Ordinance 7, 2026 Salary Ordinance First Reading (5/12/2026)

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This document, Ordinance No. 7, 2026, establishes the salaries, compensation, and salary ranges for officers and employees of the City of Linwood, effective retroactively to January 1, 2026. It details salary structures for part-time hourly, part-time per diem, part-time per annum, and full-time per annum positions across various city departments. The ordinance also outlines provisions for additional compensation based on years of service (longevity pay) and educational attainment (Bachelor's and Master's degrees), with specific eligibility criteria and limitations for these benefits. It specifies payment schedules for different positions and repeals inconsistent ordinances. The ordinance had its first reading on May 11, 2026, was published on May 12, 2026, and is scheduled for final passage on May 27, 2026.

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--- Document: Ordinance 7, 2026 Salary Ordinance First Reading (5/12/2026) Document ---
 
 
ORDINANCE NO. 7, 2026 
 
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND ESTABLISHING SALARIES, 
COMPENSATION AND SALARY RANGES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
OF THE CITY OF LINWOOD, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES 
HERETOFORE ADOPTED, THE PROVISIONS OF WHICH ARE 
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH. 
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Linwood, County of 
Atlantic and State of New Jersey as follows: 
 
SECTION 1:  That the following salaries, wages and compensations shall 
be paid to the following officials, officers and employees of the City of 
Linwood, retroactive to January 1, 2026, subject, however, to the provisions 
of certain Employment Contracts between the City of Linwood and the Mainland 
Police Benevolent Association, the bargaining agent for the members of the 
Linwood Police Department and Linwood Superior Officers; the Teamsters Local 
331 inclusive of the Police Secretary, Linwood Uniformed Firefighters 
Association Local Union #4370, and also except as otherwise stated herein. 
 
PART TIME HOURLY  
 
 
 
 
 
RANGE 
Administrative Assistant 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Clerk Typist 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Code Enforcement Officer 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Deputy Court Administrator  
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Dispatcher  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Fire Relief 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Groundskeeper 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Matron 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Recreation Aide  
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Special Law Enforcement Officer Class II 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Special Law Enforcement Officer Class III 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
Summer Intern 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 15.92 to $35.00 
 
 
PART TIME PER DIEM 
 
 
 
 
 
RANGE 
Planning Board Recording Secretary 
 
 
$ 50.00 to $500.00 
Planning Board Tape Recorder Operator/Secretary $ 50.00 to $500.00 
School Crossing Guard Captain 
 
 
 
$ 20.00 to $ 80.00 
School Crossing Guard  
 
 
 
 
$ 20.00 to $ 70.00 
Building Inspector 
 
 
 
 
 
$150.00 to $300.00 
Electrical Inspector  
 
 
 
 
$150.00 to $300.00 
Fire Inspector 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$150.00 to $300.00 
Plumbing Inspector 
 
 
 
 
 
$150.00 to $300.00 


 
 
 
 
 
PART TIME PER ANNUM 
 
 
 
 
 
RANGE 
Clean Communities Coordinator 
 
 
 
$    50.00 to $30,000.00 
Code Enforcement Officer 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Computer Maintenance Coordinator  
 
 
$   500.00 to $30,000.00 
Communications Coordinator  
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Construction Official  
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $75,000.00 
Council Member 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Council President 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Deputy Emergency Management Director  
 
$   500.00 to $30,000.00 
Drug Alliance Coordinator  
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Emergency Management Director 
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Journeyman Electrician 
 
 
 
 
$ 3,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Floodplain Manager 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Mayor  
 
 
 
 
 
 
     $ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Park Director 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Assistant Memorial Park Director  
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Municipal Magistrate  
 
 
 
 
$10,000.00 to $50,000.00 
Planning Board Secretary 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Qualified Purchasing Agent  
 
 
 
$   500.00 to $30,000.00 
Recycling Coordinator  
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Utilities Collector 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 2,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Sub-Code Off/Building Inspector  
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Sub-Code Off/Electrical Inspector 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Sub-Code Off/Fire Protection 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Sub-Code Off/Plumbing Inspector  
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Tax Assessor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$10,000.00 to $50,000.00 
Uniform Fire Official/Fire Marshall 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Uniform Fire Safety Inspector 
 
 
 
$ 1,000.00 to $30,000.00 
Zoning Officer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 5,000.00 to $30,000.00 
 
FULL TIME PER ANNUM 
 
 
 
 
 
RANGE 
Account Clerk 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Accountant  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
 
Accounting Assistant  
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Administrative Assistant 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Administrator 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$50,000.00 to $95,000.00 
Bookkeeper  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $50,000.00 
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
 
 
$50,000.00 to $110,000.00 
Code Enforcement Officer/Housing Inspector  
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Deputy Court Administrator  
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Deputy Municipal Clerk 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Deputy Tax Collector  
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Dispatcher / Supervisor 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Dispatcher  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Equipment Operator 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $80,000.00 
Fire Captain 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$50,000.00 to $130,000.00  
F/F Step 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $55,000.00 
F/F Step 2  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $55,000.00 
F/F Step 3  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $65,000.00 
F/F Step 4  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $70,000.00 


 
 
 
 
FULL TIME PER ANNUM (continued)  
 
