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Volume 20, Number 16
Police chief tops list of town earners
Lake Compounce and others seek new hires for summer positions By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — Lake Compounce is making a final push for seasonal hires ahead of their impending April 29 opening. The park is just but one of several businesses in the area that are looking for people to fill seasonal positions as the busy summer season is about to begin. See Jobs, A22
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
First responders cook up chili for a cause
SOUTHINGTON — Principals, administrators and police were among the highest-paid municipal employees last year.
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School superintendent Steven Madancy was the
By Nicole Zappone Record-Journal staff
Police Chief Jack Daly poses in his office at the Southington Police Department on Aug. 25, 2022. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Daly’s private duty earnings, which include managing traffic during utility work, weren’t as high as other officers such as Christopher LaPolice and town Porte who earned $98,264. Others earned between manager earnings $40,000 and $73,000. Daly Police officials said the opsaid those earnings repreportunity for extra work sent many hours worked leads to high earnings for of- outside of an officer’s norficers willing to put in the mal 40-hour shift. additional hours. second highest public employee in Southington with a salary of $196,095 for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
PLAINVILLE – It was a heated battle, but in the end, the fire department prevailed in a chili cook-off with the police department. This inaugural contest between Plainville first responders drew a sell-out crowd of tastetesters to the VFW hall on March 19. See Chili, A28
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Police took nine of the top 10 spots on the town government side, boosted by overtime and private duty payments. Top school administrators and principals were the highest-earning school district employees during the previous fiscal year. Overall, police Chief Jack Daly earned the most in 2022. His base salary of $160,755 combined with private duty jobs he took worth $60,313 for a total of $221,768.
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