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Ridgewood officials weigh larger parks budget, request for new maintenance staff
Summary
Director Nancy Bigos told the council the parks division needs to restore three maintenance worker positions and fill two vacancies, part of a roughly $250,000 increase in the department payroll driven by new hires, step increases and promotions.
Ridgewood — Director of Parks and Recreation Nancy Bigos presented the department’s 2025 operating request Thursday and asked the Village Council to restore several full‑time maintenance positions and keep a recent offer to a tree maintenance worker on the table.
Bigos told the council the parks division is asking to add three maintenance worker I positions and to fill two vacancies (a tree maintenance worker and a laborer) that were previously cut. She said the proposed rise in full‑time wages accounts for about $250,000 of the department’s increase, with roughly $100,000 of that budgeted for the three new positions and the rest for promotions and step increases.
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