The-Leader_1971-01-07

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35th YEAR, No. 37 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Record Budget Approved
Nassau County Executive Ralph G. Caso delivers his inaugural address following induciiun
ceremonies on New Year's Day in the Centra! Jury Room in the new Supreme Court
Building. More than 600 braved heavy snowfall to attend the affair. Also inducted wen,'
County Comptroller Angelo D. Roncallo and County Clerk Harold McConnell.
Lent, Sweeney, Lovelidge Speak
Representative-elect Nor­man
Lent will appear on
"Public Hearing", CBS-TV,
Sunday January 10th at
11:30 A.M. The newly
elected member of Congress
will discuss problems con­fronting
the 92nd Congress
in 1971. Jerry Wilson will
moderate.
On January 7, 1971,8:30
P.M. at the regular monthly
meeting of The Atlantic
South Civic Association, at
the Giblyn School Cafet­eria,
Cedar Street and Miller
Avenue, the guest speaker
will be Mayor Robert J.
Sweeney.
All are welcome.
The Freeport Chamber of
Commerce will hold its
weekly luncheon at a new
location, Al B. Whites, 10
Brooklyn Ave.,Freeport, on
Thursday, January 7, at
12:30 PM. The speaker,
Thomas Lovelidge, tf«stee
for the Village of Freeport
will speak on village affairs.
Tlie 1971-1972 Village hudpct was appHwed imaiiinxnisls by
the Mayor and lioard ol Truslecs Mmuiay luplu, Jainiaiy 4th. V)l\
a! a public nice 11 np m tlie Village Hall.
RcflccliiTg an increase ut apptuxmiaiely a iiii!linn dollars uvci
1969-1970. !hc 153 pages ul cstiinated expeiuliliiies were discussed
one at a time hy Mayor Sweeney during llie Iciigiliy ilirce hi»m
and ten minute session SHif pn»|M»rtich WjiN iorecd IJ|HMJ Ihr
hundred people attended the
meeting and although matsy
individual ilems were (juestionwl
and explanations called for. no
siTiou.s nbjettiofi.s were r;n.s«'(J
Many «f (he (juestions were
a.sked by Henry Spilzler. ime time
sueeessful candidate for Village
Trustee Splirler had circulated a
mimeographed copy of the
budget. coni[>aring it to budgets
of previous years Me (old
reporters at the end of the
meeting that the budget was
'•ali.vfaefory although he felt that
full lime professional ad
mntistralors would be ahU- to get
lM"Uer value for llx' lax dollar
tfian Ifie jwirl lime ofln-ials
pr<*s<'fi(ly in f iff ice
May«»r Sw(^>ney had previously
announced that the Village of
Friffmrt was iii a iwn way
financial srim't'ze (or the new
fiscal year resulfmg frniii record
high cost figures on one hand and
a sniall<'r lax base to draw U|K(II
on the otiier hand hOr Ihe first
time m many years, he noted, the
total as.sesK««d value of properly
in Ihe Village has actually
declin«>d rather than increasing
as usual This det-line has IM-IMI in
the assejiseti value ol retail
f>u.siness properties, mainly in
the central business di.stncl. and
in the newest apartment houses
Village Treasurer Leonard
O.B Smith reported that this
decline in value of commercial
\illage by cmirl actions milialed
In the landlords HH'SC |>ropcrly
iiwiiors. lie said, went lo court
%*illi opera ling cosl figures as
roiiipareil Ir) rents colleiied. and
the courts ruled thai their la.x
assessnu'iits should be lowi'red hi
• illow Ihe landlords a mere
if)yitahlc return on their' in
\ cslnienls
TIK' total a.ssessed value for all
properly in the Village is al
$}«'..H:il.7(W In the last fis<al year
it was $R7.(ttMl,ril'>. a decline ol
S:!.'>-i,:L'iH. Trea.surer .Sirnlfi \vm\\vd
out Ihat in previous years Ihe
\ illage could e-xpecl increases <if
asscssi'd value anywhere finin
several hundi'ed Ihou.sands ol
dollars to one and one ft.iK
itiilhon d<illars The lower
coinniei-cial assessni(»nts mean
higher taxes foi- all other
priijM'rt)owners. Ml Smith sard
fiH-reases in salaries and
l«'rsoniiel costs account lor the
largest [larl of the rise m Ihe new
budget Tins rejiresenls $4ii2.(iliH.
towards Ihe total increase m Ihe
budget of $I.li2,K2I I'ei'Sonnel
(lis! mcreas<*s resulled from the
Village's conlradual obligations
with Ihe employees
organi/ations. the Mayor said.
[JIUS Ihe addition of new <*rn
ployees m certain areas, such as
the Police Department
Along with the .salary increases
are corresjKjnding increases in
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SBnator Norman J. Levy {R-Long Beach), center, takes over his
Senatorial duties at his Albany office from his predecessor, Ckm-pessman
Norman F. Lent. Levy's Counsel, Donald X. Clavin of
Valley Stream is on the left. Senator Levy has indicated that he will
be available to his South Shore Cmistituents in his Albany office.
Room 505. State Capitol from Monday through Thursday every
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