Mayor@gardencityny.net

VILLAGE OFFICES CLOSED

MONDAY - JANUARY 18, 2010

Please be advised that Village Offices will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2010 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. Offices will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19th.

There will be no garbage or recycling pickup for Monday, January 18th and there will be no rubbish pickup on Wednesday, January 20th.

The holiday collection schedule will be as follows:

GARBAGE RUBBISH

Western half of Village Tuesday & Thursday Wed. Jan.27th

(West of Rockaway Avenue)

Eastern Half of Village Wednesday and Friday Wed. Jan. 27th

(East of Rockaway Avenue)

Residents scheduled for recycling on January 18, 2010 are asked to put their recyclables out on Monday, January 25. All other recycling days remain the same. Rubbish collection has been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 27.

BUDGET WORK SESSIONS

I would like to remind you that the Board of Trustees will be conducting work sessions to review the proposed 2010/11 Operating/Capital Budgets on:

Thursday, January 28, 2010

7:00 p.m.-(Operating Budget/Work Session)

Saturday, February 6, 2010

8:30 a.m. -(Operating Budget/Work Session)

Thursday, February 25, 201

7:00 p.m. - (Budget Work Session 1 - Board Review)

Saturday, February 27, 2010

8:30 a.m. - (Budget Work Session 2 - Board Review)

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

7:00 p.m. - (Final Budget Work Session)

These sessions are currently scheduled to be held in the Board Room at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York.

CHAMBER’S 2010 KICK OFF LUNCHEON TO FEATURE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

SUPERVISOR KATE MURRAY

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce has announced that the Keynote Speaker for its January 28, 2010 Kick-off Luncheon will be Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray. The program will held at the Garden City Hotel and Supervisor Murray’s topic will be “The Development of Business in Hempstead Town”. Reservations can be made by calling the Chamber of Commerce at 746-7724.

SHOPPING CARTS

Your Village has spent a good deal of time and money to beautify our central business district in order to make it as appealing to residents and businesses. Our local food markets on Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue have also made a significant investment in purchasing high quality shopping carts for our use and convenience while shopping in their stores. Regrettably, these carts are not being returned to the prescribed areas by the shoppers and are being left within the parking fields and in the areas of the apartment houses.

In consideration of your neighbors, merchants and community, I urge residents to return these carts to their respective stores. Please don’t place the Village in the position to have to expend manpower and time to impound the shopping carts. The residents’ effort will go a long way to keeping our Village the beautiful place that we all want it to be.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES’

MEETING SCHEDULE

The next regularly scheduled Board of Trustees’ meetings will be on Thursday, February 4, 2010 and on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

VILLAGE’S WEB SITE

I encourage residents to periodically utilize the Village’s website for information regarding the Village’s operations, as well as items of seasonal and special interest. The address is www.gardencityny.net. For your convenience, listed on the Village’s home page under the Heading of Administration is a link which lists the various Village Board and Commissions along with their meeting dates and agendas.