May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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Wimberg vows to veto salary ordiiiane
By TIM FAHERTV
May r Chester J. Wimberg
has said he will veto the
municipal salary ordinance if
council passes it with a
reduced salary for the
municipal judge.
Wimberg made the
statement after last week's
- city council meeting, where
council passed on first
reading such an ordinance
with a 5-2 vote. Wimberg said
he would veto the ordinance if
it is passed on June 7, even
though he realizes five votes
are enough to override such a
veto, because it would show
council his feeling on the
matter.
Only Councilmen Nickolas
J. Trofa and William j. Mas
voted against amending the
salary ordinance to prevent
Judge Edward P. Kozmor
from receiving an incremental
increase which
would have put his salary for
the part-time position at
$20,200.
Although it was reported
last week that Kozmor
currently earns $20,200, he
actually now received $16,300.
He would have received the
larger amount, retroactive to
January of this year, if the
salary ordinance had been
passed unamended.
Coundlwoman Jeanne M.
Gunn moved to amend the
ordinance Thursday, setting
the four steps of a municipal
judge's salary at $10,000,
$12,000. $14,000 and $16,300.
Since Kozmor, who became
municipal judge in July of
1977, achieved the fourth step
of the salary scale in January,
this amendment would effectively
freeze his salary at
its present level.
"Actually the figures are
still a little high," Qunn said,
"but I didn't want to lower the
judge's salary."
But Trofa disagreed
violently with Clunn's
reasoning. "We are not being
frugal, we are being vindictive,"
he said.
Wimberg asked the
members of council if they
had ever attended Kozmor's
court as a basis for evaluating
his performance. He also
Beach tags
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spectors to specific beaches
and allowing them to patrol
individually, Walters has
instituted a "team effort."
Inspectors will now patrol
beaches in groups of as many
as seven, under direct
supervision, and will travel
from beach to beach.
"They're going to be doing
one heck of a lot of walking,"
he said.
The teams will hit the most
populated beaches, concentrating
on selling tags, in
this way, Walters said, "we
are hoping to overcome he
loss of seasonal tags."
But* how much ' > that
revenue the city c».ii make up
depends on h- beaches. And, if
theecono; > and the gasoline
situation do not improve,
Walters said, i don't expect
a rip-roaring season in Ocean
City."
Tides
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NOTICE • Deduct >4 hour
for beach.
ADD - HOUR For Bcealey's
Point Bridge.
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1 1:42 2:25
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3:27 4:10
4:21 5:02
MAY. 1»79 Low
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7:17 7:14
8:63 8:07
8:52 t:03
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10:29 11:01
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