Burns Harbor Clerk-Treasurer Nick Loving said he is willing to forego half of his full-time salary this year because he is working part-time hours.
Loving was appointed the town’s clerk-treasurer in May 2025, replacing Nicole Migliorini. He was reappointed to the job last September because he had failed to file the required oath of office paperwork within 30 days after his initial appointment.
The job, which is considered full-time, annually pays $73,210.80.
After his appointment, Loving kept his full-time job in the private sector.
When asked by The Post-Tribune before Wednesday’s Town Council meeting about how much time he was devoting to the job with the town, Loving said he is working part-time. He said that he was going to ask that his pay stop for this year on June 30.
During the Town Council meeting, Loving revealed his plan to stop accepting pay after June 30.
Under the law, the town council cannot lower the clerk-treasurer’s salary, Loving said.
Town Attorney Clay Patton said he would have to review the legal ramifications of that move.
Loving said that he gets his health insurance through his private employment, so that is not an issue.
The full-time salary for clerk-treasurer will stay in place when the next election for town offices takes place in 2027.
Loving is the third clerk the town has had since 2024.
Jane Jordan had held the office for 20 years and was re-elected with no opposition in November 2023. But she resigned in May 2024, along with her husband, Kurt Jordan, who was a council member, because the town council wouldn’t back her in situations with department heads.
Migliorini, who had been the assistant for only a few months, was then appointed to replace Jordan.
She left the job, citing a “toxic work environment” and that the Town Council wouldn’t consider her requests to hire more help.
Jim Woods is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
