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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 .
The beat goes on.
She is one hell of an expensive replacement for Gabbert, that is for sure. The bottom line keeps going up and up and up
A breath of fresh air… ha ha ha
Oh yes, she is saving us a bundle. Said. No. One. Ever..
The 12% retroctactive pay increase to Gabbert during a recession was staged?
They wanted Roberta so bad they were drooling. It was ridiculous. She had ZERO experience as a manager of a municipality. She openly admitted ZERO knowledge of civil service. She has made repeated mistakes and has repeatedly broken protocol, if not the law. She hires people when positions do not exist. She openly and rudely reprimands council members and members of the public eye. She publicly complained that her salary is too low. She is a TRAIN WRECK. And yet Sir Albert never stops saying how she was the best vote he ever made. Gag me.