The-Leader_1984-11-01

              Ollicial
Neuspspei
Village of
' Fieeport
•
Freeport •
School Dijirict
Baldwin
School District
THE
LEADER
FREEPORT. NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 1,19S4
49th YEAR. No. 28 " \
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Village Budget Meetings To Start
Baldwin Youth On
Bike Hit By Car
Public Can SIf In On
Workshop Sessions
FREEPORT - The VilUgc Board of Trustees Is staiUng-another set of
budget workshops at which U goes over the annual figures »nd depart­ment
heads' budgetary requests In preparation for the village's
1985-86 budget.
The entire budget is presented to the public at an open meeting
always held the first Monday
LEH Hospital
Nurses In
Job Action
l3.yeor-OW Sflll In
"Guarded Condition
FREEPORT - Three nurses at
Ljdia E. Hill Hospital in Freeport
were fired and an^ unverifiabje
ntiisber suspended Monday,
October 29, the apparent result of
a labor disagreement between the
RNs and the hospital's adminis­tration.
Approiunately three dozen
nurses told THE lEADEH
Monday evening that they had
been suspended "by telephone"
after they had called in sick or had
not reported in that day.
The "job action," as it was
termed by several of the nurses,
was the result of the firing of the
three nurses who were members
of a liaison committee negotiating
with Dr. Carl Nenraan, o»Tier of
the hospital, and his repre­sentatives.
According to several of the
nurses, they bad been working
without a contract for 18 months.
Negotiations stalled, they said,
over the question of money (the
nurses were asking for a 15%
increase, retroactive to January 1,
while administration bad offered
5%); more staff (oiie nurse told
THE LEADER that a lar;
bers of nurses had left
pital and had not been replaced);
and inadequate or malfunctioning
equipment.
The nurses specifically wanted
' the community to know of their
problems with Dr. Neumttn.
"We need community support,"
they said, pointing out thai
"nursing is what b keeping the..
hospital up."
On Tuesday, Sheldon idihr,
the b(»pilal's administrator, at
first refosed to comment at aU on
the job action or/and the firing
and suspension of nurses, daim-ing
he knew nothing al>oat it nor
did he kno>w bow many nurses
were at wink. Later, be called
back and said tmra-faospital
problems were "not m (he pubic
dom^-"
Ac^jrding to the FreeiMrt
Police Depanment, the hospital
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BALDWIN - A 13-year-old Baljdwin youth lies in the intensive
care unit of South Nassau Communities Hospital in "giurded con­dition,"
suffering from a ftttctured skull and fractures in the left arm
andrightleg.
Michael Martin's injuries, Nassau County police say, are the result
of an aoddent that occurred
Friday evening, 0|ctober' 26, -
at about 6:25 pm.
According to police, Michael,
who lives on Field Pltce, was
riding his bicycle southbound
across Merrick Road at Central
Avenue, when he was struck by
an easibound 1981 Audi.
The auto was operated, accord-
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ing to police, by 27-yeaJr-old Greg
Rubin of Scwth Gate IMve in
Massapequa Park.
Michael was mnsported to
Soutii Nassau Comthunities Hos­pital,
Oceanside, by the Baldwin
Ftre Department Rescue Squad.
The Audi has been impounded
for a brake test.
night in January. Whie the public
may ask questions and make com­ments,
the final acceptance of the
budget is by vote of the Village
Board of Trustees.
Last year's budget was ap-proxitnstely
$17.9 million.
While budget workshop
sessions ate open to the public,
no public comments or partici­pation
is allowed.
• The first meeting will be held
on Saturday, November 3, at 9:30
atn." Esriier this* week ("Mayor
WUliam H. White said David
, Lovejoy, Superintendent of Public
Works, would be present.
Other budget workshop ses­sions
scheduleid are on Thursday,
November 8, at 7 pm; Saturday,
November 10,9J0am! Thursday,
November IS, 7 pm; Saturday,
Nwember 17, 9 JO »m; Tuesday,
November 20, 8 pm; Saturday,
November 24, 9:30 am; and
Thursday, November 29, at 7 pm.
