Association of Municipal Assessors v. Borough of Merchantville

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BRODY, J.A.D.

' Plaintiff A. Hobart Grant (plaintiff) was defendant’s part-time' tax assessor in 1990, when his annual salary was $4,000. He brought this action because he did not receive a raise in that year’s salary ordinance even though full-time borough officers and employees received raises ranging from 3.13% to 13.33%. His *403claim for relief is based upon a portion of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-165 (the statute), which then provided:

No such [salary] ordinance shall reduce the salary of, or deny without good cause an increase in salary given to all other…