Randy Mucha said he is ready to get paychecks that pay him more than nothing.

“Every two weeks I still get my pay stub that says zero,” said the suspended Oak Brook cop Tuesday.

The reason Mucha, a 19-year veteran, gets paychecks worth nothing is because of his recent conduct with the Oak Brook Police Department. He was suspended without pay last August when he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge.

Police Chief Thomas Sheahan wanted to fire Mucha, but a police review board in late April chose instead to suspend the 43-year-old cop for 30 days and let him go back to work.

Mucha said his suspension ended two weeks ago, but he is still waiting for word from the village and Sheahan.

“I’ve called them and told them that I’m ready to come back to work, when should I report and how do I get paid for some of this back time that went unpaid,” Mucha said.

Acting Village Manager Jeff Moline confirmed that Mucha’s suspension has “run its course” from the April hearing date.

“So right now there’s just other personnel issues that we’re working out with him,” Moline said, adding that he could not comment on Mucha’s request for back pay.

“He can make those requests. I really can’t talk about personnel issues that they’re making a request for,” Moline said.

Mucha’s attorney in his disciplinary hearing with the village, Jerome Marconi, said the problem is Mucha requested an extension in March on his disciplinary hearing. Asking for that extension — during which time Mucha hired Marconi — may have undercut his move for back pay, Marconi said.

“It is what it is, but if he’s not entitled to it, he’s not entitled to it,” Marconi said.

Though the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners effectively rejected Sheahan’s move to fire Mucha, the officer was not cleared of wrongdoing. The commission found the cop guilty on nine of 15 charges filed by Sheahan relating to insubordination, conduct unbecoming of an officer and other violations of police ethics.

Mucha said the commission’s decision showed that he did not conduct an illegal background check on a resident, Fran Gaik, which was what Sheahan arrested him for last August.

“Our position is that I should never have been on unpaid leave in the first place,” Mucha said.

Mucha said a group of Oak Brook residents threw a fundraiser last week to help him with legal bills, but said the donated funds are “not even close” to wiping out his legal fees.