According to the Fresno Bee, 80 City of Fresno employees make more than $130,000 a year. Five employees make more than $200,000 a year. Are these government bureaucrats willing to make the same sacrifice the mayor wanted to impose on blue-collar city sanitation workers? The proposal in this month’s “From the Editor” column asks them to do just that.
| Kevin Meikle, Airports Director of Aviation | $130,963.52 |
| Russell Widmar, Airports Director of Aviation | $193,732.76 |
| Douglas Sloan, Attorney’s Office Assistant City Attorney | $135,810.61 |
| David Hale, Attorney’s Office Chief Assistant City Attorney | $152,714.91 |
| Francine Kanne, Attorney’s Office City Attorney | $134,704.14 |
| James Sanchez, Attorney’s Office City Attorney | $251,938.23 |
| Bruce Rudd, Assistant City Manager | $202,419.21 |
| Ramona Smith, Assistant City Manager | $173,730.70 |
| Mark Scott, City Manager | $186,994.02 |
| Keith Bergthold, Development & Resource Management Assistant Director | $134,779.51 |
| Craig Scharton, Development & Resource Management Assistant Director | $133,449.95 |
| Darrell Unruh, Development & Resource Management Planning Manager | $135,835.17 |
| Richard Cabral, Fire Battalion Chief | $152,911.06 |
| Winston Jonathan Chew, Fire Battalion Chief | $138,827.35 |
| Addison Clark, Fire Battalion Chief | $159,139.14 |
| Jose Escobedo, Fire Battalion Chief | $157,330.77 |
| Javier Lara, Fire Battalion Chief | $161,847.76 |
| Theodore Semonious, Fire Battalion Chief | $152,119.88 |
| Ron Stogdell, Fire Battalion Chief | $149,675.03 |
| Charles Tobias, Fire Battalion Chief | $228,102.51 |
| Michael Alforque, Fire Captain | $147,160.04 |
| Kerri Donis, Fire Deputy Chief | $202,113.19 |
| Exempt, Fire Deputy Chief | $150,591.95 |
| Timothy Henry, Fire Deputy Chief | $173,865.85 |
| Exempt, Fire Investigation Unit | $144,876.03 |
| Gary Watahira, Information Services Administrative Manager | $131,521.02 |
| Carolyn Hogg, Information Services Chief Information Officer | $139,773.07 |
| Ashley Swearengin, Mayor | $131,100.00 |
| Juanita Aranaz, Director of Personnel Services | $190,984.41 |
| Terry Bond, Director of Personnel Services | $153,970.68 |
| Rene Watahira, Fresno Police Administrative Manager | $131,210.02 |
| Patrick Farmer, Deputy Police Chief | $174,691.98 |
| Keith Foster, Deputy Police Chief | $175,422.54 |
| Robert Nevarez, Deputy Police Chief | $170,771.99 |
| Sharon Shaffer, Deputy Police Chief | $169,976.93 |
| Dennis Bridges, Police Captain | $157,040.72 |
| Lydia Carrasco, Police Captain | $155,207.85 |
| Randy Dobbins, Police Captain | $155,592.40 |
| Gregory Garner, Police Captain | $158,365.76 |
| Andrew Hall, Police Captain | $151,991.80 |
| Al Maroney, Police Captain | $154,433.27 |
| Michael Reid, Police Captain | $156,694.85 |
| Jerry Dyer, Police Chief | $207,110.16 |
| Hendrikus Bennink, Police Lieutenant | $133,900.08 |
| Phillip Cooley, Police Lieutenant | $137,825.08 |
| Michael Doyle, Police Lieutenant | $134,659.33 |
| Exempt, Police Lieutenant | $135,913.88 |
| Burke Farrah, Police Lieutenant | $132,176.15 |
| Jose Garza, Police Lieutenant | $133,713.62 |
| Joseph Gomez, Police Lieutenant | $134,197.28 |
| Donald Gross, Police Lieutenant | $132,917.72 |
| Thomas Laband, Police Lieutenant | $137,683.54 |
| Anthony Martinez, Police Lieutenant | $134,861.02 |
| Dennis Montejano, Police Lieutenant | $134,088.07 |
| Jeffrey Motoyasu, Police Lieutenant | $130,972.53 |
| David Newton, Police Lieutenant | $137,028.12 |
| Jon Papaleo, Police Lieutenant | $135,593.25 |
| Thomas Rowe, Police Lieutenant | $134,459.59 |
| Mark Salazar, Police Lieutenant | $143,666.59 |
| Roberto Esquibel, Police Officer | $136,145.00 |
| Greg Jouroyan, Police Officer | $194,307.17 |
| Jeffrey LaBlue, Police Officer | $132,102.57 |
| Art Rodriguez, Police Officer | $131,815.00 |
| Michael Troehler, Police Officer | $131,080.17 |
| Gary Beer, Police Sergeant | $140,605.98 |
| Jerardo Chamalbide, Police Sergeant | $130,230.49 |
| Anthony Dewall, Police Sergeant | $147,626.39 |
| Robert Dewey, Police Sergeant | $132,822.06 |
| David Gibeault, Police Sergeant | $168,494.64 |
| Eric Hodge, Police Sergeant | $150,295.38 |
| Leonard Lujan, Police Sergeant | $135,534.17 |
| David Madrigal, Police Sergeant | $134,734.58 |
| Michael Maguire, Police Sergeant | $150,831.52 |
| Joe Martin, Police Sergeant | $143,636.84 |
| Steven Presser, Police Sergeant | $137,624.46 |
| Richard Tucker, Police Sergeant | $138,443.72 |
| Patrick Wiemiller, Public Works Director | $173,730.70 |
| Eva Marlene Murphey, Redevelopment Administrator | $134,295.20 |
| Stanley McDivitt, Retirement Administrator | $153,799.09 |
| Kenneth Nerland, FAX Assistant Director | $197,875.03 |
Salary information came from a Public Records Act request made originally by the Fresno Bee.
