Top Salaries For County Government And Supported Agencies For 2012

Monday, July 16, 2012

Tom Edd Wilson, Chamber of Commerce CEO $180,000 

Dr. James Metcalfe medical examiner $174,585 

Dr. Frank King medical examiner $174,585 

David Norton General Sessions Court judge $161,808 

Christie Sell General Sessions Court judge $161,808 

Ron Durby General Sessions Court judge $161,808 

Clarence Shattuck General Sessions Court judge $161,808

 David Bales General Sessions Court judge $161,808 

Suzanne Bailey Juvenile Court judge $161,808 

Jim Coppinger county mayor $151,005 

Rheubin Taylor county attorney $147,392 

Bill McGriff county auditor $129,424 

Mike Compton, county mayor's chief of staff $128,750 

Louis Wright finance director $128,630 

Dr.

Karen M. Moyer county physician $128,178 

Andrew G. Combs primary care $124,358 

Tom Dugan CARTA $121,200 

Samuel Mairs Juvenile Court administrator $119,356 

Becky Barnes health dept. administrator $118,495 

Dan Wade public works administrator $117,357 

Don Allen human services administrator $116,390 J

im Hammond sheriff $114,174 

Al Kiser assistant finance director $111,063 

Bob Colby Air Pollution Control $110,774 

Warren Logan Urban League $110,000 

Bill Bennett assessor $109,794 

Shawn Kurrelmeier-Lee chief reading officer $104,476 

Charlotte A. Lowe pharmacist $103,795 

Paula Thompson circuit court clerk $103,794 

Bill Knowles county clerk $103,794 

Pam Hurst Bearden, register of deeds $103,794 

Gary Behler Juvenile Court clerk $103,794 

Bill Hullander trustee $103,794 

Lee Akers clerk and master $103,794 

Gwen Tidwell criminal court clerk $103,794 

Lee Brouner assistant county auditor $103,556 

Charles A. Thomas dental health $101,853 

Brian Turner IT director $97,961 

Phyllis Casavant CARCOG/SETDD $95,615 

John Steumer 911 director $95,571 

Dr. Michael L. Cowan dentist $95,221 

Charlotte Mullis-Morgan election administrator $95,064 

Lisa Maragnano CARTA $95,000 

Edna Camp criminal court clerk's office $94,527 

Dr. Nancy L. Schilling dentist $93,967 

Debbie Rollins county clerk's office $92,996 

Judy Hillyer clerk and master's office $92,995 

Todd Leamon county engineer $92,953

Roy Rumfelt assessor's office $92,451 

Allen Branum chief deputy sheriff $92,298 

Bruce Owens, Juvenile Court referee $92,151 

Autumn Jewell CARTA $91,000 

Jill Veron CARTA $91,000 

Mike Griffin criminal court clerk's office $90,672 

Jim Gattis assessor's office $90,154 

James Davey, attorney trustee's attorney $90,125 

Guy Bilyeu Humane Society $90,000 

Beth Jones CARCOG/SETDD $90,000 

Kavita Chandler dental $90,525 

Leslie Longshore, director of human resources, $89,610 

Harold Austin, highway director $88,892 

Tammy M. Burke health dept. clinic director $88,747 

William Troy McDougal Juvenile Court referee $88,729 

Susan Sissom circuit court clerk's office $87,417 

Nancy Masterson circuit court clerk's office $87,258 

Cleveland Grimes WWTA director $86,406 

Kathy Clark Juvenile Court referee $85,490 

Finley Knowles county clerk's office $84,749 

Emma Andrews Juvenile Court referee $84,653 

Martisiha D. Smith health dept. director of administrative services $84,471 

Tim Andrews railroad authority director $84,237 

Dan Saieed director of development $84,181 

Thomas Gott Juvenile Court referee $83,934 

Mary Neill Southerland assistant county attorney $83,877 

Kathy Walker accounting director $82,565 

Ron Priddy, county parks director $82,411 

Mark Harrison engineering manager WWTA $82,400 

Bart McKinney applications development manager $80,921 

Bill Stoll risk manager $80,921 

Bonnie Deakins director of environmental services $80,401 

Barbara Payne corrections director $$80,401 

Bill Ulmer health department $80,401 

Susan Bedwell trustee's office $80,300 

Erroll Reksten Air Pollution Control $79,902 

Worth Lillard maintenance director $79,369 

Rick Layne CARCOG/SETDD $78,861 

Timothy Floyd 911 $78,440 

