This Ocean County mayor has how many public jobs?
By Erik Larsen, Asbury Park Press, N.J. | |
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Kennedy also receives public salaries for his roles as the town's acting personnel director, acting coordinator for the Americans with Disabilities Act and acting insurance administrator, according to Borough Clerk
For all these offices, Kennedy, 59, a Republican, will receive an annual salary this year of
Now all of these hats the mayor is wearing have come to the attention of the state Local Finance Board, which in July fined the mayor a total of
According to the notice dated
The mayor, however, has appealed the fine and decision of the state Local Finance Board.
"Mayor Kennedy has requested an administrative hearing," said Tammori C. Petty, director of communications for the state
Although Kennedy also serves in the unpaid official position of public information officer for
Councilman
The council was only informed when the state
"It's very disturbing it was withheld from the public and the council members, even though (the notice of violation) occurred several months ago and he continues to draw a salary," Theodos said. "I'm going to be calling on him to make restitution for the money he has taken to date, which amounts to about
Theodos said some of the appointed positions Kennedy is serving in are already duplicated by other paid professionals at Borough Hall. Moreover, the mayor has no formal qualifications for some of these positions, the councilman said.
Borough Attorney
As legal counsel for the municipal government, Gluck also signed off on the appointments.
For the extra work which began in 2013, Kennedy was paid a salary of about
Gluck said the mayor was able to save the borough upwards of
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