Friday, December 15, 2017
Vol. 94, No.13
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Village considers use of speed cameras
STOCKINGS FOR THE TROOPS
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
old riveted steel tank, but that type is no longer being built. The tank was last rehabilitated in 1992, now with 25-year-old coating, and repainting the tank per maintenance cycle is cumbersome and expensive. The current coat of paint has lead in it. The Village Board had allocated sums for emergency repairs to the tank in 2015 as holes and leaks were discovered. Two options currently exist, and the trustees and Kelleher considered a few key factors at the meeting last Thursday. Single pedestal (pedestal spheroid) tanks which resemble a golfball on a tee, and the composite steel tank type (a concrete cylinder up to
At Board of Trustees’ meetings throughout 2017, Deputy Mayor John DeMaro has mentioned the problem of speeding on many Garden City roads. After considering traffic data, the Board of Trustees has now asked the state to allow the Village to use cameras for speed enforcement. DeMaro introduced the subject and an agenda item that the trustees approved last week, and noted the prior use of a speed camera on Rockaway Avenue by Garden City High School, regarded now as a good deterrent and control. “We found that it was a very effective way to slow down cars’ speeds. It is very difficult to have a police officer at that location all day or at our other schools. We are requesting a resolution drawn up by village counsel (Peter Bee) and to pass it on to our representatives in the New York State Senate and State Assembly, asking them to propose a Home-Rule message for Garden City to be permitted to put up speed cameras,” DeMaro said. The Board’s resolution has been sent to State Assemblyman Ed Ra and State Senator Kemp Hannon, and Mayor Brian Daughney said the village “will try, but they (state representatives) do not have to approve it.” “We know the complaints about speeding, we have all seen it and been a part of it but we are trying,” he said. The mayor added that the resolution specifies five speed cameras to be installed in Garden City. The specific locations were not determined in the resolution or Board action last week, and the mayor said they can be installed “wherever the village (trustees) want to.” But the consensus is for areas in the immediate vicinity of the schools. As DeMaro stated, near the local schools and elsewhere in town the Board believes the GCPD is a resource and asset better allocated for the protection and service of the village rather than officers stationed with a police cruiser and pointing ‘speed guns.’ At last Thursday’s meeting former WPOA President Maureen Dellacona asked the Board if other Nassau County villages have a legal privilege of installing speed cameras. Mayor Daughney said he did not know of any however New York City’s five boroughs does have them under city jurisdiction. Nassau County has installed and operated speed cameras in Garden City and else-
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Girl Scout Brownie Troop 1354 filled stockings for our troops serving overseas to bring them some holiday cheer. Stockings included treats, plus a handwritten letter from each girl thanking them for their service and wishing them a happy holiday season.
Village to decide on new water tank BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
An example of a single pedestal tank
Following a presentation by consultant Dennis Kelleher of H2M Engineering at the Thursday, December 7 Board of Trustees meeting and years of discussions over one of the biggest municipally-owned structures in Garden City, the village is finally ready to decide the design and costs of its new water tank, which will replace the octogenarian tank on Old Country Road in the next one year. The Board will likely vote on a new tank and award a project bid at its pre-holidays regular meeting this Tuesday night, December 19. Today the village has an 84-year-
Bobby Menges "I'm Not Done Yet" Memorial Blood Drive PAGE 38 GC Kids bring back radio golden age of holiday dramas PAGE 21