Following an emotional presentation to the City of Glen Cove, PO Jack McDougal led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance to begin the city council meeting of September 24.

In regular business of the meeting, Mayor Mary Ann Holzkamp and the council members voted to adopt a new litter receptacle ordinance which will require owners of strip malls to install sufficient numbers of litter receptacles in common areas in front of the stores in the mall, corresponding to the space they occupy. Under the ordinance, the receptacles must be emptied within 24 hours after they are filled to capacity, and may not be permitted to overflow. Parking lot owners will be required to have the lot swept and cleared of debris once every 48 hours. The ordinance is in keeping with Mayor Holzkamp's inauguration speech "commitment to enhancing the quality of life in each neighborhood of Glen Cove."

The council voted to extend the Sea Cliff Avenue moratorium for a period of six months, with an additional three-month extension permitted upon resolution of the city council.

On the subject of "lands, buildings and improvements located at 27 Cedar Swamp Road," more commonly referred to as Coles School, the city council approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of BANs (Bond Anticipation Notes) in the amount of $2,600,000 to finance the acquisition.

In compliance with a request from the New York State Department of Transportation, the council voted to authorize the mayor to enter into an agreement with LKB Engineering for an analysis of the underwater substructure of the East Island Bridge.

The renovation of Leech Circle Park was on the agenda, and the council voted to authorize the work to begin. Friends Academy, in celebration of their 125th anniversary, had offered to build a new state of the art park and playground for the residents of Glen Cove. When asked if she had a spot for it, Mayor Holzkamp readily thought of Leech Circle Park. S.I. Associates has offered to donate, at no cost to the city, the labor, materials and expertise necessary to improve, reconstruct and refurbish the park. The park is due to be named for Dennis Brian Murray who was killed in 1968 in Vietnam. The honor is being bestowed on the young man as he was born and raised in the Leech Circle neighborhood, and his mother still resides there.

The next meeting of the Glen Cove City Council will be on Tuesday October 8 at 8 p.m. in the main chamber of city hall.