April 9, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Wyckoff Democrat, Republicans file for June election by John Koster Although there are no primary election challenges in Wyckoff this year, the November general election will feature one Democrat and two Republicans vying for the two available seats on the Wyckoff Township Commit- tee. Last week, Democratic incumbent Brian Scanlan filed for his party’s June 3 primary, while incumbent Repub- lican Mayor Douglas Christie and board of adjustment member Susan Yudin filed for their party’s nod. Scanlan will be seeking his third term. He is a pub- lisher of medical and technical works and is academically proficient in German. He has been active in promoting environmental and recycling activities around the town- ship. He conducted a private initiative a few years ago to see just how much material he and his family could recy- cle and take out of the waste stream, and supported envi- ronmentally “green” features during the reconstruction and expansion of the library. He and his family have also engaged in house-building projects in Central America. Scanlan originally ran for township committee with the support of Friends of Wyckoff, which urged that the township committee engage in a more assertive campaign to set aside green spaces with state and county funding. He has long advocated the appointment of board mem- bers of all political backgrounds. Scanlan helped initiate a ballot question to allow resi- dents to vote on whether to set aside an open space fund from tax money and the initiative was approved by a margin of 3-1. Some of the money set aside augmented outside grants to purchase the new Russell Farms Park at (continued on page 10) Equipment purchases, infrastructure upgrades eyed At the April 1 meeting, the Wyckoff Township Com- mittee introduced a number of capital ordinances to purchase equipment and fund programs to upgrade the township’s infrastructure. One ordinance would appropriate $4,000 for major vehicle repairs. This measure would amend previous ordinances. Another ordinance would appropriate $321,800 for Wyckoff Department of Public Works equipment, road resurfacing, engineering services for road and facility improvements, improvements to public buildings and facilities, safety equipment for firefighters, a thermal imaging camera, gas monitor exhaust fans, emergency management response equipment, parks and recreation area enhancement, telephone and voicemail upgrades, recreational field improvements, and various other capi- tal improvements. Another $34,000 would be appropriated for the even- tual purchase of a fire department pumper truck. Wyckoff has traditionally purchased fire trucks with money from a (continued on page 6)