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Ridgewood Residents Voice Concerns over administrative increases in the expenditures at Village Hall
November 20,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, residents continue to voice concern over administrative staff increases at Village hall, specifically the hiring of a full time HR manager. As many remember rightfully or wrongfully that one of the reasons, Gwenn and Albert were elected was because many were unhappy with the compensation package offered to Ken Gabbert, our former Village Manager.
But now with the addition of a full time HR manager we are spending much more money surprise ,surprise. In addition the 95K we are paying, there is also the cost of benefits. Councilman Sedon asked this question in a public meeting. He questioned whether the salary of the Village Manager would be reduced accordingly to compensate for the addition of a new position that encompases what was, previously, part of the Village Manager’s job. The response to Councilman Sedon was pretty much a reprimand for having asked this in the first place.
Its being going to look more and more like the whole “Gabbert” hulabaloo was a well staged coup to replace their guy with your guy .