Politics & Government

20 Highest Paid Village Employees

See who made the list. Police and public work employees have already been separated in previous lists.

Salary and benefit information for public employees is public record. We post this information because we think it will be of interest to our readers, many of whom are Woodridge residents and taxpayers who foot the bill. 

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Through the rest of the year, Woodridge Patch will regularly post the highest paid individuals from Woodridge's different taxing bodies: ,  and the  

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Keep in mind, the village of Woodridge includes the Woodridge Police Department and Woodridge Public Works Department. However, we separated police and public works from the overall village list for this feature. The list below was taken out of village employees, not including police and public works officials. 

The following FY2011 (fiscal year end 2011) salary information for the remaining village officials was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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Name Position, Department Start Date Regular Earnings Paid Fiscal Year 2011  Overtime Pay  Supplemental Pay Medical Insurance Benefit Kathleen Rush Village Administrator 7/13/09 $156,995.24 $0 $5,000 $9,294.88 Deborah Freischlag Director of Finance 5/13/02 $124,077.20 $0 $3,000 $16,211.81 Margaret Halik Assistant Village Administrator 5/5/03 $114,734.40 $0 $3,000 $16,211.81 Michael Mays Director of Community Development 12/13/99 $114,734.40 $0 $3,000 $16,211.81 Maureen Albright Human Resources Manager 1/2/98 $99,944.03 $0 $1,922 $16,211.81 Samuel Banda Information Technology Manager 8/23/97 $99,944.02 $0 $1,922 $16,211.81 Eric Alwin Building Commissioner, Community Development 8/23/04 $97,156.80 $0 $4,868.40 $16,211.81 Linda Dalton Accounting Manager 5/8/00 $85,425.61 $0 $100 $9,294.88 Robert Rigney Golf Superintendent 5/28/91 $85,425.60 $0 $3,442.80 $16,211.81 Emily Rodman Senior Planner, Community Development 12/15/03 $80,184 $0 $1,542 $4,683.43 Charles Craig Building Inspector, Community Development 8/18/08 $73,195.26 $26.40 $0.00 $4,683.43 Susan Macauda Info Technology Coordinator 6/10/85 $73,028.82 $0 $250 $9,294.88 Barbara Holakovsky Human Resources Coordinator 3/20/95 $70,220.80 $0 $0 $0 Melissa Bohse Management Analyst 4/4/05 $66,081.61 $0 $1,270.80 $4,683.43 Allen Fennell Building Inspector, Community Development 3/17/03 $65,249.66 $325.59 $0 $16,211.81 Jennifer Walden Planner, Community Development 8/21/06 $64,376.00 $0 $0 $4,683.43 Leslie Davies Executive Assistant 2/18/04 $63,003.27 $227.18 $0 $9,294.88 Deborah Hoogland Fiscal Assistant II 3/29/99 $60,028.86 $1,580.17 $0 $0 Kathleen Zalud Administrative Assistant, Community Development 1/6/97 $60,028.81 $865.87 $0 $9,294.88 John Knight Deputy Village Clerk, Management Analyst 12/1/08 $59,737.60 $0.00 $0 $4,683.43

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