North Haledon council advances 2025 salary ordinance on first reading; final hearing set for Feb. 19

The Borough of North Haledon Mayor and Council advanced Ordinance #1-2025 on first reading at their Jan. 15 meeting, approving a comprehensive schedule of salaries and compensation for borough officers and employees for 2025.

Council Member Donna Puglisi moved to have the Clerk read the ordinance by title and waive full reading; Council Member George Pomianek seconded the motion, which passed with all members present voting in the affirmative. The ordinance, described as "An ordinance fixing the salaries and compensations of the officers and employees of the Borough of North Haledon in the year 2025," lists pay grades for multiple municipal categories, including detailed police department salary ranges for officers, sergeants, lieutenants and captains (with EMT training differentials), dispatcher pay bands, and Department of Public Works classifications. The ordinance states that manner of payment and longevity benefits will be handled in accordance with Chapter 20 of the Borough Code and applicable contractual agreements.

The ordinance designates Jan. 1, 2025 as the effective date for the salary schedules and includes a provision that "This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and publication as required by law." Final consideration and an opportunity for public comment were scheduled for Feb. 19, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

The council took the action via a formal motion on the floor; the first-reading vote was recorded as unanimous among those present (six affirmative votes, one absence). No public comments or debate on ordinance specifics were recorded at the meeting.

Next procedural steps: the ordinance will be posted for public inspection and returned to the council at its Feb. 19 meeting for final passage, at which time members and any members of the public may speak before a final vote.