&n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; BOROUGH OF NORWOOD

&nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; ORDINANCE NO. 06:01

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE TO FIX SALARIES, WAGES, AND COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BOROUGH OF NORWOOD, COUNT= Y OF BERGEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY” TO PROVIDE FOR AND DETERMINE THE RATE AND METHOD OF COMPENSATION FOR THE CHIEF OF POLICE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006

the purpose of this ordinance is to fix the salary of the Chief of Police retroactive to Januar= y 1, 2006, for persons appointed before January 1, 2006.

= BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF NORWOOD, COUNTY OF BERG= EN COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, as follows:

SECTION 1: The foll= owing offices and employee positions of the Borough of Norwood shall be paid in biweekly installments, and fixed in the amounts set opposite their respecti= ve titles:

&nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =     YEAR        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     SALARY

Chief of Police            =             &nb= sp;         &= nbsp;   2006                =             $= 118,434.16

(Appointed before             =             &nb= sp;              &= nbsp;   2007        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       $123,171.53=

January 1, 2006)                  &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp; 2008        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       $128,098.40=

<= /o:p>

SECTION 2. In addition to salary, referred to herein, all full time employees shall be entitled to longevity payments as = set forth in the following schedule.

After 5 years of service ……………………. 2   %      per annum

After 10 years of service ……………………3.5%      per annum

After 15 years of service ……………………= ;5   %      per annum

After 20 years of service ……………………6.5%      per annum

After 24 years of service ……………………8   %      per annum

SECTION 3.&= nbsp; The salaries and compensation rates set forth herein shall be retroactive to     &nbs= p;    January 1, 2006.

SECTION 4. The manner of payment shall be on a bi-weekly basis.

SECTION 5.&= nbsp; The Borough will provide the employee with the medical and other benefits that are available to all Borough employees who are not members of collective negotiations units, and a vision protection plan consisting of payment up to a maximum of $150.00 per year for eye examinations, protectiv= e, and/or corrective eyewear for the covered employee only.<= /p>

SECTION 6. Unless otherwise provided herein, all salaries, wages and compensation set forth in the ordinance to which this ordinance is an amendment, shall remain in force and effect unless specifically changed by = this Ordinance.

SECTION 7. Holidays: Paid Holidays shall be thirteen (13) as follows with no additional holiday pay:<= /p>

New Year’s Day    &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;   Labor Day

Martin Luther King’s Birthday  &nb= sp;            =             C= olumbus Day

Lincoln’s Birthday      = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ; Veterans Day

President’s Day      &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Thanksgiving Day

Good Friday      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Day after Thanksgiving Day

Memorial Day      &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Christmas Day

Independence Day

SECTION 8. Overtime: The Chief of Police will= not be entitled to receive overtime compensation for services provided to the Borough as the Chief of Police.

SECTION 9. Personal Days: The Chief of Police shall be entit= led to three (3) paid personal days in each calendar year, which shall not accumul= ate from year-to-year if not taken in any calendar year.

SECTION 10. Vacation Pay: The Chief of Police shall be entitl= ed to thirty (30) vacation days in each calendar year, which shall not accumulate from year-to-year if not taken in any calendar year.

.SECTION 11. Sick Days: The Chief of Police shall be entit= led to 12 paid sick days in each calendar year. All unused sick time shall be paid= at the daily rate of pay for the year in which the days are earned and not use= d. No unused sick time may be accumul= ated from year–to-year.=

SECTION 12:&n= bsp; All ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed      &nbs= p;   to the extent of any inconsistency.

SECTION 13:&n= bsp; The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any part of this         ordinance is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid by any court or state agency = of         &= nbsp; competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts of this ordinance will remain in full for= ce and effect.

SECTION 14:&n= bsp; This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as req= uired         = by law, except that any portion of the ordinance that provides an increase in = the salaries,      &nb= sp;     wages, or compensation of elected officials or managerial, executive, or confident= ial     employees shall become operative 20 days after publication, as per N.J.S.A. 40A:9-165.<= /span>

Introduced and = passed first reading: = _February 7, 2006_____

Passed second r= eading: ___March 9, 2006______________

ATTEST:        =             &nb= sp;               =             &nb= sp;        APPROVED BY:

_____________________________        &= nbsp;     __________________________<= /span>

Lorraine L. McMackin, Clerk        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;      Michael B. Kaplan, Mayor    &nb= sp;        =