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VOL. 30 NO. 44
OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 3, 2021
City taxes will not increase in 2022 budget new hires, and small pay increases for some part-time hourly workers. The city will The Glen Cove City Council see less revenue from payments unanimously passed the 2022 in lieu of taxes next year, budget on Tuesday, and resi- because the Fairfield property dents will see no tax increase — formerly known as the Avanext year. The $64.7 million lon — will be restored to the tax spending plan will rolls. not change the tax By the end of rate for residential this year, Tenke property, and will said, the city is reduce the commeranticipating noncial property rate recurring revenue 4.55 percent. of about $1 million The city’s generrelated to the develal fund stands at opment of the Villa $50.8 million, and on Glen Cove Aveappropriations from nue, which will help it will increase by offset the fund bal$1.86 million, or 3.79 ance deficit. percent, over the In a public hearcurrent budget. ing before the vote, S t at e a i d w i l l residents had the total $2.8 million, to get some JOHN PERRONE chance $568,000 more than clarification on the the current year, City councilman details of the budMayor Tim Tenke get. Jack Mancusi, a said, and Nassau County local candidate for City Council in aid has been restored to $1.6 mil- next week’s election, took issue lion, an increase of $418,000. As with the tax decrease for comwell, the city’s debt service pay- mercial properties. He urged ments will be roughly $1 million council members to vote against lower than this year, Tenke said, the budget and to “stick up for because older and higher-inter- the little guy,” saying money est debt is maturing and being was being taken away from taxpaid off. The spending plan includes CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
BY JILL NOSSA
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Courtesy Shannon Vulin
Pumpkin Patch makes its return Second-graders from Mrs. Crumlich’s class — from left, Juliette Castronovo, Mirella Hanna, Jaylin Delmonte, Madison Drew and Nelson Melendez — painted pumpkins at the PTA’s Pumpkin Patch at Deasy Elementary School last week.
District pre-K program moves to Gribbin Elementary from Deasy BY JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com
As of this week, the Glen Cove School District’s prekindergarten program has a new home. The program’s two classrooms were relocated to Gribbin Elementary School from Deasy Elementary after moisture was found on classroom walls and ceilings, raising concerns about potential mold growth.
Superintendent Dr. Maria Rianna said that once the district became aware of the problem, it hired J.C. Broderick & Associates, an environmental testing and consulting company, to investigate. Moisture was found in the school’s basement on Oct. 14, where the art room and Discovery Cove — an indoor play space — as well as the pre-K classrooms are located. The area was closed off, and the classes
transitioned to a virtual format before the move. Ed McGuire and Tara Ricker, of J.C. Broderick, offered details and answered questions at the Oct. 20 Board of Education meeting. “The basic protocol was to investigate the moisture and identify if the conditions in the space were leading to any indoor mold growth,” McGuire said, noting that firm’s work was conCONTINUED ON PAGE 10
ast year we had to do some serious soul-searching to bring in a budget. This year it’s a lot easier.