The-Leader_1978-12-14

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
LIERAf^IAtr • . , - ..
NASSAU cn lUSTOniCAL UUSEVij
EISEHUOWER PARK
EAST MEADOW, M Y 11554
WE LEABER FREEPORT'S
OFFICini
NEWSPAPER
43rd YEAR. No. 33 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. DECEMBER 14,1978 PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
Reserve Decision On New Porlcing
• " 2 1 " - " ' ' • * • 0 Village Seeks Mixed Response To New
Go*rbSe Wck-up Assessment Disfrict
VOLUNTEERS' ACHIEVEMENTS HONORED. Pictured at Lydia E.
Hall Hospital's fourth Junior Volunteer Award Ceremonies, held
recently, are some of the volunteer Candy Stripers and Cadets who are
residents of Freeport (top photo). They are (I. to r.) Randi Groder,
Palricia Jack, Janice Kramer, Sandi Darter^ Mary Blen MtLean,
Christine Gabler, Monica Terry, Dana Powmesamy, Jackie Hastings,
Joan Brady, Jean Liebhart, Jean Laffin, Pamela Eldridga, Mary Sue"
Simons and Joseph Figgs. Bat)ette Kolack (far right),.the hospital's
Director of Volunteer3, awarded them their certificates. Along with the
hospital, the Freeport Rotary Club presented a Scholarship Award to
Outstanding Volunteer, Eleanor Sarrantdnlo (bottom photo). A vol­unteer
at the hospital for three years, Eleanor (second from r.) received.
her award from James Parola (I,), Freeport Rotary vice-president^and
Marvin Herschberg (r.)", hospital adminisuator. Looking on is Marie
Therese Buley, R.N., director of the hospital's Personnel Health
Department. -.
Tentative Village Budget
Cut More Then 30*
FREEPORT - Residents of one
and two-family houses in the
village will be able to voice their
opinions on a possibility of
changing the traditional manner
of picting &p gariiage b Free-port's
residential areas. Pick-up
now is from the rear of proi)ertics.
The question posed to residents,
through a mailing they will be
receiving this week, is whether
or not thi^ method should, be
continued or if curbside pick-up.
should .replace it. Presently
only their trash is picked-up from
ciirbs.
:; The, inailing piece. from, the
Lyillage- govetnment>saIlows one -
I ''yoteV per familyontheinatter.
''^--The'; village's mailing' piece
'points out that $310,000 could
have been cat from the current
; budget if. Freeport had gone, to
curbside. pickiip during the 1978-
79 year.'.Thi?, the piece, says
.represents a savings'of $27 to
the average homeowner for the
year. Hofneowners can determine
their own savings by a simple
(Cont. from Page 15)
Moraii Jailed...
For 16 Hours
FREEPORT - . Calling all
Nassau County judges "Republi­cans"
and declaring "1 want to
get it over with," Freeport home­owner
Douglas Moran went off to
Nassau County Jail Thursday
evening, December 7, to b e ^ a
five day term for ^uttin^ up a
temporary for sale sign without a
permit. • Moran had just been
sentenced to the stay in jail in
lieu of a $250 fine, whidi he.
refiisedfopay.
;• Since the Village sign ordi-nance
was passed in October,
1977.43 reddents bad been noti*
. fied that they needed permits for
FREEPORT • The Village Board held a public hearing Monday
evening, December 11, to consider the establishment of q special
assessment district for expanded parking in the area of the Freeport
Mall. Approximately 15 people spoke on the issue at the meeting which
was chaired by Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm in the absence of Mayor
William White.
FREEPORT - The village Board of Trustees met Thursday, Decem­ber
7, and Saturday. December-9. in open-to-the-pubHc budget work-',
shops after they bad been &ced tiie previous wedc with.a possible'
97< per SlOO assessed valuation tax increase in their tentative 1979-...'
1980 budget (THE LEADER, issue of December 7. page 1). Mayor'
-Wmiam H* White had sub- .- r •
(Cpnt.onPageIS)
seqoently met mtb his. depart-..
. heads and asked .tbem.,to s;d>mit
• Jheir .suggested cuts.'-^
'v''At the Saturday session, the
Board worked tbc figure down to
.approximately 60* per '$100
assessed valuation. In the process
.they discussed, at great lengths,
- whar Mayor Wiite termed tfaetr
, "philosophy r of government;"
Cbnunenting on the cuts made,
. Vnrfte said "I think we are joimng
the paranoia of propositicn 13 and
I tiunk we are doing a disservice
despite flic popularity of it.".
