OCT81
Heating Law Passed
Landlords of Frceport ap;irt-mcni
houses must maintain a
temperature of not less than 70
degrees during the hours of 6 am
to 1 1 pm and not less than 65
degrees from 11 pm to 6 am. Until
the recent action by the Board of
Trustees, there was no minimum
temperature set for I 1 pm to
6 am.
A public hearing was held at
which the Board comtemplated
setting the minimum at 68
degrees during the daytime hours
to adhere to state and county
laws. Several speakers .at the
hearing, however, said they
felt the lower temperature would,
be a hardship on young children
and senior citi/cns. At a sub-sequent
hearing, the Board estab-lished
the.minimum of 70 degrees
The heating season covered by
. the new law is .October 1 to
May.il. ..'. , .. .
Those having heating problems
should contact the Village's
Building Department at FR 8-
4000. . . • ' • . ' • -
To Owners Of
Unlicensed Dogs
Under.New York State'Law, the
owner of a dog which is not
currently licensed is liable for
summons into Village Court with
resulting fines of up to' $250.
Any unlicensed dog may also be
seized and disposed of.
Fees
Neutered Male or Spayed Female
(With Spaying or Neutering
Certificate) $4.35
Unneutered Male or Unspayed
Female $10.35
APPLICATIONS MAY BE OB-TAINED
FROM THE REGIS-TRAR,
VILLAGE HALL. Self-addressed,
stamped envelopes
should accompany' all mail re-quests.
Help Keep
Freeport Clean
IT BENEFITS YOl
WHEN YQU $HOP
IN FREEPORT
A He:ilthy Business
Community Lessens The
Burden Of The Taxpay-ing
Resident . . .
• by broadening the tax
base
• by providing employ-ment
• by attracting more
tax-reducing develop-ment.
You can Help By Thinking
"Freeport First"
For Purchase Of Goods
and Services
IT'S SMART TO
SHOP FREEPORT
LEND US YOUR
EYES & EARS
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OCTOBER 1981
REFERENCE ONLY
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, Mayor
Plage
News
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd'. .Mondays of the Month^at 8:00
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Swimming To The Championshi
Swimming to the .championship of. Nassau County's Division III, .members of the Freeport
Recreation Department's summer team, the Sea Devils,.turned in some of their best times.. Unde-feated
all season, "the champs are (I. to r.) seated: Jessica Hashagen, Chris Ford, Brian Dunkle,
Ricky Pabon, Ben Dunkle, Lori Hashagen, Regina. Lichtenberger, Brian Kutlarz, Mary Fee, Kelly .
.Maorino, Cathy Fee, Heidi. Epstein, Beth Lehman, Parri .Nielsen-and Frank Lomanginb; kneeling:'
Derrick Hampton, Chad Holly, Ellen "Conner,"Suzanne Cdlonha," Katey Dunkle, Kerry McCarthy,
Vicki Hall, Erin Ford, Karen Bunting, Suzanne Epstein, Yvonne Epstein, Gina Nieto, Kathy Reardon
.-and Salil Vadhan; standing, third row: Bob Enhis Frank Cerbini, Matt Henry, Kevin Bunting, Chris
."Henry, Dante Bucci, Gary Quihton, Mark Hamill, Troy Holly, Karen Bouchereau, Debbie Hall; Susan
vOstrofsky, Katy Fox, Kristin Watson, Maria Moreo, Jessica Hall and assistant coach Clare Dunkle;
and standing, back row: Coach-Sharon, McCarthy, Nancy-Davis, Kelly Lorhangino, Claire Lichten-berger,.
Ron Schacter, Judy Hashagen, Heather McKeown, Jackie Bade, Michelle Magee, Michelle
;Moreo, Lynda Ostrofsky, Tim McCarthy, Cormac Molloy, and Matt Dunkle.
All Village offices will be open
Election Day, Tuesday,. Novernv,
her 3. However, since the Town of
Hempstead's landfill area will be
closed for the holiday", there will
be- no garbage pickup in the
Holiday Schedule
central section on that Tuesday
nor trash collection on Friday,
Novembers.
Hi place of the Election Day
holiday, all Village empjoyees will-be
given the Friday after Thanks-giving—
November 27."While all
Village offices will be closed,
there will be no affect on garbage
pickup as the landfill area will be>
open. :-; ' " • • - ' . '
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Timothy Peternaina
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Treasurer: James J. Lyorts; Counsel: Michael Solomon
Holiday Gift
Opportunities
With the holiday season
approaching, residents should be
aware that there are several
opportunities to buy gifts through
the Freeport Recreation Depart-ment
and the Arts Council at
Freeport.
