Paterson mayors salary set at $119,000

PATERSON Mayor Jose Joey Torres will collect the same $119,000 salary that his predecessor Jeffery Jones received, according to acting city business administrator Nellie Pou.

Paterson City Hall

Pou disclosed Torres salary in announcing that the state had signed off on the new mayors Cabinet appointees and their pay. For the most part, the administrators salaries match what members of Jones staff made.

Were trying to achieve parity here, Pou said.

For Torres, his mayors salary represents a significant pay cut. As business administrator in Jackson Township in Ocean County he had been making more than $125,000. In addition to that, Torres has been getting $36,000 per year as part-time administrator of the Bunker Hill Special Improvement District in Paterson.

Torres said recently that he would give up the Bunker Hill position. The groups board is in the process of looking for his replacement, Torres said.

Meanwhile, after waiting a week for state approval, Torres Cabinet is now in place. The city had decided not to disclose the administrators salaries until after the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs signed off on them.

Heres the breakdown provided by Pou:

Cabinet members who Torres chooses to appoint as permanent members of his administration must get the consent of the City Council.

Council Finance Chairman Kenneth Morris said he would prefer that the city establish salary ranges under a system that he said would allow the mayor to bring in more qualified people and provide incentives the directors for doing a good job.

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Paterson mayors salary set at $119,000