Oakwood’s highest paid employees: I-Team Payroll Project

The city of Oakwood paid 20 employees more than $100,000 last year — mostly in the city’s public safety department, which combines fire and police services — according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the I-Team has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees.

An I-Team investigation this year found the ability to cash out unused sick and vacation leave is a rare perk in the private sector, though local governments are on the hook for tens of millions of dollars worth of these payments.

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Oakwood’s highest-paid employee last year was City Manager Norbert Klopsch, whose gross pay rose from $157,353 in 2015 to $160,341 in 2016. Other than public safety officers and city managers, the other six-figure earners last year were the law director, finance director and leisure activities director.

The five highest paid Oakwood employees last year were:

1. Norbert Klopsch, city manager: $160,341

2. Jay Weiskircher, assistant city manager: $122,596

3. Keith Benson, public safety lieutenant: $120,429

4. Charles Balaj, public safety lieutenant: $113,534

5. Alexander Bebris, public safety director: $113,492

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Josh Sweigart

Josh Sweigart is an investigative reporter at the Dayton Daily News. His stories have focused on government waste, fraud, abuse and accountability in southwest Ohio, as well as the statehouse and U.S. Capitol.