Hoboken Board of Education and Hoboken Education Association announce:
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Hoboken, NJ – The Hoboken Board of Education and the members
of the Hoboken Education Association, which represents teachers, clerical
employees, computer technicians and transportation employees, are pleased to
announce the successful resolution of the contract for the 2011-2014 school
years. The contract maintains the local tax levy at the same level for the
third year in a row. As a result of concessions from both the association and
the board, this contract actually reduces costs for salaries and benefits while
maintaining high standards of educational excellence.
“As educators, we are
pleased that the contract has been successfully settled and we look forward to
continue our work with the Board of Education, parents, and the community to
ensure that every child in Hoboken receives a great education,” said HEA
President Gary Enrico. “Under this new agreement, students will receive more
instructional time and staff will have more time for high-quality professional
development.”
“The Board of
Education is happy that this contract will improve educational opportunities in
this community while continuing to keep taxpayers’ needs in mind,” said Leon Gold,
a Board member and member of the Board’s negotiating team. “As a result of the health benefits change,
the district will be saving money while increasing instructional time for the
students and the employees will get fair raises. That is a win for all sides.”
The contract added more than 20 minutes of instructional
time to the elementary school schedule, added an extra period to the high
school schedule, and added two additional work days to the calendar for staff.
One of those days will be used for the instruction of students and one will be
used for professional development activities that will help staff continue to
implement innovative programs.
The contract spans three years and will increase the funds
available for staff salaries by 2.8 percent in year one, 3.8 percent in year
two, and 3.8 percent in year three. There were no increases in longevity
payments for each of the three years. There were small increases in stipends
and the hourly rates in the second year of the contract only. There was an
addition of one step to the teacher’s salary guide in year three of the
contract. In addition, some high school teachers may be required to teach an
additional class with additional compensation.
The members of the HEA will move to the state school employees’
health benefits plan as of July 1, 2012, a move which will save the district
more than one million dollars.
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The criminal coercion case between Hoboken411 and local Hoboken businessman Rory Chadwick is scheduled for March 6th, 1:00 pm in Jersey City.
It’s unclear if Perry Klaussen has a defense lawyer and if he will also find himself represented by the Office of Elise DiNardo. That law office is believed to provide representation for Mason political operatives past and present. One currently involves a paid political operative for harassment against an elected BoE official with a young daughter.
People seem downright ornery after last night’s special City Council meeting. Da Horsey wonders if some of it rubbed off on us here at the stable. After watching almost an hour of Councilman Michael Russo question every comma on dozens of legal cases, a carrot with hemlock washed down with a vodka chaser looked like a better option.
It was that bad.
So in honor of another useless obstructionist MORTe performance, an ingenious idea has been hatched by MSV reader Furey with a suggestion everyone change their WIFI name to this:
City of Hoboken announces:
=&0=&Mayor Dawn Zimmer has designated Health and Human Services Director Leo Pellegrini as Acting Mayor through Sunday, February 26, 2012 while Mayor Zimmer is away visiting family out of town. Mayor Zimmer thanks Director Pellegrini for his first time serving as Acting Mayor, for recently taking on management of the City’s parks, and for taking on additional grant coordinating responsibilities for the Police Athletic League in addition to his role as director, which he is being compensated for through a grant stipend at no cost to the City.
City of Hoboken announces:
UPDATE ON 300 WASHINGTON STREET FIRE SITE
The Hoboken Construction Code office issued a limited demolition permit today. The scope of work to be performed involves the manual removal of severely fire damaged portions of the building.
The areas of the building to be removed are the roof and chimney, the entire fifth floor, and a section of the fourth floor at the rear of the building.
It is difficult to estimate the timeline for completion of this work since it is dependent on weather conditions and the uncertainty of conditions as the manual removal of debris proceeds. At a minimum, this work will take at least two weeks and could be considerably longer. The City is exploring options for opening Washington Street to limited traffic in a way that does not impact public safety.
From the desk of the nutty fruit, bludiamonds:
Did my ears deceive me, or did one Councilman Timothy “Fredo (I’m not like they say, not like DUMB, I’m SMART)” Okyoopeentay suggest last night that the city hire lawyers but not pay them? Thereby creating plausible deniability that MORTe is aligned with developers against the public interest, arguing instead that they’re for the public, they just want to hobble the city from actually doing anything about it?
This sent my depraved old mind down memory lane, and reminded me of an ill-advised scheme a friend of mine once came up with to put one over on an impressionable young lady who was goodly enough to go out on a date with him.
RPW announces:
We are happy to announce that last night in a vote of 6-2 the Hudson County Planning Board denied Shipyard Associates’ application for Monarch at the Shipyard. This is a great step forward in our fight to keep the Hoboken waterfront open and free for all residents to enjoy. We will provide more details as they become available.
From
the desk of Councilman David Mello:
Dear
Friends and Neighbors, Tomorrow
evening, February 23rd, is the second Planning Board hearing on the Southwest
Redevelopment Study. Please attend this vital meeting about
the Southwest’s future. The hearing will be held at the Multi-Service Center, on the
corner of Grand St. and 2nd St. at 7:00 PM,
Thursday evening, Feb. 23rd.
This
is a very important meeting
In the special meeting of the City Council, MORTe was given not one but two opportunities to provide adequate funding for more than two dozen legal matters. As in last week’s City Council meeting MORTe (minus an absent Councilwoman Beth Mason who was out of town on family business) voted down the emergency appropriation for the second and third time.
The Council was presented with a legal shortfall through march of approximately $136,000 and voted twice short a necessary sixth vote for an emergency appropriation with only five votes in favor.