School chief's contract, administrator salary hikes OK'd

Yorkville Board of Education members approved a five-year contract for Superintendent Tim Shimp and one-year contracts for all returning district administrators Monday night.

Administrator salaries were also set.

Shimp will be paid $178,892 next year with the board to set his salary in each of the following years. He had been paid $175,127 this year, giving him a two percent raise.

In addition, the board will pay his Teacher Retirement System contribution, 10.375 percent of his salary, as it does for all administrators. His family medical, dental and vision insurance will be paid, as will a $100,000 term life insurance policy, and he will receive a $400 a month travel allowance.

He will receive 20 vacation days and can exchange a maximum of six of them for payment in lieu of using them. Shimp will also receive 12 days of sick leave that can be accumulated to a maximum of 440 days. However, that accumulated sick leave will not be reimbursed when the contract is terminated. He will also have two personal leave days each year.

Shimp can receive a $10,000 a year increase in salary beginning the year after he receives his doctorate degree.

The contract states "the Superintendent and Board confirm and acknowledge that the Superintendent has met the goals and indicators of student performance and academic achievement" as required by a previous contract.

It also states that the board would "prefer the Superintendent to live within Community Unit District Number 115," which Shimp does.

The total increase in salaries for returning administrators was 2.78 percent. Individual salaries are:

•Ryan Adkins, Director of Technology, $103,743

•Lisa Adler, Yorkville Middle School principal, $101,618

•Tracy Anderson, Circle Center Grade School assistant principal, $79,591

•Robert Battey, Grande Reserve Elementary School principal, $80,517

•Nicholas Baughman, Chief Academic Officer, $132,000

•Steve Bjork, Yorkville Intermediate School principal, $107,040

•Michele Breyne, Grande Reserve Elementary School assistant principal, $68,974

•Pat Browne, Director of Operations, $123,000

•Troy Courtney, Director of Human Resources, $128,580

•Zachary Craft, Bristol Bay Elementary School assistant principal, $66,750

•Shane Darnell, Yorkville Middle School dean of students, $66,657

•Michael Duback, Director of Business Services, $83,500

•Kristin Faber, Yorkville Middle School assistant principal, $75,586

•Joseph Fornell, Yorkville High School dean of students, $63,461

•Melinda Hafenrichter, Autumn Creek Elementary School assistant principal, $67,060

•Kimberly Hanson, Yorkville Middle School assistant principal of student services, $84,000

•Gina Isabelli, Circle Center Grade School principal, $80,517

•Breah Jerger, Yorkville Intermediate School assistant principal, $67,692

•Mayra Johnson, Autumn Creek Elementary School principal, $91,808

•Melinda Lasky, District Student Services Coordinator, $77,500

•Melissa Lewis, Yorkville Grade School principal, $80,517

•Kristine Liptrot, Director of Communications, $102,000

•Megan Martinez, Yorkville High School dean of students, $65,508

•Amy Murillo, Yorkville High School assistant principal of student services, $81,600

•Aaron Osborne, Yorkville High School dean of students, $70,365

•Jeffery Perzee, Yorkville Middle School athletic director, $70,006

•Dean Romano, Chief Operations Officer, $140,156

•Kathryn Schafermeyer, Bristol Grade School principal, $83,203

•Seth Schoonover, Yorkville High School athletic director, $107,891

•Dr. Katie Spallasso, Bristol Bay Elementary School principal, $82,664

•David Travis, Yorkville High School principal, $132,795

•Dr. Hassan von Schlegell, Director of Student Services, $124,670

•Dr. Christine Warren, Yorkville High School associate principal, $97,043

•Adam West, Yorkville High School Academy associate principal, $90,000

•Joel Wyeth, Yorkville High School associate principal $106,377

Adkins and Browne are not part of the Teacher Retirement System but rather the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. The district is making their 4.7 percent contribution to that fund.