Village Trustees Begin New Terms, Board Welcomes Newcomer

Village Justice Allen S. Mathers administered the oath of office to Deputy Mayor Theresa A. Trouvé, incumbent Trustees Robert A. Bolebruch and John M. Delany and Board newcomer, Trustee Colleen E. Foley, during the annual organizational meeting held Monday, April 12, 2018 at Village Hall.

Trustee Foley will represent the Estates section, replacing former Deputy Mayor John DeMaro who did not seek re-election.

Trustee Foley and her husband, Thomas, are both Garden City High School graduates and raised their four children in the Village. Trustee Foley’s long record of volunteer service includes serving on the Garden City Board of Education for 12 years, including six years as president and three years as vice president of the Board. She has also served on the PTA, SEPTA, TWIGs and Welcome Wagon.

Deputy Mayor Trouvé first began representing the Central section in 2012. She was re-elected for the third time to a two-year term and is entering her fifth year of service to the Board and second year serving as deputy mayor.

"Our Village is healthy, financially speaking, yet it is and will always continue to be an ongoing challenge to keep our finances under control and, at the same time, maintain the integrity of our infrastructure and the level of services our community has come to expect and enjoy,” she said in response to a question regarding the biggest challenges facing the Board. “It is a pleasure to serve on the Board of Trustees, working with all of the fine women and men on the staff of our Village to face and solve the ongoing challenges common to running an incorporated Village successfully."

Trustee Bolebruch, a Garden City resident since 1995, was also re-elected for a third time to a two-year term. A member of the Western Property Owners’ Association for more than two decades, Trustee Bolebruch has been employed in the securities industry since 1987, and is currently branch manager at American Portfolios.

"I look forward to continuing to serve all the residents of the Village of Garden City as Trustee,” he said.

Representing the East, Trustee John Delany replaced outgoing Trustee Dennis Donnelly in 2015. He too was re-elected to another two-year term. He is a retired corporate attorney and insurance executive who earned degrees at both Villanova University and St. John’s Law School. A resident of the Village for more than four decades, Trustee Delany is a former Eastern Property Owners’ Association director, former Garden City Library Board Trustee (1985-2006), serving as its chairman from 2003 to 2006, and former member of the Citizens Budget Review & Advisory Committee.