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

Warren County paid 36 employees more than $100,000 last year, according to the I-Team Payroll Project searchable database of public employees.

Warren County administrator David Gully, who retired in August 2016 and cashed out $15,000 in unused sick leave and $41,195 in vacation. He was the second highest-pad employee last year.

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.

SPECIAL REPORT: Butler, Warren taxpayers on hook for millions in unpaid sick leave

The seventh highest-paid was Jeffrey Everhart, a sheriff’s deputy in Deerfield Twp., whose pay included $45,142 in overtime.

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 Warren County employees last year were:

1. Scott Swope, Warren County Health Department medical director: $204,660

2. David Gully, county administrator: $138,641

3. James Lawyer, mental health administrator: $134,639

4. Megan Manuel, Developmental Disability superintendent: $129,440

5. Brian Tinch, sheriff’s office major: $124,069

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Josh Sweigart

Josh Sweigart is an investigative reporter at the Dayton Daily News. His stories have focused on government waste, fraud, abuse and accountability in southwest Ohio, as well as the statehouse and U.S. Capitol.