MAY 27, 2015 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015, 8:56 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The village has brought in a new chief financial officer and its first-ever parking utility director with the hiring of Robert G. Rooney, who began his tenure earlier this month.
Rooney’s first day was May 4, and he “hit the ground running,” said Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld when she announced his hire. Sonenfeld had been temporarily serving as the village’s CFO and parking utility director, in addition to her other duties.
Rooney was ceremonially sworn in at the council’s May 13 meeting.
The new CFO has his roots in Bergen County, growing up in Fairview, Cliffside Park and Rutherford as well as attending Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck. He has spent his entire career in public accounting, most recently working for Manhattan-based McGladrey in its public sector practice.
Rooney said his memories of Ridgewood come from having played basketball for Cliffside Park High School. He said he remembered how beautiful the high school was and the friendliness of village residents.
“When I lived in Bergen County, Ridgewood was always the cream of the crop,” Rooney said. “People always talked very highly of the municipality.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/cfo-to-serve-in-dual-roles-in-ridgewood-1.1343139
At $140,000 a year the Village will watching his performance carefully.
Good Luck
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