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HOW THE CITY OF SALINAS SPENT YOUR TAXES IN 2008*
Click here to download the initial detailed reports from city government for years 2002-2008
* Some taxpayer-paid health & retirement benefits are omitted.
Employees paid over $100,000 as reported by the Salinas City Finance Office.
PAY   NAME JOB

$239,007

Richard A. Soratos

Police Sergeant

$228,147

$228,147

David R. Mora
City Manager
Retired

$226,570

Juan A. Ruiz

Police Commander

$221,427

Donald Cline

Police Sergeant

$221,150

Jesse Pinon

Deputy Fire Chief

$220,747

Robert L. Van Blarcom

Police Officer

$219,834

Gerard D. Ross

Police Sergeant

$215,574

Tracy L. Molfino

Police Commander

$213,025

Scott Tyler

Fire Battalion Chief

$210,972

Onecimo Solis, Jr.

Police Sergeant

$200,956

Wayne A. Vance

Police Officer

$200,806

$200,806

Vanessa W. Vallarta
City Attorney

$199,887

Daniel M. Ortega

Chief of Police

$196,560

Robert M. Eggers

Police Commander

$196,065

Edward Montez

Fire Chief

$192,631

Brett D. Loomis

Fire Battalion Chief

$192,302

Sidney B. Turner

Fire Battalion Chief

$191,002

Scott J. Myhre

Fire Battalion Chief

$189,568

David N. Shaw

Police Sergeant

$188,837

$188,837

Robert C. Russell
Deputy City Manager/Engineer

$187,005

Cassie L. McSorley

Deputy Chief of Police

$186,383

Thomas L. Kever

Finance Director

$184,161

Trevor N. Iida

Police Commander

$183,514

John D. Lynn

Police Sergeant

$182,409

Manuel E. Perrien

Deputy Chief of Police

$181,500

Kelly J. McMillin

Police Commander

$179,588

Dino H. Bardoni

Police Commander

$178,519

Daniel Perez, Jr.

Police Commander

$178,071

Michael A. Groves

Police Sergeant

$178,039

Terry L. Gerhardstein

Police Sergeant

$176,196

Teresa M. Heffington

Police Commander

$175,485

Ernesto M. Sanchez

Police Officer

$175,307

Jeffrey R. Ramsden

Police Officer

$174,689

Victoria S. Gray

Police Sergeant

$174,227

Hector M. Cortez

Fire Captain

$169,524

Michael Dominici

Police Sergeant

$169,255

David L. Crabill

Police Sergeant

$168,734

Jay W. Malispina

Police Sergeant

$167,655

Stanley G. Cooper

Police Sergeant

$164,972

Raul A. Rosales

Police Officer

$164,769

$164,769

Elizabeth Martinez
Library Director

$164,664

Gina R. Aubrey

Fire Captain

$164,594

William L. Gaston

Police Officer

$163,471

Alan E. Stumpf

Redevelopment Director

$163,395

Joseph Pusateri

Police Officer

$163,303

Matt P. Maldonado

Police Sergeant

$161,250

Gerry S. Davis

Police Corporal

$160,704

John M. Avery Jr.

