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City of HobokenOrdinance No.:

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SALARIES OFMAYOR, COUNCIL, AND DEPARTMENT HEADS

WHEREAS, the City of Hoboken is governed by the Faulkner Act Mayor-Council form of government; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Faulkner Act, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-180, thesalary, wages or other compensation paid to the Mayor and members of the CityCouncil must be fixed by the council immediately upon reorganization; and,

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-180 further provides that the compensationof all department heads shall be also fixed by the council upon reorganization;and,

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-43a provides that the salary, wages or othercompensation paid to all other municipal employees is established by the Mayor,except as specifically otherwise provided by law;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City ofHoboken, County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, as follows:

SECTION ONE

The annual salary for the Mayor of Hoboken, effective July 1, 2009, shallbe $116,904.60. The Mayor shall be entitled to equivalent benefits as are setforth in the current collective bargaining agreement between the City and theHoboken Municipal Supervisors Association but shall not receive longevity pay.

SECTION TWO

The annual salary for a member of the Hoboken City Council, effectiveJuly 1, 2009, shall be $24,130. The annual salary for the Hoboken City CouncilPresident, effective July 1, 2009, shall be $26,541. All members of the HobokenCity Council shall be entitled to receive equivalent health care benefits as are setforth in the current collective bargaining agreement between the City and theHoboken Municipal Supervisors Association but shall not receive longevity payorany other benefits.

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SECTION THREE

The annual salary for Department Heads (Directors), effective July 1,2009, shall be determined by the Mayor but in no event shall exceed $115,000annually, except for the Director of Public Safety, whose salary shall not exceed$27,500 annually. All Department Heads shall be entitled to equivalent benefitsas are set forth in the current collective bargaining agreement between the Cityand the Hoboken Municipal Supervisors Association, but shall not receivelongevity pay.

SECTION FOUR

All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent with thisOrdinance are hereby repealed, but only however, to the extent of such conflictor inconsistency, it being the legislative intent that all ordinances or part ofordinances now existing or in effect unless the same being conflict orinconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance shall remain in effect.

SECTION FIVE

The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if anysection, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof for any reason be held tobe invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decisionshall not effect the validity of the remaining sections, subsections, sentences,clauses and phrases of this Ordinance, but shall remaining in effect; it being thelegislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand not withstanding the invalidity ofany part.

SECTION SIX

This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication asprovided by law.

SECTION SEVEN

This ordinance shall be a part of the Code of the City of Hoboken asthough codified and fully set forth therein. The City Clerk shall have thisordinance codified and incorporated in the official copies of the Code.

The City Clerk and the Corporation Counsel are authorized and directed tochange any Chapter, Article and/or Section number of the Code of the City ofHoboken in the event that the codification of this Ordinance reveals that there isa conflict between the numbers and the existing Code, and in order to avoidconfusion and possible accidental repealers of existing provisions not intended tobe repealed.

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ADOPTED:

James J. Farina, City Clerk

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APPROVED:

Dawn Zimmer, Acting Mayor

Steven W. Kleinman, Corporation Counsel

Date of Introduction: August 5, 2009

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