Politics & Government

RGC Accounting Centralized to City; Investigation 'Well Exceeds' $300K

An update form Rye City Mayor Douglas French.

Rye Golf Club Update

The Rye Golf Club Strategic Committee the Council established will be making its operating recommendations in the next few weeks that will range from keeping a General Manager model to run all operations, to leasing out the restaurant/catering operations, or to re-organizing all of the operations, among other recommendations.  All accounting functions will be centralized within the City and not separately for the Club. Other checks and balances are being developed between the Commission and City for implementation and will be outlined in the next few weeks.  The Council allocated additional funding for the investigation which has well exceeded $300,000.

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Commission Updates

Two items of note from our Boards and Commissions:  The Recreation Commission is concerned with the maintenance of playing fields and will be looking for funding to help restore existing playing fields.  The Cable and Communications Committee will be assisting the City in coordinating a communications list to network out to other user groups that can communicate for the City in emergency situations.

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 Rye Town Park Community Forum

The Rye Town Park Commission in conjunction with the Friends of Rye Town Park and the RTP Advisory Committee will be holding a community forum for RTP on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at Damiano Recreation Center/Recreation Park.  Here’s your chance to voice your thoughts on the operations of the park and what improvements can be made.

 

2014

Given the demands of my career, but volunteer public service is what we do in Rye so I will continue to be active -- just not in the top job.  The first question I asked was, do I want to do it -- and the answer is yes. Serving Rye is an honor and great fun to give back something larger than yourself. The second question is, can I do it for another 4 years -- and the answer is no. The 12 to 13 hours a day in and out of NYC plus business travel makes it impossible to sustain for another 4 years. If it were 2-year terms like other municipal governments, then I would.  For the balance of my term, the focus will be to continue to strengthen the City's financial position and finalize the 4-year plan, continue the implementation of the rebuilding Rye initiative -- roads, sidewalks, sewers, and flood mitigation, to complete emergency preparedness planning and communication, to finalize the City Code revision project, and to re-structure the RGC and Boat Basin operations for the long-term.


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