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Apr 12, 2007 3:00 AM (4 hrs ago)
by Joe Rogalsky, The Examiner
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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority makes hefty overtime payments to more employees than just bus and train operators. Personnel putting in lucrative extra time include police officers, station managers, mechanics and maintenance workers.


“Overtime is something we should be watching across the entire system,” said D.C. Council Member Jim Graham, who chairs the Metro Board of Directors’ budget committee. “It is expensive no matter who is getting it.”

Out of the seven overtime-eligible Metro employees who earned more than $150,000 in fiscal 2006, five were members of the Metro police force. The two highest-earning officers worked in the force’s field operations division. The top-paid officer made $78,488 out of his $162,768 salary from overtime and the second highest-paid officer took in $158,586 overall, $71,318 from overtime. Both made more than their boss, Metro Police Chief Polly Hanson, who earned $145,307.

Other workers putting in a lot of overtime include the supervisor of car inspection at the Brentwood Rail Facility, who made $67,637 of his $144,537 pay by working overtime. The highest-earning station manager, who runs New Carrollton, took home $143,183 after chalking up $68,590 in overtime.

jrogalsky@dcexaminer.com