Highest Paid Maine Turnpike Authority Employees
With news today that the Maine Turnpike Authority is closing down the Falmouth spur to Turnpike north on-ramp for a year to complete a $6.5 million bridge project, let’s take a look at the recently released Turnpike salary data from MaineOpenGov.org and see who at the MTA is taking home the most in toll payer dollars.
Name | PositionName | Total Compensation |
Neil R. Libby | Deputy Executive Dir & Chief Financial Officer | $178,601 |
Paul E. Violette | Executive Director | $166,986 |
Peter S. Merfeld | Chief Operations Officer | $139,736 |
Wesley L. Jackson | Director of Maintenance | $132,790 |
Douglas D. Davidson | Director of Finance & Information Services | $128,282 |
Conrad W. Welzel | Government Relations Manager | $122,807 |
Richard R. Barra | Director of Fare Collection | $122,245 |
Daniel J. Paradee | Public Affairs Manager | $122,104 |
Thomas J. Hayden | Printing Room Coordinator | $116,761 |
Lauren Graveline Carrier | Director of Human Resources | $115,749 |
Stephen R. Tartre | Director of Engineering & Building Maintenance | $115,749 |
William E. Wells | Deputy Dir & Equipment Maintenance | $110,209 |
Scott A. Warchol | Project Admin-Engineering & Building Maint. | $107,143 |
William K. Franklin | Deputy Dir Building Maintenance & Engineering | $106,735 |
William H. Yates III | Network Manager/Network Engineer | $106,468 |
Robert B. Williams | Manager of Application Development | $106,468 |
Roger D. Mathews | Highway Division Supervisor | $106,049 |
Regina R. Wyman | Deputy Director of Fare Collection | $105,456 |
Jonathan A. Arey | Staff Attorney | $105,203 |
Gregory J Stone | Director of Highway Safety | $105,203 |
Gregory P. Hinds | Supervisor of Building Maintenance | $104,698 |
William M. Thompson | Highway Maintenance Foreman | $104,266 |
Terry L. McCarty | Toll Plaza Supervisor/Non-Assigned | $103,192 |
Bernard A. Perry | Highway Division Supervisor | $102,213 |
John D. Roberts | Right of Way Manager | $101,406 |
Richard W. Somerville | E-ZPass Manager | $101,406 |
John M Branscom | Environmental Services Coordinator | $100,844 |
Scott N. Lachance | Engineering/Right Of Way Assistant II | $100,669 |
For a complete picture of how the Maine Turnpike Authority spends your toll dollars, check out MaineOpenGov.org.
printing room coordinator is # 9????
Posted on Jul 13, 2010
Mmmmmm. This is basically a mail room job. He actually is a union steward as well. 116k explains a lot.
NancyEH
Posted on Jul 13, 2010
Interesting: of the 28 positions listed, only 3 are women (giving them "Terry" since it's not a gender-specific name), or just about 11%. If Terry is male, then 7%. Not good percentages for an equal opportunity state.
mainer
Posted on Jul 14, 2010
Terry is a female
bow tied bum kissers listed
Posted on Jul 24, 2010
Kissing butt and selling out fellow union members works.
Wayne Leach
Posted on Sep 08, 2010
The sidebar is over the numbers, so what function does the hidden information provide?