Police Sergeant

$160,642

Kenneth R. Logsdon

Fire Captain

$160,174

Mark W. Babione

Criminalist

$158,295

Denise C. Estrada

Maintenance Services Director

$157,978

George A. Lauricella

Police Officer

$157,937

Vincent Maiorana

Police Sergeant

$157,612

Russ M. Hauschild

Police Sergeant

$157,067

$157,067

Jeffrey H. Weir
Economic Development Director

$156,958

Christopher J. Lane

Police Sergeant

$156,256

Mark W. Lazzarini

Police Sergeant

$156,034

Bruce Bush

Fire Captain

$155,863

Henry R. Gomez

Police Sergeant

$154,081

Herbert E. Shoemaker

Fire Captain

$153,986

Jeffery S. Gibson

Police Sergeant

$153,059

Ricky Williams

Fire Captain

$153,017

Kyle G. Kimm

Police Corporal

$152,418

Jesus G. Orozco

Fire Engineer

$151,897

Sheldon R. Bryan

Police Sergeant

$151,277

Andrew S. McLaughlin

Fire Captain

$151,005

J. Miguel O. Gutierrez

Accounting Officer

$150,892

Humberto Carrillo

Fire Engineer

$148,172

Jesus M. Sanchez

Police Officer

$148,006

Jacky D. Bohn

Police Officer

$146,938

Edward M. Lauderdale

Fire Captain

$146,893

Oscar M. Dydasco

Police Officer

$146,729

Brian R. Johnson

Police Officer

$144,571

Kenneth L. Bough

Police Officer

$144,158

Kenneth L. Schwener

Police Officer

$143,739

Jim Pia

Rec-Park Superintendent

$143,692

Kenneth L. Waynne

Police Corporal

$143,295

Kendall C. Gray

Police Officer

$142,747

Omar A. Pena

Police Officer

$142,696

Dana C. Cornelison

Police Officer

$142,573

Teri L. Silva

Human Resources Officer

$142,389

Kenneth G. Hendrickson

Police Officer

$140,195

Neil E. Herrier

Police Officer

$139,984

Robert J. Winningham

Police Officer

$139,702

John C. Murray

Police Sergeant

$139,522

Miguel A. Cabrera

Police Officer

$139,450

John T. Wider

Fire Captain

$138,761

Trevor A. Elordi

Police Officer

$138,188

Philip C. Vanderhorst

Fire Captain

$137,397

Anthony Andrada

Fire Captain

$136,630

Simon A. Jimenez

Fire Captain

$136,409

Andrew B. Miller

Police Sergeant

$136,125

Jeffrey P. Lofton

Police Officer

$136,019

Douglas A. Dirksen

Fire Captain

$135,342

Paul W. Fenwick

Fire Captain

$135,141

John K. Fair

Deputy City Manager

$134,967

Michele L. Vaughn

Fire Captain

$134,292

Robert E. Balaoro

Police Officer

$134,045

Susan J. Matcham

Assistant City Attorney

$133,884

Anthony J. Stagno

Fire Engineer

$133,675

James D. Godwin

Police Officer

$133,561

Eulalio Villegas-Rivera

Police Officer

$133,470

Carl S. Niizawa

Deputy City Engineer

$132,211

Martin R. Flores

Fire Captain

$131,181

Stephen L. Sparks

Police Officer

$131,017

Mark A. Latham

BC/Fire Marshal

$130,845

Keith P. Emery

Fire Captain

$130,478

Danny E. Warner

Police Officer

$130,159

Mark S. Freedman

Fire Captain

$130,137

Jonathan C. Smith

Police Officer

$130,107

Michael A. Rivera Jr.

