{"id":21058,"date":"2014-01-17T16:37:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T21:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/?p=21058"},"modified":"2014-01-17T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T21:41:58","slug":"power-play-political-payback-brigantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigantinenow.com\/power-play-political-payback-brigantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Play & Political Payback in Brigantine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power Play and Political Payback in Brigantine<\/strong>. Wow. That\u2019s quite a sexy title. It\u2019s also how some describe the recent marathon City Council meeting from this past Wed., January 15.<\/p>\n

The big news of the evening: a party line vote was taken which funded and paved the way for a potential & permanent public safety director to run the Police, Fire, EMT and Beach Patrol divisions. Republican Councilman Simpson, who voted against the measure, said in a Press of Atlantic City article: he agrees that most of the public safety departments\u2019negotiated salaries are too high to be sustainable. But hiring a public safety director and part-time employees won\u2019t decrease those costs, Simpson said.<\/p>\n

The Press of Atlantic City article continues:<\/strong> \u2018The only way to cut back is to change the salaries in the labor contracts. If the starting salary was lower and it took longer to reach a $100,000-plus salary\u2019, Simpson said, the strain of labor costs would eventually solve itself. \u201cYou need to fix the problem coming through the door,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re just putting a Band-Aid on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also from Press of Atlantic City: Councilman Kern said: \u201cWe want chiefs, but we want chiefs we can trust to do the will of the city manager and work smoothly with her\u201d.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Opponents of the Democratic plan<\/strong> note that city manager; Jennifer Blumenthal, still works without a contract. This could make her vulnerable to termination if she were to disappoint those who control her employment. From what we understand, the ability to hire or fire a city manager, could simply lie with a majority vote of City Council, which currently favors the intentions of Democrat members: Pullella, Kern, Delucry, McClay & Piccardi.<\/p>\n

During the 5+ hours meeting, Democrat Councilman Kern and other Dems suggested that they were still open to having department chiefs…. but moments later, joined fellow party members to approve the salary ordinance.<\/p>\n

Read Full Story<\/a> from Wallace McKelvey in Press of Atlantic City<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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