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[email protected] POLICE RADIO PURCHASE GETS CLOSE TO OK been working out agreements with the state police By JAN BARRY,Staff Writer, Bergen Record and the North Jersey District Water Supply http://www.bergen.com/pnorth/radiosjb20001215.ht Commission to use their communications towers. m RINGWOOD -- Borough officials are close to signing Concerns about the cost and design of the system agreements to buy a new police and emergency have been raised by Councilman Ronald Madigan, services radio system with a price tag of about based on his experience as an Army $500,000. telecommunications manager. Madigan said after the workshop that he is still waiting to see the Final details are being worked out on agreements technical details and cost estimates. scheduled to be presented Wednesday to the Borough Council. "I don't want to stall the thing," he said, "but I want to make sure we get a good system." Designed to eliminate radio "dead spots" in the hilly borough, the new system would be used by the Heck said Cenicola and other borough officials have police, fire, and public works departments, as well been carefully reviewing the project, given its as the Ambulance Corps and Emergency complexity and expense. Management Office. "We want to make sure everything is right," he said. "I think everything is on track," Mayor Scott Heck said Thursday, after a council discussion of the Among other items on Wednesday's agenda is project during its work session the night before. introduction of an amended quarry ordinance designed to address several issues resolved in a Borough Manager Kathleen Cenicola said she has recent court settlement.