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.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/business/council-authorizes-dispatching-talks-1.1100717#sthash.sSFOYlmq.dpuf
So it would seem that the attempt to railroad this farce through unnoticed didn’t pan out. Kudos to the Village Manager for having an eye on things. The article on North Jersey’s website is laughable. Mayor O’Hagan is looking forward to Central providing excellent dispatching services. So is EVERYONE ELSE that they dispatch for! Maybe someone can ask director Tancos how well the infrastructure of his little patronage mill holds up during heightened periods of activity? Remember the Halloween snowstorm a few years back? Hurricane Irene? Superstorm Sandy? If the public knew of his operation’s FAILURES on a daily basis, there’d be an investigation. Buyer beware…..
Dear Midland Park,
YOUR MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE.
Mayor O’Hagan is another dinosaur in MP that need’s to go….
Patronage in MP is just as bad as Ridgewood and any other municipality in NJ.
whaen does it stop people? when do we rise up and stop this crap?
When????
“Kudos to the Village Manager for having an eye on things.” I guess you were not at the Council meeting when she said she did not about the notations.