{"id":17316,"date":"2014-07-13T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=17316"},"modified":"2015-01-02T05:39:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T10:39:22","slug":"brigantine-police-fire-20-annual-raises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/brigantine-police-fire-20-annual-raises\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigantine Police & Fire and Annual Raises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brigantine&#8217;s current Fire and Police contracts provide for annual raises.<\/strong> Starting salary for<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/brigantine-seeks-to-slow-annual-raises-for-police-firefighters\/article_e4f9cf3e-ccbf-56db-a994-c571b0871bc9.html?mode=story\" target=\"_blank\"> Brigantine police<\/a> officers increased 44% between 1999 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Recent contracts for Brigantine PD & FD featured pay raises, longevity bonuses, and overtime compensation. These facts were featured in a recent<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/brigantine-seeks-to-slow-annual-raises-for-police-firefighters\/article_e4f9cf3e-ccbf-56db-a994-c571b0871bc9.html?mode=story\" target=\"_blank\"> Press of Atlantic City<\/a> newspaper article published on July 13, 2013.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>It&#8217;s no secret. The City of Brigantine is under increasing financial pressure due to the decline of tax revenue, and the increase of property tax appeals. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This witches brew of fiscal turmoil has been percolating for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some potential culprits, that may have contributed to this mess:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of municipal transparency from elected and appointed officials<\/li>\n<li>Past city leaders allegedly created sweetheart jobs<\/li>\n<li>70% of taxpayers (part-time residents) not voting in Brigantine, even though they can if registered<\/li>\n<li>70% of residents still have limited & potentially biased access to public info\n<ul>\n<li>Local papers have weak web strategy to share info w\/ with part-time residents<\/li>\n<li>City still lacks professional web marketing & online information sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Limited or no investigative inquiries by local Brigantine newspapers<\/li>\n<li>Non-sustainable salaries<\/li>\n<li>No marketing or tourism strategy for the city.<\/li>\n<li>Elected officials not providing financial \/ investment disclosure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To Re-cap:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brigantine has 35 employees earning more than $100,000 per year. 19 are firefighters and 13 are police officers.<\/li>\n<li>Salaries for Police & Fire account for 63 percent of total budget.<\/li>\n<li>City still negotiating with Police & Fire unions. \u00a0Both\u00a0contracts expired approx 2 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>In April 2013, City manager asked for voluntary furloughs from city employees to reduce operating costs. None were taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/brigantine-seeks-to-slow-annual-raises-for-police-firefighters\/article_e4f9cf3e-ccbf-56db-a994-c571b0871bc9.html?mode=story\" target=\"_blank\">Brigantine Police and Fire contracts <\/a>here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/brigantine-seeks-to-slow-annual-raises-for-police-firefighters\/article_e4f9cf3e-ccbf-56db-a994-c571b0871bc9.html?mode=story\">http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/brigantine-seeks-to-slow-annual-raises-for-police-firefighters\/article_e4f9cf3e-ccbf-56db-a994-c571b0871bc9.html?mode=story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brigantine&#8217;s current Fire and Police contracts provide for annual raises. Starting salary for Brigantine police officers increased 44% between 1999 and 2012. Recent contracts for Brigantine PD & FD featured pay raises, longevity bonuses, and overtime compensation. 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