Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • October 17, 2012 Allendale Allendale residents Chasity Glazer and Angela Yessis have organized a Nov. 1 fundraiser to benefit the Children’s Heart Foundation – with one local resident in mind. “Our honoree this year is one of Allendale newest residents. Her name is Victoria. She was born on July 2, 2012 and underwent life-saving, open-heart surgery on July 5 at only three days old,” Glazer said. Every year, 40,000 babies in the United States are born with a congenital heart defect. The Children’s Heart Foundation funds research and offers support to families affected by congenital heart disorders. Members of the public are invited to walk the red carpet, have their photos taken, and enjoy great food and beverages as they support the cause. The fundraiser will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. at Il Villaggio, 651 Route 17 North, in Carlstadt. Tickets are $35 each, and $10 per ticket will go directly to the Children’s Heart Foundation. Residents set Children’s Heart Foundation fundraiser Victoria Each ticket includes admission, food, and one cocktail or glass of wine. Participants will enjoy hand passed hors d’oeuvres while they shop the boutique area. Ten percent of all sales from the boutique will be donated to the Children’s Heart Foundation. During the benefit, children’s book author Karen Cignatta Patton will be signing copies of her newly released children’s poetry book, “Time to Rhyme: A Poetry Parade.” Books will be available the night of the event, and 10 percent from the sale of each book will go to the Children’s Heart Foundation. Glazer and Yessis add, “This event is for men and women, so please bring your spouse for a wonderful date night or come with friends for a girls’ night out.” For tickets, visit www.victoryforvictoria.eventbrite. com. For additional information, call (201) 803-7344 or (201) 248-3354. The Allendale Council has received three bids for the potential private oversight of the borough’s water company. Last week, Mayor Vince Barra reported that the three outside bids had been received, but no further details would be available until the council’s Water Committee had a chance to study all three proposals. Borough council receives three bids for water system “They are quite diverse,” Mayor Barra said of the bids, suggesting that further study was important before the council could decide whether to proceed with the privatized management concept. The council recently extended the deadline for bids for the water company from Oct. 4 to Oct. 11. At that time, Councilwoman Elizabeth White said the request for bids had brought in a number of proposals and inquiries for more data. In other business at last week’s meeting, Councilwoman White reported that the borough and the Teamsters Union, which represents all 14 staff members of the Allendale Department of Public Works and Allendale Water Company, had signed a contract that provides workers with a two percent pay increase for each of the next three years. The agreement includes a $500 tool allowance for the mechanic, and employee contributions to the insurance fund as mandated by the State of New Jersey. White praised the union for having a realistic attitude. She said negotiations had been responsible on both sides. “I think we can be completely on board with them,” White said. “We were very pleased and thankful for a great session with them.” “There were no games played,” Mayor Barra agreed. “It was very honest.” Councilwoman Jacqueline McSwiggan also provided an update on the borough’s sump pump program, which aims to save treatment fees by eliminate the discharge of clean water into the sanitary sewer system. Last week, McSwiggan reported that 124 residents had called voluntarily due to publicity in the local press, and another 128 letters had gone out and garnered 28 responses as of Oct. 11. She said 107 inspections had been conducted by Allendale officials and that 10 violation notices had been written, indicating that less than 10 percent of those sump pumps inspected were discharging into sanitary sewers. Some sump pump owners do not know that their sump pumps are installed in an illegal manner, borough officials said. Residents have until the end of March to get these illegal sump pumps corrected without fiscal penalties. Illegal sump pumping has been estimated to cost the average borough taxpayer, who may or may not have a sump pump, about $200 a year due to unwarranted sewer charges. J. KOSTER