Monday, February 4, 2013
Numbers from 2011 show the five top paid employees in the Port Washington, with coinciding benefits package costs; it may come as a surprise that the highest paid employee doesn't have the the benefits package to go with it.
Despite the fact that City Administrator Mark Grams is the highest paid city employee in Port Washington, numbers released by the city show other individuals earning benefits packages that cost much more. Grams, administrator of the city for nearly 27 years, in 2011 earned a salary of $100,619 with a benefits package worth $36,748 — or 37 percent of his salary. Police Chief Kevin Hingiss, who had been an officer with the Port Police Department for 27 years, but chief for just more than one year, earns a salary of $81,096 but a benefits package worth $48,043 — which is 59 percent of his salary. Grams said this difference in benefits cost is related to higher retirement benefits that the police department continues to receive but other …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A recent newspaper study showed City Administrator Mark Grams as having the most expensive benefits package among municipal employees in the state. Grams and city officials dispute the findings, however.
Updated 5:24 p.m. Monday Port Washington city officials have provided accurate numbers for the 2011 municipal payroll information. Updated 4:51 p.m. Friday Though Port Washington city officials called a Gannett Wisconsin Media study of state municipal employee payroll inaccurate — saying the numbers used to represent the city were merely estimates — the newspaper told Patch on Friday the city did not present the data to the company as anything but fact. According to the report, City Administrator Mark Grams — who has been with the city for nearly 27 years — has a benefits package with a $62,384 value, making his benefits the most expensive among municipal employees examined. Grams said the city gave the newspaper an average 62 percent of …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Port Washington-Saukville School Board approved a 2.34 percent increase on Monday night, with retroactive pay. Teacher representatives would like the board to consider adding continuing education incentives.
The Port Washington-Saukville School Board approved a 2.34 percent increase to 2012-13 teachers' salaries on Monday night, a change negotiated differently than previous years following the passing of Wisconsin Act 10, which eliminated collective bargaining in areas other than salary. "I want to commend both the teacher group and the board group," Superintendent Michael Weber said. "There was a lot of ... give and take, and we're negotiating in times that we've never seen before ... and so with that as a backdrop, the teacher and the board teams did well together." The increase is retroactive to the beginning of the school year. In a district with an average salary of $61,749, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Pubic …
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Pre-registration for fun run/walk ends today for the annual Pumpkins in the Park to benefit the Port Washington-Saukville Physical Education and Health Departments.
A variety of run/walk events exist in Port Washington and Saukville throughout the year, but Saukville Elementary School physical education teacher Colette Piontek said Pumpkins in the Park offers a unique draw. The event offers a kids' race, and each participant is given a pumpkin for particpating in the run. The event is coming up Sept. 30. In its sixth year, continuing the run/walk is "something positive we can do," for the community, Piontek said. The event was developed as a way to raise funds for the department. More than 150 runners participated last year, said Kris Nonn, a physical education teacher at Port Washington High School, and it has grown every year. “We have a lot of expensive equipment," Piontek said, adding that the …
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Terry
5:14 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
These numbers don't seem to make any sense. The street commissioner and the City Engineer are similar positions with similar pay but vast differences in benefit numbers. And the Police Chief makes less than his Captain (how is that right?) but has the higher benefit number. I am doubtful that some or all of these numbers are correct. more ›