Midland Park February 1, 2012 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Borough council selects Considine to fill vacancy week unanimously appointed the Franklin Avenue resident to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan. He will be sworn into office at the council’s Feb. 9 meeting. “I’m very grateful for the confidence the council expressed in choosing me to fill Mayor O’Hagan’s seat,” Considine said after the meeting. He said he sought the position because he believes that Midland Park is a special place, “small town America in the middle of Bergen County.” With 36 years of experience in management, contracts, negotiations, sales, systems engineering and computer services delivery, Considine said his plan is “to support the policies that have kept Midland Park an affordable place to live for all our families, while looking for opportunities to better serve our residents and businesses.” A Navy veteran as an in-flight technician and crew member on P3C Orion AntiSubmarine Warfare aircraft, he is a past Grand Knight of the Midland Park Knights of Columbus. He has chaired BSA Troop 157 for the last five years, has been on the board of recreation for the past three years and served as secretary of the Midland Park United Republican Club for the past four years. Since 1994, he has been a Nativity Church Eucharistic Minister. Borough residents since 1985, he and his wife Claudia have two children, Tara, a nurse in the US Air Force, and John, a junior at Midland Park High School. Considine will serve until the November General Election, at which time he will have to run for election to the one-year left on O’Hagan’s term of office if he wants to continue on the council. Jack Considine Jack Considine, a retired IBM executive, will be the Midland Park Borough Council’s new member. The governing body last The Midland Park Mayor and Council are considering adopting a new logo to use on stationery and other official items. Borough Administrator Addie Hanna said the resident who has previously worked on the town map had offered to design a new logo at no charge to the town. She said the present logo, which has been in use since the 1990s, does not seem representative of the town. Hanna suggested using a rendering of the side of town hall that features the windmill and the flag. Both of these items where recently upgraded by philanthropist David Bolger, who had the windmill repainted and installed an eagle above the flag pole. “The view of town hall coming up from Wortendyke is stunning,” Hanna com- Change of town logo eyed mented. Councilman Scott Pruiksma said that the logo design would make a good contest subject for school children. Hanna said that the logo is meant to be representative of the borough and should be done professionally. Hanna had first suggested using Wortendyke Station, featured on the sleeve patch of police uniforms, which is representative of one of the historic areas of town. Councilwoman Nancy Peet pointed out, however, that while the station is considered a landmark, it is now a private business. She said another landmark with historic preservation status would be more desirable. Hanna will work with the designer to come up with a rendering for the council to approve.