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Village of Ridgewood Seeks New DPW Director/Village Engineer 

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End of an Era? Ridgewood, NJ Searches for a New Village Engineer with $200,000 Salary After Current Tenure Marred by Bike Lane and Soil Fiascos

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood, known for its award-winning downtown and strong community pride, is actively seeking a highly qualified professional to fill the demanding dual role of Public Works Director and Village Engineer. The urgency of the search comes as the tenure of the current Village Engineer, Christopher Rutishauser, has been marked by significant public controversy surrounding municipal projects, including contentious bike lane implementations and issues related to the Schedler property soil scandal.

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Ridgewood, Bike Lane Controversy: South Pleasant Ave Residents Outraged by Propsed Parking Ban

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RIDGEWOOD ZONING SHOCKER: New Bike Lane Bans Parking, Leaving Residents with Nowhere to Park!

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Ridgewood NJ, the Village of Ridgewood, is once again the center of a heated debate over bicycle infrastructure, proving that even seemingly small road changes can spark major controversy. This time, the outrage is focused on the Pleasant Avenue neighborhood, where a new bike lane project has unexpectedly resulted in a parking ban, infuriating residents who claim they were misled.

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Outrage in Ridgewood: Engineer’s New Bike Lane BLOCKS Parking in Front of Homes on South Pleasant

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From Bike Lane Dream to Parking Nightmare: Ridgewood Residents Furious After Grant Money Kills Street Parking on South Pleasant

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RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The Village of Ridgewood is once again embroiled in controversy over a new bicycle infrastructure project, sparking outrage among residents of the Pleasant Avenue neighborhood. This time, the issue isn’t a “bike lane to nowhere,” but a newly implemented restriction on street parking on South Pleasant Avenue that residents were explicitly told would not happen.

The latest project, spearheaded by Village Engineer Christopher Rutishauser, utilized grant money to create a new bike lane—but in a major development, the project has now effectively banned residents from parking in front of their own homes.

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Ridgewood Village Hall Caught Bullying Heath Barn Neighbors

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March 10,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, More data on who was harassing the people across from Habernickel that complained about Health Barn USA.
The Village Hall caught again attacking residents who question the council majority’s decisions .
Once again the Village Hall is caught bullying neighbors .

Although one page indicates that an “anonymous phone call” triggered the NJDEP inspection, another page in the report specifically identifies Christopher Rutishauser as the complainant. A recent OPRA request offers proof positive Rutishauser call led to the complaint.

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Bergen utilities converting sewage into valuable energy source

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Bergen utilities converting sewage into valuable energy source

MARCH 29, 2015, 11:33 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2015, 11:40 PM
BY JAMES M. O’NEILL
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

The bright orange flame that routinely danced from a pipe on the roof of Ridgewood’s sewage treatment plant did not exactly serve as a welcome beacon for Christopher Rutishauser, Ridgewood’s public works director. Instead, it became a nagging reminder of lost opportunity.

The facility was flaring off methane, a greenhouse gas created when bacteria break down sewage.

“I’m cheap,” Rutishauser said. “I saw the flame and saw money being wasted. I thought there had to be a way to reuse the methane.”

Rutishauser and Bob Gillow, the plant supervisor, researched the issue and came up with a plan to capture the methane and use it as fuel for a generator that produces electricity. The facility covers its own energy needs and has excess electricity to sell to the grid.

At wastewater treatment plants in New Jersey and across the country, the methane once flared off as waste is being used to produce electricity. Sewage has become a money-making resource. And following the success of these pioneers, other agencies are starting to take a look as well.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-utilities-converting-sewage-into-valuable-energy-source-1.1298646