Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-12
ACT
ON POLICE PAY
Ordinance Increasing Pay
Roll of All Policemen
Passed First Reading

Ire Board of Aldermen last night
unanimously adopted an ordinance
Increasing the pay of the members
of the local police department, the
new schedule of salaries being effec-
tive January /.
The measure provides not only
for the increases, varying from $500
to $500, asked by the patrolmen
and favored by the voters OF the
city at the general election this yea
but also for increases of $500 for
the superintendent of police, cap
tain of detectives, lieutenants. de-
tectives and sergeants, these sure-
rior officers having petitioned the
aldermen for an increase following
the outcome of the police pay refer
endum vote in November.
Increasing the salaries of the pa
trolnen made it necessary to in
crease the pay Of their superior off,
GERS, as otherwise>the pay Of certain
superiors would be less than that
received by the patrolmen under the
new scale.
This ordinance will be taken up
on its second reading and third
readings on Friday night, December
2S, at which time a public hearing
Will be held giving any who desire
to speak on this ordinance an OPP
%portunity to do SO.
Under the new schedule OF sal
aries, al of CT .he member, of the
force will receive a $500 annual in
crease, with the exception of those
who have been on the force less than
three years. The first and second
year officers will receive a $500 in
crease.
The rev schedule of salaries will
be as follows: superintendent, So
700; captain of detectives, $4,000;
l~ieutenants and detectives. $4,000;
sergeants, $2,200;. patrolmen. three
year sand over, $2,100; patrolman,
two years, $1,000: patrolman, n
year. $500.
A delegation OF patrolmen were
present at the Council meeting last
night, the passage on first reading OF
the ordinance increasing their pay.
marking the closing chapters OF
their campaign to c more
money.
A resolution calling for the is
suance of $500 emergency bonds to
provide additional funds with which
the health board might continue its
work until the end of the year. was
attacked by Alderman John j. Clark.
Fe declared that this request of the
health board annually was becom-
ing a regular habit and said it only
| proved that those named to the
board were not good business men
or otherwise they would live within
their appropriation He said he
would oppose the bond issue. believ-
ing an example ought to be set SO
that other boards would not ADOPT
similar measures. The fifth WARD
alderman said the health board
| knew how much money it had TO
| work with this year and sh ould have
Aldermen Albert G.. Waters and
| BENJAMIN A. Reilly both spoke in
favor of the bond issue. declaring
| that the aldermen had given
health board to understand tina they
| would assist them towards n emo
| of the If that board was I'M
| able to meet its expenses on the ap-
| preparation allowed them.
When a vote was taken on tne
| question Alderman Clark alone OPP
posed the resolution. A resoluuon
| authorizing the public grounds n
| buildings committee to spend $3.50
in having certain repairs made to
| the isolation hospital was unani-
| mously adopted as was n author
izing the same committee to have
linoieum laid in the treasurer's
Office at a cost not exceeding $50.
A communication. from the local
| Carpenters & Joiners Union pro
| testing against the sale of the MUM
| cipal lighting plant and favoring
the continuation of the municipal
garbage collection system was re-
ceived and placed on file.
The approval of the State High
way Commission to the awarding OF
the contract for relocating and paw
ing part of Amboy avenue was re-
! ceived, together with information
| that a lump sum of $4,000 would
be paid by the state as its share OF
the cost.