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Which Nutter staffers stopped taking pay cuts?

Some readers asked which staffers are (and aren't) still taking pay cuts. You can find out after the jump.

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Which Nutter staffers stopped taking pay cuts?

POSTED: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:02 PM
22 of Mayor Nutter's top staffers have stopped taking pay cuts. Nutter, however, is still slashing his own salary.

It’s Our Money reported yesterday that 22 of Mayor Nutter’s top staffers have stopped taking pay cuts. Nutter and nine of his aides, meanwhile, are still slashing their salaries.

Some readers asked which staffers are (and aren't) still taking pay cuts. You can find out after the jump.

Mayoral spokesman Mark McDonald explained that while the city gave some staffers the choice between discontinuing and retaining their cuts, it automatically restored most staffers’ salaries in January.

McDonald said Nutter decided that his staff had given back sufficiently after pay cuts and a week of unpaid furlough in 2009 and 2010. Critics question whether the city has recovered enough to justify the decision.

Top staffers whose pay cuts have been discontinued:

  • Tumar Alexander, deputy chief-of-staff, whose salary went from $110,000 back to $115,789
  • Gloria Casarez, director of LGBT affairs, whose salary went from $77,000 back to $80,000
  • Rina Cutler, deputy mayor, whose salary went from $152,000 back to $160,000
  • Denise Dixon-Williams, executive assistant, whose salary went from $77,000 back to $80,000
  • Katherine Gajewski, director, whose salary went from $90,157 back to $95,000
  • Teresa Gillen, federal legislative-affairs director, whose salary went from $147,250 back to $155,000
  • Alan Greenberger, deputy mayor, whose salary went from $152,000 back to $160,000
  • Mary Horstmann, assistant managing director, whose salary went from $81,000 back to $84,156
  • Maia Jachimowicz, deputy policy director, whose salary went from $81,000 back to $84,156
  • Jazelle Jones, deputy managing director, whose salary went from $86,625 back to $90,000
  • Amy Kurland, inspector general, whose salary went from $142,500 back to $150,000
  • Travis Larrier, deputy education advisor, whose salary went from $80,850 back to $84,000
  • Joan Markman, chief integrity officer, whose salary went from $142,500 back to $150,000
  • Stephanie Marsh, legislative and government affairs coordinator, whose salary went from $90,091 back to $93,600
  • Kathleen McAfee, first deputy inspector general, whose salary went from $118,750 back to $125,000
  • Mark McDonald, press secretary, whose salary went from $114,000 back to $120,000
  • Christine Piven, director of scheduling, whose salary went from $75,075 back to $78,000
  • Lewis Rosman, director of legislative affairs, whose salary went from $123,975 back to $130,000
  • Jordan Schwartz, deputy chief-of-staff, whose salary went from $86,624 back to $90,000
  • Shelley Smith, city solicitor, whose salary went from $165,741 back to $174,464
  • Lydia Hernandez Velez, deputy managing director of aging, whose salary went from $86,625 back to $90,000
  • Dave Wilson, deputy managing director, whose salary went from $152,000 back to $160,000

Top staffers who are still taking pay cuts:

  • Everett Gillison, chief-of-staff, whose salary is $178,650 after an annual cut of $19,850
  • Suzanne Biemiller, first deputy chief-of-staff, whose salary is $152,000 after an annual cut of $8,000
  • Michael DiBerardinis, deputy mayor, whose salary is $152,000 after an annual cut of $8,000
  • Rob Dubow, finance director, whose salary is $165,741 after an annual cut of $8,723
  • Richard Negrin, managing director, whose salary is $171,000 after an annual cut of $9,000
  • Donald Schwarz, deputy mayor, whose salary is $152,000 after an annual cut of $8,000
  • Lori Shorr, chief education advisor, whose salary is $142,500 after an annual cut of $7,500
  • Gary Steuer, chief cultural advisor, whose salary is $156,750 after an annual cut of $8,250
  • Melanie Johnson, city representative, whose salary is $104,500 after an annual cut of $5,500
Holly Otterbein @ 12:02 PM  Permalink | 21 comments
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Comments  (21)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:28 AM, 08/03/2012
    Oops I forgot Nutter pays someone to speak for him so you would have to ask Mark McDonald why people who make $75K or more deserve raises while people who average $37K don't.
    gemini48
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:30 AM, 08/03/2012
    Is Nutter a Democrat or Republican? Why aren't all unions getting together to go after him like they did the guy from Wisconsin?
    gemini48
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:55 AM, 08/03/2012
    Nutter has the biggest staff in philly's long history he needs it to cover him while he has his late night bowling lessons
    the commodore
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:50 PM, 08/05/2012
    80,000 bucks a year for the director of bone smuggling and tongue tillers.
    jfly1222
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:46 AM, 08/08/2012
    This guy has no respect for the working man/woman or unions.He surrounded himself with all anti union people but yet Brady still backs him why do you think the post bros came into town and stated f the unions becasue they know this mayor is anti union.All the unions should get together and shut this city down and show we are the fabric of what this city was built on teach this guy a lesson.The trade unions need to supprort the city workers unions.Union democrates are fed up with this union buster and they just might take it out on obama come election time,he is no different than that idiot walker who threw out collective bargaining.This guy just dont bargain so it no different.Dont the democratic party reconize what this mayor has done to unions particularlly city unions ??
    cityslicker
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:13 AM, 08/08/2012
    I like to add for the sake of transparency , to see in dollars and cents how much he has increased the mayor office of community services with non union low paying jobs buying the best equipment money can buy all along while he was cutting union jobs and denying civil service regulations with freezing step increases and of course no contract.Everytime this guy wants to sit dowm with the city unions he sends his young collage graduates that have no working expierence armed with 22 pages of givebacks crying that the city has no money.
    cityslicker


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