A hearing by a Federal bankruptcy court, one to decide the future direction of the Roslyn Country Club, has been delayed once again. Originally, the hearing was set to take place Monday, July 8 at a bankruptcy court in Islip. That hearing was postponed until Monday, July 22. The latter date was bumped too, and now the hearing has been rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 9 at the same Islip location.

The hearing concerns a lawsuit filed by the CCR of Roslyn, the company that operates the country club. The CCR, citing economic realities, is trying to raise membership fees for country club members. The defendants in the case are various civic associations and all property owners in the Roslyn Country Club area. According to Vincent Lentini, an attorney for CCR, negotiations between CCR and the civic associations failed to bring about an agreement on any fee increase. And so, CCR is going to court to have the yearly dues increased.

Currently, country club members pay $150 a year per family. Mr. Lentini has noted that it costs the CCR $34,000 a month simply to pay rent on the country club. Other expenses shouldered by the CCR include pool maintenance, lifeguard salaries, capital improvements, equipment costs, and utilities. Approximately 668 families are country club members. Mr. Lentini claimed that the $150 a year each of those families pay isn't even enough to cover a month and a half of rent payment.

Despite the ongoing legal proceedings, Stuart Fox, president of CCR, has said that he hopes for more negotiations with civic association representatives, ones that will bring a satisfactory conclusion to the entire situation. However, he has also said that residents who refuse to pay a court-mandated fee increase would lose their easement to remain part of the country club at the former lower rate.

For over five decades, membership in the Roslyn Country Club has been simply part of living in the country club area, located mostly around Club Drive. The entire development was built in the late 1940s by Levitt and Sons Inc. The builders made country club membership part of the entire homeownership package. The country club covers about 10 acres of land in Roslyn and offers a swimming pool, year-round tennis courts, a playground, handball courts, gardens, and a snack bar.