The Mayor of Ho-Ho-Kus, Tom Randall, has officially signed the newest contract with the Policemen's Benevolent Association (PBA) that will provide raises for each year, increase the uniform allowance and get rid of longevity for new hires.

The new contract "covers 2011-2013 and will provide a 2-percent raise for each year" to three sergeants and nine full-time police officers employed in the borough, Borough Administrator Don Cirulli said in an interview last week.

The members of the PBA will also "get a $25 increase in uniform allowance," Cirulli said.

Only full-time sergeants and police officers are part of the PBA, the police chief and lieutenant have individual contracts with the borough, which were settled last year.

Ho-Ho-Kus police officers get a minimum salary of $33,000 and a maximum of $92,332. The three police sergeants get a minimum salary of $97,872 and a maximum of $112,000, according to an ordinance to fix the compensation of certain officers and employees in the borough, passed at the Mayor & Council's Feb. 28 meeting.

Another element of the newest PBA contract is not making longevity available to officers hired after Jan. 1, 2011.

"[Longevity] is old-fashioned, most towns are looking to get rid of it," Cirulli said.

The three sergeants and nine police officers will still get longevity, which "will be grandfathered into their contracts," he said.

A 10th police officer is expected to be added to the department in the spring after he completes training at the Bergen County Police and Fire Academy in Mahwah. The soon-to-be officer has worked as a dispatcher in the borough but "will not receive longevity," once he becomes an active Ho-Ho-Kus police officer, the borough administrator said.

Longevity is given on top of a salary after an officer or sergeant in Ho-Ho-Kus has reached the top of the salary level. The salary guide in the borough has three steps, Cirulli said.

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Ho-Ho-Kus PBA contract includes raises; no longevity for new hires