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New software to track all village owned trees BY RIKKI MASSAND
Members of the American Legion Post 265 and American Legion Auxiliary attended a special service at the Cathedral on Memorial Day before the 155th annual parade and remembrance of those lost in the nation’s wars. See coverage on pages 30-31.
The Village of Garden City’s Environmental Advisory Board’s May 17 meeting featured a program on the state of municipal trees, as well as news about the Tree Plotter software, designed to assist in tree inventory and horticultural asset management. The Village has subscribed to Tree Plotter, which is a cloud-based program. Staff will use the program to input and update inventory, count and determine the conditions of trees owned by the Village of Garden City throughout the municipality. Initially, this software will not be used for inventory and record-keeping of trees on any private property in Garden City. Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni said the Parks Department is implementing the Tree Plotter software. He described it as “a graphics-driven database used in Graphic Information Systems (GIS) that allows people to use handheld devices in order to plot the See page 39
Village Treasurer details transfers, contractual salary increases
Village steps up recycling info efforts
board in order for Garden City to apply several departmental salary increases per union contracts with the village. Union contracts and agreements for increased salaries were finalized during the village fiscal year 20222023. “The increases we see due to those agreements were budgeted in the Contingency for this budget year (ending
Village officials hope to have more information on recycling shared with residents this summer, to improve waste disposal habits. At the Garden City Environmental Advisory Board’s (EAB) May 17 meeting, Mayor Mary Carter Flanagan introduced resident Alison Parks, who has several thoughts to help promote responsible recycling villagewide. Parks says she has spent some time checking people’s green recycling bins, including her own, to figure out if people in Garden City are informed on following the proper recycling procedures. She is concerned that “something is getting lost in the execution” when residents try to place their items for recycling. See page 1
BY RIKKI MASSAND At the Village Board of Trustees’ meeting held on Thursday evening May 18, Village Treasurer Irene Woo provided an overview of several agenda items requiring board authorization for transfers of budget funds. A sizable transfer of $553,500 out of the Contingent budget was approved by the
May 31) when our last budget was formulated, in April 2022. The funding was budgeted for but held in Contingency; we are now transferring the funds to the actual departments,” Treasurer Woo told the board. The highest portion of funding increases by far is for the Garden City Police regular salary line with See page 40
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