Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • April 7, 2010
Franklin Lakes
Borough renews animal control service contract
by Frank J. McMahon The Franklin Lakes Borough Council has awarded a one-year contract to the Tyco Animal Control Service for the 2010 calendar year. The $11,220 contract was unanimously recommended by the borough’s board of health to Mayor Maura DeNicola and the borough council. That amount will be paid in monthly installments with a $60 charge for calls after the normal hours of regular service, which are weekdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tyco will provide quick and dependable response to calls from the police department or other municipal official to rescue and remove sick, dangerous, diseased, or injured wildlife, and will issue monthly written reports to the borough administrator concerning the animal control activities in the community. The company will also respond to emergency calls that involve animals on public property that represent a life threatening hazard to the animal or the general public. A call will be deemed an emergency if it is received between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 p.m. on Friday to 8 a.m. on Monday. The charge will be $60 per call. Tyco will also provide the supervision of humane trapping of wild and stray animals on public property with no additional fee. In the event that animals must be trapped on private property, a $60 trap rental fee and $60 service and removal fee will be borne by the owner of the property. The trapping services will be available Monday through Friday, with no trapping on weekends. The removal of visible wildlife from private homes will be available at a fee of $60 payable by the homeowner, but dead animals on public streets will be removed and disposed of in a professional and timely manner during regular business hours up to 4 p.m. for no additional charge to the borough. The borough administrator or borough clerk will designate a location in the borough for the disposal of deceased animals picked up by the animal control officer. This does not include owned or licensed animals that have been killed on public property; that cost will be responsibility of the animal’s owner. All licensed animals impounded from public property will be held in Tyco’s licensed facility in Wyckoff. The animals’ owners will be contacted, and the animals will be returned to their owners at the borough’s police headquarters on DeKorte Drive. Tyco will be provided with a list of all licensed animal in the borough and there will be no provision for Tyco’s facility to accept unwanted animals from their owners. Rabies suspect specimens will be prepared at no additional cost and transported to a laboratory in East Orange when necessary and, if required, to Trenton by a private courier service. In the case of a bite to a human, it will be the responsibility of the individual who was bitten to assume the cost of that transport. In other situations, the borough will be responsible for the charges of transportation to Trenton, which is currently $180. Tyco will assist the borough clerk with licensing follow-up, and will issue summonses and appear in court on behalf of the borough at no extra cost to the borough. But, in the event the New Jersey Department of Health requests the collection of birds for disease testing during the contract period, the borough will be charged $60 per month for the collection of birds during non-emergency hours. According to the contract, either party may terminate this contract for any reason upon 90 days written notice to the non-terminating or other party.
Teachers’ contract
(continued from page 3) educational instruction will be considered for salary adjustments. The three unions, which joined forces for collective bargaining purposes last year, are working under a one-year contract which gave them a 3.6 percent increase over the 2008-09 school year. That agreement resulted in lower salary increases than had been budgeted and reportedly allowed the board to keep in place positions that otherwise would have been eliminated. Salaries for teaching staff range from $41,480 for a beginner teacher with a bachelor’s degree to $85,356 after 19 years. For master’s degree staff, the range is $46,561 to $95,569. For master’s plus 30 credits, the salaries range from $51,228 to $106,269. For secretarial/clerical staff the salary range is from $30,656 to $52,576 in 15 steps for 12-month employees, and $22,006 to $42,218 for 10-month employees, depending on the category. Custodial/maintenance staff salaries, all 12-month employees, range from $25,095 to $45,135 in 18 steps. Category I employee salaries range from $33,210 to $53,984 in 15 steps.
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