December 14, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 3 Ramsey Eight months after he began work as Ramsey’s borough administrator, Edward Sandve resigned from his post, citing personal reasons. The borough has launched a search for a replacement, which includes advertisements being circulated by the New Jersey League of Municipalities and in a local newspaper. A borough official reported that Mayor Christopher Botta, Councilman Bruce Vozeh, and the various department heads have been filling in for Sandve, who resigned in mid-November. “We’ve started the search for a replacement and will be accepting resumes and hopefully finding a candidate by the early part of the New Year,” Mayor Botta confirmed. Sandve was named borough administrator in late February, and began work in early March. He is a professional engineer and had served as a business administrator in two other communities. Sandve was paid $150,000 and was required to pay into his health insurance benefits. The borough received 28 letters and resumes in response to its ads, and the borough’s Finance and Administration Committee interviewed six candidates before ultimately deciding on Sandve. Sandve, who is originally from West Milford, has resided in Waldwick for 26 years. He and his wife have four children. The new administrator received Administrator resigns from post; search under way his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. For the past seven years, he was the administrator in Woodcliff Lake. Previously, he served nine years as borough engineer and clerk in Caldwell, and was director of public works and engineer for South Orange. When he was appointed to his post in Ramsey, Sandve was a member of the Waldwick Board of Education. He was up for election this spring, and filed, but later withdrew his name by the official deadline, citing increased responsibilities in his new position as borough administrator. He was named to the board to fill an unexpired term four years ago, and was subsequently elected to a three-year term. He has been involved in the local soccer programs, and is vice president of the Waldwick Warriors Soccer Club. He has also run the Saint Luke’s basketball program for the last nine years. At the time of his appointment, Sandve noted that several Ramsey Council members had called him. Sandve said their outreach was a welcoming experience. Sandve succeeded former administrator Nicholas Saros, who had served Ramsey for 29 years. Saros recently decided to become town manager in the Borough of Teterboro, a post that allows him the opportunity to be home with his children in the evening. Saros and his wife Cathleen, who has returned to her medical practice full-time, are the parents of three young children. Saros had been paid $174,000 for his responsibilities in Ramsey. The Ramsey Junior Woman’s Club is seeking donations for its annual Holiday Giving Tree. The club asks area residents to select a gift tag from the tree located at the Ramsey Library and help make the holidays a little happier for a fellow Ramsey resident. The tree is decorated with handand heart-shaped ornaments made by the Ramsey Juniors, Juniors set up Giving Tree at library capturing the spirit of the Juniors’ motto: “With hearts and hands we serve.” Gifts should be wrapped with the tag attached and returned to the library by Dec. 20. The library is located at 30 Wyckoff Avenue.