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Kyrillos: “Another Day, Another $1 Million In Taxpayer-Funded Boat Checks Down the Drain”

Trenton— Outraged at news that Lower Township will pay out nearly $1 million in terminal leave payments to its employees for unused sick and vacation time, Senator Joe Kyrillos (R- Monmouth/Middlesex), sponsor of legislation to end sick leave payments for public employees, called for terminal leave reform to be completed before the end of the current legislative session.

“Lower Township’s taxpayers are being forced to pay for a needless, wasteful, and unjustifiable benefit that is enjoyed in virtually no other work environment,” said Kyrillos. “While we can negotiate and compromise over the details of a final bill to fix this problem, there should be no debate about the fundamental idea that any future sick leave earned by an employee should not carry cash value. Abandoning the idea that sick leave is for when an employee is sick rather than deferred compensation would be a slap in the face to taxpayers.”

The Press of Atlantic City reports that the Lower Township Council made an emergency appropriation of $900, 000 to fund terminal leave payments for employees this year, including three employees receiving checks in excess of $100, 000. Terminal leave payments are responsible for several cents on the municipal tax rate.

“We cannot allow this to go on any longer,” said Kyrillos. “There is simply no good reason to assign cash value to sick leave that is not used by an employee. Taxpayers are being gouged for no reason other than inaction in Trenton.”

 

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Posted: December 8th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Joe Kyrillos, Press Release | Tags: , , , | 6 Comments »

6 Comments on “Kyrillos: “Another Day, Another $1 Million In Taxpayer-Funded Boat Checks Down the Drain””

  1. Disgusted Taxpayer Sez: said at 5:18 pm on December 8th, 2011:

    First of all, where is Lower Township?? We here at Monmouth County, which Joe represents has our own needless, wasteful and unjustifiable benefits paid to employees. Why
    doesn’t he or any other polticians (from either party) say anything about the below story. I know Art tried to talk to our esteemed Lt. Governor about the subject, and even she didn’t want to talk about it!

    So Joe, lets look at something that affects the pocketbooks of Monmouth County residents–the district you represent:http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2011/05/03/lt-gov-on-hot-seat-as-state-probes-scams/

  2. Disgusted Taxpayer Sez: said at 5:21 pm on December 8th, 2011:

    Sorry, the hyperlink didn’t show up in the above story.

    http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2011/05/03/lt-gov-on-hot-seat-as-state-probes-scams/

  3. Rick Ambrosia said at 5:33 pm on December 8th, 2011:

    Why can’t they do something about the $1.15MM that Andrew Lucas just scammed out of the taxpayers for flipping Burke Farm after only 9 days. Maybe Sen. Kyrillos can look into that if he really wants to do something constructive.

  4. Middletown Conservative said at 7:26 pm on December 8th, 2011:

    In the real world or private sector, companies have a use it or lose it sick policy. When companies I have worked at started converting to this policy 20 years ago, there was no grandfathering. Government should do the same.

  5. Gene Baldassari said at 9:39 am on December 9th, 2011:

    Public payrolls and property taxes need to be indexed to private income, property values, and other economic activity. Business has to cut back or go out of business when the economy contracts. Any politican who allows payrolls to ratchet up without the possibility of indexing down, is no friend of taxpayers.

    I don’t blame the workers – they have a right to make the best deal possible for thier limited time.

    The bottom line is that voters who refuse to demand a sound economy from those who they elect have no compassion.

  6. firesign58 said at 8:42 pm on December 11th, 2011:

    The sick leave policy should be: “Use it or lose it” every calendar year. No cash payout for unused sick leave. If you’re sick, take sick leave. That’s what it’s for, not an income-boosting activity.

    While we’re at it, no payout for unused vacation leave either.

    Democrats and unions will never let this kind of reform go unchallenged, however, because part of this payout money goes into union dues and Democrat election coffers.