O'Connor, Scott	Police Officer	81,744	27,508	27,593	5,110		141,955
Martinez, Vincent	Police Officer	74,609	37,827	15,425	12,464		140,325
Leyman, Jeffrey	Police Sergeant	93,351	38,596	0	7,536		139,483
Bonfield, Shawn	Fire Captain	95,066	27,163	11,193	6,060		139,482
Stephens, James	Fire Engineer	99,290	20,888	13,706	5,518		139,402
Crowson, Curt	Fire Paramedic	78,451	25,210	27,586	7,680		138,927
Kruse, Adam	Firefighter	72,768	4,910	54,942	3,947		136,567
Thorn, Norman	Info. Systems Manager	129,534	0	0	5,366		134,900
Kranz, Matthew	Fire Engineer	83,864	12,840	28,269	9,534		134,507
Lee, Sam	Bldg. Safety Manager	134,422	0	0	0		134,422
Villarreal, Edward	Police Officer	74,322	40,520	12,354	6,548		133,744
McIlroy, Nathan	Fire Engineer	87,612	11,983	26,656	6,799		133,050
Gerny, Geoffrey	Firefighter	72,713	4,887	48,745	3,947		130,292
Cheng, Ken	Police Officer	74,542	32,347	17,013	6,090		129,992
Wise, William	Police Officer	74,499	30,823	18,349	6,158		129,829
Vukelich-Port, Christine	Police Officer	74,315	33,702	0	21,607		129,624
Corkins, Aaron	Police Sergeant	77,013	29,023	15,935	6,460		128,431
Amorino, Christopher	Police Officer	74,392	34,187	13,386	6,241		128,206
Garcia, Angelina	Fiscal Services Manager	124,651	2,963	0	0		127,614
Emerson, Mitchell	Fire Engineer	90,613	17,263	13,246	5,351		126,473
Stolnack, Phillip	Police Officer	79,370	26,992	13,738	6,082		126,182
Spencer, Cory	Police Officer	74,319	25,169	16,762	5,676		121,926
Gilbert, Ryan	Firefighter	68,433	2,773	46,647	3,666		121,519
McShane, Kenneth	Police Officer	74,216	27,867	13,557	5,836		121,476
Jones, Vivonnette	Police Officer	75,772	27,442	12,165	5,786		121,165
Jones, Steven	Business Services Manager	120,482	613	0	0		121,095
Dijkstra, Martha	Human Resources Manager	120,904	0	0	0		120,904
Perez, Hugo	Police Officer	74,560	37,939	1,919	6,437		120,855
Goodreau, Patrick	Police Officer	77,402	26,893	7,091	9,025		120,411
Mackprang, Geoffrey	Firefighter	66,934	3,662	44,558	3,799		118,953
Trujillo, Mark	Park Superintendent	112,908	0	0	5,786		118,694
Alkire, Laurence	Principal Planner	118,604	0	0	0		118,604
Malone, Jennifer	Supervising Dispatcher	76,716	12,359	23,275	5,841		118,191
Gray, David	Technical Services Analyst	106,327	4,704	412	5,200		116,643
Holt, Clayton	Fire Paramedic	78,672	15,506	18,539	3,854		116,571
Leslie, Nelson	Dispatcher II	59,931	10,545	42,630	3,333		116,439
Paulsen, Steven	Police Officer	74,196	27,669	8,579	5,834		116,278
Fajardo, Ronald	General Svcs. Manager	115,212	0	0	0		115,212
Jonas, Maryam	Principal Engineer	115,174	0	0	0		115,174
Redford, Yvonne	Police Officer	74,381	33,794	0	6,202		114,377
Taylor, Jamie	Senior Building Inspector	99,236	300	10,500	3,876		113,912
Siefke, Evan	Fire Engineer	82,399	13,193	12,129	5,682		113,403
Carr, Dina	Fire Paramedic	59,752	18,722	30,922	3,134		112,530
Lewis, Darrell	Police Officer	74,206	30,417	1,419	6,030		112,072
Norwood, Jennifer	Supervising Dispatcher	79,715	5,738	19,381	6,917		111,751
Humphrey, Jeffrey	Police Officer	67,884	18,483	19,045	5,834		111,246
Whitehead, Martin	Facilities Maint. Supervisor	90,637	0	14,593	5,300		110,530
Larkin, Levi	Firefighter	68,511	2,172	34,707	3,637		109,027
Leigh, Steven	Police Officer	69,175	28,572	5,493	5,676		108,916
Carpenter, Kevin	Firefighter	64,279	1,974	39,295	3,309		108,857
Samaras, Apostolos	Principal Planner	106,545	0	597	0		107,142
