Santa Barbara County Releases SBCERS Pension Data. 152 Former Employees Receive More Than $100,000 Per Year!

It is amazing I just mentioned this the other day on my blog and here are the numbers!
http://www.independent.com/news/2011/aug/19/which-pensioners-get-most-green/
Santa Barbara Independent

Friday, August 19, 2011

by CHRIS MEAGHER (CONTACT)

Friday, August 19, 2011
The average pensioner getting money from the Santa Barbara County Employee Retirement System (SBCERS) receives $2,881.85 a month, or $34,582.21 a year, according to data provided by SBCERS last week.
Of the 2,904 people who receive a pension through SBCERS, 152 get more than $100,000 per year and 25 people — including ten who worked in the Sheriff’s Department — receive more than $150,000. Of the top 25, eight served as the heads of their respective departments at one time of another. Six retired prosecutors from the DA’s office are also in the top 25. The highest name on the list is longtime District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who rakes in a whopping $224,672.64 every year.
The information was made available after a public records request from multiple newspapers. Recent court decisions require retirement systems to identify members receiving retirement allowances.
On the other end of the spectrum, 167 people receive less than $500 a month. There are 28 people who receive less than $100 a month.
Former County CEO Mike Brown collects $10,151.48 a month, or $121,817.76 annually. Attached at the bottom is a PDF of all SBCERS retirees, their monthly benefit, and their last employer.
Here is a list of the top 15 names on the list:
1. Tom Sneddon, $224,672.64
2. Ken Shemwell, $206,803
3. Jim Anderson, $206,448.12
4. Jim Thomas, $190,045.32
5. Norman Horsley, $189,666.24
6. Patrick McKinley, $189,497.76
7. Kenneth Pettit, $186,071.52
8. Thomas Martinez, $185,062.32
9. Jim Laponis, $184,982.88
10. R. Scott DeuPree, $183,598.32
11. Tom Franklin, $178,773
12. Joseph Smith, $171,805.80
13. Malvin Parr, $167,856
14. Frederick Olguin, $167,335.44
15. Russell Birchim, $164,575.08

DOCUMENT

Monthly Benefits for Former S.B. County Employees

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http://media.independent.com/news/documents/2011/08/18/county_benefits.pdf

WOULD IT SURPRISE YOU THAT SOME FORMER COUNTY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE MORE IN RETIREMENT PAY THAN THE PERSON THAT CURRENTLY HOLDS THEIR PREVIOUS POSITION. CASE IN POINT THE 2011 GRAND JURY REPORT SHOWS THAT THE MAXIMUM YEARLY SALARY AVAILABLE FOR THE POSITION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS 179,286 OR 14,940 A MONTH IN SALARY. RETIRED DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOM SNEDDON RECEIVES  18,722 A MONTH OR 224,672 YEARLY, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?

here is the link to the 2011 grand jury report on County compensation earnings.

   http://www.sbcgj.org/2011/CompensationSurvey.pdf

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