Police Officer

$129,697

Adolfo Lopez

Police Officer

$128,926

Christopher K. Vaughn

Fire Captain

$128,805

Christopher A. Callihan

Sr Deputy City Attorney

$128,272

Samuel P. Klemek

Fire Captain

$128,234

Francisco A. Aguayo

Senior Civil Engineer

$127,783

Frankie Rodriguez

Fire Engineer

$127,598

Martin Persijn

Police Officer

$127,557

Michael C. Stone

Inspection Services Manager

$126,680

Thomas A. Larkin

Police Officer

$126,265

Luis A. Bravo

Police Officer

$126,013

David Swanson

Planning Manager

$125,558

Kevin F. Orepeza

Police Officer

$125,303

James G. Arensdorf

Police Officer

$124,764

Masahiro Yoneda

Police Officer

$124,692

Gabriel S. Carvey

Police Officer

$124,571

Rodolfo Roman

Police Officer

$124,335

Adam Shaffer

Police Officer

$124,331

Todd R. Kessler

Police Officer

$124,233

Dylan K. Bowman

Fire Engineer

$122,295

Stephen M. Craig

Police Officer

$122,009

Scott P. Gemette

Police Officer

$121,784

Ann Camel

City Clerk

$121,756

Lance D. Miraco

Police Officer

$121,718

Courtney R. Grossman

Planning Manager

$121,478

Carlos M. Rios

Police Officer

$121,353

Robert D. Eggleston

Firefighter

$121,196

Gerardo G. Magana

Police Officer

$120,960

Heath Johnson

Police Officer

$120,948

James B. Fitzgerald

Fire Engineer

$120,943

Matthew H. Evarts

Fire Captain

$120,819

Patrick E. O'Connell

Fire Captain

$120,736

Kevin P. Skinner

Fire Captain

$120,673

Ciro Barboza-Perez

Police Officer

$120,337

James S. Golden

Information Systems Manager

$119,742

Kyle P. Alleman

Police Officer

$119,718

Juan A. Cruz-Gonzalez

Police Officer

$118,964

Gabriel Hernandez

Fire Engineer

$118,770

Robert A. Flynn

Firefighter

$118,631

Steven Furtado

Firefighter

$118,471

Karla I. Perez

Police Officer

$118,250

Bryan G. Cupak

Police Officer

$118,165

Elizabeth T. Mariano

Supervising Accountant

$118,025

Joshua D. Lynd

Police Officer

$117,993

Kenneth W. Ellsworth Jr

Police Officer

$117,697

Suthichai Livingston

Police Officer

$117,574

Louis H. Plunkett III

Police Officer

$117,006

Terrel W. Bailey

Police Officer

$116,822

Patrick J. Haney

Police Officer

$116,043

Benjamin R. Draeger

Police Officer

$115,751

Lance M. Mosher

Police Officer

$115,706

David J. Garibay

Fire Engineer

$115,351

Ian T. Titus

Police Officer

$115,217

Richard A. Lopez

Fire Engineer

$115,160

Yolanda Rocha

Police Officer

$115,044

Jeffrey D. Alford

Police Officer

$115,039

James D. Knowlton

Police Officer

$114,597

Daniel D. Green

Fire Captain

$114,490

Joshua D. Hostetter

Fire Engineer

$114,268

Scott B. Sutton

Police Officer

$114,238

Byron J. Gansen

Police Officer

$113,648

Jon E. Perkins

Fire Engineer

$113,354

Joseph T. Albertoni

Street Maintenance Manager

$112,991

Suthided Livingston

Police Officer

$112,927

Robert B. Hampson III

Police Officer

$112,899

Skylar T. Thornton

Fire Engineer

$112,760

Angel Gonzalez

Police Officer

$112,568

Gabriel Gonzalez

Police Officer

$112,551

John R. Criswell

Police Officer

$112,540

Thomas Luzod

Fire Engineer

$112,464

David S. Yates

Police Officer

$112,049

Chris S. Swinscoe

Police Officer

$111,546

Benjamin R. Smith

Police Officer

$111,486

Alberto M. Duran

Police Officer

$111,436

Ted A. Koch

Fire Engineer

$111,297

Bryan A. McKinley

Police Officer

$111,053

Rick A. Key

Park Grounds Forestry Operations Manager

$110,876

Daniel E. Garcia

Police Officer

$110,351

Cameron L. Murphy

Police Officer

$110,014

Katrina G. Miguel

Firefighter/Paramedic

$109,993

Kimberly N. Robinson

Police Officer

$109,541

Candi L. Apple

Police Officer

$108,968

Steven J. Hoyte

Police Officer

$108,934

Tsuneo L. Oda

Fleet Maintenance Manager

$108,845

Ronald D. Cole

Wastewater Manager

$108,833

Arlene P. Currier

Police Officer

$108,500

Richard G. Maldonado

Police Officer

$108,458

Joel J. Anaya

Police Officer

$108,274

Vicky L. Burnett

Police Officer

$108,235

John T. Richardson

Police Officer

$108,032

Craig A. Fairbanks

Police Officer

$107,757

Robert S. Asamoto

Fire Engineer

$107,496

Sierra M. Felker

Fire Engineer

$107,460

Charles Lerable

GIS Administrator

$107,430

Timothy J. Simpson

Police Officer

$107,117

Gregory W. Hurst

Fire Engineer

$107,009

Robert J. Zuniga

Police Officer

$106,957

Richard J. Diaz

Police Officer

$106,895

Scott Houchin

Fire Engineer

$106,657

Bruce A. Lewis

Rec Service Manager

$106,267

Daniel R. Kennedy

Police Officer

$105,802

Shannon P. Bryant

Fire Engineer

$105,693

Richard A. Lopez

Police Officer

$105,591

Todd M. Swinscoe

Police Officer

$105,490

Justin M. Salinas

Police Officer

$105,247

Ian C. Parsons

Police Officer

$105,151

Michael A. Cupak

Police Officer

$105,044

Georgina B. Mendoza

Deputy City Attorney

$105,025

Scott R. McSeveney

Firefighter

$104,996

Jason R. Gates

Police Officer

$104,791

Kimberly S.F. Butz

Police Officer

$104,237

Anna K. Woods

Firefighter

$104,223

Thomas B. Wiles

Senior Planner

$104,184

David Hernandez

Fire Engineer

$104,061

Carlo F. Calupad

Police Officer

$103,684

Kristine E. Fairbanks

Police Officer

$103,452

Baron R. Augustine Jr.

Fire Engineer

$103,040

Jorge E. Alvarado

Police Officer

$103,017

John Bostwick

Firefighter

$102,287

Sheila Molinari

Rec Service Manager

$102,265

Dale A. Fors

Police Officer

$101,687

Ruben Sanchez

Police Officer

$101,632

David Poulin Jr.

Police Officer

$100,793

Anthony Yates

Police Officer

$100,073

George B. Canaday

Police Officer

* Some taxpayer-paid health & retirement benefits are omitted.
Employees paid over $100,000 as reported by the Salinas City Finance Office.
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