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Sunday, July 31, 2005

Ind. Gov't. - Salaries of state agency heads examined

Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an interesting story today on the salaries of "some of Gov. Mitch Daniels key state agency leaders." A quote:

A comparison of key state agency leaders and officials in Daniels’ administration with their counterparts under Gov. Joe Kernan in 2004 show the new guard is earning marginally more a year.

The difference can sometimes be attributed to a pay raise that went to all state employees in January, although Daniels’ chief of staff Harry Gonso said some adjustments were made in special cases.

“Given the fact that we were inheriting a bankrupt balance sheet, we had instructions not to exceed the previous administration’s salaries. That was the the governing call,” he said. “We did grant some relief in a couple of instances.”

The story includes this list:
• Paul Whitesell, Indiana State Police superintendent – $117,815

• David Adams, Public Employees’ Retirement Fund executive director – $118,750

• Harry Gonso, Gov. Daniels’ chief of staff – $108,082

• Ernest Yelton, Indiana Gaming Commission executive director – $111,852

• Mitch Roob, Family and Social Services Administration secretary – $108,000

• Chuck Schalliol, Office of Management and Budget director – $110,000

• David Donahue, Department of Correction commissioner – $102,000

• Joel Silverman, Bureau of Motor Vehicles commissioner – $100,000

• Kyle Hupfer, Department of Natural Resources director – $96,330

• Thomas Easterly, Department of Enviromental Management commissioner – $96,000

• Thomas Sharp, Department of Transportation commissioner – $96,000

(Notice that there are no women on the list.)

Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 31, 2005 09:37 AM
Posted to Indiana Government