On the front page of the Jan. 26 issue of the Independent, we published the 2016 police wages for Van Buren Township. Included in the list was Carrie A. Traster, which listed $52,809.12 as salary, $30,327.43 as benefits and $83,136.55 as total compensation.
Officer Traster, who was injured in an on-duty accident in September 2014, said the pay listed in the paper was inaccurate and she didn’t get any insurance beyond September 2016 because that’s when the township dropped her insurance and all her other benefits.
VBT Deputy Clerk Joanne Montgomery provided the following statement:
“Recent upgrades in accounting software mistakenly included workman’s compensation wages in the reporting of Ms. Traster’s overall wages. Her corrected Township wages are as follows: 23,080.40 wages, 28,053.18 fringes [$51,133.58 total]. We apologize for the error.”
Officer Traster said she got wages of $16,488.39 recorded on her W-2 form for 2016. She is suing the township over the accident and a settlement has not been agreed upon.
–Rosemary K. Otzman, editor
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