Pepitone Just Does Not Get It
At the May 7, 2019 meeting, an ordinance was introduced by Mr. Pepitone to increase the number of lieutenants and sergeants in the police department. The question is why. According to Mr. Pepitone it will look cleaner in the ordinance book as this ordinance has been changed 6 times since 2011. Now what will this ordinance really do? It will allow the chief of police to promote more officers to superior officers. This at a time when Millville needs more police on the street not more officers doing administrative duty. If Chief Farabella fills all those administration positions it will once again cost the taxpayers and not leave enough money in the budget for the officers who are sorely underpaid. Farabella has already proven that he is not concerned about his officers or the taxpayers when he renegotiated his recently signed contract that was less than a year old. Pepitone thought this was a good idea. At the meeting, when the other commissioners questioned the