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Sign for the Times

The Borough of Hasbrouck Heights installed a public notice sign at the Municipal Complex at the corner of The Boulevard and Central Avenue. The sign cost about $12,000, plus $3,000 for electrical and computer hook-up. It was funded from the capital ordinance for the construction of the municipal building.

Messages announce Borough events, public meetings, etc. The sign is tied into the Municipal Complex generator and can post emergency notices even if power is out in town (i.e., Senior Center is an emergency shelter). Currently, actual messages are used, but they are experimenting with the messages’ frequency, visibility, timing, etc. Michael Kronyak, Rose Marie Sees and Robert Brady are authorized to post messages on the sign from their office computers.

Three sign companies gave six proposals for the project, with bids ranging from $19,515 to $11,965. The sign is 2’ 9” high by 7’ wide and 8” deep, plus a 12” header. The sign holds up to five lines of text. Special effects and graphics were included. All of the sign contractors suggested this location and angle for maximum visibility to the building’s main entrance, parking lots, Central Avenue and The Boulevard (rather than by the flag pole area at Madison Avenue and The Boulevard). ###