A former Perth Amboy business administrator must repay pension money she earned from a previous government job in Trenton.
Perth Amboy's public safety complex on New Brunswick Avenue. PERTH AMBOY -- The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied a petition from a former city business administrator who had challenged having to repay more than $125,000 in pension money.
Jane Feigenbaum collected the pension money from a previous government position while working for Perth Amboy, according to a 2014 report on MyCentralJersey.com.
Feigenbaum worked for Perth Amboy for a little more than a year before leaving her post in September 2010. She has been ordered by the court to repay $125,903 that she received for her role as the business administrator in Trenton from 2002 to 2008, according to the report.
Feigenbaum, the report said, hadn't waited the legally required 30 days from the date of her retirement, Dec. 10, 2008, and the start date of her position in Perth Amboy, Jan. 5, 2009.
Feigenbaum reportedly gave testimony and maintained she was unaware of the rules regarding her pension.
She left Trenton with an annual pension of $65,000 while making $129,500 during her role as Perth Amboy's business administrator, the report said.
According to MyCentralJersey.com, the court determined that Feigenbaum failed to notify the state about her position she took after retiring from Trenton, which is legally required.
Feigenbaum's case has been moving through administrative and court appeals since the 2014 ruling by the state's Division of Pensions and Benefits that she repay the money.
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