Mr. James A. Brennan Jr. This is Me

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1. 1. Welcome to the Claude Pepper Foundation - About the Claude Pepper Foundation

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   Published on: 6/1/2008   Last Visited: 6/1/2008

   James A. Brennan
   
   James A. Brennan, Jr., is Chairman of the Board of Brennan Construction Corporation, a Florida corporation organized in 1940.As Chairman, Mr. Brennan did most of the general contracting work for Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida.Mr. Brennan attended the University of Havana in Cuba.In 1963 Mr. Brennan was employed by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.He later became the Honorary Vice Consul of the Republic of Panama and Executive Assistant to the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee until its Chairman, Claude Pepper, passed away in May 1989.Mr. Brennan is a former member of the Board of Directors of American Savings Loan Association of Florida; former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union Bank of Florida; and was also the Receiver for two Federal Judges.As a consultant to Brennan Realty, Inc., Mr. Brennan brings a wide range of experience dealing with the Federal, State and Local Governments.

2. 2. Borough Attorney Issue

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   Published on: 12/18/2002   Last Visited: 12/29/2004

   James Brennan, Esq., who has been our borough attorney for more than 25 years, receives an annual salary of about $123,000, plus additional compensation at the rate of $75 per hour for every hour over 85 hours a month.
   
   Over the past four years alone (1998-2001), we have paid Mr. Brennan $992,916.22 in salary and hourly fees. (It was spread out fairly evenly, so there was no spike in compensation for any extraordinary matter.) I don't have the figure yet for 2002, but have no doubt that it will be similar. On top of his monetary compensation, we have paid for his family health insurance benefits (about $12,000 per year) and social security employer taxes (about $9,000 per year). The average cost to taxpayers over the last four years has been about $270,000 per year. But there's more. We also pay for his secretarial services and provide him with a private office in the Borough Hall. When you factor all that in, we're talking about a borough attorney with an annual price tag of $300,000. That expense for a town our size (population 14,500) is nothing short of outrageous.
   
   There is no question that Brennan is a competent lawyer and that he performs many legal services for the Borough; but he also finds time to be the municipal court judge in two other municipalities and to conduct a private law practice from an office on Franklin Turnpike. So he is not devoting all his time to Ramsey. Even if he were, we do not need a full-time lawyer. If you calculate working hours based on Brennan's compensation agreement, he is spending about 50 hours a week acting as Ramsey's borough attorney, on top of his other jobs.
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   Wyckoff has three different attorneys performing duties that Brennan performs, but the total cost of those three attorneys,all specialists,is about 38% of Brennan's price tag.
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   They seem to be satisfied with the services rendered by Mr. Brennan and don't seem too enthusiastic about making a change.
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   I understand their reluctance to change and, perhaps, their loyalty to Mr. Brennan, the only borough attorney any of them has known during his time on the council.

3. 3. Pepper Foundation : About Us : Board Members and Officers

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   Published on: 3/2/2005   Last Visited: 3/2/2005

   James A. Brennan
   
   James A. Brennan, Jr., is Chairman of the Board of Brennan Construction Corporation, a Florida corporation organized in 1940. As Chairman, Mr. Brennan did most of the general contracting work for Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley of the Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida. Mr. Brennan attended the University of Havana in Cuba. In 1963 Mr. Brennan was employed by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He later became the Honorary Vice Consul of the Republic of Panama and Executive Assistant to the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee until its Chairman, Claude Pepper, passed away in May 1989. Mr. Brennan is a former member of the Board of Directors of American Savings & Loan Association of Florida; former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union Bank of Florida; and was also the Receiver for two Federal Judges. As a consultant to Brennan Realty, Inc., Mr. Brennan brings a wide range of experience dealing with the Federal, State and Local Governments.