This past summer, the Record newspaper gave Marc
Schrieks many favorable headlines while discussing Chief Caruso’s $342,000
payout. Among them were: “mayor points
to need for reforms” and “nothing is off the table, the mayor said.”
During Marc’s last month in office, he signed off on
many employee contracts. One was the new
PBA contract. It looks just like the last
one.
It still includes the “Past Practice” clause (Luna and Caruso used this
to pay out “terminal leave/severance pay” even though it was not spelled out
anywhere in any contract). It still
includes “longevity pay”
even though this Administration told the State three years ago that they
eliminated it.
There are 70 towns in Bergen County. In 2014, Lodi had the 3rd highest effective tax rate only
behind Bergenfield and Bogota.
Maybe the Record should do a follow up to their
articles from last summer. Let’s hear
about all those reforms that Schrieks called for at the time and what he delivered as he left office.
2015 contract:
2013 contract:
