Borough of Elmwood Park, NJ
Official website of the Borough of Elmwood Park, New Jersey
The Red Cross has an app that offers severe weather and emergency alerts.
Download for Free by texting GETEMERGENCY to 90999 or search "Red Cross Emergency" in the Apple or Google Play store.
Please be advised that yard waste cannot be contaminated with other garbage. This includes paper and plastic. Yard waste contaminated with garbage puts the Borough at risk of being assessed penalties.Please be advised that yard waste cannot be contaminated with other garbage. This includes paper and plastic. Yard waste contaminated with garbage puts the Borough at risk of being assessed penalties.
We have received communication from the dump site along with the pictures which are listed below and advised of impending fines if it continues.
Please be mindful not to mow over litter or incorporate it into the yard waste. If the DPW sees that yard waste is contaminated, they have been directed to leave the yard waste so that the resident can remove the garbage and place it back out the following week.
Date Issued: June 1, 2018
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that sealed Proposals will be received by the Elmwood Park Public Library, for the Position of LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGER for the Elmwood Park Public Library Renovation Project. All Proposals will be opened publicly and read aloud on the Return Date and Time.
Return Date & Time: June 20, 2018, 11:00 AM
Return To:
Keith Kazmark, RMC/CMC/MMC
182 Market Street
Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
The Elmwood Park Public Library is soliciting proposals for the position of Library Construction Manager to provide professional services to the Elmwood Park Library Board Renovation Project. Elmwood Park Library Board may select one or more Library Construction Managers for the provision of these services based upon a fair and open process, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4, et. seq. and in accordance with the Resolution previously adopted by the Mayor and Council to secure such services through a fair and open process. In order to have a proposal considered by the Elmwood Park Library Board, an interested party must provide evidence that he/she satisfies the minimum requirements, as set forth in Section III of this document and that he/she otherwise complies with the proposal requirements set forth in the Borough of Elmwood Park’s REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSALS section of the Borough’s web site.
The Borough has set up a new e-mail address in order for residents to report concerns they may have within the Borough. Elmwood Park residents should send concerns to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to report potholes, curbside branches, litter in public areas, etc. You will be added to a list for the appropriate department to have your concerns addressed.
The Elmwood Park tax sale is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in the All-Purpose Room on the first floor of the Municipal Building. Below see the copy of the ad that has been published in the Bergen Record listing the properties that are included in the sale at the time of publication. Some properties will be removed as owners may pay the past due taxes.
Originally published on February 27, 2018, the ad will be run on the next three (3) consecutive Tuesdays. Persons interested in bidding at the sale need to contact the Elmwood Park Tax Collector via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to obtain details regarding procedures and registration materials. Bidders MUST be registered by noon on Thursday, March 22, 2018.
Borough Attorney:
Arthur R. Thibault Jr., Esq
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2 Market Steet
Paterson, NJ 07501
973-523-6200
Borough Auditor:
Lerch, Vinci & Bliss, LLP
17-17 Route 208 N
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
201-791-7100
Bergen County Parks Department initiated a master planning process for the Bergen County Park System. Below is a link that will direct you to the County's website. At the website you can take an online survery and view upcoming Master Planning Public Meeting dates.
However, whether or not you are able to attend any of the meetings, please take the online survey so you can be heard regarding the County Parks.
At the September 21, 2017 Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Council, Ordinance #17-29 was adopted.
This ordinance reduces the speed limit on
East 54th Street to 25 m.p.h.
As of today, all signage on the entire length of East 54th Street has been updated to reflect the new speed limit.
The Elmwood Park Police Department has joined the New Jersey Attorney General's "Project Medicine Drop" initiative, and has installed a Project Medicine Drop box at police headquarters.
This communication is a follow-up to our previous notification regarding elevated levels of TTHMs in the Elmwood Park system.
We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results from June 2017 show that our system was in compliance with the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL) for TTHMs. The standard for TTHM is 80 ug/L. It is determined by averaging all samples collected from each location for the last 12 months also known as the Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA). The LRAA at the DPW Garage on Slater Drive, (where the previous exceedence occurred) for June was 73 ug/L well below the MCL.
What should I do?
What does this mean?
This is not an emergency. If it had been an emergency, you would have been notified within 24 hours.
TTHM are four volatile organic chemicals which form when disinfectants react with natural organic matter in the water. The EPA has established conservative national testing standards and schedules that are intended to protect the public and to provide water utilities with sufficient data to respond to variations in water quality and to keep the public informed.
[*People who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous system, and may have increased risk of getting cancer.]
What is being done?
Additional hydrant flushing of the water system is being conducted by the DPW to reduce TTHM concentrations.
