Caesar Rodney Institute Writes: New Castle County Payroll Information Is Now Available Online!!

Hmmm, county overtime. Come to think of it, when I showed up at the Sweeney Public Safety Building last Tuesday night there was a heavy machine crew at work on the parking lot. Councilman Bill Powers walked over to ask them why they were working at 7PM. It just so happened that John Husbands of Special Services was also attending the Civic League meeting and when we asked him about the overtime, he said that the work was top priority to fix a storm water feature before the next big storm...no one was convinced that this work couldn't have been done during the day. *sigh*
From the inbox ~

New Castle County Payroll information is now posted online at www.DelawareSpends.com.You can now search payroll for all New Castle County government employees for 2007, 2008 and through June 24th for 2009. [you can search the payroll by name, position, division of government, overtime pay, benefits and year.]

Here is a snapshot of what the data shows:

Between January 1, 2009 and July 24, 2009, New Castle County paid nearly $3.6 million in overtime; Through July 24, 2009 New Castle County paid $55.3 million dollars in salary (the total operating budget is $240.3 million for fiscal year 2009); and

The county will pay its 1965 full-time employees over $22.6 million in benefits in 2009.For the most recent full calendar year, 2008, New Castle County government had 73 employees making over $100,000 and paid $7.3 million in overtime, $35 million in benefits and $93.7 million in base salaries.

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