The-Leader_1979-01-04

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•43rdY^AR.No.36 FREEPORT; NEW YORK., JANUARY 4.1979 PiMCE 2 0 ' P ER COPY
I ".^ Village To Flglit Assessment Cuts
THANKS TO THE'U. 8. MAfllNEd. tf I of the chlldrm at the HI-HEU.b Child Day ^Hn Centw In
Freeporthada happy holiday. The gifts were donated by the Marine ReserveaV'Toys^^or-Totft" and
the Red Crpss. More than 120 toys were distributed to the youngsters by Santa Glaus, played by Ai
Fam, a retired'Carpenter who has "adopted*! Hi-Hel(o. The center, iocaietf at 212 South' Ocean
. Avenue, provides early chljdhood programs in a day care' setting fpr working families with children
from one to 10 years of age..
:ni ^ • Homeowners^ Poll Fovprs village Budget
BiickfO^ Hearing Ian. 8
^tbsge. Mayw Wiman H.-Wbite told them tiie poll on bixk p n f vs.
cutbside pidc up. was just to^reinfarce the .tniste«s' thoughts about the
matter. ' '" __ • - l/S.'
to cemuse the
Btck door gaibsge f&±. up' is
waudng over curb me jpick up
_ 2 ^ almost a.4-1 rate, according
; to the count of postcards rctnined
. to Village Hall by December 29.
: As of that day, 2,880 persons
—Tcspuintedtbat th^.werc in f«v«x_
tees did not want I
question of private carting
back door pt^ op.. He ass
Thayer that the" bwd "wjJKnot
make any rash decisions.without
evaluating -aU- -dtcumstfioors."
Th£ board is aware, Whi^ said.
of^Bu&tamng "the presenr^^hatihericfarcafstake48Jobsssd
.methodf 800 bdioted they man; people who have served the
_- wished to see the village effect a village for a long time: —
—^ax saving by chi]npjgTo~airbr----^l»«cond dvic asyxiation to
—sidepickup.
—r—-Kid>ard_Ihayer,
the Steams Park
iciniimed-denl-
4rf
Assbci-
Taiidn,
feelings akratthe pidcnp system,
~ai^ added that they fdt it would
- 4)c "Inapprcspiiate at this time"
tfbllowin^-sieries of artides in a
daii; newspaper) for tiie board to
icontidrr^Tate carting instead of
"^CHiiUnuing. with the municipal
_nidtation department preseotiy
_j»edJl»yCT.«aid tiiat he would
•^"•^g*^ viit'g? to w«h uatil-tfae
held by
Monday,
'January.8, 8 pm at Village HaU.
Speakers wUl be iicoltni .to resi-~
dests and taxpayers of Freepbrt
wbo win be called upon in the
order in wjiich they sign in.
Ktm^yaa^ taken be^nning at
7:30 pm ia the rear of the.mecBng
room. " - • _ ' .
The total of the tentative
ijudget-lsJ.$13,425,^5, jm in­creased
i;4%~6vef iasrycc'i
Under the budget, the tax rate
per $100 of. property valuation
would be set at S11.25, an ad­dition
of S4« over 1978-79. Thcre-
Jore, ailrtititnial cost to the owner
(dhe average. fiouse-assesse4
$f,500 would J y $40.50 for the
Mayor Win^Swtcpdinted
out that while the ^ital operating
Retains Horace Kttimer
To Represenfli In Court
FREEPORT - The village has retained former Vlcc-Chalrman of the
Nassau County Board of Assessors, Horace-Kramer, to represent It on
certain tax-certiorari matters presently pending In the State Supreme
Court. Kramer, an attorn^.with the firm of Wager, Wlnlckililnsberg,
Ehriidt, Reich and Hoffman in Gardett Oty, called the case "unique .-
aSaTaaTHFlEAPER he felt it a "great honor" to have been chosen
by the village Board of Trustees.
The-case—presently pending- andJhe,.court reserved decision".
actually deals with the settle- Kramer will continue to represent
ments four petitioners have al­ready
received, from Nassau
County. The four were ampng
those grant^ a reduction in their
tax assessments this pastsuminer-by
the County, a reduction wldch
caused the Ereepoct sdicibl ta^ —
whldi la based on.the-County's
roles, to btf'aet 10<; Idgher than
'OtiglnaUy -. ^hoounced-'^ (THE
:^U^ER,MtBStA?, i m i ; . V \
•'.' Ttw four petMopera, irho are
rmwBMiitwd bjr.dia same attorney
'—HyiaaB mad'^'tfym*»—mtm
attemptins,' by the tiling. <tf a
'summary Judgement, to have the
vfllage of'Frecpbrt'fbrrtd'.'to"
accept tbe redamoa gfxnted by.
tM County. Freeixjft'a equalka.
tfen rate is 2QK. the Oiunty'a is
16% and the village wished to
reserve the ri^ to decide each
assessment separately. .. ' ^
Kramer, who was appdnted to
the Board of Assessors in Jan­uary.
