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Chamber, businesses advocate return of Summer Promenades BY RIKKI MASSAND The potential for another summer season of Friday Night Promenades on Seventh Street was a hot topic at the February 8th Village Board of Trustees’ meeting. In early February the trustees received a letter about 2024 Promenades from John Wilton, president of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce. Wilton and several small business and restaurant owners also addressed the Board during the meeting to present reasons to return to a full schedule of Promenades. The events had taken place on Friday evenings between 6 and 10 pm during which time the business district street had been closed to vehicles, and various entertainment acts had performed. Last year’s abbreviated schedule for the Promenades had been planned for every-other Friday, but the final few weeks were cancelled following safety issues raised by the behavior of some unruly
Garden City High School’s choruses recently visited Walt Disney World for the first time in twelve years. The students performed on stage and also participated in workshops with professional Photo courtesy Garden City Public Schools musical artists. See page 40.
Board of Education begins prep for May school budget vote BY KASSARA MCELROY The Garden City Board of Education began its budget preparations for the 2024/25 school year at this week’s board meeting. It’s the start of a months-long process, leading up to a public vote in May. A lot of work goes into creating a budget, beginning with
revenue determination (on the state, federal and local levels), calculating the New York State tax levy limit, figuring out the gap between allowable tax levy limit and initial expenditure budget (reducing controllable costs and maximizing available reserves), recalculating the gap, reviewing options for eliminating the
gap (with a focus on non-program changes) and, finally, proposing a budget that functions within that cap. The state’s tax cap law establishes a maximum allowable tax levy limit for each school district, which allows school districts to increase their property tax levy from See page 57
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Hearing set on vacant property maintenance BY RIKKI MASSAND During a hearing set for Thursday, March 7th , the Garden City Board of Trustees will discuss a proposed law aimed at requiring owners to maintain vacant and abandoned properties. As proposed the local law would also establish a registry of vacant or abandoned properties. Trustee Charles Kelly noted that the March 7 hearing and the proposed new local law were created after reviews and input from the Village’s Legal Committee (consisting of Trustees Kelly and Ed Finneran). “There were a number of complaints throughout the village about homes that remained vacant for extended periods of time, See page 48
Junior firefighters to train in Germany PAGE 6 Voters approve bonds for improvements PAGE 3