Section 1.
The Township of Wantage shall pay its municipal officers and employees for services rendered on a level within the range shown below. Figures shown represent annual salary, unless otherwise indicated.

Section 2.
The adoption of this Ordinance shall not operate to either increase or decrease the present salary of any officer or employee of the Township. Salaries and/or compensation currently in existence shall remain in effect until the Committee, under this ordinance, approves any additional increments. Specific salaries or wages established by the Committee may be made retroactive to January 1st of the year in which the resolution is adopted, at the discretion of the Committee.

Section 3.
Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as making mandatory the payment of annual salary increments to any officer or employees of the Township of Wantage. Salary or wage increases shall be contingent upon availability of the funds.

Section 4.
All former ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section 5.
This ordinance shall take effect after publication and passage according to law.

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Jeff Parrott, Mayor
ATTEST:
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James R. Doherty, Administrator/Clerk
NOTICE is hereby given that the above ordinance was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Committee of the Township of Wantage, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, held on the 26th day of June, 2003. It will be further considered for final passage after public hearing at a meeting of the Mayor and Committee to be held in the Municipal Building, 888 Route 23 South, in the Township of Wantage, on July 10, 2003, at 8:00 P.M., and during the preceding week copies of the ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office in the Municipal Building to members of the general public.
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James R. Doherty, Administrator/Clerk