February 17, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 9 Allendale Water rates reduced for borough’s seniors citizens by John Koster The Allendale Borough Council last week adopted an ordinance to lower the water bills for senior citizens. The new ordinance, which was adopted unanimously, will allow seniors in the Allendale senior housing complex to pay $13.38 per quarter for their water, as opposed to paying the same rates as resi- dents who are private homeowners. The council also adopted two bond ordinances to operate Allendale’s capital program and the municipal water author- ity. The capital bonding was $1,325,000, but Mayor Vince Barra noted that about $575,000 of this was covered by outside grants; the net amount to be bonded is $750,000. The water company bonds came to $120,000. The council also voted to donate $400 to the Northern Highlands Regional High School’s electronic waste recycling pro- gram. The program sorts and sends materi- als such as defunct computers, VCRs, and other electronic equipment to the appropri- ate venues. Mayor Barra and Councilwoman Eliza- beth White also praised the hard and effi- cient work of the borough’s road crew in keeping main roads open throughout the Feb. 10 snowstorm. “I really want to commend them,” White said. “They did an outstanding job.” Council members noted that the road crews had started work at 4 a.m. the night the storm arrived and worked 20 hours, until midnight on Feb. 10, when the storm abated. The costs for the extra road material and overtime were estimated at $5,000. Mayor Barra praised Saddle River Mayor Sam Raia, Upper Saddle River Mayor Ken Gabbert, and Wyckoff Mayor Rudy Boon- stra for joining him at the mayors’ meet- ing with Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney last week. Barra and Boonstra both independently said the major con- cern of all four Northwest Bergen County mayors has been to try to convince Bergen County to reduce or control demands for funds from local taxpayers. Clarification The Feb. 10 edition of Villadom TIMES included an article regarding the Allendale VFW. In the second paragraph, the story states, “Members of the VFW may transfer to Allendale...” This state- ment should have included the phrase “at- large.” Only “members-at-large” – those who are not assigned to local VFW Posts – are being encouraged to join the Allen- dale group. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADER IN CONTEMPORARY VARICOSE VEIN TREATMENT 265 Ackerman Ave. Ridgewood, NJ 201 791 9339 www.chubackveins.com