The-Leader_1976-12-30

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
nvriRRICK
NASSAU CTY HISTORICAL MUSBUJI
EISEJIHOIIER PARK
BAST MEA005,. H T U 5 5i FRHPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
4IstyEARNo.36 • FREEPORT. NEW YORK. DECEMBER 30,1976 PRICiElS^PEfteOFY
Village Tax Would Be $10.a4
Per $100 Assessed Value
-FREEPORT • Commenting that for about $700 a year In A^lage
taxes (oh a house assessed at $7,000), the average homeowner.is
"getting a tremendous buy" la Fieepott, Mayor William White, un-;
veiled and explained his 1977-78 munidpal budget. White pointed
to some of the services the Village provides its resident^rtiie backyard
garbage pickup, a local' police
the already existent laduifrial
Park n Fteeport,, and the tMn-down
of some S529,681 in re­quests
by Village D^artment
heads, has resulted in the'smaU-est
tits increase-in several years.
Last year's increase was $1.05 per
n/t-nrrfH viliilllJlii'fill', [liii ^'O^rthf yeftiplieft>f«iitwas$1.12;
department, sewers and a
recreation program and Recrea­tion
Center, which are included
in- the $12,525,758 proposed
munidpal' budget.. Ttiis year's
$11,799,136 budget carried with
H i ViHage tax of $10.08 pet $100
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"^^*^^'iMi«»Kr. OJinmltiii mAmbart ind
Tatf FMter {4th from i.f Pmideflt
pfFr^aport Kiwanis whidt-conr
frlbuted to. the gitt. Join . with:
,xin«mberv of the Fra^ort Exempt.
tfiremens Assodjitloii^jbefore two,
. doors donated, to' th^lvtitMciatioh
at 9 cost of 1500.: Seen In front of
-Lthe.dobrs, repftciik'^'the'oriolnal
' ones when the structure was built
In the igooe. are (i-:-to rl) Etalno
StBttner. Carol' Feldm'an.- Com^
mittee Director Robert Raynor,
' Fwfcer, Fundralsthg Ctialrwoman
Adelaide^.-Alms, AssodaOori
vPrMident Donald Giordano, Fire
.ChlefArthurLjewls. Third Deputy
Chief :Walter' Monstere, Frank
..Sarro,-WiiC8n! Giordano, Homer
Weedj DavW Qrlener, Harry drlt-
.mon,. Henry Anicerrnann and
William Daube.: The $2,800
Mrlllon (photo at-1.), which will
shortly t)e playing chimes in the
area of the'Freoport Memorial
- Library, was bought bythe com-
-mittee arid the George Morton
Levy Fund. Aims looks on as the
Library Director Wilfred Morin
(J.) and"- Raynor .inspect the
mechanics. . - ".
posed . tentative budget would
meu in increase of 16< per $100
assessed valuation,-for a total tax^
rate pf 410-24. "Ill* 16* {qcrease
wodid cost\tli6 'owset -tof rtiie
-arei aga 'i'.Jb^MM^.Mt^st&t Zv.kX:.
«7»00Q,. an additional, 9dlf per
moi!ltH.:f':.;:/''v'^-\^^^,^'J:^''
- The" profos^d budget. will be.
the:sabject ..of. a poblic^tteartiig-'
Monday, January.. 3,j8 pm,._at
Village Jlan.-'Co^es of the "com-.
ilete line by line budget are avail-
'leTiilBB dHicert#the~VflIage
Cletk for''those residents who •
wish toseetliim.- , . ' ''
White-explained that the sale
.of tmdevdoped.land adjacent to
:•_ With" estimated revenues
$3,399,669 -and "an estfanated
;$200.f)QO'- fash.-sitiiatioh, the.
aiqaturt'M; 18.928.068 tti^'ust be
nised-'.tbToitB!b;'pirppehy-tJ^
.^11ie,vJSBajBe^rHdtal-'-assessed - -
i valoaifamTli jjow . $87,247,543,
.^h£kroJ$2iB;6Sl-8KfceM976.>7. -
«The;$i0,24 yOlago tax is sepa-
..rat^-fionrUie.S^hoql District and
zthe County tixesJ- '-'.-^ -'; '•.-'-:-•]
.-JVhite remarked tliat he b'^vety.
; pleased to be able to bring only -
~a-sraall-lncteasej|o.imy_fellow
' residents." Unlike a city, town of
county gov^tnment, the. Mayor . •
. explained, the Village cannot levy
(C5ottt.ohPage6).
Sunishine l^v^ Opens Meetings
; FREEPORT • With the recent^ enaieted state Open Meetings Law
' Omown as,tlie'VS;mshioe Law.'.') In efiect-starting January 1. 1977,
the Vin^o(Freepott,th<:Freeik«t Board of Education and the Board
of.Trostees of the Freeport-Memorial .Library wiD all be aSected.
Meetings of all Boardi asd Cpmmissibns^ of the Village win be open
to the public as of January 1;
The Library Board of Tnatees
win. begin to hold open.Board
meetings in Jamia^' and the
School J Board,. whosie. monthly
meetings, have beat.open to tiie
public,- will icoon open' their
budget deIiI>ei^afioq'seuk»s.
",' Section-90bf the new law states
that "it is essential )b the matri-tenance
of a denuxiratic society
that the public fmsiness be per­formed
in an open and public
m^^mner and that the citizens of
this state be fully an-are of and
able to observe the performance
of public oSidals and attend and
listen to the deliberations and
decisions that, go into the making
of public policy."-
TbeNewLaw,
According to the law, every
meeting of a public body ihaQ be
open to the general public except
that an executive sessidn'<i.e. one
not opes to the general public)
may be ddled. for matters
whose disdosore would imperii
public safety or rievea! thi^identity
of a.law-enforcement-agency or^
agent; ^fcv matters -relating to
investigations of a. criminal -na­ture;
. regarding ..' litigation;
collective . negotiations; per­sonnel
matters; or the acqoisi-tion.'
sare or lease of real property
wtucfa would I>e affected by public
knowledge. , •
Public notice of aD scheduled
meetings shaU be made, accord­ing
to tiie law, to the news media.
at least 72 hours i>efore each
(Cent, on Page 12)