Smith, Jill	Supervising Dispatcher	76,716	6,447	16,145	7,428		106,736
Beardmore, Brent	Police Officer	74,072	22,484	3,813	5,837		106,206
McEntyre, Andrew	Police Officer	74,310	15,607	10,600	5,354		105,871
Hatcher, William	Fire Prevention Specialist	74,635	6,151	10,424	14,550		105,760
Tyagi, Suresh	Plan Check Engineer	88,052	16,001	999	0		105,052
McEnroe, Andrew	Police Officer	74,171	15,286	10,232	5,296		104,985
O'Toole, Daniel	Community Cable Prog. Mgr.	102,842	0	0	0		102,842
Partlow, Bryan	Firefighter	68,567	2,173	27,657	3,637		102,034
Robinson, Jeffrey	Emergency Mgmt. Coordinator	95,365	300	4,550	0		100,215
Engler, Daniel	Fire Engineer	76,270	5,724	13,776	4,024		99,794
Robinson, Stephen	Network Technician	97,540	0	1,500	0		99,040
Hogate, J. Richard	Purchasing Agent	95,474	2,451	0	0		97,925
Fenwick, Richard	Police Officer	73,934	15,252	3,275	5,120		97,581
Herbert, Mark	Senior Librarian	93,429	0	0	3,634		97,063
Jackson, Craig	Street Maintenance Supervisor	77,459	11,274	3,707	4,161		96,601
McLeod, Jeanne	Management Analyst	85,859	7,146	0	2,860		95,865
Mullins, Gary	Equipment Maint. Supervisor	86,453	3,675	1,934	3,609		95,671
Ganibi, Gary	Senior Admin. Analyst	91,496	4,137	0	0		95,633
Pickens, Cynthia	Librarian II	89,620	0	0	3,730		93,350
Le Cates, Lisa	Sr. Mgmt. Analyst	93,278	0	0	0		93,278
Georgious, O. Stella	Senior Accountant	85,885	0	6,930	0		92,815
Danowitz, Ryan	Police Officer	71,581	1,390	15,452	4,334		92,757
Busick, Gilbert	Wastewater Supervisor	85,884	3,759	2,189	0		91,832
Domann, L. Cathy	Deputy City Clerk	87,980	0	0	3,594		91,574
Risk, Laurie	Crime Prevention Analyst II	80,802	3,746	1,435	3,946		89,929
Cunningham, Ellen	Senior Librarian	89,634	0	0	0		89,634
McDaniel, Michael	GIS Analyst	87,708	0	0	0		87,708
Van Fossen, Jeffrey	Recreation Supervisor	86,360	0	1,253	0		87,613
Muir, Luke	Police Officer	66,072	1,574	15,921	3,931		87,498
Atkinson, Eric	Police Officer	71,094	1,511	9,849	4,334		86,788
Bola, Arianne	Associate Engineer	86,566	0	0	0		86,566
Campbell, Ronald	Wastewater Leadworker	64,357	4,462	14,046	3,333		86,198
Mitsuda, Janis	Police Service Officer	52,970	8,518	17,607	6,919		86,014
Saldana, Paul	Police Officer	62,853	1,328	16,084	4,992		85,257
Casillas, Joseph	Park Maintenance Supervisor	80,871	0	2,652	1,717		85,240
Hernandez, Salvador	Facilities Systems Mechanic	74,039	710	9,901	0		84,650
McIlroy, Susan	Executive Assistant	84,117	0	0	0		84,117
LeMay, Jesusa	Executive Assistant	84,117	0	0	0		84,117
Smith, Sirena	Dispatcher II	58,378	8,367	13,576	3,188		83,509
Jennings, Mishia	Executive Assistant	83,473	0	0	0		83,473
Bruto, Lisa	Fire Prevention Specialist	74,635	4,658	3,326	0		82,619
Harada-Au, Patricia	Property Owner Coordinator	79,020	3,412	0	0		82,432
Randall, Marjory	Executive Assistant	81,544	0	0	0		81,544
Fiorini, Alison	Recreation Supervisor	74,101	0	3,366	3,515		80,982
Trujillo, Steven	Police Officer	69,349	1,365	6,100	4,128		80,942
Zeck, Rhonda	Dispatcher II	59,931	5,336	11,614	3,157		80,038
Gray, Thomas	Construction Coordinator	78,415	0	1,329	0		79,744
Blumenthal, Michelle	Dispatcher II	61,726	3,586	10,368	3,295		78,975
Mahakian, Lauren	Senior Admin. Analyst	77,878	0	0	0		77,878
Griffin, Ronald	Equipment Mechanic II	62,514	2,132	8,229	4,778		77,653
Macdonald, Dana	Street Maintenance Leadworker	64,558	5,749	3,609	3,316		77,232
