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An Officiaf Newspaper of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale — Serving Greater Farmingdale, Bethpage and Melville
Vol. 8 No. 9 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735. Thursday, October 22, 1970
TOWN TAX UP 17
The Town of Oyster Bay, preliminary Budget calls for a tax in­crease
of 14.8 cents ( 46.8 to 61.6 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation)
for the general Town fund and a 2.9 cent increase ( 61.5 to 64.4 cents) in
the Highway Fund. The General Town Administrative budget is
$ 11,044,520.00 and the Highway budget is $ 5,197,094.
Supervisor John W. Burke said " the budget reflects a continuation
of the Town's belt- tightening fiscal policies." He said the light in­crease
in the tax rate, which will amount to slightly less than a dollar
a month for most town residents, is due to the mandated costs in both
salaries and services.
Burke noted that a new two- year pact with the Civil Service Em­ployees
Association becomes effective January 1, 1971. The annual
salary for the average Town employee is approximately $ 8,000.
Burke said that 83 per cent of the $ 1,926,096 increase in the General
Fund was mandated by increases in debt service and salaries.
Burke said a Public Hearing on the budget has been scheduled
for Tuesday, October 27 at 10: 00 a. m. and 8: 00 p. m. at Town
Hall, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay.
Mathews Charges ' Butch' Work In County Office
John Matthews, Democratic
Candidate for Nassau County
Clerk, this week accused
Republican incombent Harold
McConnell of " offering lame
excuses to the people instead of
satisfactory explanations."
Matthews was eluding to Mc-
Connell's response to the charge
that he has permitted county
employees to accept pay from
private parties for securing in­formation
from county records
on public time and at public
expense.
In leveling his charge against
McConnell, Matthews noted that
this practice - known as " butch
work" - is illegal.
Replying in a published news
story, County Clerk McConnell
admitted that " butch work" is
going on. He claimed, however,
that employees do it only during
their lunch hours. " It has been a
common practice over the
years."
Speaking before the Hemp­stead
Heights Civic Assoc,
Hempstead Matthews challenged
u duiui ) graphed banjo belonging to entertainer Frank Warner, ( right) who is
also President of the New York Folklore Society was the center of interest for
newly installed President Orrin B. Dow ( center) and outgoing President Melvin
Brenner ( left) at the annual installation dinner of the Farmingdale- Bethpage
Historical Society held Tuesday night at the Bethpage Country Club.
McConnell to meet him " anytime
and anywhere", to debate the
matter openly.
" The fact that it has been a
common practice," Matthews
said, " does not make it right." He
also took issue with McConnell
contention that no " butch work"
is done except during lunch
hours. " I think the reporter who
took that statement from Mr.
McConnell should have asked
him when, then, do the employees
eat their lunches," Matthews
said.
Matthews charged further that
" the County Cwerk's office has
operated at an ever- increasing
deficit while its service to the
public has constantly worsened."
He blamed hisis on " McConnell's
woeful inefficiency and
mismanagement." As an
example he cited the county- run
offices of the State Motor Vehicle
Bureau. " Anyone who has stood
waiting in line at a Motor Vehicle
Bureau office in Nassau already
knows what I am talking about."
Matthews said " Since my op­ponent
was elected three years
ago, service has deteriorated
disgracefully."
Village Board Ups Senior Citizens
Tax Exemption
The Farmingdale village board
passed a resolution on Monday,
subject to a public hearing in
early November, to increase the
annual income for senior citizen's
from $ 3,000 to $ 5,000 in order to
qualify for a 50 percent tax
reduction of their current
property assessment.
Police Make Arrest On Parking Field
Nassau County police arrested
Robert Goldstein, 23, at parking
field No. 4, northeast of village
hall, Farmingdale, and charged
him with possession of
marijuana.
Goldstein resides at
Neptune Ave., Brooklyn.
3816
To Improve Drainage
On S. Main Street
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A $ 266,222 contract was
awarded to Cappy- Simone of
Freeport for the installation of
drainage facilities along South
Main Street between Oakwood
Avenue to Henry Street, Far­mingdale.
The contract calls for the in­stallation
of about 2,400 linear
feet of reinforced concrete pipe
varying in size from 18 to 60 in­ches
together with the necessary
manholes and catch basins.
The new facility will replace a
30 year old drain which has
proved inadequate due to in­tensive
development in the area.
Construction is expected to
begin in late November and
completion is scheduled for early
June.