The-Leader_1978-03-30

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42nd YEAR No. 48 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, MARCH 30,1978^
FREEPORT'S
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NlWSPAPER
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,100,000
Organization Night Money Use Limited To
TbBe Next Mon. -- ^ „
koad Repair, Sewer Plant FREEPORT - The Village
Board of Trustees wUl hold its
Annual Organization Nigbt.Kfon-.
day, April 3, 8 pm, at VUlAgc
-Hall.'At the session nrtaln de-partment.
heads and members of
the^Village's Boards, Coinmis-sions
and Committees are ap­pointed
or reappointed.'
r-The Board's regular" first-
- Mdnday-ofrthcjrmonth !"~"puBIic
meeting has been'rescheduled for
MondiyfApril lO.at 8gm;
FREEPORT,- Autjiorization to applyjor $1.1 milUqn in bond Issues •
was approved by the Village Board of Trustees at thi^. past Monday
night's open Board Meeting. Authorization to apply for bond issues'^
does not necessarily mean that the village will actually seekthe bond-,
spend the money, or assess the taxpayers. Mayor William White, in
fact, pointed out that a previous . ': .
Fire Department
-EfectiontiThiirs;
EREEPOBT" -.~On Thars^',
MAKING LAST.MINUTE PLANS' The friBOiRjrtrChambfir.of. Com-merce'alnstallatlon
Dlhner-Danca Commltteelietd tKeir final meeting
this week to/dlsciisar plans, for this Salurday'^lshfs-fesilvlty: The.
dinner to be held April 4 at Saltr Bay-Ya«hl Club will, honor village
Mayoc-WIUlarn H-7-Whlt8 as-"Mari of the Year" and civic leadatKay
, Bendaa3:.''VirijmffliBftllftY8ar..'';RhotogTaph«dwlttVthotwwguestrtfi
honor.a/e"^(l. t»r,) MsflaiiKhoeller, Ira.Brychk/Nat *4l&ahlj Majw ,_-,n,ben-of the freeoort 'Fire
White,.KayBinda, LlohelSocolov. Alice Vlglano, and Sid Usberman. T^^j^J^{^^
-4=tcketa"arij*30 each and IncTuda a cbcktall hourJ7-8 pm); dinner. VIeri- j f ^ ^ "J^i^Jl^i,. " i^,^,
hes&^able for dessertfXsohtlnuous-JIquld rifreahments and dancing *°, *°* t.jf-^!vTw/^-T^«SI
.nti,tH.w^houn,o,,«S^fporh.ng.< : ^^^^ ;.- , , ^ ^ ^ f g ^ ^ l ^ f S y ^ S
. . . , " . * ; . . - . - - - . ' , .„_ •. department, the members will be
yillo8«^fiK6d For^lidflejSplll -"-^'^P-^-—
bond issue of 51 million, author-
"fzecf by his prtdecesor, had re-qently
been abolished.
The bond issues would cover
two specific areas: roads and the
sewage treatment plant^^^veral
. weelts ago, ihe Highway. Com­mission
reported Jo tbd. Village
Board that3"TKi$'past-winter's
weaiher had IcGEiihe village roads
In need; of ingch rebabilitativW
plained, at least 25% of the
estimated 800.000 it would cost,.
• would be returned. . • *-
.BecmtlonFect
The fee schedule covering use
of the .Recreation Center-> was
altered," followed^ discussion that
. took a great deal of the meeting"
. time., Pre/cr-,ciplalned. that the
>Boaid;h^- asked the.Cfentcr. to
end up .with: incrm<HLreyrones,.
FREEPORT - Following its pleabf "riolocoritendre" (no contest) to
chargesbf i^ot reporting a sludge'spill JErom its miinldpai scrwer. treat-menJ
plant iul^StadfumTait Canal, the Village of Freeport will install
a back flow^reventer valve into the plant..
