A bill that would lower the bar for counties to set non-salary compensation for top officials was approved by a Senate panel this week. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the bill, which the Senate Urban and Community Affairs Committee approved in a 3-0 vote with abstentions from both the panel’s Republicans, would remove a requirement that compensation for county commissioners, department heads, and county executives or their equivalents be approved through ordinances. The bill would require ordinances only for annual salaries.