Monday, May 13, 2013
Councilman Tom Riche votes no on the grounds Village Manager Ken Gabbert should be eligible for merit raises.
The Ridgewood Village Council introduced a pair of ordinances that will freeze salaries for non-union and management staff while rewarding them with merit-based bonuses. The ordinances will allow for up to a 1.5 percent increase in salary to management and non-union staff for both 2012 and 2013. The increases apply to pension status. Village Manager Ken Gabbert previously said the total pool is just north of $30,000. Initially, the ordinances proposed increases of up to 1.9 percent before they were revised. The idea for merit-based compensation sprung in 2011, with the previous council voting to award raises of up to 4 percent for staff in 2011 and retroactive to 2010, a year more than 30 workers were laid off. It was celebrated by some …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Ridgewood council still needs to discuss issue, mayor says.
A vote that would freeze salaries of Ridgewood management and non-union personnel but allow for merit-based raises up to 1.9 percent was delayed Wednesday night. As drafted, direct supervisors will write an evaluation of the subordinates, making recommendations to Village Manager Ken Gabbert. The village manager has the final word as to the increase the worker receives. The total pool of money is between $50,00 and $60,000 and eligible staff are capped at 1.9 percent of salary, according to the introduced ordinance. Salaries are frozen but payouts will impact pension obligations. Ridgewood's council first implemented the system last year, allowing raises of to 4 percent for management and non-union workers. A Patch analysis found the …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Councilman Tom Riche pushes for Village Manager Ken Gabbert to be eligible for raise, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli says more analysis on financial impact is needed.
A litany of concerns over salary ranges and the exclusion of the village manager – all under the backdrop of a startling report that warns of massive impending budget woes – led the Ridgewood Village Council to postpone a vote on a pair of ordinances that would freeze employee salaries but allow for "merit" increases. The dual ordinances – 3364 and 3365 – would lock salaries for non-union staff and management at a flat zero percent increase in both 2012 and 2013 but allow for up to 1.9 percent of salary in incentive raises for each year. Village Manager Ken Gabbert would determine the merit compensation, drawn from a pool of over $34,000, he said. The bonuses would impact pension obligations. Unionized employees under collective bargaining…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Village Manager Ken Gabbert not among those eligible to receive an incentive raise in 2012, 2013.
Village department heads and non-union staff may not be receiving salary raises in 2012 and 2013, but that doesn't necessarily mean they won't be making more money. On Wednesday night, the council voted 4-1 to introduce a pair of ordinances that establishes zero percent salary raises for non-union employees and department heads but provides "incentive increases" between 0 and 1.9 percent over 2012 and 2013. The public hearing and vote is scheduled for Jan. 16. If the plan sounds familiar, it should. About a year ago, the previous village council agreed to pay up to 4 percent in incentive increases for that year as well as retroactively to 2010, when more than 30 workers were laid off due to budget cuts. A Patch analysis found 2.0 was the …
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Villager also pleads guilty in Madoff case; water main breaks, damages Linwood Ave.
It was a hot, hot, hot week in Ridgewood. Sure, that could just mean the 100+ temperatures that sweated out the region but it could also mean the series of hot stories we covered this week. So cool down with our recap of parking, shutdowns to critical county roads in Ridgewood, taxes that are a rising, and all sorts of other good stuff. 1) So you are a student at RHS. You weren't "lucky" enough to shell out the $500 to park at the church, you didn't get any spots on Heermance and Vets wasn't too appealing an option. So you park on Kenilworth. Well, you did. The council tinkered with the "don't park there" ordinance and now RHS students can't park on both sides between East Ridgewood and Spring Aves. – morning 'til late afternoon from …
Barbara
4:17 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013
I totally agree with you, Maureen. Why would the council even consider merit raises? Freeze all raises including merit raises. We are not getting raises at work, but our taxes are going up. Give us a break. Or you can depend on not being reelected. more ›