The-Leader_1978-10-12

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FREEPORT'S
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NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR, No. 24 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 12.1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Boord Votes For Self-Insurance
New Program Expected
To Save Up To $250,000
FREEPORT - Quietly and without fanfare, the village board of
trustees voted Thursday night, October 5, to become the first village
on Long Island — and perhaps in New York State — to go the route of
"self-insurance." The vote on the modified form of self-insurance was
4-0. Trustees Al Sirlin andWayne Jordan, who constituted a two-person
temporary insurance com
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A'SNIP OF THE WBBOftafid-Ma^or WUIIant"^ officially dwilcated tffe-'F/'ecijJort.MaJi; The
ceremonies Jhl? past JSaturday afternoon were attended by'fiuch dignitaries as Congressman Norman
Lent (to the;ir.,:of4he mayorJ,-whp.delivered the keynote address:.Assemblyman Armand D'Amato
.and State Senator Norman ilevy (both tolh'a r. of Lent); and representatives of the business commu­nity:
and Villaae residents. The $1.8 million Mali was paid for by federal Community Development
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Freeporters Attend Conference
Oh Cofnrnunltyjniprovement
FREEPORT - Oak Part is a suburb of Chicago. Dlinois. Its 58.390
residents live in lower-middle to upper-middle class hqimes.and apart-irients
which four years ago were worth about one-third of their present
value, if they were" salable at all. Today. Oak Part is a thriving, proud
village., .but just across Austin Street (one of its borders), lies anoiher
.community, which has one of the ^ - -
highest crime rates in the coun- the village of Oak Jart (and by
try. - .. .other municipalities) was "the
-What'did Oak Park - do—to—adoption of a policy statement
achieve its status.' as a "model" ' by its Board of Trustees which
American connmmtiy? What states that "The people of Oak
factors led to the positive and ' Park have chosen this" commii-for
and paid for the awards.
Metz's community services
also included hischairmanship of
the comihittee which ran the cele­bration
of the 75th anniversary
of the • village's ' incorporatioii.
Raynor, who chaired the Freeport
bicentennial Committee, also
headed up a recent series of
(Cent, on Pa^e 11)
mittee appointed by Mayor Wil-jlam
H. White, moved and
seconded the motion. They were
joined by White and Trustee
Dorothy Storm. Tom Lovelidge
was not presenrat the meeting.
Because it was a specially
called legislative meeting, there
were few people in the audience
at the time. Norman Schmeling,
.the village's broker who.lost a
commission estimated at between:
10-i5% of the proposed Hart­ford.
- Insurance ,:.Company's
'5800.000--preefiium,- later told
THE LEADER that the village
board, was "gambling with the
taxpayers' money...They arc
changing from a fixed dollar
program to a gambling pro­gram."
he charged.
Sirlin and Jordan, on the other
hand, -pointed to the savings
for the village. They claimed that
it could amount to up to^$250.(X)0
a year "depending upon our ex^
perience." Sirlin. in fact, pointed
out that "although there is an
element of risk...past experience
helps us to predict what the
future will hold."
In agreeing with Sirlin. Jordan
also pointed out that the village
will be accuihulating interest on
the money it puts into an account
to be used for settling any insur­ance
claims. This, the trustee
said, can be put back into the vil­lage
treasury and increases the
actual ~ saving's to the village
through the plan.
. The program, which was pro­posed
• by Irving Weber Asso­ciates
of .New York City in the
spring of 1977, has several parts.
Thevill*ge^|s^eductible5:jiifhich it—
Is responsible for paying to bona-fide
insurance claimants, rims
from $10,(X)0 for automobile
physical damage (excluding fire
department vehicles) to $400,000
on Workmen's Compensation
claims (again excluding the fire
depanment). The insurance com­pany.
Insurance of North "America
(INA) will be insuring the Rre
"Department vehicles and the
volunteer firemen on a first dollar
basis. The deductible per claim
for both comprehensive general
liability and automobile liability
(Cont.onPageJ2)
aggressive growth _ in- such
communities as Shaker Heights.
Kalamazoo •'and Teaneck,. New
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To discover what steps a com-tnunity
can take, what programs .
" have piroved soccessful, and what
aids are; already. available; ^Gti-bank
sponsor^ twojf-Freeport
volunteer dvicwoikeiai "to attend
• a.;M»nfeTciJce recently io-Oai"
-•Part.- :".v^.;\- : . .-V^.V-:--
• Ezplaiidng why • his'bwk .felt
"the, S600 cpsf.was-'a 'good ""in--
vestmeni," Be^onal vke'prea-detit.
Hetb Myers-s^.' ."Citibank'
: is-:miidi'icoiiunhre<L to -seeing a
.'better FireepOTt."'-v.- _ ' -:
.; : ."WithGat'CJti6«ik, wc wonld;
-.not.haYp:beeniable to go to the;
r/confereiiee,'' 'Ellen; Exmct and
: Sara -H6ll^rpl*a<Jent"aBd4vice'.
..presidc9t oif jhe Frtepott-Assod-
- ation7-f5ia~THE LEADER Who',
was present w*en they.reported
their findings l>ack to the bank.
A third Freeporter also attend­ed,
the conference. The village
sent Ramona Crook, paid coordin
• nity.. not so much as a place to
live, but as" k way of life. A key
ingredientjn the_quality"of this ,
life is the "diversity of these same
people; a broad representation
. of various occupations, profes-
'sions and age and income levels;
(Cont.onPageJ).
FpurT^ecelve
-; Plaques At
r< Ma|l Opening
=r FREEPORT - the'^dcification of
~ the new Freeport Mall-Saturday,
October ?,-mddded-ceremonies
at . which .-^plaqiwi were pre-,
"^hted to foa^^^wnons fot their
-:s«yia to the cominnniiyr'* - •'.
*, Village historiaii Gintoii Metz,
Robert Raynor --^ dcscenident
of the'Toanding'family of the vil­lage
-r bunder Fred Scalamandre
and maivisng editor, of.THE
: J.EADER . Rhoda Keller were
named by the Freeport Chamber
- Tof Coihmerce for their activities
ator for the village's; StabOira- --o n behalf of the. viDagc. The
tjon . and . Affirmative . Housing— |!Taques were preseiited by Her-
Task Force. „bcrt Myers', re^onal vice-presto
Among the program used by dcni of Citibank which arranged .
Crra»POR THEIR SERVICE TO FREEPORT, four 0er»onrre«ilved plaques at the Mall dedfcatloo
ceremonies. The fotirfxhosen by the Freeport Chamtjer of Commerce, were-given their plaques'
by Herb Myers.Q.) of aubank, which presented and arranged.for them. Bob Raynor (top I.), Rhoda
Keller (top r.), Clinton Metz Oower L) and Fred Scalamandre (lower r.) show their awards.