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Top 100 highest paid municipal employees across the state in 2006

Last summer, The Providence Journal requested name, job description and pay information for municipal employees
in each of the state's 39 cities and towns and its 36 municipal school districts under the state's Access to Public Records Act.

This chart shows the gross pay received by each employee, which includes base wages or salary, as well as enhancements to pay, such as overtime, severance pay and other payments. The list includes people who worked during 2006, even if they left that year. It does not include Providence firefighters, who received a lump-sum retroactive pay raise that, in some cases, boosted pay by more than 20 percent. Firefighter pay was detailed in an article in December.

Rank Municipality Employee Pay
1 Providence Evans, Donnie W., school superintendent 190,742.26
2 Providence Esserman, Dean M., police chief 170,276.84
3 Woonsocket Macera, Maureen B., school superintendent 167,012.44
4 West Warwick Raiche, David P., school superintendent 158,716.38
5 Coventry Frobel, Francis A., town manager 158,693.32
6 East Providence Vinhateiro, Manuel F. Jr., school superintendent 157,709.65
7 South Kingstown Alfred, Stephen A., town manager 157,339.57
8 Providence Simmons, John C., mayor's chief of administration 156,677.87
9 Cranston Carnevale Jr., Gerard A., police lieutenant 155,829.15
10 Warwick Shapiro, Robert J., school superintendent 152,368.26
11 Providence Marchand, Pamela M., water supply general manager 145,604.16
12 Newport Costa, Jose F., police lieutenant 145,555.40
13 Newport Barker, John F. Jr., police sergeant 145,352.91
14 Providence Gallo, Frances A., deputy superintendent 145,176.63
15 East Greenwich Meyers, Charles E., school superintendent 144,526.04
16 Johnston Ucci, Thomas Jr., deputy fire chief 143,688.70
17 East Providence Boyle, Jeanne, planning director 140,434.35
18 Providence Montague, Wayne, high school principal 139,484.89
19 Providence Kennedy, Paul J., deputy police chief 138,899.70
20 Providence SanLucas, Luis F., police lieutenant 137,630.36
21 Newport Ambrogi, John H., school superintendent 137,548.75
22 Ponaganset Cirillo, Mario, school superintendent 135,425.50
23 Providence Petrosinelli, Arthur, high school principal 135,332.52
24 Bristol-Warren Mara, Edward P., school superintendent 133,799.39
25 Cranston Igoe, Michael J., city controller 133,372.06
26 Scituate Lescault, Paul R., school superintendent 131,698.99
27 Providence Moura, Chris M., fire alarm technician 131,418.32
28 Pawtucket Dellith, Hans, school superintendent 130,747.00
29 Smithfield Newman, Lionel J., fire lieutenant 129,857.36
30 Cranston Scherza, M. Richard, school superintendent 129,323.68
31 Narragansett Loontjens, Maurice J., town manager 129,083.18
32 Newport Lavallee, Edward F., city manager 128,750.18
33 Providence Bock, Kenneth L., fire battalion chief 127,978.62
34 Cranston Baron, Jerome I., finance director 127,500.10
35 Providence Grant, Carol J., mayor's chief of operations 127,263.16
36 Providence Cicilline, David N., mayor 126,804.04
37 Providence Sutherland, Scott R., high school principal 126,628.24
38 Woonsocket D'Acchioli, Anthony L., school superintendent 126,620.98
39 Providence Vendetti, Albert J. Jr., firefighter 126,571.40
40 Warwick Snow, Thomas, police captain 125,736.20
41 Providence Davie, Kyle B., school information services director 125,175.48
42 Providence Dunham, Mark V., chief school financial officer 125,070.66
43 Providence Fernandes, Richard A. II, police sergeant 124,669.54
44 Smithfield O'Brien, Robert, school superintendent 124,532.00