AccoFaing to the StaJteJDepartnJent of Environmental Conservatioii'
(DEC), to whom'the spill s h ^ d ,:-« .. .•" 'r ,. i ' •^-
have been reported last February^ ber of 1972, DEC withdrew its-
1,000 gallons of sliidge^ was approval of any expinsiqn of the
- spiDed. TVpproximately "onenialf /present municipal fiicaity and tbe'-
of the village's- $20,000 reccid "Dage tlien agreed, to enter mto
fme will be used to pay for the" Sewer Districtja. A DECspidces-installatioQ
of the device in the • person however maintained ihat.
Apta£6;3«'^<^?»iio'^~30(>rr.worfc T^^
raised, sucblan - increase, would -
not =btfT>ossible. With Trustee '
Stdnn noting that'residents pay
for the/Qenter in thdr taxes, a
compromise war^worked' out.
The new proposal wbold'increase
the resident family, discount plan
from $12S to S150 annually. The
sununer discount plan ,for -a
resident .family would increase
fix)m $55 to S60, as would fall and
winter plaits. A resident individ­ual
discbiint plan.would jump to
$70 annually fronJ 560; and toi
$27.50 for either the summer or.
fallTeaJson'or $25 for the winter.,
seasqn._^ • - - . '
^ Non-resident—discount pla&s
,jurop frpm $185'for a family's
sbdn-to-be dosed sewage treat-
_/inent plant.' A ra^o^t'fo use tdtal
• 'fide, for the additional improve-
. .jnents was denied by the state. -
although the nilage would go into
the Cedar Creek facility withifr a
few years,' it had never. re«»niV
mended that the present plant be.
dosed. '. • J
ofSdv
t.'^AcxOTding to a DEC~spokes-
^ .p«300i although the sute en-" ^ -J»>e sludge._the end pWdnct of
u -.^OT^esilremohal resolntfi3in:df - the sewage treatment, occurred—
: ^sfeWageJreatoent problems, the,' »«««^«.*«^5 ^>%8e — *«m^
--^Cciimty.would have'^ aaept:
•1Ptii^?orl into,-jtS'sewer, dismal
'.-..• 'systeux.. j, ~1".-.-- ~- '-- - _".
•' Freejport.VSnpcnntendcnt "of
'Public Wpiis Ed Prefer oplained
Street.^
—'-Bin SanoVs fbrrter'Mptain.'of '
Hose X currently serves, on a '
- number of company and depart­ment
committees, indncfing.the •
whidi'iiwd of instmctors'and the de- ,
"^ thifth^vialage has~bc^«eking' -immediately froze in place-on'the "paJrtinent's hose wminittec. He -
i-':td instiffsSch a-preventive^ve gr«">d^;^ oveisoen/by fthec alsoomentlrscrvesa^ warden.,
.-:>fbrabout a yeaf Inn regulatonr.j.,N«ssan County B^^^ "^ ^ * — ° ^ K T i » ^ S k ^ t «f F ^ '"
1 agencies wwe not able to lecoifl- «>«i federal and_state environ-, . A Ine-long ^esJflent of Free-.
r meaa »n iHsrwed device.-DEC'S JMntaliagenciw. W\iit:Mmm4 -. PP^'
5800,060 fbrwti* to bejfenc this
vyear, but the_Board-a^eed.."dB--
$500,000. Trustee Dorothy Storm,
mentianed that her concern that :
"we will hiive roads, but no tax­payers
riding on them because
they'll all be taxed out." White,
however, explained thai the work
has to be done. '-We are obli-
-gatfiilto do certain-things,-": he.:,
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The Village ' Highway.' Com­mission
was instructed to prepare
"a list of projects In terms of prior­ity.
The amount was unanimously
agrec.duiponrfollowdng a motion
by Trustees Tom Loyelidge and
Wayne Jordan.
