Improvements to Dumont’s Internet site will make it more interactive for borough residents.
Mayor Matthew McHale announced the changes to dumontnj.org. at the June 17 public meeting of the governing body.
"We are unveiling a new and improved borough Web site," the mayor said.
"On this site, residents will now be able to obtain permits, minutes of meetings, resolutions, ordinances and also submit request forms for things that may require the borough’s attention," he said.
A significant new feature to the site is a "cutting edge" emergency notification system called C3 —Citizen Communication Center.
McHale described the C3 system as Internet–based software that would allow residents to receive emergency notifications a number of ways, such as by e-mail, cell phone, text message or home telephone.
Residents who sign up for the new service would be able to decide how they would like to be notified in emergencies, the mayor said.
McHale said the C3 feature would also allow borough officials to send photographs, audio and video files to residents "as crucial supplements to emergency notifications such as AMBER or National Weather Service alerts."
"The services that our borough provides are essential and affect our lives on a daily basis," he said.
McHale urged residents to register for the "free and invaluable service" available at dumontnj.net.
In another matter, borough officials announced the purchase of two security cameras for Memorial Park.
The cameras will be directed at the restrooms at the park, Borough Administrator John Perkins said during his report at last week’s meeting.
"We have had issues (of vandalism) in the restrooms at the park," he said.
The price tag for the new cameras is $6,400 and will come out of borough funds, Perkins later said, adding that this would then bring the number of security cameras at Memorial Park to three.
A resolution to approve the purchase of the cameras was unanimously approved by the governing body.
Perkins also announced that the borough received an unexpected $6,700 check from the state attorney general’s office.
The money was part of a settlement from a class action lawsuit, Perkins said.
"This was a nice check that we weren’t expecting," he said.
Perkins also said the borough did not have any knowledge about the state’s legal action, except that it was directed against trash haulers.
