BY JOHN SNYDER
OF PASCACK PRESS
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—The Township Council on Aug. 7 said the police chief position warrants a maximum of $175,655 in annual pay for 2017, far and away the largest salary for a public servant here.
The next four earners closest by maximum annual salary are:
- $100,000 for the township’s business administrator;
- $76,088 for a certified superintendent of the Department of Municipal Facilities;
- $72,023.39 for the township attorney; and
- $69,020 for the township clerk.
Maximum wages, compensation (including mileage), stipends and salaries are laid out in Ordinance 17-10, which is available to read on the township’s website, twpofwashington.us.
The pay must be approved at a second reading and vote. The first vote passed unanimously and without public comment. The council next meets on Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 350 Hudson Ave.
Several other positions’ pay, for the record
Here’s a roundup of a few of the many other positions in town and their pay for 2017:
The mayor is slated to earn $9,936 a year.
That leads the council president, at $6,367 a year, and others on the council who’ll pull in $6,143.50 a year.
The township clerk, who also clerks for the Health Department, tops out at $69,020.
The position of grant consultant is remunerated at $6,000.
In the Department of Public Safety, crossing guards/school monitors get $16.02 an hour for their first six months, $16.85 from that milestone to a year, and $17.67 thereafter.
(Crossing guards also get paid for a week of holiday recess, two days for winter recess, two days for winter recess and a week for spring recess, along with a few holidays on days they would otherwise be scheduled for.)
Full-time dispatchers call for $39,214, with their part-time counterparts earning $26.81 an hour.
Special police officers put it all on the line for $25 an hour.
The director of the Department of Fire Protection, which is a proud, all-volunteer service, takes home a check for as much as $1,250 every December.
A township municipal court judge is paid $10,086.05, which covers two sessions per month. Each extra session earns his or her honor $175.
Your tried and true violations clerks nab $16 an hour.
Speaking of money, the township’s chief financial offer banks $30,000, but the deputy treasurer/finance assistant/benefits coordinator earns up to $44,200.
The tax collector is paid up to $5,250. Meanwhile, a tax collector assistant, a part-time position, takes in $16.50 an hour.
The tax assessor, at an average minimum 20 hours a week, is slated to earn up to $25,997.20, with that incumbent’s assistant getting $5,824.
In the Department of Recreation, the superintendent earns $9,963, with cheerleading instructors showing their students how it’s done for $8.75 an hour.
The summer rec director earns $22 an hour for pre-season work, then $4,900 for the season proper.
Summer rec coordinators get $18.50 an hour. Counselors gross $8.75 an hour.
The teen program pays $11.15 an hour, with the director grossing $1,250 as a one-time payment, in December.
The council also passed its anti-nepotism ordinance at the meeting, effective Sept. 1, so there are new rules affecting who can and can’t work for the town and who may or may not supervise them.