Salaries and wages of Belleville employees added to BND’s Public Pay Database
The salaries and wages of City of Belleville 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.
The city’s highest earner was Belleville City Attorney Garrett Hoerner, who was paid $124,090, according to records provided to the BND from Belleville through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The second-highest earner in the city in 2019 was Belleville Police Chief William Clay, who was paid $114,050, according to records provided to the BND from Belleville through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Fire Department Chief Tom Pour was the fourth-highest earner employed by the city, bringing in $113,200, the records show. Assistant Police Chief Lt. Matthew Eiskant was next with a salary of $108,464.
Belleville Mayor Mark Eckert was paid $87,642, slightly up from his 2018 salary of $85,924.
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.
This story was originally published October 22, 2020 at 5:00 AM.