Lower Saucon Township Council voted 3-1 Monday to approve three percent raises for township adminsitrators and department heads.
Under the agreement, the new salaries will be as follows:
- Township Manager – $90,431
- Assistant Township Manager – $64,490
- Police Chief – $89,603
- Finance Director – $58,382
- Public Works Director – $65,653
- Zoning Officer – $70,369
- Administrative Assistant – $39,315
Councilwoman Priscilla deLeon, who voted against the increases, requested from Cahalan that a chart with information about what all township employees earn–with benefit costs included–be provided to council.
Township resident Gene Boyer called the raises “very generous” and questioned why the township’s so-called “non-uniformed employees,” such as office clerks, aren’t also receiving three percent raises.
Cahalan explained that those employees are covered by a union contract that is currently being renegotiated.
The police (“uniformed employees”) are covered by a different contract.
Once a new non-uniformed employee contract is approved, their salaries will also probably increase, township council president Ron Horiszny told Boyer.
