Lucking was hired as a part-time interim economic development director for West Carrollton in September at $33.65 an hour. In May, Trotwood city council promoted former police chief Quincy Pope to city manager.
Lucking was one of 10 Trotwood employees who pulled in six figures last year, up from six in 2014, according to the I-Team Payroll Project. The city of roughly 24,000 residents had 74 employees paid at least $50,000, which is down slightly from 79 in 2014.
Trotwood’s highest-paid employees in 2015:
1. Michael Lucking, city manager: $149,578
2. Quincy Pope, public safety director/ interim city manager: $114,441
3. Michael Lynn Richardson, police officer: $112,082
4. Patricia Shively, finance director: $110,555
5. Brandon Holbrook, police sergeant: $107,378
Local governments make payroll with your money. That's why the I-Team is using Ohio public records laws to assemble and analyze payroll data for governments across our region. Read our larger analysis of six-figure salaries across Miami Valley governments here.
Go here for a growing database — containing hundreds of thousands of names and salaries — of government employees who made at least $50,000 in gross compensation last year and in 2014.
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