For more information please contact Robert De Block at 973-998-9100 at De Block Environmental Services, LLC, PO Box 675 Woodland Park, NJ 07424.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
This notice is being sent to you by the Elmwood Park Water System, PWSID# NJ0211001
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
Borough of Elmwood Park
201 796-1009
Municipal Building
BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 07407
SCOTT J. KARCZ
Superintendent
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) MCL Violation at the Elmwood Park Water System
Our water system recent violated a drinking water standard. Although this incident was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did (are doing) to correct this situation.
We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results from April 2016 through March 2017 show that our system exceeds the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL) for TTHM at one location. The standard for TTHM is 80 ug/L. It is determined by averaging all samples collected from each location for the last 12 months. The level of TTHM averaged at one location, the DPW Garage on Slater Drive, for April 2016 thru March 2017 was 84 ug/L.
What should I do?
There is nothing you need to do. You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions. If a situation arises where the water is no longer safe to drink, you will be notified within 24 hours.
If you have a severely compromised immune system, have an infant, are pregnant, or are elderly, you may be at increased risk and should seek advice from your health care providers about drinking this water.
What does this mean?
This is not an emergency. If it had been an emergency, you would have been notified within 24 hours.
TTHM are four volatile organic chemicals which form when disinfectants react with natural organic matter in the water.
[*People who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous system, and may have increased risk of getting cancer.]
What is being done?
Additional hydrant flushing of the water system was conducted by the DPW to reduce TTHM concentrations. The Borough has adopted an ongoing program of increased hydrant flushing to reduce the Location Running Annual Average below 80 ug/L. We expect that the results for the second quarter of 2017 will be sufficiently reduced so as to lower the lower the average to acceptable values. Please note that he result for the first Quarter of 2017 at this location was 55 ug/L.
For more information please contact Robert De Block at 973-998-9100 at De Block Environmental Services, LLC, PO Box 675 Woodland Park, NJ 07424
“Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.”
This notice is being sent to you by the Elmwood Park Water System, PWSID# NJ0211001
Montclair State University basketball players with Elmwood Park Recreation basketball players (3/30/17)
February 18, 2017
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM) MCL Violation at the Elmwood Park Water System
Our water system recent violated a drinking water standard. Although this incident was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we did (are doing) to correct this situation.
We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results from March 2016 through December 2016 show that our system exceeds the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL) for TTHM at one location. The standard for TTHM is 80 ug/L. It is determined by averaging all samples collected from each location for the last 12 months also known as the Locational Running Annual Average. The Locational Running Annual Average at the DPW Garage on Slater Drive, for January thru December 2016 was 82.6 ug/L.
What should I do?
There is nothing you need to do. You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions. If a situation arises where the water is no longer safe to drink, you will be notified within 24 hours.
If you have a severely compromised immune system, have an infant, are pregnant, or are elderly, you may be at increased risk and should seek advice from your health care providers about drinking this water.
What does this mean?
This is not an emergency. If it had been an emergency, you would have been notified within 24 hours.
TTHM are four volatile organic chemicals which form when disinfectants react with natural organic matter in the water.
[*People who drink water containing trihalomethanes in excess of the MCL over many years may experience problems with their liver, kidneys, or central nervous system, and may have increased risk of getting cancer.]
What is being done?
Additional hydrant flushing of the water system is being conducted by the DPW to reduce TTHM concentrations.
For more information please contact Robert De Block at 973-998-9100 at De Block Environmental Services, LLC, PO Box 675 Woodland Park, NJ 07424
“Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.”
This notice is being sent to you by the Elmwood Park Water System, PWSID# NJ0211001
Let your voice be heard by completing a Library survey and returning it to the library or emailing it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The 2019 Waste Watchers' Handbook is now online:
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 19:45A-20.5, et. seq. referred to as the New Jersey Pay to Play Law, the Borough of Elmwood Park, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, hereby solicits its proposals for the award of contracts for the following "Professional Services" for the 2017 calendar year:
The December 1, 2016 regular public meeting of the Elmwood Park Mayor and Council has been changed to Wednesday, November 30.
Dear Elmwood Park Residents,
Let me begin by again extending my heartfelt condolences to the Mola Family on the loss of our Mayor, Richard A. Mola.
Few can imagine a consecutive 45 year career as Mayor, but Mayor Mola accomplished that through his constant hard work and provided incredible service to our Borough. He will certainly be missed by all of us, but his legacy and dedication will be remembered always.
Both the regularly-scheduled work meeting which was to be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2016 and the regularly-scheduled public meeting which was to be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 have been cancelled. There are no pending applications before the Board.
The November 3, 2016 regular public meeting of the Mayor and Council has been canceled.
The November 10, 2016 work session will begin at 7:00PM, followed by a public meeting at 8:00PM.
It is with great sadness and deep respect that we report the passing of long-time Elmwood Park Mayor Richard A. Mola.
Mayor Mola was a pillar of this community, serving as Mayor for 45 years. His caring nature for the people he served and dedication to the Borough he loved so much will be greatly missed.
On behalf of the entire Borough of Elmwood Park, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Mola family during this difficult time.
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