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Vol. 6 No. 47 Second Class Postage has been paid at Parmhigdalc, N. Y. 11TSS Thursday, July 24, 1969
LIBRARY BD. PRESSES TO
RETAIN OWN BUDGET FUNDS
The Farmingdale Public Library Board met with the Farmingdale
School Board on Monday evening to request full payment of the library
tax appropriation in one lump sum rather than continuing with the
policy of of the Board of Education of transferring l/ l2 of the total on a
monthly basis.
Lacking the power to borrow monies which the school board has by
way of obtaining tax anticipation notes, the library board requested
that the school board to keep the library funds separate and turn them
over to the library for interest earnings.
Library Director Orrin B. Dow charged that there had been a co-mingiingof
the two funds and that the entire library account should
be deposited separately by the library. He cited the instance of the
Brookhaven public library which is receiving the entire tax ap­propriation
from the school board at the beginning of July. According
to School Board and Library Attorney Kendrick C. Smith, there was
no such precedent in Nassau County.
School Trustee A. Terry Weathers said that now that libraries have
grown there is perhaps need for the New York State Legislature to
give public libraries borrowing power and have their tax ap­propriations
made separate.
Library Board President Robert Callahan said that the Far­mingdale
Public library had initiated action to give the library board
the power to set its own date for holding a vote, rather than being
dependent on the school board to set a budget and voting date. Acting
Commissioner Eugene Nyquist had already stated that he would
encourage legislation to this effect.
In the meantime, Business Manager J. Richard Zutt would be
requested to give an analysis of the interest spent and the interest
gained on the library's tax appropriation over which the school board
has jurisdiction at this time.
Board Moves To Regulate Village Green Use
The Farmingdale Village Board will hold a public hearing this
Monday at 8: 30 p. m. at Village Hall to consider the adoption of an
ordinance to regulate the use of the new three quarter acre Village
Green adjoining Village Hall.
The action was prompted by a series of incidents which village
officials feel was the misuse of the facility.
Despite the presence of litter receptacles, the village green was
found to be littered with paper, empty cartons and beverage con­tainers.
Residents have made official complaints that they were
fearful of evening use of the park.
The Board will designate the hours for which the park will be open
to the public. The ordiance e will make it a violation to discard tin
cans, bottles, refuse, garbage, rubbish or waste. Prohibitions will also
be placed on carrying into the park any alcoholic beverages.
The ordinance will also deter persons to injure, deface, replace,
remove, raise, destroy or tamper with any drive, path or walk, or
to remove or destroy any structures, building or appurtenances
connected with the park.
Collections Up Over Last Year
The Village Green PhetS by Duvitl I'okr
The Nassau County Clerk's
office collected over two million
dollars in fees and mortgage
taxes for the first six months of
1969, County Clerk Harold W. Mc-
Connell reports. This is $ 477,-
133.43 more than the same period
last year.
The almost one- half million
dollar increase includes $ 298,-
885.45 of the real property trans­fer
tax which is collected by the
county clerk's office for the first
time this year. The combined
fees and taxes totalled $ 2,059,-
091.74; for the first six months of
1968 it was $ 1,581,958.31 which
represented an increase of
$ 34,061.77 over the first half of
1967.
" The first half report lor 1969
reflects the continued growth of
Nassau County," McConnell
staled " But the rate of growth is
not as rapid as in preceding
years, as shown by these fig­ures."
This income to the county is
realized from fees collected for
filing various documents such as
court papers, real estate transfer
taxes, naturalization papers,
passport applications, hunting
and fishing permits and uniform
commercial code paper among
other. Total number of papers
and documents filed during the
first half of 1969 was 247,129, a
gain of 9,386, from 237,743 in 1968.
The County Clerk's office rec­ords
deeds and mortgages, court
judgments, mortgage satisfac­tions,
uniform commercial code
papers and veterans discharges
which are kept confidential.
The number of aliens in the
county who became citizens was
610, 30 less than in 1968; first
paper applications declined from
516 to 501. In 1967 the number was
635 new citizens anu 529 petitions
for first papers.
18,378 filed applications for
passports as compared with
16,300 in 1968 and 15,009 in 1967.