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VOL. 30, NO. 51
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A Day At Camp Invention BY JAMES MURPHY gardencity@antonmediagroup.com
Board Of Trustees Battle Royale BY CHRIS BOYLE gardencity@antonmediagroup.com
Dissension is clearly brewing in the Village of Stewart Manor as Mayor Gerard S. Tangredi publicly clashed with his trustees at their July 5 board meeting over his decision to appoint a new employee to an administrative position that has been essentially vacant for the past two months. Tangredi, citing his right as mayor under state law, appointed a new deputy village clerk-treasurer to fill a post vacated two months prior; the job has been partially filled for the past two months by a part-time employee and Tangredi’s decree promoted that employee to a full-time position for a term of one year, which includes benefits. “As per New York State Law, it is the mayor’s responsibility to fill this position and it’s to be filled without the board voting on the issue,” he said. “The village clerk’s office is in
desperate need, and it’s my responsibility to ensure that the office runs and that this village operates properly…the position has been open since April and it needs to be filled. So, this appointment is effective immediately, as of the morning of tomorrow, July 6.”
Mayor and trustees publicly clash However, Tangredi’s move apparently blindsided his trustees, who had met the Thursday before—a meeting that the mayor had stated at a previous board meeting that he would be unable to attend—to discuss alternate options to fill the deputy village clerk-treasurer,
according to Deputy Mayor Michael Onorato, who expressed shock over the sudden deputy clerk-treasurer appointment. “We’ve just been told this tonight after having a Thursday night work session meeting that the mayor didn’t attend…the board worked very hard that night to make a determination on a course of action that could save the village some money, perhaps a shift with two part-time employees instead of one full-timer,” he said. “Hiring a full-time employee is very costly to the village in terms of benefits, which we pay for anywhere between $20,000 and $30,000 above their salary. However, unbeknownst to us, the mayor reverted back to an appointment he made at the beginning of the village year…he felt that he had legal jurisdiction to do this and I feel he does not. This is dictatorial.”
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With Summer 2016 in full swing, kids around Garden City are looking for more things to do. One of these activities was Camp Invention, a weeklong day camp that was recently held at Stewart School. The program involved several stations in which different groups of students worked on various projects. The stations were CrickoBot, Epic Park, The Lab and The Makers Studio. In CrickoBot, kids created
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Village of Stewart Manor trustee William Grogan (far left) declaring the board’s disagreement with Mayor Gerard Tangredi over a recent employee hire.