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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE. BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
Vol. 2 No. 38 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, August 5, 1965
VILLAGE BOARD EYES
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT
Extend Farmingdale Bus Line Route
Stagecoach Lines, Nassau
County's newest bus line, has
requested authority to extend its
present Hempstead - Farming-dale
route eastward to Babylon,
via Routes 110 and 109, it was
revealed today by the Bus Coun­cil
of Nassau County. The new
route will provide direct service
between Suffolk and Nassau Coun­ties
through the mid Island area
via Hempstead Turnpike, and link
up with buses to the New York
City subway at Jamaica and
several other routes emanating
from Hempstead. It will also pro­vide
Suffolk residents direct
service into central Nassau, from
Babylon, where 7 local Suffolk
bus routes converge.
Stagecoach presently runs
from Farmingdale via Hempstead
Turnpike through Bethpage,
Levittown and East Meadow into
Hempstead, with loop service
north through Levittown and
Bethpage, and south through South
Levittown and Wantagh.
" This new extension to Baby­lon
will provide direct service
for hundreds of thousands of
residents throughout Nassau cen­tral
communities into Babylon,
and link up the populous Baby­lon
area with these Nassau com­munities."
said John Carter,
Stagecoach Lines President.
At present, Utility Line biases
running - long Merrick Road link
up Bay Shore and Babylon with
Freeport, where direct inter­change
with several Nassau bus
lines can be made.
The new route extension will
provide a generally east/ west
service to the heavily populated
areas of North Lindenhurst and
Amityville, where no bus serv­ice
exists at this time.
Carter said that application has
been made to the Town of Baby­lon,
with a hearing set for August
3, 1965. Stagecoach will initiate
this service, which will start
from the present terminums at
Hempstead Turnpike adjacent to
Republic Aviation at Route 110,
as soon as the necessary rights
have been grafted. Initial serv­ice
will be hourly Monday
through Friday with future
scheduling depending upon pub­lic
demand.
Home Improvement Tax Exemption Calls For Filing Form
Property owners who have ca­pital
improvements made to their
real property — either residen­tial
or business — after August
1, were advised today by New
York State Tax Commissioner
Joseph H. Murphy to get a Cer­tificate
of Capital Improvement
to exempt them from paying New
York State and local sales taxes.
The Certificate of Capital Im­provement,
identified as Form
ST- 124, is to be filled out by the
property owner and presented to
the contractor who will be doing
the work. The single- sheet form
requires the name and address
of the contractor, the date, the
name and address of the proper­ty
owner.
It provides space for a brief
description of the work to be done
under the contract, the address
of the property, the amount of the
lump sum contract or, if a time
and materials contract, separate
charges for labor and for mater­ials.
The face of the Certificate of
Capital Improvement contains a
statement having the force of an
affidavit certifying that the user
is " exempt from payment of the
sales and use tax on the amount
of the lump sum contract ( or the
labor charge under a time and
materials contract) . . . because
the performance of the contract
will result in a capital improve­ment
to real property."
Instructions on the back of the
certificate are directed to the
contractor who receives the Cer­tificate
of Capital Improvement,
and spell out when he is to charge
State and local sales and use tax­es,
and when he is not.
Examples help clarify what
constitutes a capital improve­ment
and under what conditions
the sales tax is to be charged:
A contractor agrees to remove
old stucco from a house and re­place
it with new siding for a
lump sum of $ 3,000. This is a
capital improvement and the con­tractor
should not charge the
sales tax if the property owner
gives him a properly filled- out
Certificate of Capital Improve­ment.
In this case, die contrac­tor
pays the tax on die materials
he buys to do the job.
Under a time and materials
contract, a contractor agrees to
sell the property owner all ma­terials
for $ 3,000 needed to attach
a garage to his home. In addi­tion,
he agrees to do the work
and charge $ 2,000 for the labor.
Since the contractor will buy the
materials tax- free under a Re­sale
Certificate, he will charge
the property owner the sales
tax only on the $ 3,000 for mater­ials.
