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FBEEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER 13.1983
48thYEAR. Np.25
PRICE 25*re8.COPY
Guv Signs FreeBorf School Aid Bi
4-Day Week Lowers
New Equqlizaiion Rate Will
Offset Decreasing Values ^
ALBANY - The Fteepoit School Disikt wSI b ^ ^ to leUiit acre
state aid in the I9S4.85 school year, thaab to l^^btioo spoosoRd by
State Senator Ncnaan J. Levy. vUch Kin casse the estah&shment cf a.
new and separate cqaaBzatian tate fat the local sdiool iSstikt.
The Fireeixict Sdncl Distnct's state aid b presently calcslited nader
the Town ti Hempstead's eqoali-
"STOP DWI" Uw Is
Saving Uves, Says
Levy; Freeport
Police Also Making
DM Arrests :
FREEP08T - Flpues gathered -
by New jTotk. State Senator
Nomuui J. Lev> point to the.
success of the State s STOP DWI
Law, and the Village of Freeport's
police'activity is picking up intoxi-caied
drivers reflects the trend.
According to Senator Levy,
nearly 600 lives have been saved -
on New-' York State highways
during the fint year and a half
under the State's STOP DWI
Jaw.
Levy is chairinan of the Senate
Committee on Transportation and
vice-chairman of the Senate.
Spedal Task Force on Drank
-Driving. He co-sponsored- the
Slate's STOP DWI Uw with
Senator Winiam T. Snuth.
There were 361 fewer fataTuics
during 1982, the first foQ year
under STOP DWI. compared with •
1981, the year prior to the law,
says Levy. V^f Senator added
that the latest arailahle Depart­ment
of Motor Vehidea (DMV)
statistics, which cover Janoaty 1-
June 30, 1983 showed the state­wide
reduction, in fatalities as
continuing, with 226 fewer fatali­ties
compared with the fitst six
months of 1981. In Nassau Count;
alone, between January and June
1983. there were 24 fewer falali-
~ lies than the same period la 1981,
(ConUonPageB)
Sanitary District 2 Tax
Down 4'In 1984
BALDWIN - A planned coesoGdafioo of collection days in Samtary
District 12 win mean lower taxes for i&ttict residents, the Kstrict's
Board of Conumssiooen explaiiied last week.
^ The foor day, week, along with the pmcfaase of Ugb-cocipactioa
- diesei load papers, win mean a tax decrease cf4« per SIOO cf assttsed
valoa^on for District resSdeats^
WARNING
A roan daiming tobe mak-.
ing energy audits on behalf
of the Village of Freeport has
been lelephooing local resi­dents
and attempting to
make appointments to come
to their nooses.
The Village has no know­ledge
of or connectfcn with
any individual or group mak­ing
energy audits and sug­gests
homeowners be wary of
any misrepreseatatioos.
The tedac&n win take eHeet
on January 9,1984.
Sanitary District 12 includes
Baldwin, Sooth Hempstead and
part of Roosevelt.
In the face of other Sanitation
Districts raising tax rates, in
one case mace than 20« per SIOO
assessed vafatatioa, the Board of
Commissioners of Sanitaty Dis­trict
12 feels the reduced rate "is
a proud accomplishment in a tide
of tismg costs,"
According to the . Board of
Commissiooets, Sanitaty District
12 has been able to avoid any
type of defidt spenifitig or large
tax increases "thndgh good fe­cal
management and cost saving
measures," althoogh "faced with
rapidly increasing oasts over
wMch they have very Ettle or
DO cocttol."- Geaeral. health and .
vehicle itisuTance, nnemployment
insurance.'and LILCO and New
York Telephone rates are jost a
fewexamples.
Recently, the Board of Com-missiooers
undertook.a compre­hensive
study of the daily "esca­lating
costs of operation." This
induded an tn-d^th look at c<d-
Icction practices of mnnidpali-ties,
both locaHy and nationally,
similar in size and tiatare to Sani­tary
District 12. Of the many
CDIlectioD practices reviewed, the
Board found thai one in particu­lar,
the consolidation of coQectioD
days, seemed to best EO the
needs of the District.
The conso&datioo of coOectioa
days simply means picking op the
same amount c^ refuse currently
allowed in four days insteaS <i
the pcesent five days. The Town
of Oyster Bay, wtdch imple­mented
the fciur-day week two
yean ago, has 'apparently been
very snecc^sfol with the program
and has teaTued sabstatitial sav­ings-
Service changes. the.Boatd cf.
Commissxaiers explained, but
the voloxne remains the same.
At' present all residences and
commercial stops are allowed 20
items per week. In the new
system eadi teadence or-com­mercial
stop win be allowed ten
items per picknp for the same
total of 2p per week.
