A Word From Mayor Don Brudie

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 10.  Residents are reminded that clocks should be set one hour ahead.

SPRING CLEAN UP: All residents are asked to assist in the task of cleaning up our community to keep Garden City beautiful. This can be done by picking up paper, cans, bottles and other debris which may have been deposited on the streets and other public areas near your homes. A few minutes of cooperative effort by all of us can make our village look 100 percent better.

Residents are also reminded that rubbish should not be placed on the curb before the evening prior to the collection day. It is a detraction from the aesthetics of the village and poor treatment of one’s neighbors to ignore the village law which specifies that rubbish should not be deposited at curb side before the evening prior to collection.

Pet owners are asked to please be considerate of those who are working to keep our community beautiful and those who are using park areas by cleaning up after your dog and by disposing of the waste at curbside on Wednesdays.

The police department is issuing summonses for these violations, which are answerable in the Village Justice Court and can result in a fine for each offense.

VILLAGE ELECTION TUESDAY, MARCH 19: The annual Village Election will be held on Tuesday, March 19, from 12 noon until 9 p.m. at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. Village residents will be voting for the following candidates:

John J. Watras                Mayor - 2 year term
Dennis C. Donnelly         Trustee - 2 year term
John A. DeMaro              Trustee - 2 year term
Richard V. Silver              Trustee - 2 year term
Robert A. Bolebruch       Trustee - 1 year term
Allen S. Mathers              Justice - 4 year term

Since the incorporation of the village in 1919, members of the Board of Trustees in Garden City have been elected by a non-partisan vote of residents in accordance with the policies of the Community Agreement.
 
ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS: Absentee ballot applications to be used in conjunction with the General Village Election on March 19, 2013, are available at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. Applications must be received by the Village Clerk by March 12 if the ballot is to be mailed. For personal application, the deadline is March 18.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ MEETING SCHEDULE: The next regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 8 p.m.  I encourage all residents to attend Board of Trustees meetings so as to be thoroughly informed of village issues from a first-hand perspective.