Keansburg council adopts ordinance updating police salary schedule for 2025–2027

The Borough of Keansburg Municipal Council unanimously adopted Ordinance #1737 on Jan. 8, 2025, revising the police department’s annual base salary schedule for 2025 through 2027. Clerk Jo-Ann O’Brien read the ordinance text and the council voted by roll call to adopt the measure.

Ordinance #1737 amends Ordinance #1686 and lists step pay amounts for officers from entry level through captain for each year 2025–2027. Examples in the adopted schedule include a 2025 starting salary for academy recruits of $56,219.28 (rising to $60,806.77 in 2027) and a 2025 captain base of $164,009.04 (rising to $177,392.17 in 2027). The ordinance contains standard repealer, severability and effective-date clauses and states it "shall be effective upon its passage and publication according to law." (Text read into the record by Clerk Jo-Ann O’Brien.)

The public hearing on the ordinance was opened and closed with no members of the public speaking. The roll-call adoption recorded affirmative votes from Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Tonne, Councilman Cocuzza, Mr. Foley and Mayor Hoff.

The change will increase the town’s personnel cost projections for the police bureau across the 2025–2027 period. The ordinance itself prescribes the specific step amounts to be paid to officers; implementation and any budgetary adjustments will follow the borough’s normal appropriation and publication procedures.

The ordinance was adopted and will take effect upon publication according to law. The council did not record any public objections during the hearing.