Ocean County officials cut overtime pay
The amount of overtime paid to Ocean County government employees last year was down almost 27 percent from 2008, despite the fact that wages and salaries have increased. A report says that the amount of overtime pay was $4.9 million, a drop from the $6.7 million paid in 2008. Two years ago about 21 hundred employees were paid $114.5 million in total payroll. Last year, 2,093 were paid a total of $118.4 million. And when this year began, the Freeholders said that another 65 positions had been eliminated through attrition. County Administrator Alan Avery Jr. said the decrease in overtime can be attributed to a directive he received from the freeholders at the height of the banking crisis at the end of 2008.
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Chris VanZant
