Who earns the most? See top money makers in each Sedgwick County government division

Amy Renee Leiker

A list of the top five earners in each division of Sedgwick County government appears below, with their total compensation and number of hours paid or scheduled in 2021.

For all other Sedgwick County employees, you can search The Eagle’s public salary database, embedded below.

The public salary information, obtained through an open records request, includes data such as total compensation, hourly wage, base pay, overtime hours logged and other wage-related facts for any county employee on the payroll last year, whether they were scheduled full- or part-time.

Total compensation includes base pay, overtime pay and other money earned. Hours paid include all types of hours for which an employee received compensation. For exempt employees — which includes positions such as commissioner, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer and register of deeds — the county provided the number of annual scheduled hours.

18th Judicial District*

  • Carl Wheeler, court trustee: $89,513.84 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Julie Orr, attorney III: $89,490.93 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Lisa Long-Horton, senior attorney: $81,873.92 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Megan Campbell, attorney IV: $75,408.30 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Danielle Bye, attorney: $70,448.09 - 2,080 scheduled hours

*County-paid employees are in the court trustee’s office. Other employees of the 18th Judicial District are paid by the state.

Appraiser

  • Charles Clark, county appraiser: $122,573.56 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Chris Morlan, administrative manager: $91,152.66 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Robert Prine, administrative manager: $90,888.76 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Cyrill Kovar, residential/agricultural project leader: $88,346.82 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Norma Steventon-Bierens, senior administrative officer: $77,975.84 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Board of County Commissioners

  • James Howell, District 5 commissioner: $103,821.02 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Lacey Cruse, District 4 commissioner: $101,456.16 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • David Dennis, District 3 commissioner: $99,528.38 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Peter Meitzner, District 1 commissioner: $99,177.88 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Sarah Lopez, District 2 commissioner: $94,503.39 - 2,080 scheduled hours

County Clerk

  • Kelly Arnold, county clerk: $100,253.20 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Karen Bailey, chief deputy county clerk: $96,435.64 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Shari Masterson, deputy county clerk/specials admin. off.: $65,433.31 - 2,080 paid hours

  • Katherine Brier, deputy county clerk/office manager: $56,087.47 - 2,080.5 paid hours

  • Shelley Murray, deputy county clerk IV: $55,065.90 - 2,079.75 paid hours

County Counselor

  • Michael Pepoon, county counselor: $136,663.76 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Patricia Parker, deputy county counselor: $125,353.20 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Justin Waggoner, assistant county counselor: $116,931.87 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Kevin Stamper, assistant county counselor: $99,779.28 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Kirk Sponsel, assistant county counselor: $92,041.13 - 2,080 scheduled hours

County Manager

  • Thomas Stolz, county manager: $196,571.34 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Timothy Kaufman, deputy county manager: $174,857.24 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Tania Cole, assistant county manager administrative services: $144,753.84 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Russell Leeds, assistant county manager public safety: $144,661.56 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Christian Wells, ICT-1 crisis clinician: $54,878.60 - 2,080 scheduled hours

County Treasurer

  • Randy Bargdill, chief deputy treasurer: $99,721.75 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Linda Kizzire, county treasurer (former): $97,377.67 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Brandi Baily, county treasurer: $83,372.65 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Tammy Antonelli, auto license manager: $81,151.77 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Amber Burnett, senior accountant: $66,607.42 - 2,080 scheduled hours

District Attorney

  • Ann Swegle, deputy district attorney: $170,806.37 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Marc Bennett, district attorney: $166,651.00 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Ron Paschal, deputy district attorney: $130,800.00 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Randall Hubert, chief attorney: $123,172.02 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Mark Jordan, chief attorney: $118,060.73 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Administrative Services

  • Akeam Ashford, director of strategic communications: $102,390.14 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Michael Jones, lead trade specialist: $96,785.90 - 2,193 paid hours

  • John Peterson, video production coordinator: $83,678.58 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Mark Kemper, mechanic II: $83,440.85 - 2,730.25 paid hours

  • William Ewing, facility manager: $78,254.22 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Finance

  • Lindsay Poe Rousseau, chief financial officer: $151,190.48 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Brent Shelton, assistant chief financial officer: $120,585.01 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Joseph Thomas, purchasing director: $100,366.34 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Hope Hernandez, accounting director: $83,551.43 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Lorien Showalter Arie, budget director: $83,351.43 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Human Resources

  • Sheena Schmutz, chief human resources officer: $122,709.36 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Anna Meyerhoff-Cole, deputy chief human resources officer: $92,230.44 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Jane Link, human resources manager: $81,822.16 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Cynthia Roeder, human resources specialist: $81,555.60 - 2,165 paid hours

  • Gregory Baker, human resources manager: $75,003.50 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Information & Technology

  • Michael Elpers, chief information officer: $119,631.85 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Gina Gillespie, enterprise resource planning director/BI architect: $118,458.72 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Brett Hutchinson, principal IT architect: $114,308.54 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • LouAnn Rose, SAP security administrator: $113,813.60 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Peter Sawall, senior basis administrator: $103,344.80 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Public Safety

  • John Gallagher, emergency medical services director and medical director (former): $254,247.04 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Timothy Gorrill, coroner and medical examiner: $243,182.09 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Jaime Oeberst, deputy coroner: $208,542.83 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Scott Kipper, deputy coroner: $202,455.21 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Robert Haig, emergency medical services team leader: $178,034.21 - 3,664.5 paid hours

Division of Public Services

  • Rex Lear, Comcare chief clinical director: $273,728.78 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Andrew Lauronilla, Comcare clinical director: $212,017.82 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • DeAnn Jenkins, Comcare benefited PT clinical director: $211,945.29 - 1,664 scheduled hours

  • Lin Xu, Comcare clinical director: $210,105.66 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Kathrine Girrens, Comcare clinical director: $205,165.56 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Division of Public Works

  • James Weber, county engineer: $141,457.78 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Lynn Packer, deputy director of public works: $106,429.10 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Susan Erlenwein, environmental resources director: $99,394.75 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Mark Borst, traffic engineer: $90,088.96 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Daniel Schrant, engineering manager: $86,831.04 - 2,080 scheduled hours

Election Commissioner

  • Angela Caudillo, election commissioner: $82,604.50 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Dawn Harris, chief deputy election commissioner: $77,784.11 - 2,774.25 paid hours

  • Tabitha Lehman, election commissioner (former): $69,332.32 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Cory Gebhart, deputy election commissioner: $64,842.94 - 2,440 paid hours

  • Michelle Waughtal, administrative technician: $56,477.89 - 2,362.5 paid hours

Register of Deeds

  • Tonya Buckingham, register of deeds: $95,823.58 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Kenly Zehring, chief deputy register of deeds: $87,188.30 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Marilyn Flowers, department application manager: $66,358.75 - 2,083.75 paid hours

  • Joshua Crawford, register of deeds land records manager: $51,720.97 - 2,081.75 paid hours

  • Kimberly Stigall, administrative officer: $48,762.53 - 2,080 paid hours

Sheriff

  • Cleve Werner, detention deputy: $177,511.97 - 4,787.5 paid hours

  • Jeffrey Easter, county sheriff: $155,879.86 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Sean Dowling, detention deputy: $138,530.24 - 4,035.25 paid hours

  • Willetta Moore, detention captain: $134,400.53 - 2,080 scheduled hours

  • Greg Pollock, undersheriff: $132,441.91 - 2,080 scheduled hours

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