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TOWN OF WINFIELD SALARIES 2006          Capt. Ron Smith Highest Paid Employee
By Mark Hallburn
Publisher
PutnamLIVE.com

 

Winfield Police Department Captain Ron Smith was the town's highest-paid

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Smith earned $44,696.55, more than $12,000 more than his Chief of Police, Jeff W. Stephenson.

"I don't have a problem with that," says Stephenson. "I always tell my guys to get the best salary possible." Even if that means Smith's boss only was paid $32,293.32 for the year.

There's a reason. Stephenson says Smith is paid as a Prevention Resource Officer by the State of West Virginia. The position is budgeted higher than a small-town Chief of Police salary.

"They offered me his job but I couldn't afford the cut in pay," jokes Smith. "Seriously, Chief is OK with everything. There's no problem.

Near the top of the salary list is Wastewater Operator/Town Maintenance man Bill Harper at $34,152.27, Town Public Works/Wastewater Maintenance man Johnny Hodges at $34,128.61 and Winfield Town Hall Administrator Connie Sansom at $34,088.40

For the complete list of Winfield salaries for 2006 please click on WinfieldSalariesList2006.

PutnamLIVE.com is publishing this list as part of our series of publishing the salaries of all government workers in Putnam County.

Capt. Ron Smith