October 29, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 Wyckoff Police dispatch contract planned with Bergen County Bergen County officials say that the attorneys for both sides have agreed to a contract to allow the county to pro- vide police dispatch service for the Wyckoff Police Depart- ment, and a contract signing is expected shortly. No financial details were available at press time. Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox confirmed that the township had been considering a change and that negotia- tions have been in progress for some time. “Yes, we are considering outsourcing our dispatch oper- ation to Bergen County,” Chief Fox said last week. “To be clear, this is for full dispatching similar to the service we have been providing to Midland Park. Safety and efficiency for all Wyckoff emergency services have been considered, as well as the ability to deliver these services to the residents of the community in a manner as we have in the past. Addi- tionally, we have also considered the cost effectiveness of such a change. An agreement between Wyckoff and Bergen County is currently under attorney review. Additional infor- mation will be provided following that review.” In September, Midland Park decided to leave Wyckoff’s central dispatch service and the Paramus 911 service and return to Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch in Ridgewood after a 16-year break. The move will become effective Jan. 1 and is expected to save the borough about $25,000 a year. One of the three original members of the Central Dis- patch joint venture, Midland Park left NWBCD in 1998 to buy the services from Wyckoff under an interlocal agree- ment. That agreement expires in December, and Wyckoff Democrat and two Republicans seeking two seats on governing body Two seats will be available on the Wyckoff Township Committee on Nov. 4, and three candidates are competing for voters’ endorsements. Wyckoff’s only Democratic township committee member, Brian Scanlan, is seeking re-election. Republi- can Mayor Douglas Christie and his running mate, Susan Yudin, are also seeking ballots. Scanlan, a publisher of medical and technical books, is active in environmental matters and has been involved in the construction of shelters for needy people in Central America. He arranges to donate large numbers of books to reestablish libraries in the Middle East and once used his own household as a Nifty Fifty recycling program experi- ment. Scanlan, who is now seeking his third term, initially won a seat on the Wyckoff Township Committee as the first Democrat seated since the 1930s based on a campaign that stressed environmental concerns and the desirability of acquiring more dedicated park land with the help of county and state grants. He has also advocated that more qualified Democrats be appointed to local offices. Christie, serving as mayor this year after being elected by his fellow township committee members at the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting, is an independent construction contractor with knowledge of construction and zoning. He is a long-term member and sometime chaplain of the Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department. Yudin owns and manages a local electronics and appli- ance business with her husband Robert Yudin. The can- didate is a member of the Wyckoff Board of Adjustment, has served on several other municipal boards, and has been active in school support works and charity. J. KOSTER decided not to renew the contract due to Midland Park’s inability to commit to a new contract by the July 31 dead- line. Anticipating the end of a third five-year contract with Wyckoff, Midland Park began soliciting proposals from neighboring towns earlier this year, according to Midland Park Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan. “It was our opportunity to review expenses, and Central (continued on page 29)