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District proposes $142 mill budget, faces costly mandate
HOOPS FOR HOPE
BY KASSARA MCELROY The Garden City Board of Education met on Tuesday, March 10th for work and special sessions, presenting residents with a detailed look at the proposed 2026-27 district budget. The budget included a sobering feasibility study on the state-mandated transition to electric school buses, and progress updates on the capital improvements underway across district buildings.
The Budget Proposal
The district’s proposed 2026-27 budget of $142,385,117 represents a 3.36% increase over the current year, with a tax levy increase of 2.98%, or $3,414,416, within the state’s allowable cap. The figures were presented by Dr. Kusum Sinha, superintendent of schools, and Dana DiCapua, assistant superintendent for business and finance. Garden City serves nearly 3,900 in-district students, 50 outof-district students, and 142 UPK students, employs over 900 See page 48
On March 2, Garden City High School hosted its annual Hoops for Hope fundraiser, featuring the high school and middle school Challenger basketball team. See page 76
Village eyes changes to subdivision process
available in the ‘Cluett Hall and St. Paul’s Fieldhouse Lighting’ account in the current fiscal year’s capital budget, and the purchase is being made through a Sourcewell (cooperative) contract. The Board also approved a bid award for the ADA Lift for the Cluett Hall main entrance area, at a cost of $117,500, to New Safeway Contracting Corp. of Jamaica, Queens – the low bidder for the supply contract. Superintendent of Public
BY RIKKI MASSAND
Improvements set for Cluett Hall BY RIKKI MASSAND
Last Thursday the Garden City Village Board of Trustees approved contracts to address two capital needs, key components of planned upgrades to Cluett Hall, adjacent to St. Paul’s main building. The Board approved a purchase of $15,995 for new LED lighting for Cluett Hall’s interior, from vendor Musco Sports Lighting LLC based in Iowa. Funding for the purchase was
Works John Borroni explained, “The project will include the removal of the existing ADA ramp outside Cluett Hall, which has reached the end of its useful life and would require significant repairs. The new installation will consist of an enclosed mechanical lift to improve accessibility to the building.” Funding for the ADA Lift project comes from the budget’s ‘Cluett Hall Exterior Renovations’ See page 53
The Garden City Board of Trustees set a public hearing for its upcoming meeting on Thursday night, March 19th beginning at 7:30 p.m., on an amendment to Chapter 38 of the Village Code regarding residential subdivisions. Village Attorney Gary Fishberg offered details at the last meeting on March 5th, and Garden City’s deputy mayor offered insights into a thorough review process and several considerations for neighbors of any future proposed subdivisions. “Currently, we have a provision in the municipal code dealing with the Planning Commission which exempts minor subdivisions from a significant review. A minor subdivision is currently defined as not more than four lots (from a parcel).The See page 63
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