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Northvale council approves three routine annual salary ordinances for DPW, police and other employees
Summary
At its regular meeting the Northvale Borough Council held second readings and adopted three annual salary ordinances: one for the Department of Public Works, one covering police under an existing contract with the PDA, and a third covering other municipal employees.
At its regular meeting, the Northvale Borough Council held second readings and adopted three annual salary ordinances covering compensation for the Department of Public Works, the police department and all other borough employees not covered by the police or DPW contracts.
The ordinances were described by the presiding official as routine, annual actions required by existing negotiated contracts and borough practice. The first ordinance sets fixed wages for DPW positions; the second adjusts police pay per the borough’s contract with the PDA as recorded in the meeting; and the third sets salaries for municipal employees not included in the police or DPW agreements.
Why it matters: These ordinances implement pay terms the borough said are required by contract or routine practice and are necessary to post formal compensation schedules for staff and to ensure payroll reflects negotiated terms.
Council procedure and outcome: Each ordinance was opened to the public for the second-reading hearing, the public hearing was closed, and the council adopted the measures by roll call. The meeting transcript records only affirmative roll-call responses for the members named during each vote.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance No. 1 — DPW fixed salary/wage compensation (second reading). Motion to adopt recorded; public hearing opened and closed; roll-call votes recorded as “yes” for the members listed in the meeting roll call. (Mover/second: not specified in the public record.) - Ordinance No. 2 — Police salary adjustments per contract with the PDA (second reading). Motion to adopt recorded; public hearing opened and closed; roll-call votes recorded as “yes” for the members listed in the meeting roll call. (Mover/second: not specified in the public record.) - Ordinance No. 3 — Salaries for all other employees (second reading). Motion by Councilwoman Buchanan was recorded; second listed in the transcript in garbled form and is not specified with certainty. Public hearing opened and closed; roll-call votes recorded as “yes” for the members listed in the meeting roll call.
What the record does and does not show: Meeting discussion described the three ordinances as routine and contract-driven; the transcript references a contract with the “PDA” for police pay. The record does not include ordinance numbers, specific salary figures in the ordinance text, or a clear, unambiguous record of which council member seconded each motion in every case.
