Here’s how much Madison County public employees were paid last year
The latest available salaries and compensation for Madison County 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.
According to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the highest-paid employee in Madison County last year was State’s Attorney Thomas Gibbons, who earned about $168,274.
The second-highest paid public employee was John Rekowski, the public defender, who made $149,864.
Mark Gvillo, a county engineer with the highway department, earned the third most in the county at $136,479, and County Administrator Doug Hulme was fourth with $122,720 in annual compensation.
County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler, the highest-ranking elected official in the county, earned a salary of $105,311.
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 May 30, 2019 at 5:00 AM.