Ochwat, Gary	Maintenance Craftsworker	65,965	1,979	4,783	4,377		77,104
Garinger, James	Building Inspector II	68,835	0	7,202	0		76,037
Cetl, Robert	Computer Graphics Designer	74,635	989	226	0		75,850
Appleton, Tammy	Crime Scene Investigator II	70,267	943	426	3,762		75,398
Nemeth, Kathryn	Administrative Analyst	70,607	881	0	3,580		75,068
Diaz, Fernando	Wastewater Maint. Worker II	58,496	1,710	11,958	2,452		74,616
Mendoza, William	Building Inspector I	72,493	0	213	1,641		74,347
Vos, Damian	Water Maintenance Leadworker	59,494	3,655	8,289	2,447		73,885
Castro, Lisa	Dispatcher II	59,931	1,752	8,829	3,111		73,623
Amezcua, Jaime	Revenue Inspector	72,814	728	0	0		73,542
Elizarraraz, David	Wastewater Maint. Worker II	58,746	3,452	8,297	1,553		72,048
Prado, Jorge	Facilities Systems Mechanic	61,442	586	9,543	0		71,571
Klingaman, Lawrence	Applications Specialist	70,759	0	603	0		71,362
Todd, Julie	Librarian I	71,033	0	263	0		71,296
Budge, Nicolas	Police Officer	48,438	12,206	5,340	5,196		71,180
Trujillo, Dominic	Meter Reader/Repairer	61,256	4,901	0	3,130		69,287
Rudolph, Jeffrey	Police Officer	60,164	1,735	1,898	4,397		68,194
Martinez, Julio	Police Service Officer	52,879	5,130	6,170	3,863		68,042
Davis, Gail	Police Assistant II	48,137	5,149	9,372	5,095		67,753
Flowers, Kelly	Police Service Officer	55,944	3,326	5,432	2,962		67,664
Craft, Carol	Senior Library Assistant	62,787	2,225	0	2,643		67,655
Simoneau, Yvette	Admin. Tech. Specialist	65,966	1,319	0	0		67,285
Furman, Theresa	Dispatcher II	52,064	2,433	9,721	2,780		66,998
Leavitt, Alexander	Police Service Officer	54,927	3,618	3,878	4,442		66,865
Moreno, Austreberto	Street Maintenance Leadworker	56,449	2,192	8,187	0		66,828
Talley, Andrea	Dispatcher I	46,930	4,545	12,126	2,519		66,120
Booras, Gregory	Equipment Mechanic	57,980	0	6,640	1,416		66,036
Hernandez, Minerva	Office Specialist II - H.R.	63,897	685	0	0		64,582
Sumi, Dean	Police Service Officer II	54,431	4,978	568	4,259		64,236
Murphy, Arthur	Park Maintenance Supervisor	61,760	0	2,289	0		64,049
Morton, Timothy	Police Officer	58,189	828	3,066	1,872		63,955
Black, Scott	Police Service Officer	53,531	1,608	6,123	2,598		63,860
Gabig, Ashling	Crime Scene Investigator I	56,717	3,075	773	3,061		63,626
Auten, Donald	Wastewater Maint. Worker II	52,148	960	8,409	1,378		62,895
Ley, Chris	Community Cable Prog. Spec.	62,717	0	0	0		62,717
Barahona, Pedro	Equipment Mechanic I	62,717	0	0	0		62,717
Ward, Michael	Water Maint. Worker II	57,531	716	4,234	0		62,481
Haro, Santos	Tree Maintenance Worker	56,194	3,330	2,810	0		62,334
Ramos, Vina	Administrative Analyst	62,298	0	0	0		62,298
White, Cheryl	Senior Admin. Specialist	59,762	1,793	0	0		61,555
Carter, Kimberlee	Senior Library Assistant	59,888	1,120	0	0		61,008
Lewis, Mary	Senior Admin. Specialist	59,762	1,195	0	0		60,957
Payne, Neal	Park Maint. Worker II	51,534	2,146	2,600	2,056		58,336
Cerritos, Maria	Accounting Technician	57,647	428	130	0		58,205
Bobbett, Jesse	Recreation Supervisor	56,360	0	1,698	0		58,058
Ramsey-Tabor, Norma	Senior Library Assistant	57,458	324	0	0		57,782
Rapoza, William	Tree Maintenance Worker	55,495	2,265	0	0		57,760
De Cicco, Laurie	Police Assistant II	49,192	1,015	4,788	2,523		57,518
Yonamine, Susan	Police Assistant II	48,601	1,753	4,506	2,560		57,420
Nubia, Donnella	Police Assistant II	48,600	5,845	40	2,659		57,144
