{"id":16681,"date":"2013-06-15T07:47:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=16681"},"modified":"2014-03-09T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T12:14:24","slug":"brigantine-city-pdfd-union-stalemate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-city-pdfd-union-stalemate\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigantine City & PD \/ FD Union Stalemate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Brigantine done debating the benefits of consolidating the top positions at our Police, Fire & Beach Departments? Looks like it. Brigantine City Manager; Jennifer Blumenthal also wants to reduce costs & increase efficiency for city operations. The unions would like a raise for their new contract. These are the top issues affecting current negotiations between our city and the public unions.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/communities\/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine\/brigantine-s-public-safety-officials-operate-without-police-fire-beach\/article_d70911b4-d47d-11e2-9806-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Press of Atlantic City:<\/a> combined salary costs for the Brigantine Police, Fire & Beach departments reached $8.8 million this year. I<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>About 60% of Brigantine&#8217;s municipal budget goes toward salary, insurance and employee pensions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really at a stalemate because we\u2019re offering zero percent wage increases,\u201d Blumenthal said. \u201cThat\u2019s disagreeable to the labor union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also reported in the Press of Atlantic City: Ray Cox was stripped of his acting police chief title last month, within a month of succeeding retiring Chief Stone. 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