INFORMATION

Mayor & Township Council seek Volunteers

The Mayor and Township Council are seeking qualified Bloomfield residents to serve on Township Boards and Commissions.

Please click on the below links to view the Boards & Commissions or to download an application.

Town Boards & Commissions

Volunteer Application           

STRAY DOG RESPONSE POLICY & PROCEDURE

Animal Control Officers will respond to any stray dog call/complaint during normal working hours between 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  After normal working hours, Animal Control Officers will respond to any stray dog call/complaint including and especially if that dog is posing a threat to human health or appears to be visibly ill/injured.

It is the policy of the Board of Health not to respond to "routine" stray dog calls/complaints after dusk.  "Routine" calls/complaints are dogs that are not posing a threat to human health or dogs that are not visibly ill/injured.  The only exception to this is if the dog has been confined by a resident.  The health department does not under any circumstance advise that a resident attempt to contain or capture a stray animal of any type.

Please contact the Health Department during working hours at (973) 680-4024 or the Police Department after hours at (973) 680-4141

Our New Recycling & Garbage Regulations page can now be accessed on the Environment heading located under Information

       CHANGE IN CURBSIDE RECYCLING

      MATERIALS

Effective April 1, 2005, the recycling of newspaper will change to a mixed collection of newspaper, office paper, school paper, mixed junk mail, envelopes, magazines, soft-covered books, phone books, brown bags and cardboard (cereal boxes, rolls from paper towels and toilet paper, paper egg cartons, etc.).  Cardboard should be flattened and treated as paper. If a cardboard box is too large to flatten, put it out as is and write "Recycle" on it.  Newspaper no longer needs to be tied in bundles.  These materials can be bagged in brown paper bags or containers.  The materials can also be brought to our Recycling Depot, which is located at 230 Grove Street.  The Depot is open every Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

For more information about Curbside Recycling Regulations and Garbage Regulations please check the Environment page.

VACATION TIPS FROM THE BLOOMFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT

Going away this summer?  Consider these tips from the Bloomfield Police Department for protecting your home.

1. Ask a neighbor to pick up your mail and newspapers or discontinue them while you are away.
2. Have your neighbor park his care in your driveway while you're gone.
3. Put an automatic timer on at least two lights and vary their activation.
4. Turn on radios in different rooms, preferably to talk shows.  Voices inthe house can be a deterrent.
5. Consider outside motion-detection lights.
6. Ask a trusted neighbor to keep an eye on your house and to call the police if they see anything suspicious, such as people walking around the property, ringing the bell for a long time, or sitting in front of the housei n a vehicle for a long time.
7. Keep picnic tables, ladders, garbage cans and other items away from the house.  They can be used to climb to a window.
8. Call the Community Policing Unit at (973) 680-4627 and ask about the vacant house care system.  Information you supply will be given to your local area patrol car to make periodic checks of your premises during your vacation.

2-1-1 GOES LIVE IN ESSEX & HUDSON COUNTIES

The Power of Information Made Easy

The United Way of Essex and West Hudson is pleased to announce a new telephone number for people looking to get or give help.  In Essex and Hudson Counties, it's as simple as dialing three numbers, 2-1-1.

The easy to remember, toll-free telephone number connects people with important community services and volunteer opportunities throughout Essex and Hudson Counties.  2-1-1 gives callers quick linkages to get help or give help in the same way that 4-1-1 and 9-1-1 are universally recognized.  24 hours a day, 7 days a week, this three digit number helps to break down the barriers between those who need help and those who can help them.

2-1-1 is efficient and effective.  It serves many purposeds including:

• Reducing government bureaucracy by offering a solution to accessing social services that bring the public and private sector together in ways never seen before;
• Empowering the state to better respond to large scale emergencies and homeland security needs;
• Increasing the number of people and families who achieve self-sufficiency and thereby reducing dependence on government services; and
• Providing aggregated data from 2-1-1 systems statewide that will allow local communities to better assess their needs.

United Ways across the state are working to implement 2-1-1 calling systems in every county in New Jersey by the end of 2004.14 counites currently have access to 2-1-1, including Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union and Warren, with Ocean and Salem Counties operation during the fall of '04.