>Taxpayer funded health insurance costs for elected officials vary
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012
BY KELLY NICHOLAIDES
STAFF WRITER
SOUTH BERGENITE
Municipal elected officials in the South Bergenite coverage area receive salary and benefits for part-time work, but not all of them choose to do so, saving taxpayers money, according to a poll taken of each town for sitting council members and mayors in 2011.
Council members who vowed not to take benefits last year have kept their word. The rest of the elected officials listed who took borough or township paid salaries and benefits in 2011 also took them in 2010. The South Bergenite’s analysis comes on the heels of Bergen County Executive Kathe Donovan vetoing meeting minutes of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority last year, preventing the nine part-time commissioners from giving themselves health benefits.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/137160338_Council_members_still_opt_for_benefits.html
