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Cuts include 300K in salary for the deputy police chief and deputy fire chief positions
The official news release issued by the Town of Harrison does not indicate where else the other cuts will be made. After losing $5 million in state aid, and facing another tough year ahead of us, with the U.S. jobless rate hovering around 10 percent and tax revenue dwindling, the Town of Harrison has few options left to fix the budget problems. The layoffs come on top of a hiring freeze and wage freezes for all town employees for the next two years. "The taxpayers of Harrison cannot be called upon to pay additional local property taxes to replace the lost state aid"- Mayor Raymond McDonough Via: The Jersey Journal | Read the full story |
HARRISON, NJ-- In the face of budget problems caused by declining state aid and rising insurance costs, the Town of Harrison announced yesterday it will lay off 29 full-time and 19 part-time employees, saving the town $2.7 million a year.
