Butler County’s highest paid employees: I-Team Payroll Project

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The county also paid 18 employees more than $10,000 each for unused sick and vacation leave. Common Pleas Court manager Charles Beatty received the largest payout: $21,475 in vacation pay and $11,430 in sick leave.

An I-Team investigation this year found the ability to cash out unused sick and vacation leave is a rare perk in the private sector, though local governments are on the hook for tens of millions of dollars worth of these payments.

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Local governments make payroll with your money, which is why the I-Team has assembled and made available a searchable database of pay for public employees.

The five highest paid Butler County employees last year were:

1. Charles Young, county administrator: $160,723

2. Scott Rasmus, Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board executive director: $138,131

3. Anthony Dwyer, sheriff’s office chief deputy: $132,246

4. Roger Gates, chief assistant county prosecutor: $131,659

5. Robert Leventry, water and sewer director: $130,595