Glen Rock
April 27, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 3
Ordinance establishes borough salaries for 2011
by John Koster The Glen Rock Borough Council established specific salaries with an ordinance adopted at the most recent public meeting. That ordinance sets minimum and maximum pay ranges for the borough’s paid positions. Mayor John van Keuren receives an honorarium of $3,900, and each of the six council members receives an honorarium of $2,730. These stipends cover the expenses of entertaining or traveling as part of the elected post. The two top salaries were $140,760 for Police Chief Frederick Stahman and $133,620 for Police Captain Jonathan Miller. Both men, due to longevity and satisfactory performance, are paid near the top of the guide. The minimum for police chief is stipulated at $85,000 and the minimum for police captain is stipulated at $80,000. Lenora Benjamin receives a total of $123,968 for both of her borough positions: $38,818 for the post of borough administrator and $85,150 for the post of chief financial officer. Benjamin retained her post as CFO when she accepted the borough administrator’s responsibilities after the resignation of Bertrand Kendall. Jackie Scalia receives $76,378 as borough clerk and $1,548 as election clerk. Paula Fleming receives a total of $53,109, including $48,253 as deputy borough clerk,
$3,833 as secretary of the board of health, and $1,023 as deputy election clerk. The multiple posts, other than the election clerk’s jobs, are seen as a way of reducing the number of individual employees and the number of insurance and pension packets for which the borough is responsible. The construction code official, Brian Frugis, is paid $100,354; the public works director, Robert Tirserio, is paid $96,496; and the recycling coordinator, Craig Hemkes, is paid $79,476. The ordinance also covers a number of clerical jobs, mostly in the $40,000 range, and the hourly wages for part-time borough jobs.
Five arrested at Bergen Street house
Glen Rock Councilman Art Pazan joined the Glen Rock Library’s volunteers at a luncheon at the library held in honor of the volunteers’ contributions of time and effort to keep the library in the fullest possible operation despite tough economic times. Pazan pledged that the council would do what it could, with the help of the volunteers, to keep library services to children, teens, seniors, and the general public as active as possible. Shown in a semi-circle left to right are Kathy McEnery, Julie Walsh, Leo Toledo, Amanda Sarno, Councilman Pazan, Yasha Kaminer (partially obscured), Glen Rock Library Assistant Director Glenn Hoefler, Otto Kerlen, Arlene Blain, Alice Flagg, Sanchita Rao, Lakshmi Ranesh, and Jonanne Hallahan.
Steadfast volunteers
Glen Rock police and members of the Bergen County SWAT Team arrested three men at a Bergen Street house where a police raid turned up a loaded .32-caliber pistol and large inventories of cocaine and marijuana. A 21-year-old man, one of three ostensible tenants at the house, was charged with weapons possession, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance. His bail was set at $100,000. A 38-year-old man, who was charged with possession of heroin and with a parole violation from Teaneck, and was released on his own recognizance. A 20-year-old
was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and released on his own recognizance. Two Ridgewood women, one 19 and one 18, were arrested leaving the house shortly before the raid. They were also charged with possession of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia and released on their own recognizance. Police entered the house on a search warrant at 8 p.m. on April 18 after prolonged surveillance. They found substantial amounts of cocaine, approximately 40 bags of marijuana, the loaded gun, and $1,000 in cash. J. KOSTER
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