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>Resolution Appointing Timothy C. Brennan Interim Superintendent of Schools

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WHEREAS the Ridgewood Village Board of Education has
the statutory duty to employ a Superintendent of Schools; and
WHEREAS Mrs. Botsford�s term as Interim Superintendent of Schools
will expire at the close of business on August 5, 2007; and
WHEREAS Dr. Timothy C. Brennan has agreed to
assume the duties of Interim Superintendent of Schools;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Board hereby appoints Dr. Brennan as its Interim Superintendent
of Schools, effective on August 6, 2007, through June 30, 2008.
2. The Board hereby agrees to pay Dr. Brennan eight hundred twenty-five
dollars per diem ($825.00) while he is serving as Interim Superintendent of
Schools.
3. The Board hereby directs the Human Resources Director or his
designee to inform the County Superintendent of Schools of this action.
Here is some information from a reader on Dr. Brennan:
The following info on Dr. Timothy C. Brennan was obtained from the Internet when he was appointed to Interim Superintendent of the Cherry Hill Public Schools on December 12, 2005.
I think he was there until June 2006. From June until now, I don’t know where he resurfaced.The Cherry Hill Board of Education approved the appointment of Dr. Timothy C. Brennan as Interim Superintendent of tbe Cherry Hill Public Schools, effective December 12, 2005. Dr. Brennan will serve as an Educational Consultant in the district from November 28 through December 11.
Dr. Brennan replaces Dr. Morton Sherman who leaves the district to become Superintendent of Schools in Tenafly, NJ.Dr. Brennan served most recently as the Interim Superintendent of Union Township Schools of Hunterdon County, NJ. He was Superintendent of the South Huntington Union (NY) Free School District from 2000-2003, the Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ) Public Schools from 19932000, and the Holmdel (NJ) Public Schools from 1984-1992. Since April 2003, he has also been a member of the Practitioner Faculty of Expository Writing, the Practitioner Faculty of Education, and a Doctoral Mentor at the University of Phoenix Online.
He began his career in education as an English teacher.“Dr. Brennan comes to Cherry Hill with a wealth of experience after serving as a Superintendent for 21 years,” said Cindy Trubin, President of the Cherry Hill Board of Education. “He is looking forward to working with the Cherry Hill community during this period of transition.”Dr. Brennan’s superintendencies have been characterized by growth in AP and honors programs, increased graduation rates, and successful bond referenda.
Dr. Brennan received his Ed.D. from the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. He has done post-doctoral studies at Harvard, Princeton, NYU, and Pembroke College-Oxford. He holds an MA in English from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a BA in English from LaSalle College, and a Certificate in Romantic Comedy from the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
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>The Ridgewood Post Office has a new postmaster.

>The Ridgewood Post Office has a new postmaster. Post Office employees were notified this past Monday that former postmaster Frank Busciano was sent back to his previous post and the new postmaster, Mary Ellen Murray, was appointed. An investigation was undertaken in Newark and Washington, D.C. regarding the many complaints filed by employees and patrons against Frank Busciano. Postal employees mentioned that there will be a town meeting to discuss the possibility of opening the windows earlier than the now 10:00 a.m. window opening. Residents please watch for the date and time of this meeting and let your voices be heard. Should Ridgewood residents have any questions, they can contact Postmaster Mary Ellen Murray at 201-447-2135.

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>Give $125 Towing Fee the Hook and Fix Village Hall Parking,” Says Resident

>A Claremont Road resident last night blasted Village Council members for even considering a vendor requested $125 fee for emergency towing service. If approved, $125 would be the minimum charge applicable for passenger cars needing to be towed from accident scenes or breakdowns within Ridgewood. There are currently two vendors under contract with Ridgewood PD to provide such services; they are called in on a “rotating schedule” basis.

Claiming the proposed $125 fee would be much higher than those charged in other small communities, the resident implored Council members to consider charges comparable to those in municipalities adjacent to Ridgewood, not in cities such as Paterson or Passaic. A towing company representative countered the resident’s remarks by citing expensive rises in insurance rates, salaries, and equipment costs as bonafide reasons for requesting the steep fee increase.

The same resident also criticized Council members for not taking any action with respect to increasing daytime & evening parking capacity at Village Hall. “Too many Village owned cars and Village employees’ private vehicles parked” was his claim. Mayor David T. Pfund directed Village Manager James M. Ten Hoeve to review the current parking space allocation plan and offer Council members with options for a reconfiguration that would increase the availability of spaces for public use.

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>Resident Requests Village Council to Ban Chimeneas

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Citing her desire to live in an environment free of intrusive and noxious smoke, a South Irving Street resident last night asked Village Council members to either ban chimeneas outright, or begin actively enforcing the Village’s current ordinance against all outdoor burning unrelated to cooking.

Asserting that the inhalation of smoke from chimeneas could be particularly hazardous to asthmatics and allergy suffers, that shoddily constructed devices used in close proximity of wooden decks could cause structural fires, and that the Village’s fire department is frequently responding to “reported smoke condition” calls as a result of unchecked chimenea use, the resident requested immediate relief from the Mayor and Village Council members.

Mayor David T. Pfund thanked the resident for her comments, but made no promises with respect to any action on the part of either he, or Village Council members.

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Village Council hears presentation on establishing train horn ,”Quiet Zones”

>At the request of Village residents who live within earshot of two Ho-Ho-Kus grade level railroad crossings (Hollywood Avenue and Glenwood Road), the Village Council last night listened to an engineering consultant describe how train horn “quiet zones” could be established. However, Council members seemed rather uninterested in moving beyond the listening stage after learning that expenses associated with implementation of a federally approved plan could cost between $200K – $1.2 million. So for now, this proposal seems dead in the water.

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