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Continued from Page 3 quest and I feel like a lot of people would be very happy with that.”

Genicoff told the board in July the course was partially closed to the public on 66 of the 109 weekdays from May 1 to Sept. 30 — or 61% of the time.

Under the new schedule, there will be 48 outings this upcoming season. In 2022, there were at least 60 golf outings.

Supervisor Jennifer Desena said the special meeting was called for a different public hear- ing held that same day involving contracts with local fire departments. She said arranging the vote for March 1 allows the organizations looking to host events at the course a head start in planning.

“We have many charitable organizations in the Town of North Hempstead and this can be their only event all year,” DeSena said. “I said we were going to work with the operator to manage the outings so that it’s fair to our residents, but we cannot completely shut our eyes to what has been the use of the course for many years.”

Members from the New Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, which holds an annual golf outing at the course, said the organizations looking to have outings are also taxpayers.

“I do think we need to scale it back, but not just back to Mondays only,” past President Ralph Ventura said. “That would hurt a lot of these nonprofits.”

Built in 1998, Harbor Links is owned by the Town of North Hempstead and operated by Arnold Palmer Golf Management.

It features an 18-hole championship course, nine-hole executive course that is not closed off to the public during private events, a driving range, pro shop, athletic fields and a full-service banquet hall and restaurant.

Since at least 2013, the town has had a management agreement with the golf course, according to a financial and operational review released in 2016.

The dates approved for private golf outings include May 2, 3, 11, 19, 24, June 1, 8, 13, 16, 22, 27, July 13, 14, 21, 27, Aug. 3, 15, 23, 29, Sept. 7, 12, 20, 21, 27, 29 and Oct. 6.