As public servants, they manage your city, keep your county running and operate the schools where your children get an education. And as a taxpayer in Hays County, you pay their salaries.
The Hays Free Press is publishing its annual salary guide, showing the top 25 salaries paid to officials in Buda, Kyle, Hays County and the Hays Consolidated Independent School District.
1. Tom Mattis, Kyle City Manager: $179,617
2. Jeremy Lyon, Hays CISD Superintendent: $179,000*
3. Anna Boling, Hays County Court at Law Judge: $135,832
4. Linda Rodriguez, Hays County Court at Law Judge: $135,832
5. Carter Scherff, Hays CISD Deputy Superintendent: $133,989*
6. Gregory M. Blake, Kyle Police Chief: $129,317
7. James Earp, Kyle Asst. City Manager: $124,279
8. Kimbroly Pool, Hays CISD Asst. Superintendent C&I: $124,015*
9. Kenneth Williams, Buda City Manager: $123,327
10. Charles Cunningham, Kyle Finance Director: $120,826
11. Julie Jerome, Hays CISD Asst. Superintendent Com. Rel.: $115,271*
12. Elizabeth Sumter, Hays County Judge: $112,365
13. Carolyn Hitt, Hays CISD Asst. Superintendent HR: $110,000*
14. Jerry Borcherding, Hays Director of Transportation, Planning: $109,730
15. Bill Herzog, Hays Auditor: $107,874
16. Fred Weber, Hays District Attorney First Assistant: $105,113
17. Elsa Hinojosa, Lehman High School Principal: $104,163*
18. Sherman Brodbeck, Hays Chief Deputy: $103,695
19. Warren Ketteman, Buda Executive Director, EDC: $103,336
20. David Pierce, Hays High School Principal: $99,500*
21. Dona Folmar, Hays CISD Executive Director Finance: $98,052*
22. Tommy Ratliff, Hays County Sheriff: $96,602
23. Pedro Hernandez, Kyle Police Captain: $95,905
24. Charlotte Barrera, Hays CISD Executive Director HR: $95,058*
25. John Thornell, Hays CISD Executive Director Assessment: $94,805*
Editor’s note: Citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Hays CISD officials declined to list medical benefits paid to employees. The other three entities did provide that information.
*Salaries marked with an asterisk do not include health benefits.
Salaries for the district attorney and district judges are paid at the state level and not included in this list.
This information is a matter of public record under the Freedom of Information Act.