Potulicki, Eric	Library Assistant	52,821	956	0	2,696		56,473
Ramirez, Judith	License/Permit Specialist II	55,495	940	0	0		56,435
Sarrafieh, Nahid	Network Assistant	55,495	555	0	0		56,050
Li, Elsie	Administrative Specialist	54,141	1,624	0	0		55,765
Becerra, Marco	Park Maint. Worker II	51,532	600	3,395	0		55,527
Mc Andrews, Tracy	Street Maint. Worker II	48,927	600	5,770	0		55,297
Rohrkemper, Geraldine	Library Assistant	52,821	1,056	0	1,251		55,128
Shilling, Mona	Records Technician	54,789	0	0	0		54,789
Guerrero, Ariel	Network Assistant	54,269	0	139	0		54,408
Whiteside, Saowaluck	Accounts Specialist II	50,276	833	0	2,426		53,535
Flanders, Darcie	Recreation Coordinator	51,459	0	1,917	0		53,376
Templin, Roslyn	Library Assistant	52,820	365	0	0		53,185
Hendrix, David	Park Maint. Worker II	51,533	1,546	0	0		53,079
Beck, William	Street Maint. Worker II	46,526	0	2,596	747		49,869
Luna, Sandra	Police Assistant I	39,020	4,002	2,641	2,144		47,807
Frank, Robert	Water Maint. Worker II	42,494	0	4,422	0		46,916
Osborne, Liana	Office Specialist II	46,876	0	0	0		46,876
Wesson, Venus	Office Specialist II	45,146	0	1,312	0		46,458
Walker-Stringer, Ivy	Office Specialist II	46,203	0	0	0		46,203
Olmedo, Javier	Water Maint. Worker I	44,823	0	1,226	0		46,049
Buckner, Earthell	Custodian	42,295	846	1,773	1,061		45,975
Pedroza, Jesus	Park Maint. Worker II	44,834	0	614	0		45,448
Ward, Lorraine	Human Resources Analyst	45,427	0	0	0		45,427
Hernandez, Anthony	Wastewater Maint. Worker I	42,203	0	2,468	0		44,671
Ortiz, Olivia	Community Cable Prog. Spec.	43,261	0	0	0		43,261
Haywood, Franklin	Construction Coordinator	42,248	0	0	0		42,248
Nunez, Sergio	Water Maintenance Leadworker	37,729	1,398	1,787	0		40,914
Gomez, Lennis	Accounts Specialist II	39,464	0	0	0		39,464
Day, Jackie	Administrative Specialist	37,022	808	0	0		37,830
Kozykoski, Elizabeth	Office Specialist I	36,600	298	24	0		36,922
West, Evan	Firefighter	33,388	102	751	1,345		35,586
Zambrano, Jose	Firefighter	33,387	102	751	1,337		35,577
Meyers, Ian	Firefighter	33,387	102	751	1,320		35,560
O'Brien, Janice	Accounts Specialist II	34,701	0	0	0		34,701
Patton, Russel	Police Officer	33,201	25	531	891		34,648
Jenkins, Christopher	Police Officer	33,201	25	71	891		34,188
Rojas, Naomi	Office Specialist I	32,255	0	65	454		32,774
Escobar, Kristi	Community Cable Prog. Spec.	27,822	240	373	0		28,435
Cotton, Kervick	Custodian	26,752	1,227	0	0		27,979
Sumi, Rebecca	Administrative Specialist	26,639	0	0	0		26,639
Cameron, Joseph	Police Officer	25,525	0	0	655		26,180
Darringer, Jeffrey	Police Officer	25,037	0	0	594		25,631
Sabala, Richard	Custodian	23,725	1,158	0	0		24,883
Soto, Jose	Police Cadet	23,789	164	819	0		24,772
Severin, Heather	Principal Environ. Specialist	24,314	16	0	0		24,330
Zivalic, Travis	Police Cadet	19,523	139	1,112	0		20,774
Fair, LaTonya	Accounting Technician	19,564	0	0	0		19,564
	Total	21,754,675	3,216,196	3,106,993	1,912,764		29,990,628
Full-Time Employees	Maximum	230,933	71,717	78,197	199,668		425,775
273	Average	79,687	11,781	11,381	7,006		109,856
	Median	74,542	2,265	3,395	3,637		97,925
		Regular	Special	Overtime	Leave		Total
		Earnings	Comp.		Payout		Earnings
NOTES:
