This mayor and council meeting lasted for seven (7) minutes.
Declaration: Pat Bertollo, USRFD President, was named top firefighter of the month.
July Meeting Notes were approved and borough bills were paid.
Consent Agenda was passed.
Ordinance 09-23 was approved regarding compensation for certain officers and employees of the Borough of Upper Saddle River as follows (2022 salary compensation is provided for reference to citizens by the Upper Saddle River News):
POSITION SALARY COMPENSATION RANGE
Year 2022 Year 2023
Borough Administrator* $143,235.00 $146,816.00
Borough Clerk/Adm. Asst.* 100,257.00 102,763.00
Tax Assessor P/T* 60.00 per hr. 61.50 per hr.
Secy. To Tax Assessor* 44,477.00 54,000.00
Tax Assessor Consultant 4,600.00 4,600.00
CFO/Tax Collector* 86,730.00 86,730.00
Borough Attorney* 77,500.00 77,500.00
DPW Utilityman P/T* 16.50-28.50 per hr. 16.50-28.50 per hr.
DPW Superintendent* 111,542.00 114,331.00
DPW Utilityman F/T* 40,000.00 –76,128.36 40,000.00–76,128.36
Administrative Assistant* 43,670.00 44,762.00
A&E Clerk* 40,000.00 41,000.00-46,000.00
Fire Prevention Secretary* 5,228.00 5,359.00
Staff Accountant* 35.00 – 77.00 per hr. 35.00 – 80.00 per hr.
Registrar/Bd. of Health* 8,798.00 9,018.00
Construction Official* 121,608.00 124,648.00
Property Maintenance* 28.50 per hr. 28.50 per hr.
Zoning Officer P/T* 28.50 per hr. 28.50 per hr.
Plumbing Subcode P/T* 35.00-44.00 per hr. 35.00-46.00 per hr.
Construction Control* 44,177.00 45,281.00
Construction Control P/T* 25.00 – 72.00 per hr. 25.00 – 72.00 per hr.
Judge-Municipal Court* 13,309.00 13,641.00
370.00 per special session/170.00 thereafter; 370.00/per special session/170.00 thereafter
Borough Prosecutor*** 9,884.00 9,884.00
310.00 per special session-3hrs./220.00 thereafter; 310.00/per special session-3hrs./220. thereafter
Court Administrator* 57,800.00 59,245.00
Violations Clerk P/T* 17.00-24.00 per hr. 17.00-24.00 per hr.
Borough Engineer* 3,950.00 3,950.00
Shade Tree Clerk* 3,572.00 3,661.00
Borough Arborist —— 1,000.00
Housing Clerk/Municipal
Housing Liaison / 5,545.00 5,684.00
Affordable Housing Clerk*
Combined Planning/Zoning Bd* 26,244.00 26,900.00
Planning Board Engineer* 2,170.00 2,170.00
Planning Board Attorney* 3,907.00 160.00/per hr.; 3,907.00 160.00/per hr.
Recreation Director* 73,358.00 75,912.00
Boro Newsletter Coordinator*3,137.00 3,215.00
EMT* 17.00-24.00 per hr. 17.00-24.00 per hr.
Fire Prevention Inspector P/T*2,767.00 2,767.00
Fire Prevention Official P/T* 4,827.00 10,506.00
Qualified Purchasing Agent* 3,519.00 3,607.00
Radio Dispatcher F/T* 40,000.00-55,000.00 40,000.00-57,000.00
Radio Dispatcher P/T* 16.75-21.75 per hr. 16.75-21.75 per hr.
Administrative Assistant PD* 65,902.10 67,550.00
Police Matrons* 48.71 per hr. 48.71 per hr.
Police Chief* 196,720.00 201,638.00
Deputy Borough Clerk* 87,500.00 87,500.00
Deputy Tax Collector* 76,636.00 83,677.00
CFO P/T* 60.00 – 77.00 per hr. 60.00 – 80.00 per hr.
Tax Collector P/T* 50.00 – 72.00 per hr. 50.00 – 72.00 per hr.
Zoning Official* 63,320.00 64,903.00
Recycling Coordinator* 4,500.00 4,613.00
Pension Reporter* 2,000.00 2,050.00
Introduction of Ordinance 10-23 on Special Emergency Appropriation for the Preparation of Approved Tax Maps
Approval of Raffle License for Diabetes Foundation
Approval of Application of DPW employee, Sean Theis, to the USR Fire Department.
Approval of USR Fire Department by-laws additional language.
Public Comments
Robert Kossowsky of Hampshire Hill commented that he’d given all council members a letter concerning a parade on Hillside Avenue which took place on Sunday July 30, 2023. Mr. Kossowsky and Chief Rotella had spoken about the issue.
By Whitney Speer and Rue Eisen