The-Leader_1984-05-03

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Village ol
Freeporl
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Freeporl
School District'
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Baldwin
School District
THE Vr
CitgEepJBCC JviaviQRUL L^
UAHER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 3,1984
149th-yEAR.-No.2 .
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freeporf School Vote Wed., May 9
BaMwh School Vole
On Wed., May 9
P.O. Hendricks Budget Two Seiifs On
FREEPORT - Village Police
Board Of Ed To Be Decided
Officer Roosevelt Hendricks was BALDWIN - Baldwin School District residenU win go io tlse poOs on
Wednesday, May 9, to vote on the 1984-85 schod bndget and for two
Schod iBoard members.
The vote will be held at Baldwin Senior High School from 7 am to 10
to the community when the bond
was approved.':4it that time there
was great cosicem that onice re-,
pairs weie made, maintenance of
such items as concrete repair,
rooib, etc. should be on-going so
honored at the First Distin­guished
Service Awards Lunch­eon
sponsored by the Nassau
Counlv Municipal Police Chiefs
Association. The luncheon was
held on Tuesday. May I. at! the
Coral House, Baldwin.
Each of the Chiefs of the 25
County municipal police depart-ments'maUng
up the Association
were asked to designate one of
their members to be honored.
pm.
Thfr $32,4413(S pnixaed bod-get
fnf*[i<W foods to Tr«.i"f.i«' an
programs at their cnrrent-IeveiSj,
as wen as over 5100.000 (o coiti-plete
the Oistrictwide coinpoter
prt^nm. In addlUco, fnnda are
also induded for 1984-85 salaries
forallstaS.
Boulukos, Veimn Running
Unopposed For Board
iFSEEroRf-'EreeporisdboDi District voters win go to the poOs-oo
WednewJay. Ii<^9to«ale'oa'a pnMed totif 19»4.85 school badget
of $34,031,729, as wen as the 1964-85 nbrary bodget, and lor two teats
on the Freeport Board c( Educatiaa.
Inrambenta Otatge BnaWna'and CaJvel Veraea are ranafan Miop.
posed for two, tbrte-year aeati.
Bookkca' Is seeiii^. Us third
term; Venzen his tecoid.
The tcboot budget carries with
it an antidpated average^ tax
rate increase of .9594 per $100
assessed valuation.
The final figures reflect the
increased Slate Aid and new
equalization formula obtained for
the district, ai wen as aii attempt
by the School Board .to itse tome
of that money to make long,
needed repairs and previoiisfy
passed.ovier purchases. _ _ -
Since the new eqiialization rate
has not yet been coripletely
determined by the Sute, there
could be a decrease in the school
that such inassire repair costs
would not occur again. ^ _ - - - - - _ - __
Freepori Police Chief Anthony tlie budget^ reprtttenl_a_9% TJ^ t,ti«<g>t win h. fTrl^'"fd IP —tax-after-the-badget-vote.-Ho—ichooJtSeidrr SmjaramounrcT
y Ircird P.O^Hendrietsr^ inarease over tBe current year's iu entirety at the Board^s Annual increase Is poniblc, since there money haa been anocated to
musical Instruments.
Also provided in the budget Is
an ad(Uticna! daas at Cdnmbus
Avenue school for youngsters
who are not quite ready for
first grade; more tdence labs
to "beef up" the district's
sdeoce program, a move caUed
for last year by district patents;
a summer ekn^ntaiy tdiad pro-gram
with offerings in areas such
as computer prognunming.
lab tdence and acting; and.^n.
-additionid- psyHiof^st to meet
Federal and state regulations In
the education of handicapped
students.
Along wKA fitnda for (te Ugh
<)
Hendridcs was instrumenla] in
the January 21 arrests of Orville
Winter and Micliael Eady, who
^were subsequently charged for
several burglaries in the Steams
Park section of the Village as
weU as in Baldwin. East Meidow,
Roosevelt and Bellmore. In the
odd 20 cases, the suspects had
usually broken intohouses while
the residents were there and
terrorized the householders.
Vrtiile on routine patrol on
InnuaTy 21, Ogieet IIejiJtl.ks~
spotted a vehide northbound on
North Main Street which he
recognized as one stolen in a
bursty five days earlier on Dela­ware
Avenue. Hendricks stxjpped
the car occupied by. Winter and
Eady and brought them to head­quarters,
where they were ar­rested
on various counts of bur­glary
and grand larceny.
Police Crack Down
For Kids' Safety
FREEPORT - The . ViUage
police Department win be" crick­ing
down on motorists passing
slopped school buses showing red
flashing lights.
