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GCFD, Village collaborate on fire house plans

BEST OF THE BANDS

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Garden City High School’s Marching Band was named New York State Champions in the USBands Regional Championships held on October 23rd. See the band perform its fantastic halftime show on October 29th at the Trojans’ football game at home. Game time is 2 p.m.

Board approves contractual services for Building Department BY RIKKI MASSAND The Garden City Village Board approved the contractual services rate of $30,000 for consultant Richard Barbieri, who works for the village two days per week as a plan reviewer and inspector on an as-needed basis. The current contract terms for his work supplementing the Building Department operations will

run through January 2023, for four months. The $30,000 does not represent a lump-sum payment; Barbieri will draw against that allocation from the village for his contractual services at a rate of $75 per hour to perform inspections and complete plan reviews. Trustee Lawrence Marciano asked Superintendent of Building

Giuseppe Giovanniello about the rate and wanted to make sure it does not run up to $90,000 annually with the $30,000 for a four-month period. Giovanniello explained the merits Barbieri has with the work he’s performed as a plan reviewer and inspector but said he works on this contractual service basis as he is a “snow bird” and only availSee page 42

At the Board of Trustees’ meeting on October 13th Trustee Bruce Torino, the board’s designated Fire Commissioner, announced that a Request for Proposals has been created for the renovations of Fire Station No. 2 at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Edgemere Road. He said that the Garden City Fire Department has provided specific details on what the building needs and what is necessary for fire response operations and equipment.

“More importantly during the process the GCFD said there were a lot of costs that others may think they need for the department that are not actually needed,” he explained. The RFP was created by Superintendent of Building Giuseppe Giovanniello. Torino said the village’s volunteer fire chiefs stated they want to be able to have a building with renovations completed that are safe, efficient and functional to the operation of the fire departSee page 44

Schools receive ‘clean’ report from auditors BY KASSARA MCELROY At the October 25th work session of the Garden City Board of Education, independent, external auditors from Nawrocki Smith LLP presented the results of the District’s 2022 fiscal year audit. “I’m happy to report that we did not cite the District for any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control and had no compliance concerns,” announced Christopher

Angotta, partner, and John Castles, senior manager. Garden City received a clean or unmodified opinion in all auditor reports. After commending the District on a “timely and accurate closing of books and excellent cooperation,” the Nawrocki Smith auditors shared highlights from their review with attendees. The General Fund budget was within the tax cap and operated positively. The District had $90.5 milSee page 42

Pack 55 enjoys Cathedral Campout PAGE 16 Athletes fundraise for cancer research PAGE 51