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PAGE 18 — SECTION ONE
THE SENTINEL LEDGER, OCEAN CITY, N.J.
Judge orders salary referendum removed from ballot in Sea Isle
By MARGIE BOWEN
Seuttnel-Ledger Staff
SEA IgLE CITY - A mov«
to hull the city'i 1983 salary
and wage ordinance was
rendered moot by a Superior
Court Judge last week who
ordered a referendum on the
ordinance removed from tht
NOY. ballot.
Superior Court Judge
Michael Connor ruled Oct. 12
that the city's 1912 salary and
wage ordinance is valid and
that the 1913 ordinance which
drew the scorn of residenta
hefe prompting a petition,
movement didn't provide for
pay increases.
According to Jeffery April,
attorney representing Mayor
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Dominic C. Raffs whoie
tl5,0W*.year salary was the
heaviest hit in the move — the
Judge nixed a counterclaim
mat called for the city attorney
to collect all back
salaries of Raffa, who has
served as the city's mayor for
the put two decades.
Thla summer, 231
registered voters signed a
petition to bring tht salaries
of the commissioners and the
mayor to a vote so tht •lee>
torat* could decide whether
the officials should receive a
raise.
The referendum was
prompted by a petition
protesting the 1983 salary
ordinance because they
claimed It called for • pay
Increase for elected officials.
' Under both fee 1982 and 1983
ordinance, Raffa Is paid
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20,
1982 ordinance for the 1983
year along witti Raffs'i and
Ganicrt'i $2,000 raise.
However, he refused the Increase
sticking with hU $6,000
•alary and backed the
referendum.
The key to the Issue -
$15,000, Commissioner Alan which was Initially heard by
Gansert $8,000 and Com* Superior Court Judge Philip
mlMloner William Van Art, Qruetio who turned ttt caw
over to Conner—was with the
range of salarie* in the or-
This Week
Feature
dinance which allowed for the
mayor's salary to be between
$1,750 ud $25,000 with the two
commiaalonwi 1 and end at the same time. The
exact salaries are set by
resolution. It was a 1081
resolution that set the $2,000
raise in the commissioners'
salaries, effective In July of
US,
In his ruling, Connor noted
hat the referendum, which
was non-binding, wouldn't
serve a purpose since the 1983
ordinance didn't give the
commissioners the rate.
nftoto By §M K««unicn
A large crowd of parents listen intently as
teachers discuss the programs for this year at St.
Augustine's School during the annual back to
school night recently.
aalaries In
fee range of $1,500 and 111,000,
April explained that aU dty
Trie referendum question
was led by Michael A,
CastaWi who was unavailable
tar comment as of pressUme.
Raffa was also unavailable
tar comment
See new assessments
lowering mast taxes
Octin City, N.J,
"
employees' salarieg under the
(continued from page 1) obtained through a five year
SOT, ESSDMGTON
The review Mialoni will be land sale study from 1979-
BACK FROM CARIBBEAN GOWLETBa CQURffi conducted on • ont-to-one 1983. He added that the ap-
Navy Fire Control Staff §gt, Eric O, Esslngton basis from this Monday proximate ' $1.8 billion
Technician 2nd Ctaaa Patrick Jr., ton of Eric G. and Edna through Nov. 4, Including assessment was an "in the
J, Gordon, ton of Mary E, M. Ewlngton of 812 Banning evenings and Saturdays, at ballgame" figure and the only
Rothman of 014 Pleaiure Av,, NorthfieJd has graduated the old fire haU on the ground problem was the fine-tuning.
Ave., recently returned from from the U j. Air Force floor of City HaU. According The figure more than doubted
a depolyment to be Carib- military training instructor to Scelhorst, Monday's and the 1977's revaluation of 1731
bean aboard the newly course at Lackland Air Force Tuesday's appointment million.
commlMioned destroyer USS Base, Texa». The sergeant Is schedules art filled. If "Now were trying to get
Hayler. home ported In a 1977 graduate of Mainland necessary, he added, review Input from he people," An-
mttik Va,
Regional High School. can be done over the phone. drea said.
Seethoret said At firm The assessor, said Oat fee
has been receiving about 125 appraisal firm tried to Inspect
to ISO calls dally from all properties between
property owners here and Memorial and Labor Days
doean't think there is a this year, but sane people'
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problem accommodating refused the inspector entry.
ftienj on the firm's 10 lines, "There are people like that,
although the tax assessor said but that's their prerogative;"
WEEKENDS
residents were complaining Andrea said. "Then ttie In-
about their inability to get spector has to guess at what
through.
type of heating, how mdny
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pointment by letter," Andrea Seelhorst said that If a
said. "But they must set up an property owner was'
appointment if they want unavailable or refused entry-
me."
to an inspector at the ttme of.
Seelhorst said he an- Inspection, the firm relied on.
ticipates receiving about 1,000 old property data to make an
calls In total which amounts to estimated assessment;
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normal being about 10 per- making an error is almost nil,
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Andrea said that the
assessment figures were
wrong, he said, "we wfll fix"
it."
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tor personal gain but were
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