Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • May 7, 2014 Midland Park Part time DPW jobs combined; full timer hired The Borough of Midland Park is restructuring its DPW staff to provide more flexibility within the work force. The department has four full-time employees in addition to Superintendent Rudy Gnehm. At its last meeting, the borough council promoted Kyle Omelianuk from a part-time seasonal worker to full time, effective this month. His salary will be $30,500. Gnehm explained that the new position will combine two current part-time jobs, recycling and field mainte- nance, into one. Dave Lancaster, who has maintained the fields for more than 40 years, retired last month; and Michael Dunagan, who handled the recycling component as a permanent part timer, resigned to devote full time to his landscape business. Omelianuk will maintain the baseball infields; open, close and monitor the recycling center and be on duty Wednesday nights and Saturdays, the busy periods there. He will also be a flexible DPW employee who can be assigned as needed, and also have an assigned snow plowing route. “It’s a plan, and we are willing to see if it works out,” said Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan. “Most of Rudy’s plans do work out for us. We have a good superintendent, and we are following his leadership.” Consortium will help save on fire truck purchase In other business, the council agreed to an interlocal purchasing agreement with the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Purchasing (H-GACBuy) system , a regional planning commission of the State of Texas in order to reduce the costs of a new fire truck. Borough Administrator Addie Hanna said that by pur- chasing the truck through the consortium, the borough would save an initial $15,000 when placing the order for the truck, and another $20,000 when the final payment is made. The borough expects to purchase a new ladder truck next year to replace its 1990 apparatus. State law requires vehicles be replaced as they reach their 25-year life expectancy. Cubs seek members Midland Park Cub Scout Pack 157 will host a May 9 event for boys and their families. The program will be held at 6 p.m. in the DePhillips Center on Dairy Street. Pizza will be served. Open to boys ages seven to 10, Cub Scouting combines outdoor activities, sports, academics, and more in an enjoy- able and exciting program that helps families teach ideals such as good citizenship, community giving, and respect. Pack 157 activities include participation in a physical fitness challenge, the town’s Memorial Day Parade, New Jersey Jackal Camping Night, and the Pinewood Derby. Boy Scouts of America includes more than one million volunteers working together for the sole purpose of helping nearly three million youths succeed in life. For more information, contact James Wheaton at jameswheaton@optonline.net.