Franklin Lakes April 11, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Council introduces 2012 employee salary ordinance by Frank J. McMahon The Franklin Lakes Borough Council has introduced an ordinance to establish the 2012 salaries and other compensation of the officers, managerial staff, confidential, and other employees of the borough who are not members of the American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees Local 2274B or the borough’s Policemen’s Benevolent Association. The employees covered by this ordinance will receive a two percent increase in salary retroactive to Jan. 1, but the ASFCME and PBA members will continue to be paid at the same rate as in 2011 until such time as the salary ordinance is amended to reflect collective bargaining agreements with those two unions. The salary ordinance is expected to be adopted at the April 17 council meeting. The following rates of compensation are among those included in the ordinance. The mayor, at his request, receives no compensation. The compensation for the members of the borough council will remain at $6,000. Salaries include: borough administrator, $159,260; borough clerk, $70,821 plus $150 per session for extra or special sessions; deputy borough clerk, $41,440; administrative assistant to mayor and administrator, $42,448; police chief, $150,000; police lieutenant, $138,876; construction official, $77,112; tax assessor, $34,268; chief financial officer, $109,835; tax collector/deputy CFO/payroll clerk, $60,409; superintendent of the DPW, $110,030; municipal court administrator, $63,576; recreation director, $91,164; and police chief secretary, $40,325. The salary of the municipal court judge will be $17,000 plus $475 per court session; the municipal prosecutor will receive $14,000 plus $375 per court session; the municipal public defender will earn $4,500; the zoning officer will receive $14,688; and the shade tree director will be paid $34,268. In addition to the salary increases, the policy of paying length of service compensation to all full time borough employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 2000 will be continued in the 2012 salary ordinance. Longevity compensation ranges from three percent of an eligible employee’s annual salary at the start of the fourth year of service up to 10 percent at the start of the 18th year of service and thereafter. The ordinance also provides for various fees paid to officials assigned to the borough’s athletic teams. Profes- sional basketball referees receive up to $60 per game, and non-professional basketball referees for grades three to eight receive up to $15 per game based on a double header and $20 for a single game. Baseball umpires earn up to $35 per game behind the plate and $25 in the field for pony league and senior girls’ softball, and up to $30 and $20, respectively, for Ramapo and intermediate girls’ softball and Tiny Tim. Professional baseball/softball umpires receive up to $65 per game behind the plate or in the field. Football referees receive up to $65 per person per game. Cheerleading coaches receive up to $9 per hour. Soccer referees receive from $20 to $65 per game depending on the division, and professional referees for boys’ lacrosse receive up to $70 per game. Professional referees for girls’ lacrosse receive $60 per game, and high school referees get $25 per game. Field lining employees receive $110 per field for initial lining for football, $60 per field for lacrosse and soccer, and $10 per field for baseball.