Residents will have the same
pickup service in terms of Special
Pickups. They irill be handled the
ssme way as now. with the ei-ceptioo
of scheduling for pickup
being coordinated to coincide
with the new work week.
In the new system regardless .
of when a boGday appears on the
calendar, no resident ix business
win fcse service. Wednesday and
Saturday wiB be used to CH
in for boiday coDections that are
missed .
The District win reduce the
munber d ctillection rentes from
the present 16 to 11 and win re>
dscc the maitpower level throagh
attri&n. Recently cnodnded con­tract
negotiations with emplcy-ees
esstire the District that
productivity iscteases vrill enable
the workers to pick up the same
amoont of refuse in four days that
they now pick up in five.
The Boaiff'of Comroissioners
indude: James Benjamin, chair,
man; Gary Edels, vice-chairman:
Nancy Cooghlan. tieasurer;
Robert L. Simmons, and Jtoben
L. Williams, cnmmist«ioers.
Doogjas A. HoSman is the Sec­retary
to the Board of Com-imsnooers
and Robert A. Noble
is the General Supervisor.
Woman Abducted
FREEPORT - A 26-yeaT-oId
Ftetport vroman reportedly was
ahdocted io her own car Satur­day
mgbt. October 1. and focced
to drive to Roosevelt where, when
she tried to escape, she was as-
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xatwarate.
The i>ew le^slatiao—over-.
whelmingly approved by the Sen­ate
and Asembly and agned into
law by Governs Mario domo—
requires the Stale Board of Eipul-izalion
and Assessment to emb-
Esh the new eqaaExation rale
for Freeport. whidi woold be
osed to calculate Sute aid to the
school district.
As a resnlt. it b anticipated
tlitt the Freeport srhnnls will be
pttrrided withlnp to SI.ndBoa in
additional State aid to rrhwation
for the 1984-8S'xchaol year.
AccoT^ng to Senator Levy.
the assessed valnatim of pro­perty
ia the Village of Freeport
has been decreasng in recent
years, while piopeHj values in
the Town of Hempstead lave
been increasing. In computing
the estimated wealth of the Free-port
Union Free School Di^rict.
whid] indudes properties in both
the Town and the Village, the
Stale Education Department has
been using the Town e^iali-zation
rate to determine the
amount of State aid it (Ssttibntes
cadoo aid to the school lEstiict
to continue to help it oCEer excel­lent
fdncational programs and.
by {ivorably ImpacSBg school
taxes, h slxnld eoaxnage an
increase in piopeity values and
help spur ecuuocuc recovery
in the Village and ebewfaeie in
thecBstrict.
"I have been fig^rrwg for addi-tional
sdiool aid^ior Fieepiat
schools for nUK_yeazs.'* says
Senator levy. "B's been a hanl-.
fing^ battle, but we ^have pre­vailed.-.
oDnvipdns. tike-'Scute.
Assembly «ad aoir tbe GowerDor.
of Freepon's desperate need {or
this additiooal school aid,"
concluded Levy.
Freeport Gets
$5.7 Million From
Feds For Sewers
WASHINGTON, D.C - The
federal Environmental Piotectioa
Ageticy (EPA) has approved a
grant award of S5.7 million for the
replacetnent and refaabiStatiaa of
the antirinatrd sewer system
to tbe school district. The resah^_ witAlnsn a tnbneo Vimmcacgde bofy FLreoenpgo rbtl. and
has been that schools in tbe Vil-tage
of Freeport recnve sgnifi-cantly
fewer State doOan. dne
to unfair compotaiioa fonsnlas.
Begtnnlng with the 1984-8S
school year, and eadi year there­after,
the new law's effect win
provide a fur shve of State Edn-
Congresstnan Ray McGiath.
the federal grant is the third and
final award by the EPA far.the
sewer prefect and represents -
75% of the antidpated cost. New
Yak State and the vBIage win
share en (he retsaioinK 25% of tbe
(Cont.cn Page 16)
A COMMUNITY THANK YOU. Oh balutf of ths Fraeport Chamber of
Commerca, Mayor William H. WhKa-pnd L) presents • plaque la
Artia and Al Grovar (e.). honoring ttw oxtple for their vartou* (fforts
In tha community. Tha Grovar'i, in buslnets on Fraepcrt'a waterfrpr)!
for many yeari, tiava contributed wlUtaut fanfara to their area, tlw
aciiooU, thdr church af>d tha vWaga and, moal racantly. io^Md'the
villaQa a boat to uM for Itta caaion is a poOee boat. Tha ptaqoa was
preaentad at tha Charntxr ol Ccnunarca'a ladiea' Auxsnary bninch,
at Yankee CQppar. Among tha many In attandanca w«ra Larry Qrab-
Inar 0.), prasidant of tha Chamber; Valerie Niconna, praaidatit of the
Ladies' Auxiliary; and Frank FInao, chairman of tha Cha^ibar'a
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