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New Jersey bill would free towns’ service sharing of tenure rules
When Audubon and Magnolia decided to share services to save money, Audubon fired Nancy Doman, its longtime borough clerk, replacing her and her $70,000 compensation with a part-time clerk at less than $20,000.
That violated state tenure rules protecting municipal clerks, a judge ruled when Doman sued.
With the borough and Doman in negotiations now, State Sen. Donald Norcross is pushing a bill that in the future would make it easier for municipalities to combine services without worrying about tenure restrictions.
The measure would threaten the tenure potentially of hundreds of high-level municipal employees throughout the state, and critics say it is too broad because it does not specify how towns could choose which of the two employees stays. (Vargas, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