He does not charge a tax
on the $ 2,000 labor bill. This
job, also, is a capital improve­ment.
A contractor agrees to repair
and point up a brick chimney for
$ 50. This is not a capital im­provement
and the contractor
must collect the sales and use
tax on die entire $ 50.
Commissioner Murphy said
Certificates of Capital Improve­ment
may be had at any of the
State Tax Department's 11 Dis­trict
Offices, or from the Sales
Tax Bureau, Albany, New York
12226.
Bids for continuing contracts for the installation
of Improvements to the Village Water System were
opened and publicily read at 8: 30 P. M., the bids
called for the demolition of the existing overhead
water tank, installation of mains for transmission
of water, construction of a new pump house and
mechanical and electrical installations. Eighteen
bids were received and read turned over to the
engineering firm of Holtzmacher, McLendon and
Murrell for examination and recommendation.
The Board of Trustees
approved die interest rate of
2.25% for a $ 30,000 Capital Ex­penditure
Note for a one year
period, subject to renewal, from
the First National City Bank.
The note is for the purpose of
purchasing vacant land on die
north aide of Harrison Place,
east of Maple Street for a Sump
Basin in conjunction widi the
Maple Street drainage project.
The position held by Chester
M. Burhans, Village Treasurer
since 1950, who submitted his
resignation to the Board of
Trustees, was filled by die ap­pointment
of die Village Clerk,
James J. McKenna, to fill die
unexpired portion of Burhan's
term as Treasurer and Budget
Officer, in conjunction with his
duties as Village Clerk. McKenna
was also authorized to attend
the New York State Village
Clerk's and Treasurers Asso­ciation
meeting to be held at
Saratoga Springs on Sept. 27tii
to October 1st.
A public hearing was heard upon
the application of Arret Homes,
Inc. for a " Sp^' irl Bxcspdon"
to construct a two family home
at 175 Secatogue Avenue and upon
review of the plan submitted with
the application, decision was held
in abeyance pending a more ac­ceptable
plan from die owner.
Arret Homes, Inc., having
made application for Special Ex­ception
to renovate and continue
die use of an eight unit apart­ment
house at 114 Eastern Park­way
in July, 1964, and decision
having been held in abeyance
pending a specific repair report
from Arret, Homes, Inc., the
Special Exception was granted.
Daler Firm Awarded Contract
Dilectrix Corporation of 69
Allen Blvd., Farmingdale, has
been awarded a $ 29,687 con­tract
by Textron's Bell Aero-systems
Company of Buffalo, N.
Y. for Teflon bladders used in
Apollo Command and Service
Module positive expulsion tanks.
Bell Aerosystems, which an­nounced
the purchase agreement
today, said it was made in sup­port
of die company's continuing
small business procurement
policy. Last year Bell spent
nearly 50 percent of its $ 17-
million procurement expendi­tures
with small business firms
in accordance with Department
of Defense and Small Business
Administration procedures.
A leader in the nation's aero­space
industry since 1935, Bell
Aerosystems currently is en­gaged
in research, development
and production of reaction control
systems and positive expulsion
tanks for spacecraft, die highly -
reliable Agena rocket engine and
other space propulsion systems,
air cushion vehicles, vertical/
short takeoff and landing air­planes,
automatic aircraft land­ing
systems, inertial guidance
equipment, command and com­munications
systems, and
various other products used in
die nation's defense and space
programs.
Add 45 Men to
Police Force
Nassau's County Police Com­missioner
James J. Kelly today
announced that 45 men will be
added to the county force this
Friday.
The new men will be sworn in
a ceremony scheduled in die
county police headquarters au­ditorium,
Mineola.
The additional men will bring
the department's total strength
to 3,017 — 2,433 police officers
and 584 civilians.
After taking Uieir oath of of­fice,
the probationary patrolmen
will undergo a ten- week training
course under the direction of the
department's Training Division.
Fred Waring visits with producer Guy Lombardo
and Mitch Ayers, music director for the current
musical extravaganza " Mardi Gras!" at the Jones
Beach Theatre. The three famous maestros recall
old times during intermission.
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