Mayor Calls Special Meeting to Approve $700K in Firemen's Retro Pay

The Hoboken City Council will meet on Thursday for an emergency meeting in which they're planning to vote on $700,000 in retroactive pay for 14 fire fighters.

The amount of money was decided on during last week's council meeting.

While the city initially asked for $1 million in appropriations, it turned out that only $700,000 was immediately necessary.

The $700,000 are emergency appropriations. Before voting on the sum itself, the council will have to approve the sale of that same amount in special emergency notes. 

The city asked for $1 million, said spokesman Juan Melli, because more retirements are coming later in the year that will have to be paid out.

The council is supposed to meet on Thursday night at 7 p.m.