1962 by County Executive
Eugene Nickerton, served until
Deceihber^, 1973. The village
retained Urn only two days before
a December 6(xi-court hearing
whidi had been postponed many
before and wmeh the WUir
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indicatedH would hear that day
-Kramer managed to .secure
another short delav until Dec­ember
13,'«t which time be had to
-file the papers.-The case was
uHimatrly beard oa Dtccnbcr 18
the village by either neg^Matlng a -
settlement oc defending the cases
la coortio case thte decision goes
against Prceport.
—rThe-^fonr—matters-presently
pending; were • Instituted by.
Hawthoroe Associates, who owo
apartments at 133-159" Smith:
Street, a $60,000 ~ assessment^
- redttctioo'i Carleton Boosd Aaioc-
Slatesi/WMi^iists'fttV19«'.8liM}
S6«et; fra.WH Vm^inrtHoUliic
• :C(aT>:,' .'«pjiriB£eflt t JiOBse'> 155
and the Forepart BandaUGaan-
. p a n y . • '• •• - '',•
" Kramer'a services, according
to the fflotloa of the Board taken
December 4 in Executive Session,
would be reimbursed at the rate
of $125 per hour; his associate's
services at $73 per hour..
Hilf-Farfi On URR
For Sr. Citizens
JAMAICA - The Lmg bland
RaU Road'a half-fare program for
senior citizens and handicapped
persoM was extended to 24 hours
a (lay on January i. PrevloUil/,-
~~such pessons could-ride at half-fare
only on oon-rush hour trains.
The prograth la undergobg
a sb[-raonth.experiineiita] period
(Cont.dDPateS)
.quc^ons raised in the newsp^wx
: aeries were invntigatrd hj "die
..The pro­of
the "^
Thayer stated, '^may have b«ar—Trina|e of Freepojt
• due to some jnifVegnario of die speaal services d>at we i^^bt
speak was TASCA. Represented
iyf Janene Suchan, that organiza­tion
went on.jr«;OTd_as opposed:
to private cahing.'
-ajEsidfint-oL
Colonial Avenue, said she was
"neutral" aBJSrt the matter of
-where-garbage riwohHie pidced . . .. . , , -,. . . , -
up, ex^aii^g that she putt hers bndget^is.increased onk riijhtly
x,rt in front. However.Xi ^»ke - - J ^ f " ^ " « | ; J ^ ^ ^ ^^
of "priorities," noting Aat she «n«t«l «> T^LzjL,.', ^. .
»,r^^i>^ri»'. oo. •«* w»-fr' {.• *M« anti-reoession aid wnico we tua
• ^ m S ^ C ^ - ^^^^: umiJi.UimL dinkulMbis.5rsr In,
Nassau Avenne residrnt E n f i L : : * ^ ^ ' JS,"^ ^ / ^ <?» ^
&ctractfpokel5favocpf»»AAi, ««le. of Vfflage-owned land to BETTER LATE mAff NEVEA. AnM Hetertt 0.) rmlvw a C«rtlfl-thstCbe
the-
^'^^'SS^J^.r^^^^ ** * * - ° " cata of AppracJatloo from Fraaport Mayor WlUlam WWla cHlng (ontwr
h,i<m.7QM«^ria. un of s<rvict wtth th« NHIIige's tatm»tion and High- -
adniTnii&alion n the ^ffstm
witUn the i^iOage, oot^widi d)^
systemitseif." - ••-/'.
; White eiplarned dut die tms-ocder
to attract people to fids-fomniHoity...
Sde'doot seniix is'
ooe of tnese iiidqae services.'^
(Coot, on Page 1^
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t t ^ ? ^ h ^ iS^ie"^-^«y Syiffliuliu. nuuuu. Bi. •.u^, uMiaa.
^ ^ ^ 2 ^ i r t i - ^ i i ^ - Vlllao» gave out such cBrtlffcatia. Prmntly workino pwt-Um* at 30~
fcSf-S^nSLi? J f r t ^ ^ t w ! S«««» Oc«an,A)«m«.- Boi»«^appfO«*«d VUlaQt Jurtlfi^ Wph
budget -becaose we dghtly coo- . p ^ , ^ who ha* hi* Jtgrt «fflc«a Ih tht b o H 3 l i > r « 5 ^ riMfte tUa
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