The-Leader_1976-08-19

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41st YEAR No. 17 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. AUGUST 19,1976 PRICE: IS< PER COPY
Referendum November 2
^ n Cbuiify Pw
FREEPORT - Village residents will vote to decide whether Freeport
will conthiue to maintain Its own police department or contract with
Nassau County to provide such services. The Board of Trustees, at
Monday night's meeting, voted to put the question to a public refc-tendum
which will appear on the ballot in the Tuesday, November 2,
I^esidential elections.. The re- %
suits of the vote will be binding on to pay all negotiated costs Involv-the
Board of Trustees, who have ed with the retirement of 13 offic'
tatfn rin ptiWic po^itjnn on i^f crs whtLWonId nnf hr ahsoihedin
tAWiNrilHG BUNCH.- The'm«hb«rs and'cOac^M of the riiepbrt
.Recreation Oepartmenfrawltn (earn pose proudly with th«tr banner,
made by:Art8neTarBntrno;:aftef,beiairnflRlitn Parkin a iyf-i31w^^^^
-T»ieJeam;'lWtoyl1eful<56a£^\rohixCulWn, wllUnd the season Satur­day;
August 21," wHenlhey s'wtrti agaJnit Christopher Morley Park
startlnflatgani and then partJclpate In the Division IV Championships
.,at 5 pnu Freeport residents are Invited down to the Center to see the
Sea Devils in action. -'••'. "" . - -
to the County Pblice. Under dis­cussions
now^taking place be­tween
the village, and the Police
Benevolent' Auodation (PBA),
terminationbeneBts would appro-
Tdmate the si^viags^o^oae yoat oo
lage's Jnitirf^Uiquiry _begaaj.ln :^. the. County jxitJtract.. Mandatory
issue as yet.
. The Board's action fbUqwcd a
report by Mayor William White
on meetings he had had with
Nassau County officials at. the
JiiaUte uf.thtf Utoard. ihe Vtt?-
v . i . - - ; . . .
StKoolB^^^ Nevr Budget
Vb#e Set For Sepfembir 3;
FREEPORT - A new reduced school budget proposal win be' sub­mitted
to tb^Freeport School District's voters. Thursday,-September •
9. the day after.sdaools in the district open. Although oEBcially on
.austerity,'bus transportation to and ftom schools-win not be affected
bnSeptemberS. • . -
The Freeport Board of Educa-tion
jQ_a|inoundng_Jus_: third . _to Wednesday night/September.
Freepprters
To Parade
budget vote, explainedlEatthrr .. 8. U> ptunde'an'Opporfunigrfejr a
- had met" with their professional
staff and had consuhed with 're-;
presentatjves of Freeport's
business community and with
former board members; before
cutting the budget to the new
figure of'518,396.145. This re;
' duction of 582,000. from the -:
figure submitted to vote on July
15, will result ia i tix increase
of Sl.48 per $100 assessed
vanlation for Freeport taxpayers. -
or 34< less than the tax increase
proposed in the first budget vote
on Jane 8. The total school tax
would be 515.67 per $100 assess­ed
valuation if the budget passes
this third time.
The $82,000 reduction is a re­sult
of cuts affecting a wide"
. range of budget lines, the School
Board explained, from central
administration to personnel to •
conferences; A budget proposal
summary and explanation wiH be
mailed to alT district residents
prior to the date of the vote.
^ t ^ will detail the specific -cost
^-reductions. In addition, copies bf
an expanded item budget will be
available at the District Oert's
office beginning August 20.
These free copies may be pkied
• up and taken home for examina­tion.
The Board of Bincation has
also advanced its first regular
public meeting of the school year
question and answer session on'.
the budget- That irieetmg, which -
will start at 8:15 pm in" the Atldn- '
son School library.;"Will also -
feature a presentation-on Free- '
port's acliie\-ements in Reading -
and Mathematics.
-The, Freeport Board of Edu-catidh
has submitted twT> prior •
budgets to the taxpayers. The
first, on June .8. :was" in the-amount
of 518.594,000; the
second on July 15. w a s .
518,478.200, The sum total of the
cuts made from June 8 to the
present "budget proposal will be
$197,800.-
Voting on the third budget
proposal win be in alt six regular
district poDing locations; Archer
Street, . Atkinson, Baysnew
Avenue, Qevcland Avenue,
. Columbus Avenue and Giblyn
Schools. The polls vnii be open
FREEPORT - Village residerits
are being asked to get into, cos­tume
one more time during the .
