Monday, April 7, 2008
BY JAN BARRY
STAFF WRITER
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RINGWOOD — Former Mayor Scott Heck has been appointed as deputy borough manager.
Heck's hiring for the new $60,000 job was announced Friday by acting Borough Manager Kelley Rohde.
Looking to save money, the council in February named Rohde, the borough clerk, to also be borough manager. And it created the post of deputy borough manager to provide someone to fill in when she is on vacation or otherwise unavailable.
Heck, who operated a locally based lawn-care service, served on the Borough Council from 1994 to 2005, including a term as mayor. In his new post, he will oversee public works projects and "respond to citizen complaints involving municipal facilities and services," Rohde said.
Borough officials are hoping for an infusion of state aid to help ease a projected property tax increase for municipal services.
The Borough Council is considering a $14.3 million spending plan for 2008 that would require an $8.9 million tax levy. That projected tax is up 5.8 percent and would cost the owner of a typical home assessed at $188,000 an extra $108, Rohde said Thursday.
Rohde said "we're hoping we'll hear from the state" on a request to restore a funding cut before the April 17 public hearing on the municipal budget. Ringwood is to get $171,000 less in state aid under Governor Corzine's proposed budget.
Also up for public hearing on April 17 is a proposed ordinance that would provide for a second police lieutenant position.
E-mail: barry@northjersey.com
RINGWOOD — Former Mayor Scott Heck has been appointed as deputy borough manager.
Heck's hiring for the new $60,000 job was announced Friday by acting Borough Manager Kelley Rohde.
Looking to save money, the council in February named Rohde, the borough clerk, to also be borough manager. And it created the post of deputy borough manager to provide someone to fill in when she is on vacation or otherwise unavailable.
Heck, who operated a locally based lawn-care service, served on the Borough Council from 1994 to 2005, including a term as mayor. In his new post, he will oversee public works projects and "respond to citizen complaints involving municipal facilities and services," Rohde said.
Borough officials are hoping for an infusion of state aid to help ease a projected property tax increase for municipal services.
The Borough Council is considering a $14.3 million spending plan for 2008 that would require an $8.9 million tax levy. That projected tax is up 5.8 percent and would cost the owner of a typical home assessed at $188,000 an extra $108, Rohde said Thursday.
Rohde said "we're hoping we'll hear from the state" on a request to restore a funding cut before the April 17 public hearing on the municipal budget. Ringwood is to get $171,000 less in state aid under Governor Corzine's proposed budget.
Also up for public hearing on April 17 is a proposed ordinance that would provide for a second police lieutenant position.
E-mail: barry@northjersey.com
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