Wyckoff April 25, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 17 Team Up to Tidy Up nets 80 bags of trash, recyclables by John Koster On April 14, Wyckoff Team Up to Tidy Up volunteers filled 80 bags -- 59 with trash and 31 with recyclables -- in the annual sweep through 25 quasi-public township sites. All five members of the governing body, including Mayor Christopher De Phillips and Township Committeemen Rudy Boonstra, Doug Christie, Kevin Rooney, and Brian Scanlan, turned out for the event. Members of the Wyckoff Environmental Commission, including Chairperson Harriet Shugarman and members Brian Bigler, Alex Cascardo, Randy Hoogerhedye, Cathy Runge, Peter Wiederhold, and liaison Frances Piskaldo were also on hand. Volunteers included Boy Scout Troops 89 and 77, Cub Scout Packs 110 and 198, and Girl Scouts, and representatives from the Christian Health Care Center, Friends of Wyckoff, the Green Team Task Force, Partners in Pride, the Restore Group, and the Wyckoff Republican League. The Wyckoff Environmental Commission held a contest in which students in kindergarten through eighth grade designed logos to be printed on reusable bamboo shopping bags. The first place winner was Sabina Taneja, who received a $100 gift certificate from the Wyckoff Chamber of Commerce, presented by President Jay Vidockler. Second place winner Adrine Najarian received a $50 gift certificate, and third place winner Grace Della Pietra won a $25 certificate. The winning logo was printed on 120 shopping bags, which were given out to the first of the estimated 300 volunteers who attended. At an ancillary event, about 350 residents turned out at Wyckoff Town Hall and deposited their personal documents for shredding, which produced about 14,000 pounds of shredded paper for recycling. The event saved an estimated 100 trees. Team Up to Tidy Up originated two decades ago when the people who formed Partners in Pride noticed how much litter accumulated on lots that were neither private nor municipal property. The initial effort attracted church and Scout groups and has become a Wyckoff classic, with attendance averaging between 200 and 300 volunteers, including adults, teens, and children. Volunteers from this year’s Team Up to Tidy Up event. Wyckoff budget (continued from page 9) Wyckoff spent an unexpected $122,920 to cover the cleanup from the Oct. 29 snowstorm that left some households without power for more than a week. Revenues were down $25,000 due to the general economic downturn, and library revenue was not returned for 2012 as it was in 2011, township committee members said. The non-union salary ordinance includes pay ranges, including a maximum of $144,945 for the chief of police, up to $131,737 for the township administrator, and a combination of $32,586 for the township clerk and $43,915 for the administrative assistant, traditionally two posts held by the same employee. The salary for the township engineer/building inspector was a maximum of $123,617, with a maximum salary of $114,827 for the chief financial officer/assistant administrator, and information technology officer. The construction code official/building subcode official’s salary was set at a maximum of $79,072. The ordinance also includes part-time salary ranges for a number of municipal employees. J. KOSTER