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Vol. 101, No. 15

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Village crews to maintain downtown landscaping

GCFD OPEN HOUSE

Work had been done by outside vendor BY RIKKI MASSAND

At the annual organizational meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees, held Monday, April 1 at Village Hall, the Board of Trustees approved the award of a bid for a one-year contract for grounds maintenance and landscaping with a new vendor – BrightView Landscapes of Smithtown – for a total of $216,859. Garden City Superintendent of Recreation and Parks Paul Blake told the trustees that the contract will reduce the amount of landscaping labor that is done by outside vendors, as village employees will be assigned to maintain the landscaping in the Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue business district. Blake said a four-person crew from his department will take control of routine landscaping work and will help with additional beautification efforts to help make the village’s downtown more attractive and vibrant. Blake’s report to the village trustees included comments on the municipally-owned green spaces throughout the village including

The Garden City Fire Department will be holding a recruitment Open House on Saturday, April 13th at Fire Headquarters. Come and see how you can help your community. See page 20 for details. Photo courtesy Garden City Fire Department

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Library, village projects GC Schools population expected to upgrade technology to rise over next five years BY RIKKI MASSAND

BY KASSARA MCELROY A demographer from Western Suffolk BOCES told the Garden City Board of Education that the school district’s enrollment will gradually rise over the next five years, as younger families move into the district. The presentation was made during the April 9th meeting

of the Board. Garden City’s bi-annual demographic and enrollment study consisted of district demographic research, primarily covering birth rates all the way from the national to district levels, housing turnover, population trends, enrollment fluctuations. What BOCES found was

that while district enrollment fluctuated it has overall remained stable between 2013-2023, with a gain of 20 students during that time. However, the current enrollment of 3,941 students represents a gain of 119 students when compared to the low enrollment of 3,822 students See page 36

As the Garden City Village Board of Trustees deliberated on the 2024-25 budget in late March, Village Administrator Ralph V. Suozzi shared notes on the increased headcount in the Administration budget and the sharing of resources to upgrade the Library’s information technology infrastructure. The Board listened at its budget work session on Wednesday March 20, as Administrator Suozzi described the cost centers included within the Administration Budget accounts: the Board of Trustees expenses, the Village Justice, Administrative and Village Clerk’s Office staff and equipment, Personnel/HR, and Central Data Processing (referred to as IT), Publicity and the Village Historian. The overall Administration budget of $2.115 million decreased 4% See page 36

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