Special Public Meeting — Packet

Ordinance xxxx-24 BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange as follows: SECTION 1. That: an ordinance adopting and creating the reclassification and salary schedules of certain Township of West Orange Municipal employees, setting a salary guide and establishing the employee's status as a Township employee and under the guidelines of the New Jersey Department of Personnel as filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk for the following positions: SEE APPENDIX 1 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - AFSCME SEE APPENDIX 2 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - MANAGEMENT - EXEMPT EMPLOYEES SEE APPENDIX 3 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - TEAMSTER SUPERVISORS SEE APPENDIX 4 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES - TEAMSTER COMMUNICATIONS SEE APPENDIX 5 - SALARY RANGES - NON UNIFORM TITLES-HOURLY SEE APPENDIX 6 - SALARY RANGES - STIPENDS SEE APPENDIX 7 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - FIRE SUPERIORS SEE APPENDIX 8 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - FIREFIGHTERS SEE APPENDIX 9 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - POLICE SUPERIORS SEE APPENDIX 10 - SALARY RANGES - UNIFORM TITLES - POLICE SEE APPENDIX 11 - POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGED IN APPROVED EXTRA DUTY EMPLOYMENT SECTION 2. All terms and conditions included in any authorized collective bargaining agreements and/or employment contracts or other agreements impacting employment terms and conditions are hereby included in SECTION 1 above. SECTION 4. Part time employees have no annual increment for their hourly rate in Section 1 above. SECTION 5. This ordinance and the titles and salary ranges herein provided shall become effective on the dates specified and as indicated above in SECTION 1. Where the specified timeframes have expired, the salary range specified in the latest timeframe will remain in effect until a new range is adopted by Ordinance. SECTION 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinances heretofore enacted which are inconsistent with any provision of this ordinance are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed. SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with the laws of the state of New Jersey. ___________________________________________ SUSAN MCCARTNEY, MAYOR ___________________________________________ BILL RUTHERFORD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT Introduced: December 10, 2024 Adopted: Approved as to form and legality on

_______________________ SUSAN MCCARTNEY, MAYOR ___________________________________________ BILL RUTHERFORD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT Introduced: December 10, 2024 Adopted: Approved as to form and legality on the basis of the facts set forth. ______________________________________________ Karen J. Carnevale, Municipal, Clerk AN ORDINANCE CREATING A RECLASSIFICATION AND SALARY SCHEDULE OF CERTAIN TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE EMPLOYEES SETTING FORTH THEIR TITLES, CLASSIFICATION AND SALARY RANGES AND ADOPTING A SALARY GUIDE AND ESTABLISHING THE EMPLOYEE'S STATUS AS A TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE AND UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL. SECTION 3. All part time employee hourly rates are determined by dividing the Minimum and Maximum rates by the # of annual hours a full time employee would work for that position using the salaries identified in Section 1 above. SECTION 6. Effective as of the date of adoption of this salary ordinance, the Mayor, or his/her designee, is hereby authorized to enter into acknowledgement agreements with employees identifying, specifying and memorializing the limitations of both pre and post-retirement benefits provided by the Township. Specifically included, but not limited to, is the provision of fully paid post-employment family health benefits to employees upon retirement that shall be strictly limited to employees hired prior to January 1, 2021. This section shall not impact employees covered under a separate Collective Bargaining Agreement. As part of entering into such acknowledgement agreements, a master list of all active employees, retiree or their surviving spouses eligible to receive limited post-employment health benefits shall be maintained. SECTION 7. In order to maintain a competitive workforce and provide social equity in the workplace, the Council endorses the Administration's intention to award step credits to new and existing non-uniformed employees for recognized or previously unrecognized educational accomplishments, bi-lingual capabilities, state certifications, promotions, performance, work experience, and other criteria established by the Administration including social equity credits for an employee's household dependent minors, as an example.