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North Haledon council adopts salary, cap‑bank and multiple local ordinances; consent agenda approves buybacks and contract renewal
Summary
At its Feb. 15 meeting the North Haledon Borough Council adopted six ordinances on second reading covering salaries, budget cap bank, streets and sidewalks, fees, certificates of sale/rental and insurance registration enforcement, and approved a consent agenda authorizing employee buybacks, a fuel contract renewal and appropriation transfers.
Mayor Randy George presided over the Borough of North Haledon Council meeting on Feb. 15, 2023, at which the council adopted a package of ordinances and approved routine items on the consent agenda.
The council voted to adopt Ordinance #1-2023, a comprehensive salary ordinance establishing pay scales and education allowances for borough employees, including detailed police compensation tiers and education stipends. Council Member Donna Puglisi moved the measure with Bruce O. Iacobelli seconding; the ordinance passed its second and final reading with all members voting in the affirmative.
Council also adopted Ordinance #2-2023 to authorize the borough to exceed the Local Government Cap Law limit and create a cap bank for CY 2023; the ordinance seeks authority to increase appropriations up to 3.5% (including a 1.0% exception cited in the text equal to $119,507.39). The council approved Ordinance #3-2023 amending Chapter 523 to prohibit the discharge of stormwater, sump pump and similar waters onto borough roads. Ordinance #5-2023 revised fee schedules for certificates of sale or rental (setting fees at $100 for single-family homes, $150 for two-family homes and $200 for commercial properties). Ordinance #6-2023 updated Chapter 600 procedures for issuing certificates of sale or rental, specifying inspections and conditions for issuance. Ordinance #7-2023 elected not to enforce certain S-1368 registration requirements and assigned enforcement to the Division of Local Government Services. Each of these passed on second and final reading after the council opened and closed the public comment period with no speakers.
On the consent agenda, the council approved Resolution CA#3-2023 covering multiple routine items. That vote included a set of employee buyback payments (Resolution #43-2023) authorizing specified cash payments for unused time for four employees—Anthony Padula, Chris Canova, Michael Cedar and Lieutenant David Parenta—with amounts listed in the resolution. The council certified compliance with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidance on consideration of criminal history in hiring (Resolution #44-2023) and authorized signatures for payment of bills (Resolution #45-2023).
The council renewed a municipal contract for diesel fuel and premium unleaded gasoline with Suncrest Service Station, LLC for one additional year through March 31, 2024 (Resolution #46-2023). It approved raffle licenses for the North Haledon Education Foundation and Ridgewood HSA (Resolution #47-2023), appointed Andras Kazella to the Public Events Committee retroactive to Jan. 3, 2023 (Resolution #48-2023), and approved appropriation reserve transfers totaling $198,980 to cover prior obligations and anticipated shortfalls (Resolution #49-2023). The council also constituted the borough’s 2023 temporary capital budget (Resolution #50-2023).
Council Member Bruce O. Iacobelli noted during the consent‑agenda vote that he had signed the required affidavit of compliance "under protest," stating he believed the state should not interfere in municipal hiring practices, but that he had signed to allow the borough to proceed with submitting its municipal budget.
The meeting concluded after roll call votes on the consent agenda and the ordinances; Mayor Randy George adjourned the session at 9:50 p.m. The council set first‑reading ordinances for final consideration on March 15, 2023, as noted in the meeting record.
