Waldwick February 27, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Waldwick Municipal Pool badges are going hi tech this summer. The Waldwick Council has decided to switch to a bar code system which will also handle fees and monitor attendance. “We’ve been using the old system for seven or eight years, and it has served us well. But the company is no longer supporting the software, so we evaluated several new systems before choosing the fob system,” said Borough Administrator Gary Kratz. New municipal pool badges to feature bar code Pool users will be issued cards with a bar code which will get scanned every time they enter the pool. A computer screen will come up displaying the patron’s information, including a photo for identification, and whether the person is a paid member. In the past the checking was done manually, Kratz said. He said the system will issue badges, keep track of members and issue fee reports on a monthly basis. Kratz said the initial investment will be about $6,000-$7,000, since the system will have to be set up and all pool patrons will have to be photographed again. The annual recurring cost from then on will be from $1,000 to $2,000, he said. The cost will be offset by pool fees, with profits going back to support the regular operating budget. Last season the pool operation netted $35,362 for borough coffers. More than 1,400 resident season passes were sold, plus 1,107 daily passes. An additional 416 passes were sold to Midland Park residents, who pay the same fee as Waldwick residents under an agreement between the two municipalities. Another source of revenue, Kratz said, is The Learning Center, a local pre-school which uses the pool’s swim lesson program as part of its offerings. It pays a lump sum of $6,000. “Their children are incorporated into our regular lesson program. It worked for The Learning Center, and it works for us. It’s a way for us to make a couple of dollars for our operation,” Kratz told the council. Total pool revenue last season amounted to $116,793, with expenses totaling $81,430. These included the amortized cost of new fencing and filtration and pool upgrades. The Waldwick Council at its last meeting awarded a contract for e-recycling to a company that pays less per pound but picks up all electronic equipment. eRevival,LLC was awarded a two-year contract for all the borough’s logistics and recycling services for used electronics. Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide a 40-yard closed roll off container at no cost to the borough, and it will reimburse the town 5 cents per pound for all the electronics recycling equipment it collects. The container is kept at the DPW garage, where residents may drop off the equipment. State law requires that e-waste Council awards contract for electronic recycling be kept out of the regular waste stream. Borough Administrator Gary Kratz said there are five contractors statewide approved by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to do the municipal electronics recycling, but only two had submitted proposals. He said the other bidder was willing to pay 6 cents per pound but would only accept computer equipment, not televisions or screens. “I did a check, and 50 percent of what gets thrown out are TVs,” said Councilman Frank Palladino in suggesting that the council go with the mixed recycling. Kratz said that the proceeds from the sale is around $1,000.