WORCESTER - A Worcester City Councilor is asking to revisit the FY21 budget and for the City Council to reconsider its vote on the approved budget.
SEE THE LIST BELOW: The 50 Highest Paid City of Worcester Employees in 2019
Councilor At-Large Khyrstian King filed an order to ultimately put next year's budget back on the table and open it up for further discussion.
This coming after dozens of residents called in during the two most recent council meetings to address a $250,000 budget increase for the Worcester Police Department, and request an increase in funding for public education and public health resources.
King's order hopes to give even more people the opportunity to speak on the budget or other agenda items that didn't have the opportunity to participate in the previous meetings.
Some callers who pushed for less money in the Worcester Police budget have cited officers' high salaries.
Forty-seven of the City of Worcester's Top 50 wage earners are members of the Worcester Police Department. The three others are City Manager Ed Augustus, Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Maureen Binienda, and the school district's Chief Financial and Operations Officer Brian Allen.
Police personnel also make up 90 of the top 100 paid City employees.
Here are the top 50 highest-paid City employees in 2019:
Last Name | First Name | Title | Gross Pay | Regular Pay | Pay Detail | |
1 | AUGUSTUS | EDWARD M JR | CITY MANAGER | 266,600 | 211,154 | - |
2 | FLEMING | SEAN J | DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE | 232,584 | 171,851 | 54,248 |
3 | SARGENT | STEVEN M | CHIEF OF POLICE | 230,797 | 208,607 | - |
4 | ROCHE | MARK S | DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE | 227,972 | 174,925 | 46,446 |
5 | BINIENDA | MAUREEN | WPS SUPT OF SCHOOLS | 227,244 | 214,544 | - |
6 | VIGLIOTTI | JOSEPH | POLICE OFFICER | 227,129 | 93,116 | 113,974 |
7 | MCGINN | EDWARD JR J | DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE | 221,722 | 165,261 | 50,432 |
8 | HEARN | JOSEPH P | POLICE OFFICER | 218,974 | 97,453 | 89,461 |
9 | CIRU | JAMES P | POLICE OFFICER | 218,207 | 89,740 | 119,947 |
10 | AUGER JR | WILLIAM | POLICE OFFICER | 213,658 | 93,330 | 109,015 |
11 | REANDO | NATHAN | POLICE OFFICER | 213,251 | 93,540 | 87,669 |
12 | SAUCIER | PAUL B | DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE | 213,204 | 164,882 | 43,422 |
13 | KEYES | PAUL | POLICE OFFICER | 212,732 | 97,234 | 81,614 |
14 | PETRONE | ANTHONY M | POLICE SERGEANT | 211,409 | 105,443 | 99,725 |
15 | HASTINGS | THOMAS M | POLICE OFFICER | 209,947 | 97,011 | 99,853 |
16 | SCAMPINI | JOSEPH J | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 209,791 | 116,887 | 37,501 |
17 | OROURKE | JEREMIAH F | POLICE CAPTAIN | 208,769 | 126,876 | 67,091 |
18 | FALLON | DANIEL III R | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 206,997 | 114,605 | 84,289 |
19 | TOWNS | JOHN W | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 206,909 | 116,622 | 23,176 |
20 | FERACO | THOMAS A | POLICE OFFICER | 206,486 | 97,453 | 56,712 |
21 | FORD | JOSEPH L | POLICE OFFICER | 205,355 | 94,766 | 92,448 |
22 | SAWYER | MARK J | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 204,954 | 115,150 | 63,513 |
23 | D'ANDREA | MATTHEW D | POLICE CAPTAIN | 204,582 | 122,285 | 62,595 |
24 | CURTIS | CHRISTOPHER L | POLICE CAPTAIN | 204,226 | 126,159 | 55,257 |
25 | HIGGINS | MICHAEL P | POLICE OFFICER | 204,108 | 93,540 | 54,441 |
26 | THEODOSS | AARON R | POLICE CAPTAIN | 203,961 | 126,300 | 58,500 |
27 | DUFFY | THOMAS B | POLICE OFFICER | 203,435 | 93,540 | 72,101 |
28 | RYDER | MICHAEL F | POLICE OFFICER | 202,949 | 93,330 | 49,983 |
29 | LAFLECHE | NATHAN | POLICE OFFICER | 201,807 | 85,749 | 109,928 |
30 | LARANGE | DONALD A | POLICE SERGEANT | 199,966 | 101,232 | 93,295 |
31 | ROCHE | STEPHEN L | POLICE SERGEANT | 199,751 | 101,002 | 33,947 |
32 | SUPERNOR | CARL J | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 198,425 | 106,832 | 33,343 |
33 | MURPHY | CHRISTOPHER J | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 197,136 | 115,524 | 33,279 |
34 | GIROUARD | MICHAEL R | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 197,095 | 110,440 | 66,225 |
35 | BOSS | ERIC A | POLICE SERGEANT | 196,898 | 105,443 | 35,720 |
36 | DONOHUE | BRIAN T | POLICE SERGEANT | 194,279 | 105,443 | 72,022 |
37 | LAWRENCE | PAUL E | POLICE OFFICER | 192,958 | 97,453 | 54,688 |
38 | KELLY | GEORGE M | POLICE OFFICER | 192,857 | 82,895 | 84,316 |
39 | OROURKE | JAMES M | POLICE OFFICER | 192,361 | 93,330 | 76,900 |
40 | DONAHUE | WILLIAM B | POLICE OFFICER | 192,294 | 85,235 | 98,655 |
41 | MCKIERNAN | MICHAEL A | POLICE CAPTAIN | 191,107 | 125,633 | 14,255 |
42 | MORAN | PATRICK K | POLICE OFFICER | 189,472 | 93,326 | 66,600 |
43 | LOPOPOLO | DANIEL | POLICE SERGEANT | 189,147 | 97,191 | 83,033 |
44 | WATTS | TIMOTHY M | POLICE SERGEANT | 186,050 | 105,204 | 29,343 |
45 | WALSH | TIMOTHY P | POLICE LIEUTENANT | 184,603 | 116,622 | 38,401 |
46 | BISHOP | JOHN P | POLICE OFFICER | 184,085 | 93,540 | 83,848 |
47 | RYDER | JOHN JR J | POLICE CAPTAIN | 183,909 | 126,588 | 32,119 |
48 | ARMSTRONG | WILLIAM J | POLICE OFFICER | 183,484 | 93,540 | 77,012 |
49 | FAHEY | DANIEL F | POLICE SERGEANT | 182,867 | 97,600 | 74,553 |
50 | ALLEN | BRIAN E | WPS CFOO | 182,171 | 179,571 | - |