Overtime Pay at COTA | Columbus News

A maintenance tech at Central Ohio Transit Authority racked up $350,000 in pay—$228,000 of it overtime—in just one year, becoming the second-highest paid employee after the CEO. Working 18 years without a single sick day or vacation, he’s a tireless fixture in a department chronically understaffed and running 24/7. While COTA says the overtime is unavoidable due to staffing shortages, hiring new techs to fix the problem actually creates more overtime in the short term. It’s a brutal reality: keeping transit running costs a fortune—and the workers pay the price. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/79d9c0443b84c5f2