December 11, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 3 Glen Rock PBA, borough reach zero-increase agreement by John Koster The Glen Rock Borough Council and the Glen Rock PBA have negotiated, but not yet ratified, a three-year contract with no salary increases for the first two years and a one percent increase in 2016. Glen Rock Council Member Carmine Nogara indicated that the actual increase due to contract steps would be about one percent through 2015. Officers who are certified to fill the role of sergeant through inter-depart- mental testing, however, would receive an automatic $500 annual increase. A handful of patrol officers on the depart- ment, which now has two detectives and 13 patrol officers along with five ser- geants and a captain and a chief, would be affected. Officers who are subpoenaed to appear at legal hearings would also receive an increase from $85 to $300 a day under the new contract, if it is approved. Glen Rock Borough Administrator Lenora Benjamin stressed that the con- tract is still tentative, but said she felt it represented constructive compromise by both sides. “They’re a great bunch of people to work with,” Benjamin said of both the PBA delegates and the council’s negotiat- ing team. “I feel great about it.” The most recent contract, signed in 2011, had provided no salary increase for 2011 and two percent raises for 2012 and 2013. The borough council also acceded to the PBA’s request for a switch to two 12- hour work shifts from the previous three eight-hour work shifts, which actually increased patrol hours for the officers and provided for additional street cover- age but gave the patrol personnel more days off. All police personnel now have two free weekends out of four.