Springfield Ohio Service Department

Not So Fun Facts about Chris Moore's Service Department

The 135-Person Department

135 people for the 58,000 in the City limits. So, 1 Service Dept employee for every 429.6 people.

1 Director - Chris Moore
1 Deputy Director - Shawn Wilson
1 Assistant Director - Kurtis Tyson
2 Engineers (one City, one Operations)
10 Superintendents
7 Supervisors
1 Manager/Supervisor (Facilities) - listed as Supervisor in the Employee List, as Manager in the Org Chart

Of the 135 in the Service dept, 23 are managerial or higher and lead the remaining 112. And 10 Superintendents over 7 Supervisors.

Department Org Chart sent to me November 25, 2025
Department Employee List sent to me November 25, 2025

The TWENTY THREE positions at the top (2024 numbers in just BASE annual salary):
Salaries are using random job title search, so used one for all:
10 Superintendents at 107000 = 1,070,000
7 Supervisors at 112,000 = 784,000
1 Manager at 120,000
1 Director at 173,000
1 Deputy Dir at 145,000
1 Asst Director at 115,000
2 Engineers at 140,000 and 143,000

For a grand total for the top 23 positions = 2,690,000 in BASE salaries.
SEVENTEEN of those are Superintendents or Supervisors (and one mgr) totaling $1,974,000.

According to an online article about the diffs between a Supervisor and a Superintendent , Superintendents drive the team towards their goals and create strategic steps to ensure success. Supervisors oversee the daily duties of employees.

Folks like comparisons, so using Middletown, a standalone town - unlike Kettering – with 52,000 people, their TOTAL number of City employees is ~300.

I’ve submitted a PRR for Springfield totals per year since 2019, but Houston mentioned in one of her recent groupie diatribes, she defended Heck’s salary because he has over 600 employees.

Middletown’s City Manager salary is comparable to Heck’s, but it’s not nearly as painful with half the number of employees to pay for.

Increases in Salaries 2019-2024

Chris Moore
Services Director (same job since 2019)
2019-2023: Salary increased from $115,913 to $163,108 or $47,915 or 41.3%.
2023 increase alone: $141,209 to $163,108 or $21,899 or 15.5%.
2024: increased $163,108 to $173,080 or $9,972 or 6%.
From 2019-2024, in the same job: $115,913 to $173,080 an increase of $57,167 or 49%.

Shawn Wilson
Deputy Service Director (same job since 2019)
2019-2023: Salary increased from $98,772 to $138,544, an increase of $39,772 or 40.2%.
2023 increase alone: $120,914 to $138,544 or $17,630 or 14.6%.
2024: increased $138,544 to $145,267 or 5% (reasonable).
From 2019-2024, in the same job: $98,772 to $145, 267, an increase of $46,495 or 47%.

Kurtis Tyson
Assistant Service Director 2024
Construction Superintendent 2019-2023
2019-2023: Salary increased from $73,821 to $101,382., or $27,561 or 37.3%.
2023 increase alone: $88,622 to $101,382 or $12,760 or 14.4%.
2024: he was made Assistant Service Director and given a raise from $101,382 to $115,575.
From 2019-2024: $73,821 to $115,575, an increase of $41,754 or 56.5%.

Leo Shanayda
City Engineer
2019 -2023, 4 years as City Engineer, his salary increased from $106,027 to $133,768, or $27,741 or 26%.
2023 increase alone: $119,083 to $133,768, or $14,685 or 12.3%.
2024: increased $133,768 to $140,727.
From 2019-2024: $106,027 to $140,727, an increase of $34,700 or 32.7%.

Timothy Weaver
Operations Engineer
2019-2023: his salary increased from $100,340 to $137,626, or $37,286 or 38%.
2023 increase alone: $121.833 to $137,626 or $15,743 or 12.92%.
2024: $137,626 to $143,978.
From 2019-2024: $100,340 to $143,978, an increase of $43,638 or 43.5%.

Just two random Superintendent Salary Checks:
Water Super: Travis Parsons
From 2019-2024, in the same job, his salary went from $69,985 to $107,143, an increase of 37,158 or 53%.

Fleet Super: Jerry Leonard
Mechanic (2019-2022), Superintendent (2023-2024)
From 2019-2024, $53,563 to $93,110, an increase of $39,547 or 73.8%.

Just two random Supervisor Salary Checks:
Water Sup: Michael Becraft
From 2019-2024, in the same job, his salary went from $52,365 to $112,202, an increase of $59,387 or 113.4%.

Fleet maintenance Sup: Timothy Bishop
Motor Equip Operator (2019), Utilities Lead (2020-2023), Supervisor (2024)
From 2019-2024, his salary went from $53,325 to $80,637, an increase of $27,312 or 51.2%.

Now, the next information is going to be about the new trucks they purchased with Covid ARPA money.

And how many employees drive their trucks home, no matter where they live. One employee lives in Jamestown, for example, a 25 mile/41 minute one-way trip.

The Services Department of a town of 58,000 people (they don't count the 30,000 Haitians unless they're looking for federal welfare money, so I won't either) has 135 employees.

And they keep hiring!