Rockville City Staff Salaries some of the Highest in U.S.

As reported by the Rockville Gazette, Rockville city staff top money-makers rake in between one hundred to two hundred thousand dollars a year.

Ringing the bell as one of the highest paid city managers in the country (for a city with the approximate population of Rockville), Scott Ullery, Rockville City Manager garners $185,000 annually, not including bonuses, fringe benefits and other perks.

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In a report generated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual salary for city managers nationwide (in 2004) was a mere $88,695. Ullery’s salary is more than 100% greater.

Compared with Gaithersburg, a city whose population is slightly larger than Rockville (source, U.S. Census Bureau), the Gaithersburg City Manager, David Humpton, made a base salary of only $144,000 in 2005. According to the Gazette, “Last year City Manager David B. Humpton earned 15 percent of his base salary in supplemental dollars as a reward for accomplishing goals that the mayor and City Council set for 2005, boosting his gross pay to about $165,800 [$144,200 base + $21,600 bonus].”

Even in light of the Town Center roads scandal and refuse debacle, Ullery still has the unquestioning support of Rockville City Councilwoman Susan Hoffmann, who believes Ullery is worth every penny.

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Rockville City Hall’s Aristocrat$ *

$185,000 — Scott Ullery, city manager

$142,556 — Gavin Cohen, director of Finance

$142,556 — Burton Hall, director of Recreation and Parks

$142,556 — Craig Simoneau, director of Public Works

$142,556 — Terrance N. Treschuk, chief of police

$142,556 — Arthur D. Chambers, chief of Community Planning and Development Services

$142,556 — Michael Cannon, director of Information and Technology

$142,556 — Richard Hajewski, director of Personnel

$142,556 — Catherine Tuck Parrish, deputy city manager

$108,258 — Susan Straus, chief of Engineering⁄Environment

$103,262 — Philip Bryan, superintendent of Recreation

$103,262 — Steven Mader, superintendent of Parks and Facilities

$103,262 — Timothy Peifer, financial systems manager

$101,216 — Michael England, police captain

$101,216 — Charles Holzberger, police captain

$99,771 — Emad Elshafei, chief of Traffic and Transportation

$99,771 — Jim Wasilak, chief of Planning

$98,345 — David Levy, chief of Town Center Redevelopment

$98,345 — Lee Potter, manager of the police department’s support services

$98,220 — Claire Funkhouser, city clerk

Total for Rockville’s “Top Twenty” = $2,440,376

* Source Rockville Gazette. The above salaries do not include bonuses or other perks and fringe benefits.