One such gift is. a season's
membership to the Freeport Rec-reation
Center's Health Wing of!
swimming pool, steam and sauna,
exercise room and gymnasium.
The next season runs from Jan-uary
12 to May 16. Cost for a
resident family is $65, $30 for an
individual and $15 for a-senior.
Cost for a non-resident family is'
$110, $55 for an individual and
$27.50 for a senior. An attractive
gift certificate is provided to be
sent to the recipient.
Another thoughtful gift is a 15
session.discount ticket for the use
of the "enclosed-ice skating rink.
Cost. for....:a's'resident child and
senior citizen is $10 and $15 for a
re'sident adult. For non-residents,
the cost is $12^50 and $20.
Through -the Arts Council,
which is -headquartered at the
Recreation Center, another gift
opportunity is the purchase of
tickets to the Council's four up-coming
concerts at the Freeport
High School. They are The Acting
Company's production of "Wait-ing
For Godot" on December 5;
The Tokyo String Quartet on
January,, 16; The Jose Limon
Dance Company on March 27;
and the Third Annual "Celebra-tion
of Long Island Talent'.' at a-day
to be announced. Cost for the
series is $16 per person and
included the sending of ah an-nouncement
card designed and
produced in the Council's etching
workshop, to the recipient.
'For youngsters," there 'are"
tickets to the Council's Children
Series at $5.50 for three perfor-mances.
The series includes
master storyteller Laura Sims on
December 29, The Pushcart
Players on February 18, and the
Spotlite on Opera on April 13.
To send holiday greetings, the
Council offers a wide variety of
original greeting cards and note-paper
at The Artworks, the etch-ing
workshop/gallery at 92
Freeport Mall.
Craft Show
The Arts Council at Freeport
and the Freeport Recreation
Department will be sponsoring a
special pre-hoiiday Crafts Sale at
the Recreation Center on Sunday,
November 15, 11 am to' 5 .pm.
Crafts available will incude stain-ed
glass to scrimshaw, including
fabric art, wooden toys; leather-work,
paintings and handmade
doll clothes. Shoppers will have a
one-stop opportunity to find
unique gifts for all.ages, and in all
price ranges, from "stocking.
stuffers" to major one-of-a-|
handmade gifts.
The Arts Council is committed
to bringing quality arts and crafts
to the attention of the public.
They, therefore, invite any
serious artist or craftsperson to
submit an application for this
event—which is not a. Flea
Market. Applications for commer-cial
or non-handcrafted items for
exhibit or sale will not be accept-ed.
For further information call
the Arts Council office, 223-2522.
When It Snows
Remember Freeport's Snow
Emergency Signal on ' the fire
horns—four blasts, pause—two
blasts.
Your car must be off the street
or it is subject to being towed
away at your expense. Streets
must be kept clear for snow
plows, fire trucks and other
emergency vehicles.
Sidewalks should be cleared of
snow as soon as possible. This is
the responsibility of the property
owner or tenant. Violators will
receive summonses.
The Freeport Fire Department
also reminds homeowners with
fire hydrants- on their1 property
that the area around the hydrant
should be the first area cleared of
snow. Loss of life and/or property
could result if the Department is
unable to locate the hydrant
quickly.
Announcements on closings in
the Village and other important
information will be aired by
WGBB (12.40AM) and WHLI
(11AM) in an emergency sit-uation.
Portable Heaters Banned
Residents are reminded that
the use of portable heating equip-ment
which uses a flame, gaso-line
or kerosene is prohibited
throughout the Village, be it in a
private home or in a place of
public assembly.
During the current energy
crisis, such equipment is being
heavily advertised for sale. They
have been prohibited in Freeport
for many years however, as being
both a fire hazard and emitting
dangerous gases. Portable elec-tric
heaters are not covered under
this ban.
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IIWANTED
SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS
I $3.41 per hour j
| 12-20 hours per week |
| uniform supplied j
| must have driver's license, dependable transportation |
| Apply: Off ice of the Village Clerk |
1 46 N. Ocean Avenue =
I 9am-4pm |
| No telephone inquiries |
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Five Counties Wins Bid
Will Continue Garbage/Trash Collection
Five Counties Carting Co. of
Jamaica will continue to provide
sanitation services to the Village
for the next five years. The firm's
original three-year contract with
the Village, ending at the end of
February, 1982, began in 1979
following the abolishment of the
Village's own municipal sanita-tion
department.
In the expectation that tax-payers
are still concerned about
the benefits of the turnover from
the traditional municipal service
to private carter, the following in-formation
is offered. .
