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Vol. 99, No.28
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Sileo named BoE president at first meeting of year
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BY KASSARA MCELROY On the first meeting of its new fiscal year, Garden City’s Board of Education met for a reorganizational meeting. Assistant Superintendent Dana Di Capua was appointed temporary chair of the July 7th meeting and kicked off a night full of nominations, motions, oaths – along with summer program safety concerns. To start, when a call for nominations for the Office of the President was put forward, former Trustee Tom Pinou, the now newly appointed Board Vice President, nominated Joe Sileo to serve for the next school year. Both men took the oath of allegiance that night. It was reported that Trustee Arthur Gnecco took the oath of allegiance on June 29, and Trustee William O’Donahue took the oath of allegiance on July 5. Sileo will also fill the role of community liaison for the Village of Garden City, he and Pinou for the Audit Committee, Trustees O’Donohue and Gnecco for the Legislative Affairs Committee, Trustees Wakeham and Gnecco for Policy Review Committee, Trustee O’Donahue and VP Pinou for District Safety Committee and Trustee Wakeham for BOCES. As for association liaisons, Sileo
The youth and leaders of the Garden City Community Church are working to help single moms and their children by helping agencies in the Colorado Springs area during a mission trip. See page 34
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Board monitors new 3rd Board approves paving contract Track landscaping work BY RIKKI MASSAND
Once again the village has engaged the services of Pratt Brothers, Inc. of Hauppauge to perform municipal curb, sidewalk and road improvements. The Board of Trustees, at its June 16th meeting, approved the authorization for $5,438,567 contract with Pratt Brothers,
the low bid that Garden City received. Pricing for road work is based upon unit cost per item. The total costs includes contingency items that may or may not be needed during the term of the contract. The June 16 board agenda item carried the note, “expenditures are not to exceed the budgeted amounts without
additional funding authorized by the Board of Trustees.” The new village Superintendent of Public Works Anthony DeRosa introduced the June 16 agenda item for the contract, and Trustee Lawrence Marciano Jr. asked a few questions with the $5 million cost in mind. The actu-
The Garden City Board of Trustees last meeting on June 16 approached a sensitive subject, particularly for those residents in the northernmost part of Garden City: the Long Island Rail Road Third Track project. Trustee Bruce Chester explained that one reason for increased landscaping along the Third Track is to “camouflage the lighting there” near the brightly lit station. He noted that Mayor Cosmo Veneziale provided an email to the Board of Trustees summarizing
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