NORTH PROVIDENCE – Following the revelation last week that Maria Vallee took home $181,000 in pay for working two positions last year, Mayor Charles Lombardi says he plans to keep Vallee’s base pay of $133,304 the same, but cut her down to one official position.
Lombardi, following a report by WPRI on Vallee’s pay level, said Vallee is worth every penny the town pays her, as evidenced by another clean audit report last week and reserve accounts that are now topping $15 million after another $1.3 million surplus. The town has never been in this kind of financial position, he said, and Vallee is the reason auditors found no deficiencies on the town side.