The Villadom Times Weekly Newspaper Online-Jul 14, 2010 Issue

Midland Park July 14, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 The Midland Park mayor and council are looking to have gates installed at the four railroad crossings in the borough. The NJ Department of Transportation would do the work, but the borough would have to make a case for their need. Councilman Nick Papapietro said that the borough would have to petition for the gates and provide a traffic survey and other pertinent information. A council resolution would be needed to proceed with the project. “They (DOT) would work with us and get us on the list if we meet the criteria. We have to make the case,” said Papapietro. The borough would have to underwrite the costs of the survey. Borough Clerk Addie Hanna , who spoke to officials of the Bureau of Utilities and Railroad Engineering, said that items to be considered are the overall traffic, including the number of vehicles that go through the crossings, the school bus routes, ambulance and fire apparatus routes, among others. The crossings are at Goffle Road, Sicomac Avenue, Grove Street and Newtown Road. “I feel it’s important to have protective barriers when Railroad gate installation eyed trains go by, but there is no money for surveys this year,” said Councilwoman Nancy Peet. Borough Administrator Michelle Dugan said that since two of the intersections are at the Wyckoff border, perhaps Wyckoff could be approached to share in the survey costs. The crossing gate discussion came up at a borough council meeting in April when the DOT needed approval from the borough to complete two railroad related projects: the removal of an abandoned bridge near Kuiken Lumber and replacement of the existing jointed rail with welded rail. The new rail will allow trains to travel more quietly and to operate at 40 mph, up from a current speed of 25 mph. Council members at that time withheld their approval subject to the gate installation discussion. Police Chief John Casson said that he does not recollect there having been any accidents at the crossings due to the lack of gates. He said gates were in place at the Goffle Road crossing until the intersection was reconfigured and the traffic signal was installed there in the early 1980s. Six finalists are being interviewed for an opening in the Midland Park Police Department. Councilman Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan, who heads the police committee, said he hopes a new officer will be in place by mid-September. The borough received more than 400 applications for the opening earlier in the year, but the search was put on hold until the conclusion of negotiations with the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA). The contract with the PBA was settled in May following a session with a state mediator. The initial applications were reduced to 14 by the police department, and the council’s police committee nar- Search for police ofﬁcer resumes rowed down the field to six. Police Chief John Casson said he hoped that the applicants would still be available, since the applications were submitted in February. The 14-man force is down two officers since the retirement of Patrolman Al Maas earlier this year and the nonrenewal of a probationary patrolman. O’Hagan said only one officer is being hired due to financial constraints. According to O’Hagan, all the finalists are police academy graduates who could be on the road right away instead of having to attend the academy after being hired. The last several hires have been academy graduates. An American eagle graces the top of the municipal ﬂagpole next to town hall in Midland Park thanks to the thoughtfulness of Ridgewood philanthropist David Bolger, who had the previous plain ball top replaced and provided a new, much larger ﬂag. ‘I thought the eagle would be more appropriate,’ said Bolger, who had the work done just in time for Independence Day. 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