Villadom Times Weekly Newpaper Online-June 17, 2009 Issue

June 17, 2009 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 31 Salary ordinance (continued from page 10) $9,500 and $6,000, respectively, and that compensation has been eliminated from the ordinance although the council did add an amount of up to $3,000 in the operating budget to cover any expenses the mayor may incur during the year. Last year, FLBEA employees received four percent Arbitration (continued from page 3) responsibility,” the resolution states The resolution does not specify any reform measures. The borough is currently involved in the binding arbitration process with Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local 150 which filed a petition with the PERC last January to initiate compulsory interest arbitration in order to resolve the impasse between the PBA and the borough over a new contract for the members of the borough’s police force other than the lieutenants, captain, and chief who are covered by separate contracts. The borough’s contract with the PBA expired on Dec. 31, 2008. According to the petition signed on Jan. 3, 2009, there were more than five negotiation sessions with the borough during the final year of the contract. In the arbitration petition, the issues in dispute are identified as the duration of the contract, salary increases, spousal/family medical coverage, personal time, clothing/ maintenance allowance, and years of service with the borough for retiree medical coverage, and including holiday pay in the base salary. The previous police contract with the borough ran from 2004 through 2008. A settlement on that contract was reached after the PBA filed for arbitration earlier in 2004. That contract called for a four percent salary increase in each of the first three years of the contract, and a 3.75 percent increase in the final two years, for an average increase of 3.88 percent. In the contract that just expired, the salary range for sergeants who were hired before Jan. 1, 1999 is $109,237 with four to five years of service up to $116,660 for those with 18 or more years of service. The salary range for a patrol officer is $46,884 in the first year of service up to $110,799 for an individual with 18 years of service. The current salary range for sergeants hired after Jan. 1, 1999 is $106,055 in year one to $116,660 for a sergeant with 25 or more years of service. The salary range for police officers at the police academy is $37,787 and increases to $46,884 for a probationary officer in the first year of service to $110,799 for an officer with 25 or more years of service. The contracts for the department’s police chief, captain, and lieutenants will be negotiated after an agreement is reached on the PBA contract. raises, the Policemen’s Benevolent Association received 3.75 percent raises, and most other employees received 3.5 percent raises. All the raises were retroactive to the previous Jan. 1. The FLBEA and PBA raises were part of contractual agreements the borough has with those groups of employees. A collective bargaining agreement with the FLBEA was approved by the borough in 2007 which granted four percent raises to those employees for 2006, 2007, and 2008. The PBA received a 3.75 percent raise last year in the fifth year of their five year contract with the borough. The PBA is currently in arbitration with the borough for a new contract to replace the one that expired on Dec. 31, 2008. Based on last year’s ordinance, the rate of compensation for the borough administrator is $150,075; borough clerk, $66,736; administrative assistant to mayor and administrator, $40,000; chief of police, $133,912; police captain, $130,875; police lieutenant, $125,688; construction official, $72,764; temporary chief financial officer, $103,500, tax collector/deputy CFO/payroll clerk, $56,925; superintendent of the department of public works, $103,684; assistant superintendent of the DPW, $75,372; municipal court administrator, $59,909; recreation director, $85,905; police chief secretary, $46,427; municipal court judge, $26,544; municipal prosecutor, $19,469; municipal attorney, $43,680; municipal public defender, $4,500; and registrar/board of health secretary, $44,934. Current salaries of the employees who are FLBEA members are: assistant recreation director $37,093; senior DPW mechanic, $59,618; and DPW maintenance men, including the custodian, starting at $30,940 and rising to $58,745 depending on grade, which is based on years of service. The salary of the deputy court administrator is $42,392; secretary to the planning board, zoning and engineering office, $40,392; construction secretary/ temporary assistant to the construction office, $41,600; and police dispatchers starting at $26,912 and rising to $47,343, depending on grade, which is based on years of service. �� Advertise in the YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER �� 201-652-0744 � �� Resin ��