With news today that the Maine Turnpike Authority is closing down the Falmouth spur to Turnpike north on-ramp for a year to complete a $6.5 million bridge project, let’s take a look at the recently released Turnpike salary data from MaineOpenGov.org and see who at the MTA is taking home the most in toll payer dollars.
| Name | PositionName | Total Compensation |
| Neil R. Libby | Deputy Executive Dir & Chief Financial Officer | $178,601 |
| Paul E. Violette | Executive Director | $166,986 |
| Peter S. Merfeld | Chief Operations Officer | $139,736 |
| Wesley L. Jackson | Director of Maintenance | $132,790 |
| Douglas D. Davidson | Director of Finance & Information Services | $128,282 |
| Conrad W. Welzel | Government Relations Manager | $122,807 |
| Richard R. Barra | Director of Fare Collection | $122,245 |
| Daniel J. Paradee | Public Affairs Manager | $122,104 |
| Thomas J. Hayden | Printing Room Coordinator | $116,761 |
| Lauren Graveline Carrier | Director of Human Resources | $115,749 |
| Stephen R. Tartre | Director of Engineering & Building Maintenance | $115,749 |
| William E. Wells | Deputy Dir & Equipment Maintenance | $110,209 |
| Scott A. Warchol | Project Admin-Engineering & Building Maint. | $107,143 |
| William K. Franklin | Deputy Dir Building Maintenance & Engineering | $106,735 |
| William H. Yates III | Network Manager/Network Engineer | $106,468 |
| Robert B. Williams | Manager of Application Development | $106,468 |
| Roger D. Mathews | Highway Division Supervisor | $106,049 |
| Regina R. Wyman | Deputy Director of Fare Collection | $105,456 |
| Jonathan A. Arey | Staff Attorney | $105,203 |
| Gregory J Stone | Director of Highway Safety | $105,203 |
| Gregory P. Hinds | Supervisor of Building Maintenance | $104,698 |
| William M. Thompson | Highway Maintenance Foreman | $104,266 |
| Terry L. McCarty | Toll Plaza Supervisor/Non-Assigned | $103,192 |
| Bernard A. Perry | Highway Division Supervisor | $102,213 |
| John D. Roberts | Right of Way Manager | $101,406 |
| Richard W. Somerville | E-ZPass Manager | $101,406 |
| John M Branscom | Environmental Services Coordinator | $100,844 |
| Scott N. Lachance | Engineering/Right Of Way Assistant II | $100,669 |
For a complete picture of how the Maine Turnpike Authority spends your toll dollars, check out MaineOpenGov.org.
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Mmmmmm. This is basically a mail room job. He actually is a union steward as well. 116k explains a lot.
Interesting: of the 28 positions listed, only 3 are women (giving them “Terry” since it’s not a gender-specific name), or just about 11%. If Terry is male, then 7%. Not good percentages for an equal opportunity state.
Terry is a female
Kissing butt and selling out fellow union members works.