Superintendent Tops Fairfield's Highest Wage Earners of 2012

Last year, Title earned a salary of $273,746. This year, his salary is approximately $92,500 more than that of the next highest-paid town employee, police Lt. Christopher Tursi.

Six of the top 10 wage earners of 2012 are police officers. Gross salaries for police officers and firefighters include overtime and pay for outside duties, which is paid for by private companies and contractors for services like traffic enforcement for utility work.

Of 2012’s 50 highest paid town employees, 20 were police officers, 19 were school employees, nine were fire department personnel, and two were Town Hall employees (Director of Public Works Richard White; Chief Fiscal Officer Paul Hiller).

For a complete list of the top 50 highest-paid municipal employees, click here.

For a complete list of the top 50 highest-paid school district employees, click here.

Below is a list of the top 50 highest wage earners in town overall, including municipal and school employees:

  Employee Name Total Salary for 2012 Outside Duty Income 1 Superintendent Dr. David Title $283,920.86   2 Police Lt. Christopher Tursi $191,404.21 $50,104.38 3 Deputy Supt. Karen Parks $175,467.32   4 Police Lt. Thomas Mrozek $168,888.11 $19,314.78 5 Police Lt John Bucherati $166,737.28 $14,588.20 6 Fairfield Warde HS Headmaster James Coyne $166,087.15   7 Assistant Fire Chief Chris Tracy $165,760.44 $3,095.00 8 Police Officer Seth Jenkins $163,862.34 $26,450.00 9 Police Lt. Jeffrey Bloch $163,611.68 $2,031.32 10 Police Lt. Keith Broderick $163,324.60 $20,340.53 11 Police Officer Gary Wikman $161,335.83 $43,867.95 12 Director of Operations Thomas Cullen $159,440.04   13 Police Officer Keith Perham $158,841.70 $57,291.83 14 Fairfield Woods MS Principal Gary Rosato $158,788.71   15 Roger Ludlowe MS Principal Glenn Mackno $157,803.25   16 Tomlinson MS Principal Connee Dawson $156,732.11   17 Police Officer Kevin Wells $156,573.28 $31,404.64 18 Director of Special Education & Pupil Services Andrea Leonardi $156,441.82   19 Assistant Fire Chief George Gomola $156,121.56 $1,529.31 20 Police Lt. Michael Gagner $155,062.78   21 Police Chief Gary MacNamara $154,976.09   22 Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson $154,146.31 $1,042.91 23 Fire Chief Richard Felner $153,817.95   24 Fairfield Ludlowe HS Headmaster Greg Hatzis $152,327.82   25 Police Officer Gregory Gunter $151,540.22 $10,236.05 26 Police Detective Jason Takacs $148,309.04 $45,234.98 27 Public Works Director Richard White $148,024.46   28 Director of Elementary Education Anna Cutaia-Leonard $147,915.15   29 Police Officer Jeremy Zdru $147,239.91 $42,650.39 30 Police Sgt. Robert Kalamaras $146,985.76 $3,256.90 31 Director of Finance & Business Service Doreen Munsell $145,942.80   32 Director of Human Resources for School District Ann Leffert $145,912.22   33 McKinley School Principal Ginger Vail $145,853.47   34 Roger Sherman School Principal Eileen Roxbee $144,516.88   35 North Stratfield School Principal Deborah Jackson $144,516.88   36 Fire Lt. Lee Corbo $144,324.18 $985.76 37 Fire Lt. Roger Caisse $144,070.54 $746.81 38 Osborn Hill School Principal Francis Arnone $143,025.28   39 Riverfield School Principal Deborah Anziano $143,025.28   40 Fairfield Ludlowe Housemaster Susan Ann Battersby $142,778.40   41 Police Captian Donald Smith $142,602.12 $20,696.20 42 Fire Lt. Joseph Buoni $142,311.06 $231.56 43 Police Officer Frank Deangelis $141,778.27 $39,307.83 44 Police Officer Scott Sudora $141,678.96 $36,989.19 45 Fire Lt. Alan Menillo $141,565.76   46 Police Detective Daniel Hallama $139,144.41 $20,698.52 47 Fairfield Ludlowe Housemaster John Antonello $138,736.97   48 Fire Lt. A.D. Shuyler Sherwood $138,189.58 $641.42 49 Fiscal Officer Paul Hiller $138,066.40   50 Jennings School Principal Anthony Vuolo $138,064.37