The Gardiner Gazette, Fall 2014 tifully, and our ability to hear her so well is solely due to the brand new 15-speaker, state-of-the-art sound system the Gardiner Day Committee donated and installed at Majestic Park! The Gardiner Day Committee is a great way to become more involved in town. If you are interested in working on a great committee, call Jewell, at Town Hall, 255-9675, extension 103.
News From Town Hall by Laurie Willow
Town Budget: as The Gazette went to press, the Town Board was working on the budget for 2015. As usual, the biggest job for the Board is to fund all the New York State mandates without raising taxes above the two percent ceiling. The challenge for every city and state is affording to maintain its infrastructure, which is always in a state of deterioration. For instance, the Clove Road Bridge needs to be rebuilt. The town will have to find money for this project and other town roads from grants, bonds and tax payer dollars. Gardiner Day 2014: Gardiner Day is conceived and operated by Gardiner volunteers to create a free community gathering for the people of Gardiner. The proceeds of many paid events organized and produced by the Gardiner Day
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Committee during the year fund this event, allowing all of us to have a day to congregate and enjoy our sense of community with no admission fee. This year the weather was stunning for five days before and after. On Gardiner Day, however, it poured. In spite of the rain, many Gardinerites came and showed their support for this wonderful town event. This was the first Gardiner Day where we could actually hear the Star Spangled Banner being sung! Nicole Ferrante sang it beau-
Water Monitoring Program: As reported previously in The Gazette, the water monitoring program has begun, though much more has been accomplished since your last reading. A baseline reading has been attained from all five wells. Each well is now equipped with a transducer to monitor water levels. As more data are collected, this information becomes an invaluable tool toward developing downtown The Former Library: As the Gardiner both residentially and Gazette went to press, the old commercially. Gardiner library at 5 Station Square in the Hamlet was Gardiner Employee Handabout to have a new owner. book: Supervisor Zatz and the The auction was set through Town Board have concluded AARAuctions.com—for Oc- writing part one of the new Gartober 13, 2014 through Oc- diner Employee Handbook. This tober 15—with no minimum is an ongoing process to deal starting bid. The building is a with the increased complexities commercially-zoned, two sto- of human resource managery building with 1,875 square ment. Part one is comprised of feet. It is rife with Gardiner wages and compensation, perhistory, having served as the formance and conduct, and the fire station for many years safety of employees. before it was the library. Back Comment
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