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Employees and union representatives press county on personnel record release and retention-pay negotiations
Summary
At the June 26 meeting employees and AFSCME union representatives raised concerns about an inadvertently circulated personnel document that included private data and complained about public comments made by officials about ongoing retention‑pay arbitration. County officials said the distribution was inadvertent and committed to private follow‑up.
Multiple employees and union representatives used Thursday’s Hudson County Board meeting to press county officials about two related issues: an apparent inadvertent distribution of a personnel document containing private information and ongoing disputes over retention‑pay that are in arbitration.
How it unfolded: Several speakers raised personnel and labor concerns during the public‑comment portion of the meeting. Ada Wideman asked why a county document containing her Social Security number had circulated and requested a public meeting to address the matter. County Counsel Alberico DePierro told the chamber he could not discuss personnel matters in open session and offered to meet privately after the meeting. Commissioners…
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