Myers' afterlife paying $70,800

A former Du Quoin city administrator is seeing a nice afterlife with the Illinois Department of Transportation District 9 office in Carbondale.

Kathy Cutler of the State of Illinois comptroller's office says Bradley E. Myers will make $5,900 a month ($70,800 a year) as a Technical Manager 5 for IDOT's Bureau of Administration.

His employment began on January 28 of this year.

Myers served under Du Quoin Mayor Rex Duncan after the death of City Clerk Blaine Bastien and his termination was part of Mayor Guy Alongi's election platform.

Myers held the position for two and half years.Prior to that, Brad was with Five Rivers Services, LLC, a government contractor in Colorado, from 2009-2012, where he was Program Manager and Director of Operations. He was also a Program Manager for ITT Corporation, a defense contractor in Colorado, for over three years. Mr. Myers served in the US Air Force for 26 years prior to his civilian career. He has associate degrees in Electronics, Instructional Technology & Military Science, and Aircraft Armament Systems, all from the Community College of the Air Force. He has a bachelor's degree in Management/Computer Information Systems from Park University in Missouri.

"In his new position, Bradley will be accountable for managing the district section which performs work governed by complex personnel policies/procedures, various laws/regulations involving recruitment, hiring, nonunionized, professional and paraprofessional employees. He will also oversee workman compensation and the safety and claims department."