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>Village Fuel Costs Increase Over $500k During 2005

>During Wednesday night’s 2006 Municipal Budget Hearing, Dorothy Stikna, the
Village’s Chief Financial Officer, revealed that costs for diesel fuel and
gasoline used to power official Ridgewood vehicles jumped 35.4% during 2005.

Unattended and idling vehicles get zero miles per gallon. Although the
Village Manager has issued a memo which prohibits official vehicles,
including police cars, from being left idling while unattended, reports are
that this practice is still widespread.

Taxpayers should report the license plate number of any official Ridgewood
vehicle seen idling while unattended to the Village Manager’s office at
201-670-5500, x202 or x203.

Even more of your tax dollars will go up in exhaust fumes during 2006 unless
we all get involved in cracking down on this very detectable form of
official misconduct.

For the record, here’s a partial listing of taxpayer provided vehicles currently assigned to Village officials on a full time basis.

Perhaps this explains to a certain extent why fuel expenses are so out of control.

Village Manager, James Ten Hoeve – Dodge Durango (24 hour use) Village Engineer, Christopher Rutishauser – Dodge Durango (24 hour use) Emergency Services Director, Paul Gilard – Ford Explorer (24 hour use) Fire Chief, James Bombace – Ford Explorer (24 hour use) Fire Prevention Officer, Kevin McGuire – Chevrolet Blazer Fire Prevention Officer, John Young – Chevrolet Blazer Fire Capitan, Rotating – Chevrolet Blazer Parks and Recreation Director, Timothy Cronin – Mercury Mountaineer Police Chief, William Corcoran – Ford LTD Crown Victoria (24 hour use) Streets Supervisor, John Spano – Chevrolet Blazer S10 (24 hour use) Operations Director, Frank Moritz – Ford Explorer (24 hour use)

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Around the Village

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Memorial Day Service Sponsored by American Legion Post 53
The 87th consecutive Memorial Day Service will take place on Monday, May 29th at 11 am. It will be held at the Veteran’s Monument in Memorial Park at Van Neste Square. All are invited to come and recognize those who have defended our freedom.

Ridgewood to Start Revaluation The Village of Ridgewood has recently been ordered by the Bergen County Board of Taxation to perform a revaluation for the year 2008. The process will start with the selection of a qualified revaluation company to work with the Division of Assessments. It is anticipated that the property inspections will begin in the fall of 2006. Residents will be notified in writing when the inspections start. Revaluations are required periodically to ensure the equitable distribution of the tax burden. The Village does not gain any additional revenues because of the revaluation. Ridgewood’s last revaluation was conducted in 2001.

Ridgewood Run Organized by North Jersey Masters Track and Field Club
The 31st Running of the Fred d’Elia Ridgewood Run, the preminer Memorial Day road race throughout the Middle Atlantic area with over 3,500 nation-wide participants competing for more than $7,000 in prize money. The race features ChampionChip scoring, time clocks at every mile, online registration, water stations along the route and baggage check for runners. Events included: 10K event (6.2 miles) starts at 8:45am, the 5K (3.1 miles)starts at 10:15 am, elite mile starts at 11:40am, masters mile starts at 11:15am , the Youth Fun Run/Health Walk and the Stroll ‘n Roll for baby joggers and strollers starts at 12 Noon. They will also host the Kessler Foundation Wheelchair 10K event which starts at 8:40 am (for information call 973/530-3657). Many notable runners will participate. In person registration is accepted at the YMCA, 112 Oak St and the Ridgewood Running Company, E. Ridgewood Ave. Registration at www.NJMasters.com Hotline: 201/447-9750 Pre Registration is encouraged. NO REGISTRATION ON RACE DAY There will be a Health & Fitness Expo with booths at the YMCA & YWCA, Oak St., on Sunday, May 28th from 4 to 6 pm. Tom Fleming, winner of 1973 & 1974 NYC Marathon, will make a guest appearance and there will be a variety of health & fitness booths as well as last minute registration.

$7 Million Referendum to expand Ridge and Willard – The Ridgewood BOE has tentatively approved the development of a proposal to expand the Ridge and Willard schools if funding is authorized by a referendum in either September or December of 2006.

