THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
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period, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013, and running through free online service. Dec. 31, 2016. DeFalco said Fincredit Employees at the top of would provide the town the salary guide will receive with a digital record of pay increases of 1% this all rebates issued so that year, and 1.75% for each of resident homeowners’ tax the three years following. bills could be accordingly The town gained these adjusted to reflect those concessions from the ascredits. Local tenants would sociation: get a check for the credits From now on, the jobs of they earned, he said. tax collector, tax assessor The town’s only expense and recreation superintenwould be for the purchase dent will be removed from of the swipe cards, although, the unit and they’ll be part as noted by Kearny Urban of management. Enterprise Zone Director A new two-tier payment John Peneda, one local bank system will be implementhas offered to assume that ed: Full-time employees cost. hired before Dec. 31, 2012, Mayor Santos said the will have to work 12 – intown would have to exstead of seven – years to amine the legal ramificareach maximum pay and tions of undertaking such new full-time employees a program, particularly as hired on or after Jan. 1, 2013, to whether it would have will earn 10% less than their to advertise for bids for the peers in their first-year pay service or issue a vendor and 15% less in their maxilicense, for example. mum pay. The new contract with Employees hired on or the town’s Association of after Jan. 1, 2015, will no Dept. Heads and Asst. Dept. longer be entitled to longevHeads covers a four-year ity payments. COUNCIL from
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Open your home and heart to Gidget Gidget, a 5-6-year-old female Labrador Retriever, waits for the perfect forever home at the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, 100 United Lane, Teterboro. Outspoken and full of life, Gidget is quite the Gidget adventure. Although she takes her time to warm up, she is not shy when it comes to her demands. The shelter advises that Gidget needs a confident and firm handler who can show her the ropes and be able to say “no.” Because she came in as
a stray, the shelter doesn’t know much about her history. The shelter advises that if given the proper training and guidance, Gidget will make a wonderful companion. Playtime seems to be the key to Gidget’s heart, so if you have free time and a tennis
ball is within reach, this would be a perfect opportunity to incorporate training and an opportunity to bond. For more information, call 201229-4600. Hours for adoption are 1 to 5 p.m. every day, except Monday, and from 1 to 7:30 p.m., on Thursdays. There are also many other adoptable animals that can be seen at the shelter’s website http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/NJ29. html. In addition, many local towns have a Patch website where the shelter’s animals are featured. The shelter also has a page on Facebook. Please visit and “like” the Bergen County Animal Shelter.