Special thanks is due to the fire department for their efforts in making Fire Prevention Day/Week the success that it was. Chief Rivera and our fire department do an outstanding job protecting our lives and homes. It was good to see such a huge turnout of residents for the programs that they planned throughout the week.

Deputy Mayor Miller represented the village board of trustees at the Village Employee Recognition Program on Thursday, Sept. 19. This is an annual event where employees who have marked the 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th and 40th plus years of service with the village are recognized and presented with service pins and certificates. The cumulative years of service among the 16 employees who were honored was 410! We are both pleased and proud that these employees have chosen to spend their career in Garden City and we recognize that our village is a better place because they are here and provide vital municipal services to our residents.

The program also recognizes those employees who have demonstrated that extra effort to come to work each day or tour and in doing so achieved 100 percent attendance in the past year. I am pleased to report that 93 employees achieved this mark - representing 30 percent of the workforce. My compliments and thanks to all.