Emergency Management Radio Tested Weekly: Garden City along with all villages within Nassau County, each week perform a “radio-test” with the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management Office (NCOEM) to ensure that their assigned radio is working properly. These radios operate at a 800 MHz frequency and have been in operation for the past several years as a result of funding from former State Sen. Michael Balboni. In the event of a major disaster where normal radio communications were disrupted each village would have the ability to communicate with each other directly as well as with the NCOEM.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 6: The annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Long Island, organized by the Irish-American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, Inc., will be held in Garden City March 6. The parade will assemble at noon in the parking field opposite Ninth Street and will step off at 1 p.m. proceeding north on Franklin Avenue. The parade route will be from Ninth Street, north on Franklin Avenue to Old Country Road, east on Old Country Road to County Seat Drive, south on County Seat Drive where the parade will disband. The reviewing stand will be on Old Country Road in front of the Nassau County Office Building.

Board of Trustees Work Session: The board of trustees will be conducting a work session to review the proposed 2011/12 operating/capital budgets March 8 at 7 p.m. This session will be held in the boardroom at village hall and is conducted in public and will provide for limited public participation.

Village Election March 15: The annual village election will be held March 15 from noon until 9 p.m. at village hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. Village residents are encouraged to vote for the following Community Agreement candidates. They are supported by all four property owners associations and the respective Nominating Committees, fellow trustees, village commissions and committees and certainly by me. 

Mayor                         2 Years                        Donald T. Brudie

Trustee                       2 Years                        John A. DeMaro

Trustee                       2 Years                        Laurence J. Quinn

Trustee                       2 Years                        Dennis C. Donnelly

Trustee                       1 Year                          Andrew J. Cavanaugh

Absentee Ballot Applications: If a qualified voter is not going to be in the village to vote in the general village election March 15, they may apply for an absentee ballot. The absentee ballot applications are available at village hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. According to New York State election law, applications must be received by the village clerk by March 9 if the ballot is to be mailed. A qualified voter may come in to village hall in person to apply for an application up until March 14. If the village clerk deems that the absence is justifiable, they will be given an absentee ballot at that time. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Village Clerk, Brian Ridgway at 465-4053.

Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule: The next regularly scheduled board of trustees’ meeting will be held Thursday, March 17 at 8 p.m.

Village’s Website: 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 to the Village Justice Court which lists information regarding the court’s hours of operation, location and directions to the court.