The-Leader_1984-12-20

              Olficial •
Neyispapei
Village of
Freeport
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Freeport.
School District
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Baldwin
Sctvool District
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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 20,1984
'49th YEAR. No. 35 .
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Mayor To Resign Before Election
Baldwin To Step Up
School Security
Cancel Special Securify Detail Could Run
Up To nsOPerNighf
OOP's Siorm, Home Ruler
Hager Seek Mayoraify
FREEPORT • In a period of UtUe mote than 24 hours, a village nuyor
has announced his intention to resign and two contenders for his posi­tion
in the March, 1985 election have declared.
Freeport Mayor William H. White, three months short of compIeUng
his 12th year as mayor of the village, announced Monday evening,
December 17, that he will step
Lease In
Industrial Park
FREEPORT - As of February 1,
a lease between Seacrest Con­struction
(Fred and Joseph
Scalamandre) and the Village of
Freeporf, for land on the west
side of the municipal stadium,
trill be cancelled.
At its legislative rneeting on
Monday evening, December 17,
the Freeport Village Board of
Trustees voted to direct village
counsel to give Seacrest the re-.
quired 30 da)S notice of its intent
to cancel what had become a
monlh-to-raonth lease.
In discussing this action
before the ttuilees voted. Mayor
William H. While alluded to a
meeting he and Deputy Mayor
Dorothy Storm had had with reo-resentalives
cf the Industrial Park
Association about parking prob­lems
in the industrial area.
Board To Meet
On A Thursday
Because of the Christmas Ev;
and New Year's Eve Mondays, .
the Board of Trustees will meet
on Thursday, January 3, for a
legislative session.
The village's tentative budget
for fiscal.year 1985-86 will be
the subject of a public hearing
on Monday evening, January 7.
A proposed new Secondhand
Dealers Law will be discussed a
a public hearing set for Janu­ary
28, .
The board agreed with recom­mendations
from Freeport Police
Captain Dave Meehan to put a
"no stopping sigit" atCary Place,
and a foir-way stop sign at the
intersection - of North Long
Beach and Randall,Avenues. The •
latter had been suggested by
. the northwest Civic Association.
..the 8-pm.piibBc-sessioii.aC
the'Board, Mayor Wtnte read's
statement announcing Ms deci­sion
to step down as mayor with­in
30 days. (See stoty, starting
page 1.)
In response, Louise Simpson of
'(Coiil.onPaae22)
by Joan D»lan»y,
BALDWIN - Problems of security throughout the Baldwin School
District, as well as coihpliance with new State mandated fire codes,
were the subject of discussion at the business section of the monthly
Board of Education meeting held at Brookside School on December 12,
This followed ceremonies which matked the upcoming retirement of
English teacher Sandra Magarit.
(See "Just Write" in Baldwin
section of this issue.)
The subject of safety. and
security has-been discussed at
length at several recent Board of.
Education nieellngs in the con­text
of insurance as well as in
the context of compliance • with
State Department recommenda­tions
which were included in
the recertification study of the
high school.
•According to Assistant'Super­intendent
Richard Dopsovic,
Baldwin has been fortunate
in the past in not having high
levels of vandalism or security
problems. However, in the last
year in particular, acts of vandal­ism
have been rampant and
have included break-ins, the
destruction through arson of
the press box at the athletic field,
at the high school, graffiti, broken
windows and, most recently
over the past weekeiid, the chop­ping
down of a large tree at the
high school circle in front of the
Commons.
Dopsovic indicated that a sur­vey
of contiguous school dis­tricts
showed that they spend
from S75,(X» to $125,000 per
year on sectuity whereas Baldwin
has only spent approximately
$15,000 per year. It has become
necessary, he'taid, to_s^p up
in a formal, asseruvc
and to get the word
down from Ms full-time position
within the next 30 days.
WWte, who has been offered
the posiUon of Hempstead Town
Deputy "Conimissloner of Plan­ning
and Economic Develqjment,
recommended that the Board of
Trustees selec( his Deputy
Mayor, Dorothy Stonp, as in­terim
nuyor.
The next evening, Tuesday, at
a meeting of the Freeport Repub­lican
Committee, Storm announc­ed
(hat she wuuld seek election
as mayor in March.
That same evening, the Home
Rule Party of Freeport held its
own political caucus or nomina­ting
convention and from it
emerged their mayoralty can­didate,
Fred Hager, and two can­didates
for the two trustee posi­tions
that will also be on the ballot
in March. The two candidates ate
Lionel Socolov, founder of the
Home Rule Party and its candi­date
for trustee two years ago;
and £d Monroe, a former mem­ber
of the Freeport School Board.
lVA)rc'j5rai<me»i/
Mayor White, who will step
down — it was later learned —
by January 14, when he starts
his town position, not only served
12 years as mayor but the pre­ceding
four years as a village
trustee.
In his statement at the public
(Cont.onPago24)
sectmty
manner
out that Baldwin will be searching
out and ptosecuUng offenders. '
Because of this, the cost
factor of security has become a
necessary eonsJderalion.-As-pirt-of
a general guidelines regarding
security, the topic of the fiscal
aspects of seauity was discussed.
This Phase I pntion of the tola]
security plan would first apply
to the buildings and parking
lots espedally during special
events and productions. Super­intendent
Rotland Jones noted
that at times the high school is
like a "five ring drctis" with a
multitude of activities taking
-place in the building. He said that'
the District's priority must first
be the security of students and
staff and then concern with
property losses.
Dopsovic described a stepped
up security detail which could run
to SiSO per night, and which
would begin almost tintnediately.
Regarding this,, he requested
permission to contact outside
groups which had requested the
use of buildings so he could
assign fees for such usage. There
was detailed discussion on the
need for recovering the costs but
also on the fairness in approach­ing
groups which might have al­ready
computed their expenses. It
was decided to approve the gen-eral'guidelines
regarding secur­ity,
leaving the spiecific appUca-
Jion of recovering some of the.
fiscals outlays to administration
with input from the Board. It
was noted that there are few non-school
related groups who would
be affected, but U was agreed
that some effort must be made to
consider the possibility of re­covering
costs under the Dis­trict's
commitment to fiscal-re-
—sponsifaUtty.
It was explained that a group's
use of volunteer security usually
does not prove successful. In
addition, although each' group
usina_a school building, must In- CHRISTMAS DREAMS can come true If a younosler'a wlahe* .and
—diokte their responsibaity-fbr-thc—hope* were heard by ihialolly Mr. and Mr». Santa Claut. The popular •
facilUv and must Indicate that eouplf paid Ihelr annual vUlt to the Freeport Recreation Center thla
ihev have Insurance coVerge, pa»t Sunday. December 18. Leanne Felle look* aa if ih« la aura thai alt
IMJV M S commtoents^iMf a^ t»r vUlons of augar plums, Cabbafle Patch doll., locket* and lae* will .
^ L « t l S r vlmt in ^ co"^*'™« Chrlitma. Day ctwnlo3. Santa (Joseph SchmUt) and Mr«.'
to DC rauier vague m UKU gj^^, (Qjp„,y ,^,^5^ jjo^chy siorm) had the help of many volunteer*,
• appiicauon. j^^^ ^^^ Fceeport Ctiambtr of Commerce and Freeport Recreation'
The School Board also »P- cenier^ihe Holiday Festival, which they held for the ehrWren of the
(Cont. on P«ve tb) village. •;^