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[Adopted 12-7-1988 by Ord. No. 71-1988]
[Amended 10-24-1990 by Ord. No. 76-1990]
A. 
Schedule B of Section 1 of Ordinance No. 98 of 1985[1] be and the same is hereby amended to the extent that the following salary schedules are changed:
[Amended 10-9-1991 by Ord. No. 72-1991; 3-17-1993 by Ord. No. 22-1993; 6-9-1993 by Ord. No. 40-1993; 10-21-1998 by Ord. No. 59-1998; 2-17-1999 by Ord. No. 9-1999; 1-24-2001 by Ord. No. 82-2000[2]]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2000
2001
2002
Mayor
$80,400
$81,500
$82,500
Business Administrator
$99,900
$101,000
$102,000
Director, Revenue and Finance
$73,650
$74,750
$75,750
Director, Planning and Economic Development
$73,650
$74,750
$75,750
Director, Public Works
$73,650
$74,750
$75,750
Director, Health and Human Services
$73,650
$74,750
$75,750
Director, Neighborhood Services
$73,650
$74,750
$75,750
Salary Schedule
Job Title
1989
1990
1991
City Engineer Judges
$49,000
$51,500
$53,000
Judges
  Powals
$65,461.76
$67,500
$74,200
  Weekes
$65,500
$67,500
$74,200
Assessor
$60,000
$61,500
$63,000
Prosecutor
$60,000
$61,500
$63,000
Public Defender
$45,000
$46,500
$48,000
City Solicitor
$57,500
$59,000
$60,000
City Clerk
$48,000
$49,500
$51,000
Deputy Assessor
$35,000
$36,500
$38,000
Tax Collector
$46,500
$48,000
$49,500
[1]
Editor's Note: See Part 2, Article IV, of this chapter.
[2]
Editor's Note: The increase in salary authorized by this ordinance shall commence January 1, 2000, and shall be paid to each employee with the usual payroll deductions taken therefrom. Payment is contingent upon adoption of the 2000, 2001 and 2002 budgets.
B. 
Salary increases for 1997, 1998 and 1999 shall be as follows:
[Added 3-6-1996 by Ord. No. 10-1996; amended 3-19-1997 by Ord. No. 20-1997; 11-5-1997 by Ord. No. 69-1997[3]]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
1997
1998
1999
City Clerk
$56,900
$58,000
$59,400
Comptroller/CFO
$57,400
$58,500
$59,900
Assessor
$68,900
$70,000
$71,400
Tax Collector
$55,400
$56,500
$57,900
City Engineer
$58,900
$60,000
$61,400
Municipal Court Judge, Presiding
$80,100
$81,200
$82,600
Municipal Court Judge
$75,900
$77,000
$78,400
Deputy Assessor
$43,900
$45,000
$46,400
[3]
Editor's Note: This ordinance shall only apply to and affect current employees of the City and shall have no effect whatsoever upon persons who are not employed by the City as of the effective date of this ordinance.
C. 
Salary increases for 2000, 2001 and 2002 shall be as follows:
[Added 1-24-2001 by Ord. No. 81-2001[4]; amended 5-23-2001 by Ord. No. 14-2001]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2000
2001
2002
City Clerk
$61,538
$63,692
$65,858
Comptroller/CFO
$62,056
$64,228
$66,413
Assessor
$73,970
$76,559
$79,162
Deputy Assessor
$48,070
$49,753
$51,444
Tax Collector
$59,984
$62,084
$64,195
City Engineer
$62,700
$63,800
$64,800
Municipal Court
$83,900
$85,000
$86,000
Judge, Presiding Municipal Court Judge
$79,700
$80,800
$81,800
[4]
Editor's Note: This ordinance shall only apply to and affect current employees of the City and shall have no effect whatsoever upon persons who are not employed by the City as of the effective date of this ordinance.
D. 
Salary increases for 2001 and 2002 shall be as follows:
[Added 6-19-2002 by Ord. No. 16-2002]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2001
2002
Chief, Fire Department
$109,912.96
*To be determined
Chief, Police Department
$109,981.77
*To be determined
NOTES:
*To be determined subject to legal research.
E. 
Salary increases for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2011.
[Added 7-28-2004 by Ord. No. 68-2004; amended 12-30-2009 by Ord. No. 71-2009]
(1) 
Salary increases for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 shall be as follows:
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2003
2004
2005
2006
City Clerk
$68,492
$71,232
$74,081
$77,044
Comptroller/CFO
$69,069
$71,832
$74,705
$77,693
Assessor
$82,328
$85,621
$89,046
$92,608
Deputy Assessor
$53,502
$55,642
$57,867
$60,182
Tax Collector
$66,763
$69,433
$72,210
$75,099
(2) 
Salary increases for 2010 and 2011 shall be as follows:
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2010
2011
City Clerk
$90,130.58
$93,735.80
Deputy City Clerk
$70,404.43
$73,2202.61
F. 
Salary increases for 2004, 2005 and 2006 shall be as follows:
[Added 7-28-2004 by Ord. No. 69-2004[5]]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2004
2005
2006
City Engineer
$90,000
$92,700
$95,481
[5]
Editor's Note: Section 2 of this ordinance provided that these regulations shall only apply to and affect current employees of the City and shall have no effect whatsoever upon persons who are not employed by the City as of the effective date of this ordinance, and said Section 2 was subsequently repealed 10-6-2004 by Ord. No. 113-2004 and 5-19-2005 by Ord. No. 36-2005.
G. 
Salary increases for 2005, 2006 and 2007 shall be as follows:
[Added 7-28-2004 by Ord. No. 70-2004]
Title
2005
2006
2007
Mayor
$95,000
$97,850
$101,785
H. 