Q. Do We still, get backdoor
garbage pickup?
A. Absolutely. It is just one
advantage Freeport has over
other communities. The Village
government recognizes it as a
costly one and before awarding a
bid to a private carter three years
ago, queried by mail poll, all resi-dents.
Having been informed of
the cost difference over curbside
pickup,'residents overwhelmingly
responded that they wanted to
retain backdoor pickup. There has
been no reason to believe opinion
has changed. The service will
remain at twice-a-week garbage
pickup from the rear and once-a-week
trash pickup from curbside
except when the landfill area is
closed for a legal holiday.
Q. Why did Five Counties gel
the Village's contract again?
A. Under New York State law, a
municipality advertises and
otherwise solicits for a service
within a certain time frame with
all potential bidders being pro-vided
with bid specifications.
The specifications for servicing
Freeport's sanitation needs were
provided to some 25 firms with a
stated,; legally set, returnable
date. When yet another firm, not
among the original 25, requested
additional time to prepare a bid.
the Board of Trustees approved
the legal advertising of a 10-day
extension on all bids.
The opening of sealed bids
occurred on August 10 as read-vertised.
Only one bid, that of
Five Counties, was submitted at
the public session to be opened.
State law allows 45 days in
which the Board of Trustees must
accept or reject the lowest,
responsible bidder. If no action is
taken, the lengthy and expensive
bidding procedure must begin
anew.
The Freeport Board did not
immediately acton the bid, allow-ing
Mayor William White to write
all firms receiving bid proposals
to query them as to whether there
was anything in the specifications
which had inhibited them from
bidding. The thought was that if
there was a problem, the .specifi-cations
could be rewritten and the
process begun again. However,
the six firms replying to the
Mayor's inquiry stated'that their
companies simply could not
handle Freeport's service de-mands
at this time.
Q. What is the cost of the new
contract?
A. Sanitation services in fiscal
year 1982-83 will cost $924,000 in
tax revenues. The increase in
each of the four additional years
of the contract will be determined.,
annually by the percentage in-crease
of the regional Consumer
Price Index. Regardless of the
CPI, no annual increase can
exceed 12% as spelled out in the
contract. .
Q. Why not go back to munici-pal
service?
A. It would be too expensive.
Village taxpayers have already
saved $1.5 million from the switch,
made back in 1979. In 1978 the
Village knew the next year's sani-tation
collection costs would hit
the million dollar mark while Five
Counties contract for the year
called for $516,000. It was esti-mated,
in 1978, that a municipal
operation would have hit $1.2
million, by 1981, while the Village
is now paying the private carter
$576,000.
Q. Why is the bid so much
higher than the last contract?
A. When, in 1978, the Village
estimated today's costs as $1.2
million for municipal pickup, no
one Knew that there would be a
sharp increase in fuel costs. The
Village's estimate was actually
far too low. Five Counties esti-mate,-
to .which;they have been-legally
bound' for • the past three";
years, was also too low for a com-fortable
profit margin. Before the
new contract was awarded, Public
Works Superintendent Edwin
Prefer made a study of the costs
to other villages running munici-pal
operations and reported that
the costs in Freeport's new con-tract
with the private carter
compare favorable with other
communities.
Q. Does this new contract pro-vide
for any service we .did: not.
have under the old one?; •: • .
A. Yes. The contract call's for
the use of a full-time field.,bver-secr
by the sanitation firm for the
Freeport operation. Such a super-visor
will be assigned a vehicle by
the firm and will have radio.
communications for swift resolu-tion
of complaints, and to assure
proper coverage of the Village.
Q. Why did the Village sign a
five-year-conlract rather than one
for'a shorter spari?'~' '"" "' ~'~ ' ~"
A. Bids were solicited on-both a
three-year and five-year basis.
The Board of Trustees opted for
the latter so that the Village will
not be affected by probable in-creased
labor costs when the
carting industry negotiates a new:
contract with employees two
years hence.
Permits Required For Stoves
Mayor William .White cautions
all homeowners in Freeport that a
permit from the Village's Build-ing
Department is required be-fore
the- installation of coal or '.
wood stove or fireplace. Not .only .
is the failure to obtain a permit a
violation of the Village code, -it
presents a potentially dangerous
condition in that the installation is
not inspected to assure that no
fire hazard exists. Should a fire
occur because of improper instal-lation,
it is possible that an insur-ance
company would not cover
the loss. '•<'
Permits, at $15, may be obtain-ed
from the Building Department
on the lower level of Village Hall,
46 North Ocean Avenue. Those
who have already installed such
facilities may obtain a permit
without penalty and an inspection
will follow. . ' • •
