file photo by Boyd Loving
JUNE 19, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Ordinances were introduced last week by the Village Council reflecting changes in the organizational structure of Village Hall, a cleanup of salary ranges for village employees and elimination of unused titles.
The new ordinance institutes a Human Resources department and creates a free-standing Department of Health, moving it out from under the umbrella of the Department of Community Services, which was eliminated. The Division of Assessments was moved to the Finance Department and a director title was created in the Building Department to accurately reflect recent hires.
“This is both a cleanup and reflects some strategic moves we’ve made with both the Building Department and with the Department of Human Resources,” said Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld.
Discussion of the ordinances took place at a June 3 meeting, where Sonenfeld explained the Human Resources department would also assume supervisory roles in the Employee Benefits and Payroll Administration functions of the government.
Councilman Michael Sedon, who voted against the introduction of the ordinances, said the first time he heard there would be a full-time Human Resources department was at the first budget hearing in February. Sedon said he did not have an opportunity to give input on such a service, which he believed was already being provided.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/hr-addition-spurs-debate-1.1358917
Didn’t they hire these new people before the Ordinance was introduced ? Wow I guess the Breath of Fresh air Manager knew she had the votes. I don’t know why Mike and Susan even show up. The block vote wins out again.
They hired them before the new ordinance was introduced because it suited their purposes this time. But when it came time to hire more cops last year, they blew a gasket because there was a conflicting ordinance in place. What a bunch of idiots. Do they think the public doesn’t remember?
Hauck must go. Simple as that.
Wow, what is it that you have against a change in the status quo at Village Hall which was broken and demoralized ?
Hack states that as long as the three of them have agreed on something, they do not need any further discussion from Mike and Susan. Really? Is that how the government runs here in Ridgewood? She is despicable.
Nothing 11:22 but they must not put the cart before the horse. By hiring these 2 people before changing the ordinance only show how ignorant of the law the Village Manager is. Or she just did it and then got caught .
Come on, we are all waiting for Mr. Hallway to weigh in on how wonderful Roberta and Gwenn are. he must pander to his base.
Help me out. Who is Mr. Hallway ?
Hah! Halaby must have autocorrected into the architectural feature in question…
Halaby, not Hallway. The puppet on Hauck’s string.
Halliby, not hallway
Lots of people support Roberta. Not all of us have a personal vendetta because we were passed over for the job she got, or because our sons didn’t get hired by the RPD.
what unused titles , and the p, r gall works for who the workers or the manager, hummmmm, yeah we all smell a rat.