James Johnson assessor's office $77,647 

Elizabeth Gentzler Juvenile Court referee $77,250 

Jo Ann Wright primary care $77,250 

John C. Campbell assessor's office $77,090 

Don Watson CARTA $75,700 

Ronda Huisman primary care $75,646 

Alta Ruth Ebert federal homeless project $75,646 

Steve Hiatt, Chamber of Commerce $75,000 

Susie Holloway county clerk's office $74,955 

Susan Sivley assessor's office $74,806 

Kathy Johnson CARCOG/SETDD $74,437 

Ron Parson sheriff's office $73,598 

Geno Bennett sheriff's office $73,598 

Don Gorman sheriff's office $73,598 

Shawn Reuss family planning $73,443

Lauren Patterson federal homeless project $73,443 

Jim Bowen CARTA $73,100 

Annie Powell CARTA $73,100 

Brent Matthews CARTA $73,100 

Jolly Abraham CARCOG/SETDD $72,982 

Earl Reavley emergency services $72,839 

Jeff Carney 911 $72,839 

Thomas L. Rucci health dept. director of case management $72,839 

Alan Gaston systems analyst $72,100 

Gail Roppo purchasing director $72,100 

George Hulgin ITS $72,100 

William Wilson, systems analyst supervisor $72,100 

Steve Witt CARCOG/SETDD $71,584 

Bret Alexander DA office $71,292

 Rachel Winfrey Beavers DA office $71,292 

John Agan, professional engineering manager $71,071 

Antinio Petty Juvenile Court referee $71,062 

Michael Ogden ITS operations manager $71,062 

Monica Brown county clerk's office $70,844 

Susan Holcomb telecommunications manager $70,750 

Larry Moore lead systems programmer $70,158 

Vaughn Hamilton network manager $70,040 

Rachel Brock Juvenile Court referee $70,000 

James McKissic Urban League $70,000

Ken Wilkerson emergency medical services $69,727 

Leslie A. Clark health dept. systems manager $69,525 

Deborah Davis budget manager $69,505 

Matt Rogers DA office $68,556 

Chuck Hall medical examiner's Office $68,025 

Alecia Poe human resources$68,000 

David Murphy systems analyst supervisor $67,639 

Robert Huston health dept. psychologist $67,598 

Arlene Hughes assistant to the county mayor $67,558 

Jim Queen CARTA $66,900 

Nettie Gerstle STD clinic $66,887 

Alan Knowles support services supervisor $66,491 

Larry Ables chief magistrate $66,293 

Shawn Johnson justice coordinator $66,014 

Dawn Manka accounting $65,989 

Charles Cheshire Juvenile Court detention supt. $65,494 

Amy Neighbors circuit court clerk's office $65,189 

Sharon Daniels circuit court clerk's office $65,189 

Jeff Smith CARTA human resources $65,000 

Greg Butler GIS $64,860 

Gary F. Dawn assessor's office $64,431 

David Howe systems manager $64,400 

Ron Bernard sheriff's office information systems $64,379 

Jackson Ellis sheriff's finance officer $64,379 

Paul Parker, real property manager $64,276 

Jackie Ware trustee's office $63,969 

John Swope, corrections captain, $63,864 

Diana M. Kreider family planning $63,431 

Denise Hamby senior auditor $63,284 

Karen Guinn federal homeless project $63,040 

Oliver Standifer corrections supt. $62,931 

Christopher Jackson community corrections $62,809

J. Smith CARTA $65,000 

Lenda Clark sheriff's capt. $62,809 

Bill Johnson sheriff's capt. $62,809 

Charles Lowery sheriff's capt. $62,809 

Robert Triplett sheriff's capt. $62,809 

Scott Allen election office chief deputy $62,809 

Anna Smith, CARCOG/SETDD $62,589 

Carrie Millard register $62,412 

Louis Prosterman development supervisor $62,021 

Dolores Burns county clerk's office $61,928 

Bill Tittle emergency management $61,587 

Monica Middlebrooks contracted services $61,277 

Sharett Smith magistrate $61,143 

Randy Russell magistrate $61,143 

Cheryl Millsaps Chamber of Commerce $61,100 

Don Kunselman county clerk's office $60,966 

Jenneth Randall accounting $60,893 

Joyce Kendall DA office $60,517 

James Jackson assessor $60,492 

Lance Pope DA office $60,312 

Sarah Sloan homeland security $60,248 

Chuck Hammonds, CARCOG/SETDD $60,235 

Mike Dunne county mayor's office $60,223


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