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Breaking News North Jersey Media Outed on the Ridgewood Blog

>the Ridgewood Blog has learned from a poster that someone using the North Jersey Media (ISP) has been posting comments on the Ridgewood Blog …..hummmm

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Readers Comment on the Ridgewood News Editorial“: There is one or two anonymous posters on this blog who work for the North Jersey Media Group…I find that very interesting…

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post “Readers Comment on the Ridgewood News Editorial“: Reverse DNS LookupResults204.91.248.42 resolves to”mail4.northjersey.com”Top Level Domain: “northjersey.com”Johnny, one thing you should know: nothing on the net is confidential…

Its seems that more then “anti goverment grumblers” read the Ridgewood Blog

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>I dont want to "rain on anyones parade" but……

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I dont want to “rain on anyones parade” but is the Village Hall fixed yet ?

Why does the police parking lot slope toward the building ?

Why was all this money spent with no additional parking?

Did it realy flood because of the river ,thats funny Vets field wasnt flooded but the parking lot was ?

Why wasnt drainage considered since the building is in a flood zone?

Isnt it dangerous that both our first responders (Police and Fire) are headquatered in flood zones ?

How much is going to cost to fix it?

Do we have any recourse with the “architect?”

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>The League of Womens Voters "Candidates Night "

>Reminder: The League of Women Voters “Candidates Night” for Village Council candidates will be held on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 PM. Location is the Ed Center on Cottage place, top floor. Be there or be square!

Does anyone besides me think its funny they are holding a debate on MAY DAY ?

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The RRC Blog rides to my rescue

>https://www.ridgewoodrepublicanclub.org/weblog/index.php

The Ridgewood News, a smaller, less important rag of the leftist North Jersey Media Group, declared war on the Ridgewood Blog (www.theRidgewoodBlog.blogspot.com) today. Dismissing the proprietor of that website and it’s posters as a bunch of anti government grumblers, the Ridgewood News promoted its own version of a blog. The promotion of their own blog underlines the real reason for the attack. The Ridgewood News is losing circulation to the bloggers and ad dollars are very dependent on circulation numbers. And another problem that is worrisome to the Ridgewood News is the fact that the Ridgewood Blog scooped them on a number of issues. The blog uses the input of the entire community instead of a small set of reporters looking for a story (and usually missing the elephant in the room). Having those types of resources is priceless and the paper knows it.The Ridgewood News editorial writer delighted in the fact that the Ridgewood Blog was banned from the computers of village hall. They pointed out that this did not surprise them as the blog used “anonymous” postings from people. Sadly, the paper missed the point again. Anonymous or not, a lot of people are upset with the way the village is being handled. Dismissing the posters as a bunch of anonymous crack pots misses the real story. Oh and by the way, the editorial in the Ridgewood News was unsigned.So the battle is joined. On the one hand is old media, with an ever shrinking stream of revenue and readers on one side, and new media emerging and engaging the public in a way that the news papers could never do. The real issue here is control of information. The Ridgewood News is no longer the only game in town. And if it keeps this attitude up, it won’t be in town much longer.

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>"Mutual Aid " by local Fire Departments

>In fact anonymous is incorrect in his/her statment about our fire department responding on a first call basis to other towns. All of the surrounding towns have their own fire departments and only request “mutual aid” from Ridgewood FD when they have a fire that requires additional resources above and beyond what they have available. Just as the Ridgewood FD makes requests to those towns volunteer fire departments when they have a problem that requires additional resources. These agreements are in effect to protect the property and lives of the residents of all towns involved. The definition of “mutual aid” is that both parties have the same relationship with one another for assistance. In fact the Ridgewood Fire Department responds to very few of these calls per year (Probably around 1% of total call volume). I saw on the blog just today that there was a fire on Washington Place. What is not seen in the photos is that there are at least three other fire departments assisting Ridgewood’s fire department. I drove by and saw Ramsey’s fire department there as well as on my way home saw the Hohokus and Allendale fire departments at our fire headquarters. I wonder whether they should charge Ridgewood for their services for this small fire? It is my hope that the residents who read this blog and comments realize that we residents are lucky that we have some of the best public safety services in the area. There are some towns around us that have a hard time just getting an ambulance to a sick person and a fire truck to a fire most of the time. Thanks for your time and letting me clarify this error.