The base salaries of all unclassified officers of the judicial branch that were not amended by Ordinance 68 of 2004 or any other ordinance covering 2003 through 2006 shall be amended for each year from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 as follows:
[Added 2-16-2005 by Ord. No. 16-2005]
2003
2004
2005
2006
Municipal Court Judge, Presiding
$89,440
$93,018
$96,738
$100,608
Municipal Court Judge
$85,072
$88,475
$92,014
$95,694
I. 
The base salaries of the Public Defender and the Prosecutor shall be amended for each year from 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a percentage increase amount of 4%.
[Added 3-23-2005 by Ord. No. 21-2005]
J. 
Any officer or employee whose salary is required to be set by ordinance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:59-43A may be paid on an hourly basis at a prorated amount equal to the annual salary divided by a forty-hour workweek. Any ordinance increasing the salaries or compensation of any of the above-applicable employees shall be apportioned pro rata by the hours worked during such hourly basis.
[Added 4-20-2005 by Ord. No. 32-2005]
K. 
Salary increases for 2006, 2007 and 2008 shall be as follows:
[Added 2-22-2006 by Ord. No. 12-2006]
Job Title
2006
2007
2008
Director of Revenue and Finance
$115,000
$117,500
$120,000
L. 
Salary increases for 2007, 2008 and 2009 shall be as follows:
[Added 12-29-2006 by Ord. No. 92-2006; amended 2-13-2008 by Ord. No. 01-2008; 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 14-2009]
Job Title
2007
2008
2009
Chief Financial Officer
$80,800.72
$84,032.75
$87,394.06
Assessor
$96,312.32
$10,164.81
$104,171.41
Deputy Assessor
$62,589.28
$65,092.85
$67,696.57
Tax Collector
$78,102.96
$81,227.08
Up to $84,476.16
City Clerk Deputy
$80,125.76
$83,330.79
$86,664.02
Deputy Municipal Clerk
$62,589.28
65,092.85
67,696.57
M. 
The salaries of the following titles shall be amended as indicated below:
[Added 2-13-2008 by Ord. No. 02-2008]
Job Title
2007
2008
2009
2010
Municipal Court Judge, Presiding
$104,632
108,817
$113,170
$117,697
Municipal Court Judge
$99,522
$103,503
$107,643
$111,949
N. 
All new salaries, effective upon a vacant position, shall be as follows:
[Added 5-21-2008 by Ord. No. 38-2008; amended 9-3-2008 by Ord. No. 65-2008; 10-22-2008 by Ord. No. 92-2008; 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. 111-2008; 3-11-2009 by Ord. No. 13-2009; 1-27-2010 by Ord. No. 03-2010; 2-11-2010 by Ord. No. 14-2010; 3-10-2010 by Ord. No. 08-2010; 8-4-2010 by Ord. No. 50-2010; 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 81-2011; 3-21-2012 by Ord. No. 23-2012; 4-25-2012 by Ord. No. 37-2012[6]; 2-11-2014 by Ord. No. 2-2014]
Job Title
New Salary
Director, Human Resources
$90,000
Director, Licensing and Inspections
$90,000
Director, Health & Human Services
$90,000
Director, Public Works
$90,000
Director, Planning & Development
$90,000
Director, Revenue & Finance
$90,000
Director, Public Safety
$90,000
City Engineer
$110,000
Business Administrator
$140,000
Mayor
$103,000 (1% higher than highest paid civilian employee)
City Solicitor
$120,000 to $135,000
Program Development Specialists, Cultural and Heritage Affairs
$50,000
[6]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided an effective date of 1-1-2013.
O. 
Salary increases for 2012 and 2013 shall be as follows:
[Added 10-9-2013 by Ord. No. 56-2013; amended 10-9-2013 by Ord. No. 57-2013]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2012
2013
City Clerk
$96,611
$97,523
Legislative Counsel
$52,404
$53,452
P. 
Salary increases for 2010 through 2013 shall be as follows:
[Added 11-26-2013 by Ord. No. 61-2013]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2010
2011
2012
2013
Chief Financial Officer
$89,141.94
$90,924.78
$92,742.58
$94,595.33
Assessor
$106,254.84
$108,379.93
$110,546.70
$112,755.13
Deputy Assessor
$69,050.50
$70,431.51
$71,839.60
$73,274.77
Tax Collector
$68,340.00
$69,706.80
$71,100.40
$72,520.80
City Engineer
$110,000.00
$110,000.00
$112,200.00
$114,444.00
Municipal Court Judge
$107,100.00
$109,242.00
$111,426.00
$113,652.00
Municipal Court Judge Presiding
$117,697.00
City Solicitor
$99,511.53
Q. 
Salary increases for 2014 shall be as follows:
[Added 12-23-2013 by Ord. No. 70-2013]
Salary Schedule
Job Title
2014
Chief Financial Officer
$98,382.07
Assessor
$117,268.82
Deputy Assessor
$76,208.02
Tax Collector
$75,423.87
City Engineer
$119,021.76
Municipal Court Judge
$118,201.60
Municipal Court Judge Presiding
$122,404.88
[Amended 2-11-2014 by Ord. No 2-2014]
As additional compensation, the Mayor shall receive all of the health and welfare benefits, such as major medical, dental, eyeglass, prescription, etc., plans and coverages, available to other nonelected employees of the City of Atlantic City.
A. 
Salaries for Confidential Secretary and Confidential Aide to the Mayor shall be as follows:
Job Title
Salary
Confidential Secretary
$55,000
Confidential Aide to the Mayor
$70,000