Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • January 16, 2013 Waldwick The Borough of Waldwick and the Waldwick Public Works Employees union have settled on a new three-year employment contract, which was approved by the borough council last week. According to the terms of the new agreement, to run until Dec. 31, 2015, the 14 DPW employees will receive a pay increase of 2 percent in each of the three years of the agreement. Over the three years of the new pact, the DPW supervisor’s salary will increase from last year’s salary of $86,143 to $93,538; the water supervisor’s will go from $96,978 to $102,914; and the fourth year repairman’s from $85,225 to $90,441. The salary for repairmen going through the steps will range from $40,181 in 2013 for the first year repairman to $69,677 for the top of the guide in 2015 after Council approves 3-year pact with DPW employees seven years. The borough, however, was able to negotiate two major concessions which will apply to new hires only, according to Borough Administrator Gary Kratz. The steps necessary to reach the top of the salary guide will be increased from seven to 12, and cost of living adjustments (COLA) will also be eliminated for new workers as they move up the steps. Under the previous contract, an employee moving up the salary steps receives the COLA adjustment and the guide increase. Employees hired after Jan. 1, 2013 will start at $32,000 for the first year of employment reach the maximum of $69,677 after 12 years. Kratz, along with Mayor Thomas Giordano and former Councilwoman Anita Bozzo, served on the borough’s negotiations team. Pumper receives blessing Father Jim Weiner, pastor of Saint Luke’s Church in Ho-Ho-Kus, blesses the Waldwick Fire Department’s new pumper, which arrived in town last week ahead of its spring delivery schedule. The $535,000 vehicle, which features a 750-gallon water tank and a foam tank, can accommodate eight firefighters, double the capacity of its 1985 predecessor. ‘I thank the committee and the mayor and council. We went into this process knowing the economy was not good, but we got everything we wanted and under budget,’ said a jubilant Chief Ken Warr, noting that the vehicle incorporates not only the latest features but also many old ones, such as an old-fashioned bell, a booster reel on top of the roof, and a lower hose bed for easier access. ‘It makes us proud, and it will serve us well,’ said Mayor Thomas Giordano, who is also the president of the volunteer fire company.