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An Official Newspaper Of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale - S- rving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
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Vol . 6 No. 33 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmiagdale, N. Y. U735 Thursday, April 17', 1969
LIBRARY BOARD PRESSES
FOR SEPARATE VOTE
A test case proceeding, to determine whether a library
board of trustees has the right to hold its own budget and
library trustee vote instead of going through the channels
of the school board, was taken Wednesday night at the
Farmingdale Public Library Special Board meeting. The
Board of Trustees in a three to two vote with Trustees
Carl Gorton and Warren Altmann dissenting, voted to ask
the District 22 Board of Education to set aside Saturday
May 17 or May 24th and if they refuse, the Library Di­rector
was authorized to proceed with hiring an attorney
to take legal action.
The Board of Education had turned down President Robert
Callahan's previous request to hold the library vote on
May 6,7 after the school board decided to hold their vote
on June 10,11.%
Library Director Orrin B. Dow this week hand delivered
a Board request in Albany to Robert B. Stone, Counsel
for the Commissioner of Education, t asking for an in­formal
opinion on the matter.
The informal opinion from Albany was that the denial
of the library request was within " the descretionary power"
of the school board.
During Wednesday's meeting trustee Gorton and Altmann
opposed the expense of an attorney as a '* waste of taxpay­ers
monies".
Later, Irwin Jacovsky, candidate for library board, pointed
out that in past years when the school and library budget
were on the same ballot, many taxpayers did not make a
distinction and voted both down, even though the library
budget on the ballot had meant a tax saving to the district
for that year.
Other members of the audience decried the expenditure
of an attorney and one threatened a taxpayers suit. The
Library Board had determined that it could not use library
board attorney Kendrick C. Smith on this matter. Smith
is also attorney for the school board.
Other action taken by the library board on Wednesday
was to cut $ 10,000 from book purchases and to close the
branch and the main libraries on Sundays and holidays;
a shut down of the main library on Wednesdays during the
' day and the branch library on Wednesday evenings'* and
to close both on Saturdays during the summer. The Board
agreed to raise book fines from two to three cents and
that $ 15,000 of estimated fines and fees could be subtracted
for the gross budget and an additional transfer of $ 10,000
from the fines and fees accounts, leaving a total of $ 394,525
to be submitted to the voters. The Board then adopted the
gross budget of $ 419,525.
Trustee Dr, Albert Meyerstein made a motion to proceed
with use of accumulated fines and fees for the construction
of a mezzanine in the South Farmingdale Branch. Although
President Callahan seconded the motion for the purpose
of discussion, he stated that he was againist the motion
until voters decided whether to purchase the building or
not. The motion was defeated.
The construction of a mezzanine from funds set aside
from book fines has been a subject of controversy for some
time. Some residents are against the nearly $ 40,000
expenditure for a mezzanine in rented quarters, but would
prefer the purchase of the Branch Library instead of pay­ment
of a $ 25,000 annual rental.
Village Board Adopts Budget; Tax Rate Up 14(.
Farmingdale Mayor Joseph
Zureck and the Board of Trus­tees
met at a public hearing
last night to consider the pro­posed
1969- 70 Village Budget,
The budget was approved after
the meeting.
In presenting the proposed bud­get
totaling $ 788,448., less es­timated
net surplus from the
1968- 69 budget amounting to
$ 65,789, plus anticipated 1969-
70 revenue of $ 413,017 to be
raised by taxation is expected to
total $ 2.10 per hundred of as­sesses
valuation. The new figure
represented a 140 increase over
last year's $ 1.96.
Village Clerk James McKenna
stated that over a ten year span,
village taxes have increased 43.
8%, mostly because of major
road improvements, improved
water facilities, drainage instal­lations
and the purchase of e-quipment
for the Farmingdale
Fire DepL, the Highway and
Water Departments. In addition,
salaries for village employees
have been increased in propor­tion
to salaries paid by sur­rounding
commercial bus­inesses.
All village employees have re­ceived
a salary increase of 1.5%
for the year 1969- 70.
The new budget calls for the
purchase of a new heavy duty
truck for the Highway Depart­ment
to augment the existing
fleet and relieve some of the
lighter equipment to limited duty
for snow removal. Also contem­plated
is the purchase of a new
Mack Pumper for the Fire De­partment
to replace the 1953
pumper. Other improvements
will be the installation of drain­age
to Sullivan Road, one of the
last village streets without the
facility.
The Village Hall is now 37
years old, and appropriations
have been included to make nec­essary
repairs to the roof, paint­ing
of the interior and exterior
of the building, installation of
new gutters and leaders, as well
as renovation of the Lounge Room
for the members of the Fire
Department.
hi other board action, an ap­plication
submitted by Daleview
Realty Corp. to demolish the
existing office and residence
known as Erin Realty, located at.
574 Fulton Street was approved
This site will subsequently be
utilized for the construction of
the new Daleview Nursing Home,
as an adjunct to the existing
facility located at 530 Fulton
Street.
In conjunction with the various
committees as established by
Mayor Zureck at the Annual
Organization Meeting of the
Board on April 7th, Mayor Zur­eck
designated Trustees Kras-now
and Carman to a new Com­mittee
to be known as the
Park Committee. The purpose
of the new committee will be
to formulate rules and regulat­ions
regarding the use of the
new Village Green.
The new building inspector,
George Cook, then discussed his
activities o the last two weeks
regarding progress of new con­struction
in addition to his in­vestigations
of complaints of
building code violations. Mayor
Zureck complimented Cook on
his comprehensive report and
assurred him of the Board of
Trustees complete co- operation
in his attempts to remove any
violations.
This meeting was adjourned
at 11: 00 p. m.
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On Sunday, April 27, the George Main Street to Conklin Street,
Benkert Jr. Post 516 Veterans
of Foreign Wars will conduct
their 14th Annual Loyalty Day
Parade and Program. The Parade
will start at 2: 00 p. m. with as­sembly
at Fred Murray Parking
field # 4. The parade will pro­ceed
South on Rose Street to
Grant Ave., East on Grant Ave. to
Staples Ave., South on Staples to
Fulton Street, West on Fulton
East on Conklin Street to Cherry
Street, South on Cherry Street to
Fred Murray Parking Field.
The program will take place
after the parade in front of Bo-hack's
on Main Street, Farming-dale.
The Annual Voice of Democ­racy
Awards, which program is
sponsored jointly by the Post and
Ladies Auxiliary, will be pre­sented*
Street to Main Street, North on
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