March 16, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • Page 13 �������������������������� School board election to be contested this year by John Koster The two three-year positions on the Wyckoff Board of Education are being sought by three incumbents – Anthony Bob Francin, Louisa Martone, and Thomas Giamanco -- and by newcomer Karl Drehwing. The single one-year vacant position is being contested by Raymond Hovey, who is a previous board member but not an incumbent at the present time, and by Sabaudin Skenderi, who has run for local office several times. The apparent anomaly of the relation of available seats to incumbents transpired because Francin and Montone were each appointed to fill seats in 2010 due to a lack of candidates for the 2010 election. At that time, not enough candidates registered to cover the number of available seats. Wyckoff residents Francin and Montone were appointed rather than running for election, and these emergency appointments were to last for one year only. Both Francin and Montone are now running, with a three-year seat and a one-year seat available due to their replacement of board members who resigned. Giamanco’s standard three-year term has now expired and he will be seeking reelection as an incumbent for another full three-year term. The board had submitted a $35,953,414 total budget to the state, with a tax levy of $33,612,996. The gen- eral fund of the budget is $33,415,926 with a tax levy of $31,799,928. The debt service item is $1,813,268 with a tax levy of $1,813,068. The Wyckoff Township Committee has introduced three new ordinances to achieve compliance with the federal and state mandates for environmental protection. The first ordinance regulates the application of outdoor fertilizer to residential lawns. Under this ordinance, no person will be permitted to apply fertilizer within 25 feet of any body of water as measured from the water’s edge. The ordinance also forbids the application of fertilizer when a rainfall that produces runoff is occurring, or has been predicted within a 24-hour span of time. The second ordinance requires owners of private property with storm drain inlets to retrofit those inlets Storm water ordinances introduced when they are in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstructing, and resurfacing roads. The retrofit will prevent the discharge of litter such as plastic bottles, cans, and food wrappers that could otherwise enter the municipal storm drain system and menace public health or safety. The third ordinance will amend an existing ordinance about the placement of leaves adjacent to a municipal roadway. The ordinance prohibits leaves within 10 feet of all sides of any municipal storm drain inlet. The ordinances were introduced with the understanding that they are part of a federal and state mandate and cannot be rebuffed. J. KOSTER ...no two blossoms are alike gifts interior design home furnishings decorative accessories window treatments all with a unique sense of style 648 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff • 201-848-5633 eurica Spring is in the air... ������������������������������ ������������������������������� ���������������������������� �������������������������� ������������������������������ 35 ������������������������������� �������������������������� � ����������������� ������������������ ��������� ������ �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �� � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � � � ������������� � �������������������������� � ���������� �� 3-16-11 pat/janine