1. Special Compensation - Includes additional monthly "incentive" pay, per the firefighter and police union contracts, for each of many things, including speaking Spanish (police), getting a Political Science college degree (firefighters), longevity pay (1% per year awarded at specific milestones for firefighters), and for various types of training, licenses, and certifications, whether or not they are required, useful, or applicable for any individual union member's regular or special job assignment. As the Special Comp. column shows, Special Compensation can be as high as $71,717 per year or 69% of Regular Earnings for a firefighter union member (e.g., Fire Captain Mark Schrantz), and as high as $51,171 per year or 55% of Regular Earnings for a police union member (e.g., Police Sergeant Roger Stephenson).
2. Overtime - Hours are compensated at one and a half times the regular pay rate ("time and a half"), a practice abandoned long ago by many companies in the private sector, including aerospace and defense companies such as Raytheon Co. (legacy Hughes Aircraft Co.) in El Segundo, which has required as many as 20 hours per week of unpaid overtime from exempt professional employees on an ongoing basis, and has paid only regular straight-time hourly rates for overtime hours when authorized and budgeted. Overtime pay can be as high as $78,197 per year or 99.5% of Regular Earnings for a firefighter union member (e.g., Firefighter Robert Flickinger).
3. Leave Payout - Includes vacation and sick leave hours, and executive leave hours for managers, that were cashed out in 2009. Firefighter and police union members are credited and allowed to accumulate, roll-over from year to year, and cash out huge numbers of vacation and sick leave hours each year and upon retirement. This practice of accumulating, rolling-over, and cashing out huge numbers of vacation and sick leave hours was abandoned long ago in the private sector. For example, Raytheon Co. (legacy Hughes Aircraft Co.) in El Segundo combined vacation with sick leave and renamed it Personal Time Off (PTO), reduced the number of PTO days credited each year, and allows only 40 hours to be rolled over to the next year. Leave Payout can be as high as $199,668 per year or 88% of Regular Earnings for a Police Officer (e.g., Police Chief David Cummings).
4. Total Earnings - Is the total gross income paid to the employee in calendar year 2009. It is the sum of Regular Earnings, Special Compensation, Overtime, and Leave Payout.
5. Firefighters - Work 48 hour on-duty shifts, where they are paid to sleep for two 8 hour periods if they do not get any emergency calls, and are on call for two 8-hour periods. They are off duty for 4 days after each shift. El Segundo gets relatively few emergency calls per day, and most of them are paramedic calls. This work schedule gives firefighters plenty of time off to work another job, run a business, or support City Council political campaigns in return for huge increases in pay, benefits, and pensions. Also, the four days off out of every six days allows them to work much overtime, and to accumulate and roll-over huge numbers of vacation and sick leave hours and cash them out each year and upon retirement, further spiking their income.
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Public record data with additional information provided by Michael D. Robbins, PublicSafetyProject.org.
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