Bicentennial Year and-join the
Hempstead Bicentennial Parade. :
Freeport will have a marching
contingent, floats and two bands
"m ttie farade, which wUl.t>egin at
2pm,Auigust29/ : : ,
Robert Raynor. Director of
-Freeport's Spirit of '76 Bicenten­nial
Committee, said that Free-"
port has a good chance of having
the "largest, and best, division in
the whole. Parade, and that's
what we're working for."
Costumed Freeporters are
being asked to join in the line of
march. For information,, call
Parade Chairman Cari Gould
(evenings). FR 8-8894. A special
float,. depicting Freeport as a
"Rainbow of Neighbors," is also
being planned. Youngsters in
ethnic costumes^ are being sought
for this float- For information
caU Rhoda Kener. 378-3133, or
Elaine Stettner. 868-0565.
The Freeport Republican
Club will join the parade with its
float, a prize-winner in the Free-
. port BicentennJaJ Parade, de­picting
Theodore Roosevelt and
January when the 1976-T7 mu
nldpa! budget ^m being piepar-
~- "Ted.'; Fourteen and'a' Half per^ati-or
$1,706,738. of that budget is
concerned with the PoUce Depart­ment
and its officers who have not
come to a contract agreement
• -since the 1974-75 fiscal year. . .
The Board estimated that
$250,000 to $300,000 per fiscal
.^ year would be saved by paying for
police protection via a County-contract.
The tax savings to the
homeowner is estimated at about
30t to 35* per $100 of assessed
valuation of real property.
According to White, the fuD
impact of the savings would not
be felt for one or two years, de­pending
cin - the payment, phn.
Under the proposed contract with
"Tte^wffltyrftwpoitwoald tivc
on September 9. from 1 to 10 pm
Accordmg to the District office, - his family. Other organizations.
the new vote will cost about • »"hose floats-arc still available.
54.000. since machines had to be should call Gould." ' ' .
Depatt-
Tcntcd through a private company
at a cost of $2130 per machine. The
Nassau County Board of Elec­tions.'
which usually supplies'
machines for school district elec­tions
at a loRcr price, has frozen
use of -their equipment until
. December because of the Septem­ber
primaries and the November
(Cont. on page 8W)
to.'UiB -takBOvet by ffie "County S '
the retiranent," at maximum be-nefitsr'of
those Freeport police-.:
men who have 20 or more years
of service; They are Police Chief
Anthony Elar; Captains Dave
Meehan'and Arthur Russd: Lts.
Joe Boland. QiftRayDbr. Joe Ba-chety
and Leonard Makofske and
police officers Sgt. Jerry OdeH,
Tom McAdam and Tom TroccoU.
- According to PBA spokesmen,
l>enefits accumulated by aU other
police officers, If they were to be­come
' County police officers,
would have to be paid by the vil-lage
as weU, to cover the years
they worked tmder a village con-
; tract. These include accumulated
; sick days and vacation time which
add to .the terminition |>ay. The
~ ".(Cbnt.onpagelO) •
Tfie Freeport Ftre
ment's Band and the Methodist
Church Marching Band will both
be in the Freeport division.
"nie Hemj«tead Parade will
feature j>vcr 50 marching units,
»Tth over 15 local bicentennial
community organizations expect­ed
to send a float or display.
(Coot, on page 12)
fflEEIW^TrOt^MPtAWS: SomaTDaTaLar-raBdfiila^wlio -aiUarad
events In last weekend's BicenlennlaJ Olympiad pose with their
Certlllcates of Partidpalion at the Freeport Recreation Center." (First
row, I. to r.) Vincent Wontera, Kalhy Montera, Paul Traub, Kenny
Traub and Andrew Mercourls; (Second row, I. to r.) Pichard Paulik,
Russell Traub and Robin Traub; (Third rolv, 1. to r.) Brian Raherty,
Maria Mercouris, Nick Mercourls and Danny Moynlhan. (Fourth row,'
1. to r.) Linda Phillips, Rachel Sheard and Chip Moynlhan;^ Fifth row,
I. to r.) Bartaara Swanson, Karen Chrlstense and Michael Flaherty;
gixth row, f, to r.) Harold Forman, Ann Anderson, Lli Phillips, Clyde
Patterson and MarJIynne Moynlhan.