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

The city of Xenia paid nine employees more than $100,000 last year, according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

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Seven of the six-figure earners were in the police or fire departments, including the city’s highest paid: police Division Capt. Scott Anger who retired in January after a nearly 30-year career. His gross pay last year was $116,593.

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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.

The five highest paid Xenia employees last year were:

1. Scott Anger, police department captain: $116,593

2. Brent Merriman, city manager: $112,140

3. Steven Lane, police captain: $111,198

4. Jeffrey Bruggeman, fire captain: $110,588

5. Mark Bazelak, finance director: $110,425

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