MILLSTONE – A part-time municipal employee in Millstone Township has had his position switched to full-time status.
On Sept. 5, the Township Committee appointed Nick Procaccini to the position of full-time code enforcement/recycling assistant.
Procaccini was previously appointed to the position of part-time code enforcement/recycling assistant in 2017. According to the resolution appointing him to the full-time position, the township’s Code Enforcement/Recycling Department has the need for the position to become full-time.
Township Administrator Maria Dellasala, Code Enforcement Officer Dan Specht and the committee members agreed that Procaccini met the needs for the full-time position, according to the resolution.
Procaccini’s hours will increase from 21 hours a week to 32 hours a week, which will entitle him to health benefits. The hourly rate for the position will remain the same – $13.50.
In other business, the committee introduced an ordinance modifying the township’s length of service awards program (LOSAP) for volunteer members of the Millstone Township First Aid Squad.
LOSAP is a pension-like program some organizations offer as a way to recruit and retain volunteers.
The ordinance, if adopted, will replace a point system for eligible first aid squad personnel with a specification of the monetary benefits the members receive through LOSAP. The ordinance establishes $600 as the base entitlement for eligible members and a current maximum entitlement of $1,648. The maximum entitlement will increase each calendar year to reflect the maximum benefits deemed awardable by the state.
The ordinance also modifies the eligibility for LOSAP to adult members of the squad at the time the program went into effect in 1997 and current adult members who maintain active status for a minimum of six months each year, are either a squad board member or a squad member with an EMT certification, and have successfully completed at least two service projects in the preceding calendar year, with the projects being recognized as an eligible service project and their completion verified.
A public hearing on the ordinance and a possible vote for adoption was scheduled for Sept. 19.