Lookup state employee salaries (Toms River, Camden: appointed, mortgage, lawyers)

[block911]

Ok enough nonsense:

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High salary state employees with multiple jobs: WTF? Who is Damian G Murray???

Multiple Jobs 2007


MURRAY DAMIAN G BEACHWOOD BOROUGH $25,170 $301,826
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Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G ISLAND HEIGHTS BOROUGH $10,788 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G LACEY TOWNSHIP $54,000 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G LAKEHURST BOROUGH $19,996 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP $44,362 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G SEASIDE HEIGHTS BOROUGH $53,000 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G STAFFORD TOWNSHIP $41,728 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
MURRAY DAMIAN G TOMS RIVER TOWNSHIP $52,782 $301,826
8
Public Employees (PERS)
KERWIN EDWARD L BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP $67,554 $270,486
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Public Employees (PERS)
KERWIN EDWARD L BERNARDSVILLE BORO $21,264 $270,486
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Public Employees (PERS)

[block911]

Take Damian G. Murray, the highest paid multiple-job holder in the state last year, according to pension records. He also keeps a private law office.

A municipal court judge for eight Ocean County municipalities, his total taxpayer-funded pay was $301,826. The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court is paid $212,100.

When Murray, 59, retires from government service, his final pension will be based on the average of his highest three salaries. That could qualify him for a pension of about $150,000 a year, according to the pension payment formula.

Murray did not return calls for comment, but he has said in the past that he works around the clock, and is always on call to set bail for suspects and review warrants.

Examining pay, benefits

Double dipping is a practice that is increasingly drawing the attention of state lawmakers.

“That’s ridiculous — it really is,” said state Sen. Stephen M. Sweeney, D-Gloucester, of Murray’s eight part-time jobs. “Honestly, it’s a way of getting away with pensions for part-time employees. We need to look at: Is it really right for part-time workers to be in the pension system?”

Sweeney, the Senate majority leader, said he believes that lawmakers this year will closely examine government employee pay and benefits.

“I think you are going to see a lot of legislators starting to step forward and talking about this kind of stuff,” Sweeney said. “It’s a much more crowded platform of people who want to talk about this, Republicans and Democrats.”

Gov. Corzine has cut state workers by 2,000 since taking office in 2006, and he wants to reduce the 68,000 state workers by another 3,000 in his proposed 2008-09 budget.

In February, Corzine asked members of the public to submit ideas on how to cut the cost of state government. But, based on the responses of more than 1,500 residents who e-mailed the governor, the public feels he hasn’t gone far enough.

Many wrote that they felt government pay and benefits remain excessive.

“Most importantly . . . CUT, CUT, CUT, CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND THE DOUBLE & TRIPLE DIPPING OF PENSIONS!!” wrote Matthew J. Guiro, a 35-year-old mortgage banker from Brick.

In Stafford, one of the eight municipalities where Murray presides, his contract requires him to hold court a minimum of 43 days a year. At a 2007 salary of $41,728, that’s just under $1,000 a day.

“I can see people saying, can you hold eight part-time jobs?” said Carl W. Block, himself a multiple-job holder as Stafford mayor and Ocean County clerk. “That’s a fair point, and Damian is going to have to answer that question.”

Gerard J. Meara, executive director of the AFSCME Council 73, which represents 11,000 government workers in New Jersey, said he opposed judges and others who accrue such high pensions based on many part-time jobs.

“That type of person really isn’t an employee; they jump from one municipality to the other,” he said. “With the pension being underfunded, as it is, any negative impact such as that is a concern to our members.”

The government employee with the most jobs in the pension systems is Mary E. Bakey, who held a dozen positions with school boards in Camden and Burlington counties last year. Her total reported base pay last year was $64,235.

Bakey specializes in the niche position of “Treasurer of School Funds,” which, under state law dating to at least 1903, all school boards must have.

The job is to double-check what, in nearly all cases, the school business office has already done: reconcile the district’s bank accounts. The law predates school business administrators, electronic funds transfers and book-balancing computer software.

“It’s another set of eyes looking over your books,” said Joanne Clement, the school business administrator for the Clementon Board of Education in Camden County. Clementon hired Bakey two years ago, and paid her $1,750 in 2007.

Bakey could not be reached for comment.

To reduce school costs, Assemblyman Declan J. O’Scanlon Jr., R-Monmouth, has proposed a bill that would make the treasurer’s job optional. Both the New Jersey School Boards Association and the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials support the bill.

[casper324]

Thank you Block! I have been asking this question all week over on NJ.com and no one seems to know or care. I care deeply because there is a ton of MY money being paid to these attorneys and I WANT TO KNOW WHY!~ Why are these private practice lawyers are IN the pension system to begin with? Other then they wrote the law. *BEG* They are not town employees but contractors who I am pretty sure get these jobs through the bidding process.

I've found NJ by the numbers very interesting and browsed around our wonderful Abbott District payroll information. I found a gentleman who works for both East Orange Board of Education and Irvington BOE making 86,000 per year from each BOE. Yet he's listed NO where in the BOE employee directory.

Back to the attorneys, do you know why they are in the pension system and how we can revolt against this rape of taxpayers?

[dmccauley]

In order for an attorney to be in the pension system they have to be considered an employee of the town. So instead of billing on an hourly rate they are paid a salary. The advantages to the town are they are not billed for every phone call made and have an attorney at their disposal. The attorney may end up making less money then if he/she billed as a "outside contract" rate but the advantage is getting a pension. The only thing is that the attorney has to be appointed every couple of years. If they aren't and they don't have 10 years of service they aren't vested and will have to remove their money from the system.

[block911]

Outsource it then. I don't mean offshore but have a consulting house that offers the same services with no benefits... just like IBM does to all the IT folk. Enough of the nonsense.

[dmccauley]

Originally Posted by block911

Outsource it then. I don't mean offshore but have a consulting house that offers the same services with no benefits... just like IBM does to all the IT folk. Enough of the nonsense.

Good Idea, but then the Politicians can't pick their friends.

[Just1Lion]

Can you look up any state employee? i might be one.

[stockproipi]

Federal and states employees are getting way too much benefits for doing pratically the same works the private empoyees. For example, if they stop working after 25 years of service. They will get full pay and health benefits.

Is there a private company out there offering the same deal?????

[Just1Lion]

Originally Posted by stockproipi

Federal and states employees are getting way too much benefits for doing pratically the same works the private empoyees. For example, if they stop working after 25 years of service. They will get full pay and health benefits.

Is there a private company out there offering the same deal?????

not all positions will give a full pension after 25 years. most real law enforcement positions will, but some of them you have to work atleast 25 years and also be a certain age.

[casper324]

Not always true Just1. I know of a 43 year old former Police officer who retired after 10 years of service and collects 2632.00 per month in pension with full medical. Go to nj.com, do a search for NJ by the numbers, retired employees and really get sick to your stomach.