July 23, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Franklin Lakes Carmine ‘Dean’ Pezzuti appointed police chief by Frank J. McMahon The Franklin Lakes Council has named Sergeant Carmine D. “Dean” Pezzuti the borough’s new chief of police. Pezzuti will replace Police Chief Joseph R. Seltenrich, who is retiring at the end of July. The appointment was announced at last week’s council meeting following a closed session. Mayor Frank Bivona emphasized that the council had many good candidates for the position and Pezzuti was chosen from the three finalists. “We are lucky to have such great candi- dates,” Bivona said. “It was a tough deci- sion, but Dean is a great candidate and he will be a great chief.” Bivona pointed out, however, that while the borough is gaining a new police chief, it is losing one with 38 years of experience. “We will miss Joe,” Bivona said. “Without his leadership and guidance, we wouldn’t be where we are today.” The council agreed with Bivona, claim- ing Pezzuti will be an excellent chief. Pezzuti is a 1977 Hawthorne High School graduate. In 1981, he received a bachelor’s degree in business management from Far- Residents provide input on borough’s new logo The residents of Franklin Lakes have responded to a borough survey seeking input on two designs of a new logo for the municipality. The two designs were created by sopho- more students Shannon Petty and Fredrick Mazzelli who attend Indian Hills High School and both designs have thick oval borders with the name of the borough in white letters. One of the designs has a pic- torial of evergreen trees, mountains, and a lake in the center, while the other has a pic- torial of trees, mountains, and a lake in the center with a pictorial of a Native American looking out from the right side. According to Franklin Lakes Borough Administrator Gregory Hart, there were 848 responses to the survey and 74 percent of the respondents preferred the design without the image of the Native American. Hart advised the borough council of the results of the survey at a public work ses- sion earlier this month, at which time he said the survey results would be reviewed by the Web Team Committee, which would then make a recommendation to the coun- cil on which design should be used by the borough. The borough currently uses four dif- ferent logos on its cards and letterheads, police uniforms, ambulance squad, and fire department but each of them has a depic- tion of a Native American in the design. Recently, published articles about the logo designs have raised public awareness of them and, according to those articles, some residents want to leave the logos as they are, or want to keep the depiction of a Native American in them. The majority of residents who responded to the borough’s survey, however, preferred the design with- out the Native American image. The new logo designs were created by (continued on page 17) leigh Dickinson University in Teaneck. He graduated from Seton Hall University in South Orange in June 2009 with a master’s in human resources and management and a certificate in leadership and management. A member of the borough’s police depart- ment since September 1983, Pezzuti was promoted to the rank of sergeant in March 2000. His duties have been to supervise and coordinate the daily staffing of patrol offi- cers, ensuring that procedures are con- ducted in accordance with state laws and departmental policy; to explain police operations to subordinates in order to assist them in the performance of their duties; to cooperate with court personnel and offi- cials from other law enforcement agencies and testify in court as needed; to monitor and evaluate the job performance of subor- dinates; prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates; inform personnel of changes in regulations and policies, impli- cations of new or amended laws, and new techniques of police work; and to train staff in proper police work procedures. He was also responsible for the discipline of the staff for violations of departmental rules and regulations, the development and implementation and monitoring of depart- mental policy, and the inspection of facili- ties, vehicles, and equipment to ensure conformance to standards. Pezzuti was the officer in charge of development and training for domestic vio- lence. In addition, he is a drug recognition expert, a drug recognition expert instruc- tor, a standardized field sobriety testing instructor, a certified field training officer, and a departmental outside employment coordinator. In addition, he processed grant applications, was the 911 operations coor- dinator, and the Franklin Lakes Office of Emergency Management’s public informa- tion officer. Seltenrich recently announced his plans to retire after serving the borough for 38 years. During that time, he spent 34 years in a supervisory capacity. He was appointed a probationary patrolman in December 1976, became a patrolman in January 1978, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in September 1980. He became a lieutenant in September 1989 and attained the rank of captain in January 2007. During his career, he spent 20 years as a patrol squad supervisor and 15 years in an (continued on page 14)