Thursday, March 14, 2013
Public budget hearing 7 p.m. March 25 at Ocean Road School
Local school taxes on an average Point Borough home assessed at $375,000 will increase by $89 annually if a proposed school budget is adopted by the Borough Board of Education. A public hearing on the budget for the 2013-2014 school year is scheduled for 7 p.m. March 25 at Ocean Road School. The board, which heard a budget presentation on Monday night at Ocean Road, is expected to adopt the budget on March 25. Also on Monday night, the board and the few in the audience watched a video (see attached) prepared by district staff and students that begins with an introduction about Superstorm Sandy, the volunteers who helped out, general information about the school district and then some information about the budget and some new programs and…
Friday, February 22, 2013
Dikun promoted from Lt. to Captain; public schools will have "school resource officer"
Robert Dikun is now promoted from a Point Beach police lieutenant to captain and an officer will be hired and stationed at the two, local public schools, despite the votes of a few council members. At the Tuesday night council meeting, Council members Bill Mayer and Stephen Reid voted against the promotion, while Council members Andy Cortes, Kristine Tooker, Michael Corbally and Bret Gordon voted for it. Mayer, Reid and Cortes voted against hiring a new police officer as a "school resource officer." Tooker, Corbally and Gordon voted for it and Mayor Vincent Barrella voted yes, breaking the tie. Barrella said hiring a new officer will help the town towards returning to its state-recommended level of at least 24 officers, which should lead …
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Lt. Robert Dikun earned $70,214 in overtime, as part of total pay of $195,386 last year, which is expected to be hot topic at tonight's council meeting
Point Beach Police Lt. Robert Dikun earning $70,000 in overtime last year as part of his total annual pay of $195,386 is "an outrage," says Councilman Stephen Reid. "It’s hard to believe that any one individual police officer would be entitled to $70,000 in overtime in the course of one year, especially when that amount far exceeds any other overtime received by any other police officer in our force, including Chief (Kevin) O’Hara," said Reid in an email on Monday afternoon. "I along with the rest of the residents are outraged," he continued. Dikun earned an annual base salary of $125,272, plus $61,428 in overtime and $8,786 in "compensatory pay," which is time and a half overtime pay in lieu of compensatory time, as allowed by police …
Chase
5:41 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
What don't all you people the residents get...They don't care about us or our kids...that is the bottom line...They on the other hand, is only worrying about their own pockets and how full they can get them. It is ridiculous how they gouge the residents. I am sick of it already. They just keep on spending our money on over priced school employees. It is ridiculous...to many people are trying to … more ›