July 24, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 5 Waldwick Twice-a-week garbage collections will continue Waldwick residents will continue with twice-a-week garbage collection as they have presently. The borough council at its last meeting decided not the change the current practice when the garbage collection contract expires on Dec. 31. A new contract will be put out to bid next month, said Borough Administrator Gary Kratz, because by state law, bidders must have 60 days to prepare their bids, a unique requirement not found in any other pur- chase or service. “Based on our previous discussions, the cost savings are not worth the sacrifice,” said Councilman Don Sciolaro. “It doesn’t make sense to change.” Kratz said that when the change to once-a-week pickups from Oct. 1 through March 31was last discussed, the sav- ings would have been $40,000 over a three-year period. He Display of dolls Life-long Waldwick resident Doris Wagner proudly shows off her collection of Annalee Dolls which will be on dis- play at the Waldwick Library, 19 East Prospect Street, through the end of August. Wagner is a long-time col- lector of the felt-bodied, hand painted dolls originally produced in New Hamp- shire by company founder Barbara Annalee Davis. For more information and library hours, call (201) 652-5104. explained that the contract is priced based on the amount of garbage that is picked up, and that if the collection is combined into one day a week, the scavenger has to put out an extra truck. “It’s not worth it for $15,000 a year savings,” Kratz told the council. “We owe it to our residents to give them the service. Keep it the way it is,” said Mayor Thomas Giordano. The current contract with Gaeta to pick up from the 3,600 households in town costs the borough $260,000 a year. The contract is typically awarded for one year, with two extensions. Pick up of commingled recyclables is also up for renewal and will be bid in October, since the 60-day advance notice does not apply. Glass, aluminum, bi-metal and plastic con- tainers are collected at curbside every other week. Although Gaeta also holds the contract to pick up recy- clables, Kratz said that it is possible two different compa- nies will be the low bidder for each contract. He said that while having the same contractor works out well, two dif- ferent contractors might make it more obvious to residents that garbage and recyclables are separated. “It would dispel the perception that everything goes in the garbage,” Kratz said, noting that the borough gets paid for dumping the recyclables. Newsprint is collected at curbside once a month by the local Boy Scout troop, which has been doing the job for generations as a fundraiser. “They do a really great job for us. We appreciate the relationship we’ve had with them and look forward to it continuing for many more generations,” Kratz said. Magazines, junk mail and corrugated cardboard must be taken to the borough’s recycling center located behind the DPW Garage, 19 Industrial Way. It is open Mon.-Fri. from 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Commingled recyclables may also be taken to the recycling center and separated into the appropriate containers.