The Mayw noted that the thrust
. -sthboe o"ldp rboeb.aliemme.d" saut dthiaosstei icea sutsainteg.
While Trustee Dorothy Storm"
said she .felt the viO^.was-catdiing
up with what "we should
have been doing the last jBve'
years," White answered that'
he felt the^ had been doin^ so hj
consoGdatug jobs, efinunating'
jobs and seeking federal fiinds to.
keep taxes down.
Cuts that were made^in the two
sessions were done with what
White termied a "consensus" oif
the Board. While one Trustee
might wish to cut a service com­pletely
and another retain it
totally, others would suggest
- ... -(Cont.on Page 16) ',"
SPECIAL
NOTICE
Llnordcr to'iallow our
.readers an extra day in
which to' - benefit by'
holiday shopping ads in
next week's LEADER,
:the December 21 issue,
will be mailed .one day
'eariy.' ;' '' -.--
All neys items, publi-
-city materials and othier
information slated for
pablication in the issae
of December 21 mnst be
in our offices Friday,
December 15 at 5pm.,
Among those who spoke were
several merchants of the Mall
area who were in favor of the
assessment district; businessmen
and owners of commercial
property located near, but not
on, the Mall, several of whom
suggested a larger. assessment'
district to spread the costs more;
and owners of residential -pro­perty
both in the assessment dis­trict
and other parts of the village,,
who were opposed to te propK>sal.
Approximately 40 new parking
spots woma oe maae avaUable by .
the expansion of the parking.
Along with the actual construc­tion
of the expanded lots, costs
include the acquisition of pro-.
perty, such as several buildmgs
between Church Street and the
Mall, which would also provide a
walk-through to the norUi part of
the shopping street: and several
buildings on Newton Boulevard
which would create parking doser
to the unrented former-Grant
store and its neighboring esta­blishments.
The total costs would be divid­ed
into two types of taxes.
Twenty-five percent would be
bom by all the village taxpayers
as it would come from the munid-pal
account; the other 75% would
be paid by ibe property owners in
the tax assessment district.
Village Treasurer James Lyons
was able to ^ve those present
. figures of $21 per $100 assessed
valuation as the cost to those
property owners who wish to
spread their payment over a 15
year period. Their tax payments
would, therefore, be levied at the
cost of $1.40 per year per $100
assessed valuation, ftopcrty
owners wishing to pay the entire
amount levied at one time would
pay closer to $14 per $100 as­sessed
valuation, but — as Lyons
said — most elect to spread the
payments over a IS year period. It _
w'ould*seeifi,°'tTicfcreifc7Troni the"
figures given at the meeting', that
an ofwner of property assessed at
$50,000 (probably therefore
commerdal) would pay S700
annually for 15 years,-There were
some residential property owners
present whose homes were in the
special assessment district. One
person said his assessment was
$10.(XX); he would therefore pay a
special tax of $140 annually.
Widen Hie District
Several of those who spoke said
they agreed in concept with the
expanded parking and the
creation of a speciaftax to pay for
it. but suggested a larger mstrict.
Added parking in the Central
/Business District affects parking
in the areas outside the district,
explained property owner and
retailer Lionel Soa>Iov. (Socolov
said he owns several properties
within the proposed assessment
district totallmg $140,000 in'
assessed valuation.) Socolqv's
suggestion was to-add the east
side of Henry Street tff the special
.(Cont on Page 16)
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FUND RAISERS, At^ORK. A acacM from ttw rK«nf Woodwvd
Mental Heaith Cenler ba^ar showa Mra. Morton Poiiak (r.), member
of th'e board of the Volunteers of Woodward (VOW), aid trig a shopper
In the selection of a gift purchase at the' recently held Woodward
Bazaar.-Gertrude Bermaxi, executive director of Woodward Mental
Health Center, Indicated tfiat this year's bazaar was one of the most
successful in recent years. Funds raised are to tie used to maintain and
augment programs on tiehalf^qf the Freeport-tiased center's young,
lemoHonaliy-c^stuiiMdpppplauW^^ ' •• / j . / .'.(PhotobyDeSalvo)