Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Personnel
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Labor Agreement
Purpose: Confer Lifetime Health Benefits to Non-Represented Management/Confidential Employee
Name: Anthony F. Ambrose, III
Address: 480 Clinton Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07108
Contract Period: N/A
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, Anthony F. Ambrose, III, a son of the City of Newark, began his career in Public Safety in 1986 as a Police Officer in the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, Anthony F. Ambrose, III rose through the ranks serving as the Chief of Police in 1999 and Police Director in 2006; and
WHEREAS, Anthony F. Ambrose, III joined the County of Essex, New Jersey (a government agency that serve the City of Newark and contiguous municipalities) in 2006 in the Essex County Sheriff’s Office as the Undersheriff and thereafter as Chief of Detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office in 2008; and
WHEREAS, Anthony F. Ambrose, III became the Director of Public Safety for the City of Newark in 2016; and
WHEREAS, Anthony F. Ambrose, III continues to serves the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, employees who serve the City of Newark for twenty-five (25) consecutive years are granted lifetime health benefits; and
WHEREAS, but for the break in service, while serving the County of Essex, New Jersey (a government agency that serves the City of Newark and contiguous municipalities), Anthony F. Ambrose, III would have met the 25 years of continuous service with the City of Newark; and
WHEREAS, alternatively, the City of Newark would be unable to retain top talent in the area of Public Safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Municipal Council, the City’s Governing Body, hereby authorizes the extension of lifetime health benefits consistent with the fringe benefit entitlement for employees that retire with twenty-five (25) years of service to the City of Newark.
2. The award of such an entitlement shall be by Resolution of the Municipal Council.
3. The entitlement shall be administered by the Department of Administration, Division of Personnel, Employee Benefit Unit.
4. It is in the best interests of the City of Newark, to retain Anthony F. Ambrose, III and reward his long and faithful service to the City, including his time with the County of Essex wherein he also served the City of Newark with the extension of this benefit.
STATEMENT
Resolution authorizes the Municipal Council to extend lifetime health benefits to Non-Represented Management/Confidential Employee, Anthony F. Ambrose, III, for his long and faithful service to the City of Newark.