[The following information was provided by the Town of Fairfield's Finance Department.]
Below is a list of Fairfield's top 50 highest paid employees in 2012. 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.
Employee Name Gross Salary for 2012 Outside Duty Income 1 Police Lt. Christopher Tursi $191,404.21 $50,104.38 2 Police Lt. Thomas Mrozek $168,888.11 $19,314.78 3 Police Lt John Bucherati $166,737.28 $14,588.20 4 Assistant Fire Chief Chris Tracy $165,760.44 $3,095.00 5 Police Officer Seth Jenkins $163,862.34 $26,450.00 6 Police Lt. Jeffrey Bloch $163,611.68 $2,031.32 7 Police Lt. Keith Broderick $163,324.60 $20,340.53 8 Police Officer Gary Wikman $161,335.83 $43,867.95 9 Police Officer Keith Perham $158,841.70 $57,291.83 10 Police Officer Kevin Wells $156,573.28 $31,404.64 11 Assistant Fire Chief George Gomola $156,121.56 $1,529.31 12 Police Lt. Michael Gagner $155,062.78 13 Police Chief Gary MacNamara $154,976.09 14 Assistant Fire Chief Scott Bisson $154,146.31 $1,042.91 15 Fire Chief Richard Felner $153,817.95 16 Police Officer Gregory Gunter $151,540.22 $10,236.05 17 Police Detective Jason Takacs $148,309.04 $45,234.98 18 Public Works Director Richard White $148,024.46 19 Police Officer Jeremy Zdru $147,239.91 $42,650.39 20 Police Sgt. Robert Kalamaras $146,985.76 $3,256.90 21 Fire Lt. Lee Corbo $144,324.18 $985.76 22 Fire Lt. Roger Caisse $144,070.54 $746.81 23 Police Captian Donald Smith $142,602.12 $20,696.20 24 Fire Lt. Joseph Buoni $142,311.06 $231.56 25 Police Officer Frank Deangelis $141,778.27 $39,307.83 26 Police Officer Scott Sudora $141,678.96 $36,989.19 27 Fire Lt. Alan Menillo $141,565.76 28 Police Detective Daniel Hallama $139,144.41 $20,698.52 29 Fire Lt. A.D. Shuyler Sherwood $138,189.58 $641.42 30 Fiscal Officer Paul Hiller $138,066.40 31 Fire Lt. Mark Harry $137,648.14 $583.80 32 Police Detective Fred Caruso $137,348.32 $4,762.90 33 Firefighter Francis Ference $137,225.91 $1,433.36 34 Deputy Police Chief Christopher Lyddy $136,665.50 35 Fire Lt. Patrick Barry $136,178.09 $1,200.09 36 Assistant Fire Chief Doug Chavanello $135,191.44 $277.83 37 Police Sgt. Daniel Vanderheyden $134,975.43 $7,368.96 38 Fire Lt. Raymond Bullard $134,864.45 39 Police Detective Bernard Kelley $134,255.08 $42,457.95 40 Fire Lt. Erik Kalapir $134,033.83 $405.34 41 Fire Lt. Darrick Lundeen $131,837.09 $474.66 42 Police Detective Frederick Hine $131,710.58 $6,645.50 43 Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Curry $131,588.50 44 Police Captain Joshua Zabin $131,491.62 $8,488.00 45 Fire Lt. William Tuttle $130,717.84 $161.76 46 Planning & Zoning Director Joseph Devonshuk $130,245.35 47 Fire Lt. Michael Sullivan $129,376.94 $604.81 48 First Selectman Michael Tetreau $129,090.71 49 Public Works Superintendent Scott Bartlett $127,508.82 50 Deputy Fire Chief Arthur Reid $127,476.95