A $600,000 "authorized bond
issue would cover the'- cogs-'amjial fee to $210; ind from S7S
needed to.dean out fhc^Af^Me^^^-ggsfor-^i^i^ (he summer, faH
treatment plant before it ^n be „ , ^ i ^ season. An individual
-pennaneiJt^cwantxby 198L If . ..
hose cdinmitt.ce and..campajgtt, t.hffijob^i* done iww,.Prefer-ex-.- (ContonPageS) . - •
committee. -• .''. • . -'' ^' ~ |7. •/ --;- —~ • ' —v '<
A-life-long resident of *Fr»E*-
port, Terry, his wiftftnd thek two_^
sons currently reside -oir~Pblk~-
well i s a Second Depu^
Foiir^ candidates are seeking
elecdon. two'foF*the, Second-
Deputy''frpbsition, and two for the
TfefaTJeputy'SLspot.. '
- For Second beputy CWef. the
candidates are Bob Terry of hose
4 and William Sarro of Hose 2. ,
TenyLJLformer captain oTHose
A, Js -currently-vfierving'.as a
waKlen r ofj:rthe-rFrecport-' Fire
Council,'as wen as being a
company' tnistee and . company
instructor. He isjlsojim«ynbcr of
;-the .department's—fire alarm
t^cpmnjittec, board, of instructors,
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the record cold spell iof .1977'and
its;-attendant...-difficulties .in_
pumping, trnddng'and barge
removal. Oeannp of.tbespiDed
sludge,* the majority of
Sann fivfs mi Rnvdalc
J^^'go-aheadi-tie vfflage'-says,. is
^^EMeaUry fur ihlsmunldpalliy'to-'
i- ?'&rtslpwnCits plant -and; tie its.
i - f sewer 'dijpc«an^stepi_ into that
- -/. mairitiSned by .Naisao. County.
;i;::fficMa'«ntiripiting i tfc-in with,
•_:tiie- spill:. i'an.-acddenfal--disi
ahargei" Tha {ioe waa aot fbf th'e
^venae. He is married, with fero"
•rhtlrinfh'. " .- : --'f; •..
J Sewer District 13. Federal ahd
• l^^siMJ^^mvirptima^ stxndMrds.
' 'rha^ ,rendered .the . continned
f maintenance of the-Wnage, plant
'J^.ecoJxaaicafly oofeaslble.' -:- -
- ^^b^WilHamWiiite said this
^ week that in November 1971, the
Federal <JoveTnment suggested.
' — . F i e e ^ enter into the County
. system. A :y ear later, m Septan-spillage,
bat the fidhtrejjf Free—-^^-^- IWrdDepo^Kace. fr
port to'report it imiwsdiateljrto'' ~ • For the new position of^TMrd .
the proper aofBotities. A village 'iDiqEWty Chief, the candidates gre
"sppkespetsoti ' said—that ''^tBb».- 'Jack C.tttohxff. .Hose..| aad-tea-
Fieldsa of Emergency Co. 9.-. :
—" .fflm«'apmn-or
yqnent testini^ by an.lndgpen''
dent laboratory ot water sanqiles
'fidm Stadium Park* Canal, the;
' waterway adjacent to the spillage
ste, Sdled to show evidence of
sludge. DEC noted, Iiowev«r^ tlut-
:. the testing was.made .more.thaa-seven
day» after the incident and
'-Hose; I, nirrently serves as a
warden on the- Freeport -Fire FOR A WOHTHY CAUSE. Apfll tut b«m proclaimed Caocer CootrcK
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^ ^ J ^ J ! ^ . ^ , A J ^ ^ J ^ Month in m« vflla(,«^,-fr6epart.:AaapUnfl the proclamation from
the li^tttgneirts budget commtf- .^ayor William H. WhiteIsecood fnxiif.);are iMSt pfe«l<tent:«f the
.tee.lle.has_alsp.setved on-the iFreefwrt-Biawch-of fbe'Amerlian.Cancer Society Jim Fortunate (I.);
department's parade and dia-ia^ge^,a^ (^^^^v^Jocksbwerr and^ < ^
that by that-time the coBforai—committees and joomal-nanxnit: .-"The ACS wtlflMgn setling raffles next'wMirTsr fl.drawing to be. held at
count would have returned Tto- .tecs.-. .-, v -" ; ~ ' -their annual Danc8-CocktajiParty,^8unday,.May'7,'at-Mallb«i Beach
normal dne_to the flushing and - . ' - .v- ; _ ': Club;.IIckot»_at.JJ7.50_ma/J}e.:Purchased throoflh .Tom White,
tidal aHion^ln'the creckT^— ' (ConLonPageS) "..: 378-6484. - • ... . ..,.