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Council approves firefighter hires, telecommunicator appointment and settlement for fire-code fines

3189143 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

The council approved five full-time firefighter hires effective May 1 and a part-time telecommunicator trainee; it also approved a settlement with Univest Bank and New Vistas Corporation resolving outstanding fire-code penalties at 348 Kearny Avenue.

The Town of Kearny on April 22 approved Resolution 2 72 appointing five full-time firefighters to the Kearny Fire Department effective May 1, 2025, at the current annual salary of $41,280. Council members listed the new hires by name: Russell Richard, Luis Ureta, Ryan Michaels, Gerald Monroe and Jack Michaels.

The council also approved Resolution 2 73 appointing Damien Holmes as a part-time public safety telecommunicator trainee effective April 28, 2025, at the hourly rate of $20, contingent on…

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