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Home›Salary›State says Monmouth failed to notify public of wage increases

State says Monmouth failed to notify public of wage increases

By Ben Delgado
January 23, 2022
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MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ – In January, the New Jersey State Comptroller said the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners had improperly raised its own salaries and the salary of Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden, without following the required public procedure.

Specifically, in this January 13 public letter, State Comptroller Kevin Walsh said the five-person Board of Monmouth County Elected Commissioners (formerly known as Freeholders) failed to inform the public or hold public hearings when in 2020 they agreed to a sum of $3,000. personal salary increase for themselves from $27,000 to $30,000 per year.

The comptroller also said the Commission failed to properly inform the public when it continually increased the sheriff’s salary over the past five years, which increased by $42,210 from $136,133 in 2016 to $178. $343 in 2021.

State law requires that whenever taxpayer-funded salaries are increased for public officials, a public resolution must first be introduced. There must then be a notice of public hearing in an official gazette; the public hearing must take place or there must be a public vote on the salary increase.

None of this was done in Monmouth County, Walsh said. Sheriff Golden is also chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Party. The Monmouth County commissioners are all Republicans, and one of them, Commissioner Sue Kiley, is running for Congress this year, challenging Rep. Frank Pallone (D) in New Jersey’s Sixth District.

Walsh said the actions of Monmouth County elected officials “undermine…transparency to the public.”

“Our investigation recommended that the Board of Commissioners follow public process for any future salary increases for commissioners or the sheriff,” a spokeswoman for the comptroller’s office said.

The comptroller also said he opened this investigation “after receiving several complaints” about the salary increases.

Monmouth County Commissioners Director Tom Arnone addressed the issue at the January 6 commissioners reorganization meeting, where he said Monmouth County had in fact never followed the law during the approving the salary of its sheriff, county clerk, county attorney, or other taxpayer-paid positions. in the county.

Arnone said the county attorney told him that while it had been a requirement “since the early 1970s” to hold these hearings or present public resolutions, it was never done in Monmouth County. He also called them “old mandates from the 1970s”.

“Obviously it was advertised quite widely in one of our newspapers (Asbury Park Press), which is obviously a free press to be able to do that,” Arnone said at the town hall meeting. “But let me be clear on the story here… It has been brought to our attention by the county council that these required resolutions have never been made in Monmouth County, even though the statues have been on the books for decades. We also learned that many other counties – I think it’s seven – have not passed resolutions on an annual basis.”

He said that in the future, Monmouth County will begin to publicly post notices when it plans to raise wages. And he wants the other seven New Jersey counties to start doing the same.

Arnone also said public employee salaries are available “on many websites.” The county also said the sheriff’s annual salary increases are in line with normal cost-of-living increases.

The State Comptroller is part of the state government responsible for making New Jersey more transparent and accountable. Walsh was appointed by Governor Phil Murphy.

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