An audit of overtime pay for Durham city employees found 11 whose combined salary and overtime compensation topped $100,000 and 20 who took home at least $85,000.
One employee whose combined salary and overtime pay in 2018 was $121,719, received more in overtime pay than salary, the audit says.
The audit conducted by the city’s Audit Services Department covers three years from 2016-18 and was completed in April. The findings will be presented Thursday during the City Council’s work session.
The last audit of overtime pay practices was conducted in 2013, when 25 employees earned more an $10,000 in overtime pay.
The current audit found 67 city employees were paid more than $10,000 in overtime compensation during the 2018 fiscal year. They accounted for about $1.2 million of the $3.9 million the city paid in overtime that year. Auditors found that 1,260 employees received some overtime pay in 2018.