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Woodstock Firefighters Burn Up the Sunshine List

The sunshine list is out today, revealing the public sector workers who made over $100,000 last year. In Woodstock, 46 firefighters made the list this year, led by Fire Captain Graham Heath who topped the list at over $130,000. Fire Chief Scott Tegler came in at over $127,000. The number 46 is a huge jump from 8 last year, and can be attributed to an arbitration award in late 2011, that gave the firefighters retroactive pay from 2009 - 2012. Chief Tegler says that compounded pay pushed many on the force into sunshine territory. "If compounded over the number of years, 2 or 3-years, absolutely, you add that onto the regular salary, that puts you over the $100,000 sunshine list threshold." Woodstock Firefighter's Union President Chuck Newton didn't want to make any statements on the arbitrated deal, as he wasn't at the table when it was negotiated. But he did indicate to Heart FM that the retroactive pay would have pushed "about 2/3rds" of the firefighters onto the sunshine list, saying "those are definately not our salaries." There are a total of 55 employees that work for the Woodstock Fire Department. 27 Woodstock Police officers made the list, down 1 from last year, led by Chief Rod Freeman at over $175,000. In terms on EMS workers, only Director Joe Pember Jr. made this year's list at $113,000. Here are the lists for Woodstock Fire, followed by Woodstock Police: City of Woodstock - FIRE BRIAN ARNOLD Deputy Fire Chief $116,025.89 JASON BARNES First Class Firefighter $100,178.49 GERALD BARRON Captain/Fire $128,251.22 ADRIAN BENBOW Captain/Fire $126,724.00 ROBERT BERTRAND First Class Firefighter $104,754.17 CARL BLOOMFIELD First Class Firefighter $110,904.08 DONALD BROOKS First Class Firefighter $108,911.02 NEIL CASWELL Lieutenant/Fire $117,300.74 BRADLEY CHAPLIN Lieutenant/Fire $119,122.77 MICHAEL DELANGO First Class Firefighter $102,860.24 GEOFFREY ELLIOTT First Class Firefighter $109,536.37 CHRISTOPHER FERRELL First Class Firefighter $106,986.86 TREVOR FORD Lieutenant/Fire $123,589.80 SEAN FOSTER First Class Firefighter $104,204.24 MARK GAGNON First Class Firefighter $100,578.79 PAUL GRAHAM First Class Firefighter $102,109.79 BRANDON GREVERS First Class Firefighter $100,795.83 GRAHAM HEATH Captain/Fire $130,274.93 DOUG JACKLIN First Class Firefighter $100,138.69 ROB JEANSON First Class Firefighter $107,746.19 LUKASZ KASPRZUK Fire Inspector $103,870.82 PETER KEITH Lieutenant/Fire $122,488.59 PAUL LANGFORD First Class Firefighter $102,480.00 RICHARD MARTIN First Class Firefighter $102,805.57 MICHAEL MORRIS First Class Firefighter $112,020.15 SHANE MOYES First Class Firefighter $102,999.68 DARRIN MURPHY First Class Firefighter $105,572.94 MICHAEL MURPHY Lieutenant/Fire $117,949.86 CHUCK NEWTON First Class Firefighter $106,066.54 GERRY NICHOLSON First Class Firefighter $104,875.15 DEREK PARADOSKI Lieutenant/Fire $121,021.25 CHAD PATON First Class Firefighter $101,688.26 DAVID PHELPS Lieutenant/Fire $125,030.47 GARTH RITCHIE First Class Firefighter $102,062.85 KURT ROBERTS First Class Firefighter $101,495.75 ANDREW SALMON First Class Firefighter $102,281.81 JEFF SLAGER Fire Prevention Officer $117,794.96 MIKE STEWART First Class Firefighter $103,790.90 MARCUS STURRIS Lieutenant/Fire $118,039.78 ROBERT TABOR Captain/Fire $128,539.55 SCOTT TEGLER Fire Chief $127,361.74 SCOTT TURNER First Class Firefighter $104,308.42 RANDALL VERBRUGGEN First Class Firefighter $105,253.84 MICHAEL WELLMAN First Class Firefighter $103,800.88 SHAWN WRIGHT First Class Firefighter $102,095.95 CHAD YATES First Class Firefighter $102,026.63 Woodstock Police Service Heidi Becks Detective Sergeant $111,986.10 Neil Butler Sergeant $112,863.35 Joshua Coates Detective Constable $102,785.86 Gregory Fletcher Sergeant $119,051.18 Rodney Freeman Chief of Police $175,170.98 Paul Hess Staff Sergeant $114,440.02 Jeffrey Horan Constable $104,679.81 Sean Kelly Detective Constable $105,036.56 Nancy Lenehan Staff Sergeant $124,944.74 Daryl Longworth Deputy Chief of Police $149,555.04 Donald MacKenzie Constable $104,311.25 Marvin Massecar Administrative Sergeant $106,727.26 Robert McDonald Constable $104,179.94 Jeffrey McLachlan Constable $109,612.18 Karen Overbaugh Detective Constable $101,292.84 Debbie Peterman Sergeant $114,458.30 William Renton Inspector of Operations $137,491.10 Randall Rudy Constable $112,241.30 Wayne Sczepanski Constable $109,337.10 Marcia Shelton Staff Sergeant $124,738.58 Darren Sweazey Staff Sergeant $118,669.39 Kevin Talsma Detective Sergeant $130,068.72 Elaina Taylor Sergeant $106,150.15 Donald Thomas Sergeant $110,245.44 Richard Walker Detective Constable $102,845.30 Terry Westlake Detective Constable $103,355.02 Ryan Wright Detective Constable $106,926.08

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