From The Mayor's Office www.Gardencityny.net

By Peter A. Bee

HAPPY NEW YEAR

The Village Board of Trustees and I extend to all residents of the Village a Happy New Year, one blessed with good health, much happiness and well-being for all of our families.

YEAR-END REMINDERS

VILLAGE OFFICES WILL CLOSE AT 12 NOON,

MONDAY, DECEMBER 31st AND REOPEN

ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2ND

Village Hall Holiday Schedule. Village Hall offices will close at 12:00 noon on December 31st in observance of the New Year's holiday and will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on January 2nd. For your convenience, correspondence may be placed in the letter slot at the easterly entrance to Village Hall.

The Second Half of Village Taxes which were due and payable on December 1, 2007 are normally subject to penalty if payment is not made within a thirty day grace period. This year due to the holiday schedule payments received after January 1st will be subject to penalty. Please return the "second half" bill stub with your payment made payable to the Incorporated Village of Garden City. Please note that Village Hall closes at 12:00 noon on December 31st in observance of the New Year holiday. For your convenience tax payments may be placed in the letter slot at the easterly entrance to Village Hall.

Veterans Real Property Tax Exemption. The deadline for applications for Veterans tax exemptions is December 31, 2007. Applications cannot be accepted after the close of business at 12:00 noon on that date.

JANUARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING

Residents are reminded that there is only one Board of Trustees' Meeting in January. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board will be on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 8 p.m. at the Village Hall.

COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS TREES

AND WREATHS FOR RECYCLING

If you have a live Christmas tree or wreath to dispose of, please leave them at the curb on your regularly scheduled recycling collection day. They will be collected by the Department of Public Works and offered to other agencies for beach erosion control or rendered at the Village Yard for use around trees and shrubs as mulch.

Please assist the Village by removing tree stands from the discarded trees and cooperate with your neighbors by disposing of them only on the scheduled recycling collection days. This collection of trees will continue for the next several weeks. We can only hope that the weather, in particular the snow, holds out until all trees and wreaths are collected.

If you have an artificial Christmas tree, please call the Sanitation Department for a "Special Pickup" at 465-4031 or 465-4032.