A brief salary negotiation with the Morris Plains Department of Public Works employees resulted in a 2 percent salary hike, Councilman Jason Karr said at the council meeting Thursday, Feb. 2.
The council introduced an ordinance approving the new salaries.
Karr said 14 employees are covered by the contract, which will run for three years. Under state law, the employees will pay for a larger share of their benefits each year, Mayor Frank Dreutzler said. Karr said the negotiations lasted for a month.
Find out what's happening in Morris Township-Morris Plainswith free, real-time updates from Patch.
A second ordinance introduced at the meeting established Forest Drive and Forest Avenue as stop street on Malapardis Road. Dreutzler said stop signs have been in placd, but no ordinance backed them up.
Both ordinances are scheduled for second reading at the Thursday, Feb. 16 meeting
