Politics & Government
Job Cuts Held Municipal Wage Hike to Less Than 1 Percent
$28.6 million in salaries budgeted in 2013 spending plan.
Salaries and wages for township employees increased by only $136,000 this year.
More than $28.6 million in salaries and wages has been budgeted this year, as compared to the slightly more than the $28.5 million that was budgeted last year, an increase of less than one half of one percent.
Six positions were eliminated this year, which helped keep the increase to a minimum, Mayor Chris Vergano said.
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The positions were: assistant township engineer, police department secretary, director of purchasing, sewer plant secretary, water meter repairman and violations clerk.
Thirty-eight positions have been eliminated since Vergano became mayor in 2008, including the six this year. The savings from the moves totals more than $6.4 million.
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The Police Department was among the units to receive a slight increase of 1.4 percent. The contract between the township and the department's personnel is collectively bargained.
The $78.1 million budget will increase the average homeowner's municipal taxes by $59.
Salaries and Wages
Department/Unit 2013 2012 Office of the Clerk $336,211 $332,708 Office of the Mayor $77,700 $86,963 Department of Administration Division of Administration $417,960 $432,385 Division of Public Buildings $210,952 $217,176 Fire Official $341,291 $338,414 Department of Finance Division of the Treasury $342,739 $345,908 Division of Revenue Collection $121,100 $121,606 Division of Information Technologies $236,387 $236,531 Department of Assessments $355,108 $352,221 Legal Department $358,747 $354,239 Department of Planning $378,176 $375,693 Police Department $17,152,900$16,921,348
Department of Public Works
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