Ridgewood buying new communications gear
Tuesday April 16, 2013, 5:45 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The Ridgewood Council has given the go-ahead for the next phase of Ridgewood’s radio and system upgrade initiative, a project approved last fall as part of a federally mandated switch to narrowband communications..
A resolution awarding a contract for the purchase and installation of new equipment received the unanimous endorsement from the council last week. Ridgewood will pick up $225,723 of the total cost for the equipment, which will be used at the jointly owned Northwest Bergen Central Dispatch (NWBCD) headquarters inside Pease Library.
The Borough of Glen Rock will fund the remaining balance of the total $338,000 bill.
Kevin Scarpa, technology officer at Ridgewood’s Office of Emergency Management, explained the purchase and the need for the equipment during the April 3 council work session. The system software currently in place at Central Dispatch has been in service for more than 10 years, and according to Scarpa, has reached its service life.
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