Salaries and wages of Granite City employees added to BND’s Public Pay Database
The salaries and wages of Granite City employees for 2019 have been added to the Belleville News-Democrat’s Public Pay Database.
To view the BND’s Public Pay Database, go to https://www.bnd.com/publicpay
For the second year in a row, all five of the highest paid employees earned more than $100,000 during the fiscal year, which runs from May 1 through April 30, city records show. All five of those employees worked for the Granite City Police Department
The highest earner in the city in 2019, the latest figures available, was Granite City Police Capt. Craig Knight, who was paid $111,704 according to records provided to the BND from Granite City through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Police Chief Ken Rozell was the second-highest earner employed by Granite City, bringing in $105,798, the records show. Rozell was named chief in Oct. 2018.
Another member of the Granite City Police, Lt. Jennifer Deyong, was third on the list with a salary of $106,690.
Now retired Police Chief Richard Miller collected the fourth highest salary in the city of $105,382. The fifth highest earner was Granite City Police Lt. George McLaren, who earned $102,862.
Granite City Mayor Ed Hagnauer collected a salary of $73,400.
The BND’s Public Pay Database goes back to 2011 with information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. The salary information does not always include insurance or benefits. Some records include detailed information on overtime and other pay, while for some districts that information was not readily available.
The database includes worker compensation in most local governments, including cities, counties, townships, school districts and local colleges and universities. More pay records will be added as the BND receives salary data through open records requests.