 
RANGE 
F/F Step 5  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $80,000.00 
F/F Step 6  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $80,000.00 
F/F Step 7  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $83,000.00 
F/F Step 8  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $90,000.00 
F/F Step 9  
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $90,000.00 
F/F Step 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $90,000.00 
F/F Step 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $100,000.00 
F/F Step 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $100,000.00 
F/F Step 13 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$45,000.00 to $105,000.00 
General Supervisor 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $100,000.00 
Groundskeeper 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $50,000.00 
Municipal Clerk  
 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $175,000.00 
Municipal Court Administrator 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $75,000.00 
Patrolman – During Probation                     $40,000.00 to $50,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 1 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $60,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 2 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $65,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 3 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $70,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 4 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $75,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 5 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $80,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 6 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $85,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 7 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $95,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 8 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $95,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 9 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $95,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 10 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $100,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 11 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $105,000.00 
Patrolman – Step 12 
 
 
 
 
 
$40,000.00 to $110,000.00 
Police Captain 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$75,000.00 to $150,000.00 
Police Chief 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$75,000.00 to $175,000.00 
Police Deputy Chief 
 
 
 
 
 
$75,000.00 to $160,000.00 
Police Chief’s Secretary 
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $70,000.00 
Police Lieutenant 
 
 
 
 
 
$75,000.00 to $140,000.00 
Police Sergeant  
 
 
 
 
 
$75,000.00 to $120,000.00  
Public Works Foreman  
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $90,000.00 
Public Works Laborer  
 
 
 
 
$35,000.00 to $75,000.00 
 
Public Works Superintendent  
 
 
     $50,000.00 to $100,000.00 
Secretary  
 
 
 
 
 
     $35,000.00 to $70,000.00 
Tax Collector 
 
 
 
 
 
     $35,000.00 to $95,000.00 
Tech. Assistant to Construction Office  
     $35,000.00 to $80,000.00 
 
 
SECTION 2A:  A current full time employee, employed as of January 1, 
2012, shall be paid together with his or her annual salary as fixed and 
determined by this ordinance, additional compensation based upon length of 
his or her full time service, effective and limited to January 1, 2012, an 
amount to be added to base salary and paid bi-weekly or monthly in accordance 
with the following schedule: 


 
 
 
YEARS OF SERVICE  
 
 
 
 
 
COMPENSATION PER ANNUM 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IN ADDITION TO FIXED SALARY 
 
 
3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$350.00 
Each year after 3 to 30 years 
 
 
 
$350.00 plus $150.00 for  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
each additional year up to 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
a maximum of $4,000.00 
 
However, all longevity pay for current employees shall be frozen at the level 
of service achieved effective January 1, 2012 and no new employee or current 
employee who has not reached a level of service whereby he or she is entitled 
to longevity pay as of that date, shall be paid longevity, nor shall said 
employees be entitled to longevity pay at any time in the future. 
SECTION 2B:  The aforesaid additional compensation and all overtime paid 
for any union employee shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the 
union employee contracts. 
SECTION 2C:  The period of eligibility for length of service for 
longevity pay shall be determined as of the anniversary date of the full time 
employment of each employee.  Those employees hired from January 1 to June 30 
will be considered to have completed a full year December 31 of that year.  
Those employees hired after June 30 will be considered to have completed a 
full year December 31 of the following year.  For all years thereafter, all 
anniversary dates will be on January 1.  However, all current employees shall 
be frozen at the level of employment achieved as of January 1, 2012 for 
purposes of longevity and no new employees shall be entitled to longevity. 
SECTION 2D:  All full time employees holding a Bachelor’s Degree in a 
subject related to that employee’s position within the City of Linwood shall 
receive additional compensation in the amount of $1,250.00 per year.  All full 
time employees holding a Master’s Degree related to that employee’s position 
within the City of Linwood shall receive additional compensation in the amount 


 
 
of $1,400.00 per year.  Such additional compensation shall be added to base 
salary and paid bi-weekly or monthly. 
SECTION 3:  All said salaries, wages and compensation shall be paid to 
the Municipal Magistrate, Tax Assessor, Emergency Management Director, Fire 
Inspector and the Uniform Fire Official in equal monthly installments; to the 
Mayor, Councilpersons, and Drug Alliance Coordinator in equal quarterly 
installments; and all of the other abovementioned salaries, wages and 
compensation shall be paid biweekly, in equal installments, every other 
Friday. 
SECTION 4:  All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith 
are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistencies. 
 
SECTION 5:  Should any section, clause, sentence, phrase or provision of 
this ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a Court of competent 
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this 
ordinance. 
 
SECTION 6:  This ordinance shall take effect retroactively to January 
1, 2026 upon its final passage, publication and adoption in the manner 
prescribed by law. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FIRST READING:   
May 11, 2026 
PUBLICATION: 
 
May 12, 2026 
PASSAGE: 
 
 
May 27, 2026 
 
The within Ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Common Council of the 
City of Linwood, County of Atlantic and State of New Jersey held on, May 11, 
2026 and will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing 
thereon at a meeting of said Common Council on May 27, 2026. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_________________________________________ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LEIGH ANN NAPOLI, RMC, MUNICIPAL CLERK 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
_________________________________________  
 
 
 
 
 
 
DARREN MATIK, MAYOR

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Ordinance 7, 2026 Salary Ordinance First Reading (5/12/2026) Document

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LEIGH ANN NAPOLI

MUNICIPAL CLERK · City of Linwood

DARREN MATIK

MAYOR · City of Linwood

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