>Village Council: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Money!
On November 4th, Village Council members will begin debating whether the organizers of special events such as the 4th of July festivities, Annual Car Show, Fall Street Fair, Memorial and Veterans Day services, Ridgewood Run, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day march will be billed for all overtime worked by municipal employees required to facilitate these events.
During this week’s Village Council Work Session, Acting Village Manager Heather Mailander revealed that the Village incurred $53K in non-reimbursed municipal employee overtime charges for this year’s 4th of July parade and fireworks.
It is rumored that if the Village were to begin billing organizers for overtime incurred in connection with their respective events, many of the events could no longer be held.
Stay tuned folks. The last fireworks you saw in Ridgewood may indeed be the last, period!
