Salaries, wages for St. Clair Township employees added to BND Public Pay Database
The salaries and wages of St. Clair Township employees 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 highest earner in St. Clair Township was Jeffrey Carmack, a foreman in the sewer department, who was paid $72,197.88 in total wages in 2021, according to records provided to the BND through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Carmack’s pay included $10,130.68 in overtime.
Dean Koopmann, a foreman in the road department, was the second-highest earner, bringing in $71,981.26, the records show. Jeffrey Harris, a laborer in the road department, was the third highest position with total wages of $69,414.32.
The fourth highest earner was John Tiernan, a laborer in the road department, with $66,631.43 in total wages and the fifth-highest earner was Matthew Denison, a laborer in the road department, with $66,469.98.
You can see the complete list of township employees and elected officials by clicking on “St. Clair Township” in the index at the top of the BND Public Pay Database box. Select 2021 as the year and hit the search button.
The township is located in areas north and south of the city of Belleville and includes the village of Swansea.
Do you want to look at salaries of employees in other governments? All you have to do is follow the same guidance. Use the drop down menu beside the space labeled “government” to find a specific local government’s list, then go from there. Or you can skip that step and look at all the salaries in the database from across the region if you scroll to the bottom of the menu, select a year and hit “search” to see all of the salaries collected in a certain year.
You can drill down deeper, too. To see a person’s title and whether he or she earned overtime pay, click on the “details” link on the right side of the box.
You also can click on the “sort by” box to organize your search in various ways, including by first name or last name.
The BND’s Public Pay Database goes back to 2011 with information primarily obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and public filings. 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 compensation for employees in most area governments, including cities, counties, townships, school districts and public colleges and universities. More pay records will be added as the BND receives salary data through open records requests.
This story was originally published July 19, 2022 at 7:00 AM.
