August 6, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Midland Park Shared court administrator’s contract extended Waldwick and Midland Park will continue sharing a court administrator for another year. The interlocal services agreement between the two communities has been in place for the past five years. At its last meeting, the Waldwick Coun- cil agreed to extend the contract, which had officially expired at the end of 2013, through Dec. 31, 2014. The arrangement, which initially started as a six month on- the-job feasibility study period in 2009, has been termed successful by both municipalities. “It continues to work really well. We share the expenses as well as the services,” said Councilman Don Sciolaro. Wald- wick’s share for 2014 is $47,405, including salary and fringe benefits. Under the terms of the joint venture, Midland Park’s Court Administrator Alli- son Blau divides her time between the two towns and administers two court sessions per month in each borough. During regu- lar business hours, each office is able to transact business for both municipalities, take phone calls, accept payments, answer questions, and any other reasonable and customary activities associated with the statutory responsibilities of a court office relating to either borough. Each bor- ough maintains its separate court office and court officers, judge, prosecutor, and public defender. The separate courts remain in their respective boroughs. Both towns have a proud history of pro- moting opportunities to develop shared personnel, facilities, equipment, and com- modities. At present the towns share the police pistol range and the well child clinic as well as the regional board of health, which also includes Mahwah, Wyckoff and other northern Bergen County towns. Volunteers to provide baseball dugouts A group of Midland Park High School baseball parents has gotten together to build dugouts on the high school var- sity baseball field. According to school trustee Rich Formicola the work will be done before school starts in September so as not to conflict with any scheduled school activities. The board of education has approved the proposal. The project, expected to cost about $5,000-$6,000, will be done with volun- teer labor and donations of materials and experienced work crews. Plans call for the two structures to be built adjacent to the existing benches on the side of the field. They will have a roof and clear sides, as well as built-in batting and helmet boxes. Cinder block construction was considered but rejected, Formicola said. Trustee William Sullivan cautioned that appropriate drainage be provided to avoid flooding. Formicola said adjust- ments have been made to the plans to reflect his concern. Formicola said some parents always felt dugouts should be built to replace ones removed many years ago due to their poor condition. The plan finally came together this year. He said former Baseball Asso- ciation President Dana Weisbrot is head- ing the project. In anticipation of the project, Formi- cola said, the benches were donated by the softball association a number of years ago. He said the organization had been able to get a good deal on additional benches when the softball field was upgraded, and locating them on the baseball field seemed a natural.