45 Providence Ramirez, Tomas E., assistant superintendent 124,439.93
46 Cranston Brothers, Robert E., police lieutenant 123,580.56
47 Johnston Iacovelli, Margaret, school superintendent 123,374.96
48 Coventry Di Pietro, Kenneth, school superintendent 123,324.92
49 Warwick Palumbo, Robert, police sergeant 123,092.22
50 Providence Hull, Raymond A., police sergeant 123,051.07
51 South Kingstown Hicks, Robert A., school superintendent 122,926.18
52 West Warwick Appolonia, Gary, police sergeant 122,853.37
53 West Warwick Kelley, Patrick, police patrol officer 122,769.43
54 Providence Furtado, Francisco J., police patrol officer 122,761.14
55 Chariho Ricci, Barry J., school superintendent 122,400.00
56 East Greenwich Sequino, William, town manager 122,032.89
57 Middletown Kraeger, Rosemarie K., school superintendent 121,618.00
58 Portsmouth Adams, Alan T., fire chief 121,370.00
59 Pawtucket Pendergrass, Ernest R., police patrol officer 121,134.22
60 Newport McCarthy, Edward W. Jr., fire chief 121,116.16
61 East Providence Garo, Armen, police lieutenant 121,109.26
62 North Kingstown Olobri, Cynthia J., finance director / interim town manager 120,992.06
63 Cranston McGrath, Stephen C., police chief 120,966.66
64 West Warwick Ramsay, Richard, police captain 120,854.75
65 Barrington DeAngelis, Peter A. Jr., town manager 120,552.54
66 North Kingstown Halley, James M., school superintendent 120,354.26
67 Pawtucket Mercer, J Kimberly, deputy school superintendent 120,213.00
68 East Providence Carey, Michael, police lieutenant 120,195.05
69 West Warwick Conroy, Jerilyn M., school teacher 119,354.75
70 Cranston Patalano, Todd M., police captain 119,347.29
71 Providence Crisafulli, Maureen L., school teacher 118,587.41
72 Smithfield Holder, Donald W., assistant school superintendent 118,327.00
73 Burrillville Wood, Michael, town manager 118,314.88
74 Warwick Nye, Thomas, police major 118,299.33
75 East Greenwich Chirnside, Jon, police sergeant 118,230.70
76 Warwick Healey, Rosemary, school human resources & compliance director 118,221.33
77 Pawtucket King, Paul, police major 118,017.23
78 Providence Almagno, Elaine A., school principal 117,741.38
79 Newport Medeiros, Manuel F., police patrol officer 117,615.11
80 Providence Frolich, Andrew J. Jr., police patrol officer 117,590.31
81 Middletown Otoole, Joseph, police lieutenant 117,450.28
82 Providence Venezia, Robert, school speech pathologist 117,408.89
83 Cumberland Morelle, Donna, school superintendent 117,352.94
84 Cranston Delgado, Richard A., fire chief 117,336.61
85 East Greenwich O'Hara, Helen T., assistant school superintendent 117,295.71
86 Portsmouth Seale, Dennis C., police chief 117,208.35
87 Cranston Duclos, Jeffrey P., police patrol officer 116,666.78
88 Smithfield Dexter, Carlton E., firefighter 116,245.21
89 Warwick Colantonio, Francis, fire battalion chief 116,244.43
90 Providence Russo, Michael, water supply deputy general manager 116,206.50
91 Narragansett Cahoone, Byron Jr., fire captain 116,180.99
92 Providence Matsumoto, Kensuke, police patrol officer 116,157.49
93 Pawtucket Kelly, David H., police patrol officer 116,108.08
94 Providence Rocchio, Peter A., police patrol officer 116,106.44
95 Providence Robinson, Gail J., school speech pathologist 116,028.36
96 Providence O'Brien, Dennis, police sergeant 115,763.57
97 Warwick Allen, John, police patrol officer 115,645.68
98 Westerly DiPaola, Thomas, school superintendent 115,527.72
99 Pawtucket Duffin, John P. III, police patrol officer 115,396.14
100 East Providence Potvin, John, firefighter 115,235.04

SOURCE: Cities, towns and school districts