Ridgewood June 22, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 5 Non-union salary ordinance reflects zero increase by John Koster The salary ordinance adopted for the non-union Ridgewood employees -- the village manager, department heads, the police chief and captain, and the fire chief -- reflect a zero increase for 2010 and 2011. The salary range for the Ridgewood village manager is $115,815 to 190,000. The maximum for the police chief is listed at $180,000, while the maximum for the police captain is $169,500, and the top pay for the fire chief at $160,000. The salary for the chief financial officer ranges from $92,419 to $165,862. The salary for the fire director has a maximum of $169,501. The salary for the director of public works/village engineer -- the same person covers both jobs -- is $86,305 to $156,317. The director of community services has a maximum salary of $156,317. The department heads have salaries set in the range of $65,000 to $128,872. The director of planning and development services had a salary range set at between $102,752 and $126,872. The part-time salary range includes $12,500 for the director of emergency management, and $33,300 for the director of emergency services. A second ordinance on salaries provides $48,345 to $65,747 for the village clerk, $57,380 to $67,517 for the assistant to the village manager, $50,448 to $67,749 for the administrative clerk, $53,838 to $65,307 for the assistant assessor, a $5,000 honorarium for the mayor and $3,000 for each councilman. The council headed off a move to grant the standard two percent increase some months ago. Recently, 34 full-time village employees were either laid off or elected to pursue early retirement. The Ridgewood Girls’ Lacrosse team scored an upset victory over Moorestown in the last few minutes of the game to win its second straight Tournament of Champions title. Maroons Senior Captain Sally Jentis scored the last two goals, sealing the 10-9 victory over the Quakers. Maroons win second straight LAX tournament title With just over 10 minutes left to play, the Quakers led 9-7, and seemed ready to win their eleventh title in the last dozen years. It was at that point that the Maroons came on stronger than ever. Goalie Isabel Sippel made seven saves in the last eight minutes of the game, and the Maroons’ defense stopped the Quakers cold. Ridgewood posted a 23-1 this year, setting a record for wins. Ridgewood also became the first New Jersey team to beat Moorestown, an LAX powerhouse, twice in the same year since 1999. The victory celebration may have been as memorable as the comeback win. As the players swarmed onto Rutgers’ Yurcak Field, an approaching electrical storm touched off the dangerous weather horn and forced everyone to evacuate the field as quickly as possible. The Maroons simply continued their celebration off the field.