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Board approves more funding for St. Paul’s work
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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
He said that includes eightyear trustee, current Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch (the Western POA’s candidate for mayor) as well as Village Trustee Stephen Makrinos, who along with Bolebruch is a trustee candidate from the Western POA, and Trustee Mark Hyer from the Eastern POA. Collectively, the trio already has 18 years of experience on the Village Board,
At its February 4 meeting the Garden City Board of Trustees approved several new construction change orders and an increase of $200,000 for the services of New York City-based construction management firm CNY Group for stabilization work on the historic St. Paul’s building. CNY Group, whose project executive for St. Paul’s is village resident Walter Beal, will continue its oversight of the stabilization and abatement work that has taken place since the start of 2020. Also on February 4th the Village Board approved a $32,282 change order for Westar Construction Group, Inc. of Syosset, for additional shoring and joist replacement of an approximate 300-square-foot area at St. Paul’s first floor main entrance foyer. Walter Beal joined the trustees and village administration for the Zoom meeting and explained that the change order for Westar was negotiated down to $32,282. “They (Westar Construction) had presented a much larger change order to me and I had told them they are not entitled to anything until the Village Board of Trustees approves it. They are aware of that, and I negotiated the cost based on the hours they performed their work down to $32,282 before you tonight. I believe this is a justified cost,” Beal said. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi said the first floor, near St. Paul’s main entrance, simply “collapsed” and the flooring would be shored so workers at the project site can go in and out of St. Paul’s safely. According to Beal, Westar Construction performed the work stated in the change order “at their own risk, and this started as they opened the door one morning and the floor was in the basement.” He added that this was never the condition noted when Thornton Tomasetti performed its first structural review and prepared a report (initiated in 2018) to the village. Structural issues with the floor apparently had been deteriorating, although slightly, as the other stabilization work was progressing at the historic building over the past year. For the roof work, Beal said sometime in November when the lifts took project workers above the flat roofs, Westar Construction took photographs and noticed the damage in the aftermath of high winds
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Superbowl Sunday brought a new round of snow to the area. On top of the snow we received from the previous week, Garden City became a winter wonderland. Neighborhoods became a snowy adventure for the kids. Snow piles became sledding escapades. Photo by Regina Moran
Central POA hosts Community Agreement candidates at meeting BY RIKKI N. MASSAND The 2021 Village of Garden City election, set for just over a month from now on Tuesday March 16, was deemed “the most important election in Garden City’s history” by Rich Catalano, candidate from the Estates section of the village Speaking during the February 9 meeting of the Central Property Owners’
Association (CPOA) held at the senior center. Catalano said that candidates from the Community Agreement Party, or CAP, including himself and CPOA candidate Yvonne Varano, a former member of the Citizens’ Budget Review and Advisory Committee (CBRAC) the majority already have multiple years’ of experience in village government on the Board of Trustees.
Valentines in the Village: Great GC fare Another historic structure to disappear
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