Stevenson is only commissioner to take less

On the St Johns County Board of Commissioners, Historic City News has discovered that only Cyndi Stevenson, District 1, has taken a voluntary pay cut since the enactment of Chapter 2011-158, Laws of Florida, which took effect on July 1 of last year, and provided that each member of a board of county commissioners, clerk of circuit court, sheriff, supervisor of elections, property appraiser, and tax collector was authorized to voluntarily reduce his or her salary rate.

The following County Commissioners, all of whom bemoaned that the county budget had been “pared to the bone”, continue to take their maximum statutorily allowed salaries of $65,703, plus benefits; equal to nearly twice the income of the average workingman and workingwoman in St Johns County:

BRYAN, JOSEPH KENNETH
MINER, MARK PARTRIDGE
MORRIS JR, JOHN H
SANCHEZ, RONALD F

Stevenson, who is a full time commissioner, voluntarily reduced her salary to $61,051.64 to help reduce the county budget.

Salaries of St Johns County elected officials:

$ 122,442 Clerk of Circuit Court
$ 122,442 Property Appraiser
$ 122,442 Tax Collector
$ 104,290 Supervisor of Elections
$ 131,037 Sheriff
$ 65,703 Commissioners
$ 33,769 School Board Member

Highest paid appointees and employees earning over $90,000 annual salary:

Bulic, Predrag – Medical Examiner – 200,000.00
Wanchick, Michael David – County Administrator – 170,000.48
McCormack, Patrick Francis – County Attorney – 156,558.17
Joyner, Joseph – School District Superintendent – 143,663.00
Regan, John P – City Manager – 131,000.00
Locklear, Darrell M – Assistant County Admin – 122,370.36
Forson, James – Deputy Superintendent Admin – 118,105.00
Burchfield, Timothy A – Assistant City Manager – 117,900.00
Brown, Ronald W – City Attorney – 117,015.97
Bolante, Joel S – Undersheriff – 111,807.00
Shinkre, Ram S – Utility Engineer Manager – 111,502.66
Young, William G – Director Utilities – 111,498.14
May, Arthur F – Director of Law Enforcement – 110,307.60
Patrou, Bruce – Exe Gen Director Adm Tech – 110,158.00
Whitehouse, James G – Deputy County Attorney – 110,072.87
Konchan, Suzanne Samuels – Director of Growth Man Srvcs – 109,316.33
Johnson, James – Principal Senior High – 109,067.00
Speziale, Craig – Principal Senior High – 109,067.00
Thibault, Wylie D – Director Mis – 107,172.88
Cothron, Christine – President Fcti – 106,560.00
Asplen, Brennan – Exe Gen Director Staff Serv – 105,859.00
Carmichael, Patrick – Principal Senior High – 105,859.00
Mittelstadt, Cathy – Principal Senior High – 104,811.00
Cameron, Jerry Thomas – Assistant County Admin – 104,441.92
King, Wayne – Principal Senior High – 102,746.00
Sapp, Dawn – Principal Senior High – 102,746.00
Dresback, Michael – Principal Senior High – 101,729.00
Sherman, Scott – Exe Gen Director Ins Curr – 101,729.00
Bishop, Teresa L – Director Long Range Plan Div – 101,600.14
Shank, Carl – Fire Chief – 100,588.99
Egnor, Timothy – Adm Sp Assn Ins Curr – 99,725.00
Rose, Paul – Exe Gen Fac Const – 99,725.00
Strickland, Meredith – Exec Director Ins Stf Trn – 99,725.00
Timms, Douglas G – Dir Management & Budget – 99,011.17
Cyr, Francis P – Director of Corr – 98,654.00
Donlon, Susan J – Director of Admn Services – 98,654.00
Simpson, Mark – Chief Financial Offc – 98,654.00
Cline, Matthew – General Counsel – 98,653.98
Colee, Darrell – Director Budgeting – 98,385.00
Gordon, Beverly – Principal Mid Jr – 98,093.00
Thomson, Linda – Director Ins Curr – 97,760.00
Litzinger, Mark R – City Comptroller – 97,343.31
Goricki, Paul – Principal Elementary – 97,122.00
Blount, Maryann – Land Management Director – 96,983.64
Stephenson, Joseph P – Director Public Works – 96,983.64
Tompkins, Herbert P – County Engineer – 96,983.64
Graham, Martha S – Director, P.W. – 95,622.35
Ashton, Eugene Ray – Director Emergency Management – 95,082.00
Hastings, Glenn L – Director Tdc Executive – 95,082.00
Prevatt, Jeffrey A – Sect’n Chief-Support Serv – 94,642.52
Walton, Shane – Director Maintence – 94,547.00
Furness, Kathleen – Principal Elementary – 93,332.00
Kelley, Stillman – Principal Mid Jr – 93,332.00
Sparkman, Mary – Principal Mid Jr – 93,332.00
Taylor, Joy – Principal Elementary – 93,332.00
Crawford, Thomas M – Dir Housing & Comm Svcs – 93,217.65
Solana, Gerald E – Utility Operation Manager – 93,217.65
Knight, Mark A – Director, Planning & Building – 93,199.56
Binninger, J. – Director Food Service – 92,684.00
Clark, Marion – Director Purchasing – 92,684.00
Geiger, Cathy – Director Personnel – 92,684.00
Greco, Louis – Director Media – 92,684.00
Oliver, Patricia G – County Surveyor – 92,364.36
Rubin, Michael B – Manager Construction – 92,364.36
Lueders, Loran K – Police Chief – 92,219.97
White, Howard T – Bldg Services Director – 92,022.38
Purvis, Joseph – Director Transportation – 91,766.00
Kaunath, Kurt M – Sect’n Chief – Operations – 90,967.43
Abbatinozzi, Paul – Director Pupil Pers Serv – 90,857.00
Bell, Lisa – Director Ex St Ed – 90,857.00
Posey, Dawn – Director Accounting – 90,857.00
Smith, Sallyanne – Director Student Services – 90,857.00
Battell, Kelly – Principal Mid Jr – 90,587.00
Schwarm, Thomas – Principal Mid Jr – 90,587.00

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