The city of Vandalia paid 15 workers over $100,000 in 2018, according to the Dayton Daily News Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.
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Vandalia’s police and fire departments account for seven of the city’s 10 highest-paid employees. At the top is police Sgt. Todd Flynn, with a total compensation of $122,468. Records show Flynn received $16,560 in overtime pay in 2018. The second highest-paid police sergeant, Garry Lawson, received the most overtime pay in 2018, totaling over $24,000.
The city paid out over $331,000 in overtime in 2018, with the police department accounting for 25 of the top 30 overtime-earners and about 65 percent of all of the city’s overtime pay.
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City Manager Jon Crusey, who in 2017 was the city’s second highest-paid employee behind the clerk of courts who cashed out accrued leave, saw a decrease in total compensation of over $15,000 in 2018.
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Vandalia’s 10 highest-paid employees in 2018 were:
1. Todd Flynn, police sergeant: $122,468
2. Jon Crusey, city manager: $121,473
3. Chad Follick, fire chief: $120,614
4. Steven Clark, parks & rec director: $118,686
5. Kurt Althouse, police chief: $116,527
6. Garry Lawson, police sergeant: $116,374
7. Thomas Vallery, police sergeant: $115,715
8. Benjamin Walker, police lieutenant: $115,636
9. Daniel Swafford, police lieutenant: $114,587
10. Robert Cron, public service director: $111,803
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