Provenzano Resigns From Algonquin Highway Dept.

ALGONQUIN, IL — Ryan Provenzano, who was abruptly fired from an Algonquin Township job, resigned from the highway department effective Friday afternoon, according to reporting by the Northwest Herald. The decisions come after controversy over Provenzano's unusually high wages.

The Herald reported Provenzano, a Republican Party insider, had been fired and banned from the Township and its office's premises by Township Supervisor Charles Lutzow. He had been earning $32 an hour and $63,000 a year.

It was unclear exactly why Provenzano was fired or banned from the premises. However, he received a $7,245 severance package, the Herald reported.

Provenzano's high pay raised eyebrows. In addition to the township chief of staff pay, the 24-year-old's income included $33 an hour working part time as the deputy highway commissioner.

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By comparison, the next-highest paid member of the agency was Randy Voss, who made $4 an hour less than Provenzano despite four-decades in the department.

See the Northwest Herald for more.

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