The Linden City Council approved a personnel agenda that included new hires, resignations, promotions and salary adjustments across multiple departments.
Key personnel actions recorded in the meeting minutes include: posting for an electrical inspector (part time; $39.37–$65 per hour); approval to increase Keri Close to full‑time code enforcement officer at $20 per hour effective Aug. 20, 2025; resignation accepted for Anita Podoku (clerk 1) effective Aug. 5, 2025; posting for a technical assistant to the construction official (full time; $52,201–$99,213); appointment of Mark Aniko as a part‑time building inspector at $50 per hour (subject to preemployment checks); police department resignations and telecommunicator recruit appointments with trainees at an annual salary of $44,000 effective Sept. 8, 2025 (subject to preemployment requirements); computer services technician appointments (Aniv Martin and Matthew Martin) at $42,071 annually effective Sept. 8, 2025; appointment of seasonal and full‑time public works and community services staff including truck drivers at $29 per hour; court and violations clerk appointments; and personnel title and stipend adjustments (including stipends for deceased animal removal of $2,500 for named employees).
Councilman Salvatore Strano presented the personnel agenda and moved for approval; the council seconded and adopted the slate by roll call. Where the minutes included conditions (for example, "subject to successful completion of the city's preemployment requirements"), the council recorded those conditions in the appointments.
The personnel slate also included routine administrative items such as FMLA/NJFLA leave approvals on file with the division of personnel and residence review waivers where noted.