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EASTER PARADE SUNDAY
BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Easter Car Event and Parade will be held on Sunday, March 31st between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Garden City Chamber of Commerce’s 69th Annual Vintage Car Event and Parade will take place on Sunday, March 31, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Cars will start assembling at 10:00 a.m. in Parking Field
#9E on the east side of Franklin Avenue, between 9th Street and 11th Street. The parade starts promptly at 12:00 p.m. by exiting parking Field #9E at 10th Street. The cars will travel south on Franklin Avenue, west on 7th
Street, and terminate on Hilton Ave. Parking fields and streets will be closed for this event. The Garden City Police Department advises motorists and residents to make arrangements to avoid the affected areas.
GC Police budget to see slight increase BY RIKKI MASSAND At the budget work session held Wednesday night, March 20, Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson presented a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year which was largely flat from the prior year’s budget.
The police department’s proposed 2024-25 budget of $11,443,000 is only slightly higher than the prior year’s budget of $11,439,000. The Garden City Police Department currently has 69 full-time employees – 55 fulltime police officers and 14 full-time civilian employees,
as well as 17 part-time police aides and crossing guards. The commissioner said the largest budget factor is salaries, which account for 95% of the department budget. The police budget as presented reflects $10,828,000 would be salary-related expenses, an See page 42
Three Village of Garden City trustees who were not successful in their bids for re-election to the Board in the March 19 election received words of appreciation by other members of the Board and village executive staff at the March 21 Village Board meeting. This week Trustee Michael Sullivan completes one full year on the Board, while 2nd Deputy Mayor Lawrence Marciano and Trustee Charles Kelly, who served as chair of the village’s Traffic Commission, enter their final days as village trustees. The village’s annual re-organizational meeting will take place on Monday April 1st, at which time their successors – See page 45
Senior Center flooring problems discussed BY RIKKI MASSAND Members of the Garden City Board of Trustees discussed issues with the quality of work done to install new flooring at the Garden City Senior Center last year. During the Board’s March 21st meeting, the trustees discussed an agenda item to accept a $125,000 maintenance bond from Plainview’s Preferred Construction, Inc., the contractor that completed the project. Following a few pertinent questions and comments from village departments heads, the board officially approved the bond. Before the Board’s approval, Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni explained that the maintenance bond became effective for 18 full months from the date of the Board’s acceptance. Village Counsel Gary Fishberg reviewed the maintenance bond and has approved it as to form. See page 44
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