Freeport Police CJiief Anthony
Elar. in issuing the order at the
direction of VillagE Mayor
- William White sUted, "NeW York
State taw requires all motorists.
comtng from any direction, to
come to a complete halt when
seeing a stopped school bus
where the driver has activated the
' red flashing lights. A motorist
is not allowed to move his or her
vehide until the red fights have
, .'••. (Coni.onPao«i6):<; >: • •
tchodl budget. Schod ofBdals
have attributed this increase pri­marily
ta large increases io the
.cost of such &inge benefits as
medical and dental' coverage,
retirement tysteih diarges and
the emplojier share of social
security costs. These fringes, an
$856,000 increase, reflect charges
which are set by State, fedoal
or'other outside agenciea and are
not'con'troiled by the ccboot dis­trict.
I entirety i
Meeting on Tuesday, May 8.
The meeting wiS be held at the
District Offices on HasUngt'
Street and win b e ^ at 8 pm. A
question and answer period win
foilow.
Voters win also elect two mem-ben
for the Boiid from among
the five nndidilrs who are vying
for' two teats. The five are Ber­nard
Pittinsky, the incambenl;
Although there has been no
change in the benefits cCfercd,
the charges, which are set by
outside agendes. have risen
dramatically ovier the past few
years. For instance, tcbod of­ficials
taid, premiums for ined leal
insurance have risen 134% aver
the past two years and there is an
antidpated Increase of 15% for
next year. Dental insurance pre­miums,
too, have risen 65% smce
1982.
Sooal Security diarges have
also gone op for the District.
Although the employees' share of
Soda] Seciuity has remained the
tame, the employer's share, win
rise to over 7% during the next
school year. The base on which
Social Security is taxed hai also
been raised. Prcjected cotts'for
Soda] Security for 19S4-8S win
.. be $150,000 higher than the pres­ent
year.
Other items in the proposed
'budget indode a BOCES in­crease
of $207,000; the cost of
the completion of PHASE II of
the District-wide computer pro­gram
for $139,000; and $162,000
for the cost for the implementa­tion
d the long-range building
.. raainlenance. prograip, prociised
dan; Peter 074ein; and Ylctor
tote.
The candidate recdving the
highest number of votes win be
elected to a fuB three^ear term,
and the candidate receiving the
next liighest tmmber of votes win
be ele^ed to fin an oneipired
term from May 1984 to June 1985.
The unexpired terra is the result
of the resignation 6o(n the Board
(4 James Magee in Match.
Interviews with each of' the
five candidates were coiuSuctcd
by THE LEADER'S Baldwin
Editor, Joan Delaney, add start
on page 7 of this ixtue. ~
Voters win also be presented
with the Baldwin Public' Libraty
budget of $903,805 —aSTncrease
.of $77,200. The budget fignre*
' mean as estimated (ax of $1,066
per $100 vahzatkn, or an increase
of .0944 per $100 cnrier the present
budget If passed, a Baldwin
homeowner — with a beone
assessed at $7,500 — wffl pay an
increase in Ebrary tax of $7.05
per jeu, appronmately 59* per
month, for a total lax of $81.45
per year.
Incumbent Barbara Jusler is
running unopposed for a teat on
the Baldwin LU>raiy Boaird.
are txi niuetoived eontraetural
-negotiations and tlie money to
be ryjfirfd by the new equaliza-don*
rate could only be higher,
'not lower, than the $600,000 used
by the Scfaool Board in deter­mining
the 1964-85 tax rate.
Ainong the itema perceived as
long.needed by the Scfaoot Board
U the repair and rebabiOtatlaD' of
the'Ugh tdxxA field, indofiag a
tprinkfer system, a metric track
-and the puithaae lafbteacfaerr
begin , upgrading elementary
tchod playgnauidt.
The budget prEtenled by the
Freeport Memorial Library Board
of Trustee* advances an inoeaae
of oijiy 114 per $100 ittetl^d
valoation for a total estiaialed
tax rate per $100of $1.87. '
SU polling places win be open
fioin 1 to 10 pm, and resldenta
win vote at the pod for their dla-trict.
are at
Coiambw
Alkmaoa
Other Items to be purdiaaed In-- JU«A. , v^u..-.,,.. rA.-v^e-n—« .
dude more mini-comnilen to School, Bayriew Avciae Schwl,
accelerate the tacc»*tftil district Atthet Stnet Sdkoti. Oibiya
computer program; and more Sctetl' aMi Ckveitiid Avcnvei
SWEARINQ IN THE NEW CHIEF. Uataf FlaldM pnd r). nm CMaf
of iha Fraapoil Fira Dapartmant, i* cwom into offkaa t;y Vuiaga Mayor
William H. While (r.). Hoidlnfl tha BB>»# lor Iha oath-laklnfl at tha
rteant InaiaUatlon O(nnar-Oano« ara Ctiiaf FiaidM'a daughlara, Oc'nr.a
Utbacfc 0.) ma Trlda Magiluto, and grandHo Joay MaoUuta. (tea
nfefnan'»F«w»eo«umn,iniai*aua.j .,^^ ,_ . - .
Photo by Jerry Gar*