In December, workshop budget
meetings are planned for Satur­day,
December 1, at 9:30 am;
Thursday, December 6, at 7 pm;
Saturday, December 8, at 9:30
am; Thursday, December 13,
at 7 pm; Saturday, December
IS, at 9:30 am; and Thursday,
December 20. at 7 pm.
• • Completed but tentative, line-by-
line copies of the budget are
usually avUlabie to the public
before the end of the year.
Residents and taxpayers
Interested in attending the
budget sessions are asked to use
the police depahment e«l«nce.
Meetings are usually held in the
Board of Trustees' Room.
Cleveland Building Sale & Bond
Issue Vote November 20
FREEPORT- Two proposiaons Wprks to supervise the project*,
will be presented to Freeport bonding, insurance, legal fees
SchoolIKsuid.votcrsonTuesd»y.__jnd inspections. Only the actual
Holid^ Scli|d0e
iree num-t
the hos-
November .20. One proposition,
authorizes the sale of the Qeve-land
Avenue building for
$550,000 to a distributor of store
display racks.
Tb? second proposition would
authorize a capital rebuilding pro­gram
to be financed by a bond
issue.
At a special public nieeting
held on September 25, the Free-port
School Board voted to
present these two propositions.
(THE LEADER, September 27,'
page I.)
Hoots. boBers and windows —
many of which are way beyond
theff expected life — will be the
focus of the improvement pro­gram.
The repairs are planned
' not only to rraoce maintenance
costsr but to allow the District
to make signiilcant reductions in
energy use. More efficient
boilers, dooble-paned windows
and new roofs with much thicker
insulation should make the school
bttQ£ngs more comfortable and
save energy d(rflars.
TouUCott
ToBeS4.9Mimon
The total cost ^ in of the pro­posed
eoattniction project* if
$4,905,750. TTiis amount indodes
contingency funds as well as ex­penses
tot azchitectcral and
• enj^neeting fees, ••Cleik of the
costs will be funded. If con­tingency
fes are not needed they
will not be spent, and the amount
of the bond Issue will i>e reduced •
accordingly.
No Tax Impact
Untams
It is expected that the bonds
will not be issued ontii after the
completion of all of the con­struction
projects. That way the
School District should know
exactly what is needed and what
must be bonded. The work should
be completed over the next five
years, so it is anticipated that the
bonds will not be issued.until
1988. Prior to the issumg of the
bonds there should be no impact
on the District ux rale.
The costs of the Capital Im­provement
Program woutd be '
partially offset by the pnKttit
(ram the sale of the Oeveland
Avenue building, if approved by
the voters. The School Board has
recommended that the Cleveland
Avenue building, now unused for
over a year, be sold tat $550,000
10 ihe^ABC Hanger Cofupany.
This famSy-owDed firm Is p r^
ently located in Gardes Oty and
would plan to move iu entire
operation- and staff of 30 to
Freeport.
FREEPORT - Ail Freeport
Village munidpal offices will be
open on Election Day Tuesday,
Novemlier 6. The Freeport
Reereat^n Center win be open
with the Saturday afternoon
schedule in effect at the lc«
skating rink.
The Village Board c^ Trustees
will meet on Monday, November
5, with a legislative session at
7J0 pm and « public meeting
beginning at 8 pm.
Although Vluage offices will be
open, it win be a holiday for the
employees of (he private carter.
Therefore, there will be no
garbage collectioa in the.central
section of the VQlage on Tuesday,
November 6 and no trash pickup
on Friday, November 9.
In lieu of the Election Day
holiday. Village employees Uke
- the Friday after Thanksgiving.
A BLACK TIE AFFAIR M SUty Bay Y«chl Club marked lh« annual
lnsi»««<lon of fh« Freepon Exch«ns« Club'a new offlMW. PotilnB <0f
tht "official" photo tre {sealed, I. to r.) Edward Voelker, lecrelary;
Tom Cinate, vlc»^esldeni; Chartea Mehrmann, president; Fred
Hager, flnanelal aeeretary; tltandlnfl, I. (o r.) Jo* Harasym, director;
CMrJef PlgasHi, mrmor; Jarry Nichols. Ir»as«rtr; Robert VVickes
. director, Bill Whht.dlreaor; and G«f»ld Shelley, director.
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