Midland Park OKs dispatching negotiations

OCTOBER 2, 2014 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY LYNN BRUGGEMANN
CORRESPONDENT
MIDLAND PARK SUBURBAN NEWS

MIDLAND PARK — The Borough Council voted Thursday, Sept. 25, to table an ordinance introduced two weeks earlier to enter into an agreement with Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch for emergency dispatch services .

Instead, the council passed a resolution “to enter into negotiations with the Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch, including the ownership communities’ governing bodies of the Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch.”

Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch is an independent multijurisdictional service owned by the municipalities of Ridgewood and Glen Rock, which is allowed by state statute.

“We were agreeing to something that was not contractually ready,” said Mayor Patrick “Bud” O’Hagan. “[The agreement] was not properly presented to all the parties we are dealing with.”

The council’s action appears to correct a procedural misstep.

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Update – “No deal” yet with Midland Park to use Central Dispatch
September 18,2014
Boyd A. Loving
8:48 AM

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld announced publicly on Wednesday, 09/17 that no official deal had yet been reached regarding the provision of 911 call answering and radio dispatch services to the Borough of Midland Park by Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch (NWBCD). NWBCD is jointly owed by the Borough of Glen Rock and the Village of Ridgewood.

It is rumored that neither Sonenfeld nor Lenora Benjamin, Glen Rock’s Borough Administrator, were kept completely “in the loop” regarding discussions with Midland Park. Pricing, staffing levels, and the possibility of radio frequency congestion are rumored to be open issues.

Governing bodies of both Glen Rock and Ridgewood are now reviewing the proposal and will have their respective municipal attorneys draft a contract for review and signature by Midland Park officials once all open issues have been satisfactorily resolved.