WILDWOOD — Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. and Commissioner Bill Davenport voted Nov. 16 to terminate the part-time employment of Samuel Lashman, the confidential assistant hired in October by Commissioner Gary DeMarzo.
According to the resolution passed Monday, Lashman was hired when there was no vacancy for a confidential assistant and at a rate not authorized by the city’s salary ordinance. Lashman also was not hired by resolution, as the city’s own regulations require. The city had three confidential assistants for the three commissioners, Lisa Hare, Sue Maxwell and Ellen DeVito. Hare, a former Hamilton Township construction code official, resigned recently after being charged with official misconduct in that township.
City officials said they have no plans to fill Hare’s vacant position. DeMarzo, who believes the resolution was “improper” went to personnel director Gordon Ball’s office after Monday’s vote and filled out the paperwork to hire Lashman full-time as a confidential assistant at an annual salary of $20,000.
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