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The past and present Mayors of Freeport, Robert Sweeney (left) and
William White (second from right) were on hand when Thomas
Lovelidge (right) and Henry Altengarten received Certificates of
Appreciation from the Board of Trustees on their retirement from
government service. Altengarten served as a Trustee and Deputy
Mayor for eight years and chairman of the Water and Light Com-mission
for 12. Lovelidge was a Trustee for 12 years and a member of
the Water and Light Commission for three. He also served as treasurer
of the Village's Urban Renewal/Community Development Agency
during his trusteeship.
Freeport Hometinders Director Ramona Crook (center) goes over
renovating plans for 215 North Ocean Avenue with Its new owners, Dr.
Kareem Tannous (left) and Ray Washecka. 'Built In 1930, the large two-family
house had been owned and occupied by Dotty Berkowltz, owner
of the "Starstream" of Wood deft Canal, until her death two years ago.
Washecka, a long time resident of North Long Beach Avenue, came to
the Village's free Homefinders Service looking for suitable property to
purchase with Dr. Tannous and the North Ocean lankmark was found
to fill their needs. Dr. Tannous and his wife, Maria, both obstetrician/
gynecologists, will use the,lower two levels as their residence and
office while the upper floor will be rented to a young men who grew up
in Freeport, and his wife.
The removal of dead or diseas-ed
trees at the curbline is the re-sponsibility
of the owner or occu-pant
of the adjoining land. Such
trees, limbs or branches, which
are likely to fall on or across any
public way or place in the Village
must be removed promptly.
Owners of such trees receiving
a notice from the Village Clerk
requiring removal, have 48 hours
in which to comply. After that
time, the Village may have the
required work done with the costs
assessed on the adjoining land.
It is recommended that a quali-fied
tree surgeon or nursery be
engaged to do the removal work.
There is a requirement for a Tree
^Removal Permit (at no charge to
the applicant), which can be ob-tained
from the Registrar at
Village Hall.
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year to allow for a longer season
and prevent weather caused
closings. The "bubble" was
another innovative step taken by
the Board of Trustees.
The revenue side of the budget
also shows a one-time State grant
of $898,219 received by the
Village. Ten percent, or $98,800,
is reflected in the budget as well
as the $90,000 expected in inter-
.est on the banked balance. The
sale of the municipal Public
Works property for $675,000
shows on the revenue side as
$375,000 as the remaining
$300,000 went to reduce taxes in
1981-82. The land sale monies
as well as the ten percent of the
State grant and interest, will be
used to renovate the presently
unused municipal sewer plant as
new and expanded headquarters
for the Public Works Department.
This method will reduce the inter-.
est payments a strictly bonded
project would bring about.
The balance of the State money
could be used in a similar fashion
on a major project such as street
improvements. Depending on the
project, high interest rates ciould
be avoided over a 15 to 20 year
period controlling taxes over the
same period.
FEBRUARY 1982
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, Mayor
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month at 8:00 P.M.
Godofredo (Mike) Ruiz de
Zarate, a resident of East First
Street for the past two years, has
been appointed Superintendent of
Buildings by the Board of
trustees. He replaces David
Lovejoy who has headed the
Building Department since July,
1979. Lovejoy, who came to the
Village as Deputy Superintendent
of Public Works in 1975, will
again assume that title and will be
heading up a new engineering
section in the Public Works
Department. He was an engineer
with the Transportation Depart-ment
of the State of Deleware
prior to coming to the Village.
An electrical engineer, Ruiz de
Zarate is a native of Havana,
Cuba, who entered the United
States in 1956, becoming a
naturalized citizen in 1962. He
received his engineering degree
from the City College of New York
and did graduate work in labor
relations at Cornell University.
He also studied at the Mondell
Institute, Edison , Electrical
Institute and the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic En-gineers.
Ruiz de Zarate has been in the
construction field since 1964, and
comes to Village employment
from . the engineering firm of
Stone and Webster where he was
assistant construction supervisor
for the Shoreham nuclear power
station. Prior work experience
included that as senior mechani-cal
field representative with the
, State of New York Dormitory
Godfredo (Mike) Ruiz de Zarate, seated, Freeport's new Superinten-dent
of Buildings, gets some pointers from his predecessor, David
Lovejoy. Beginning in March, Lovejoy, a professional engineer, will
be heading up the new engineering section, under the Public Works
Department. Ruiz de Zarate, an electrical engineer, has been a resi-dent,
on East First Street, for the past two years.
Authority and resident repre-sentative
of the firm of Metcalf
and Eddy on the New Rochelle,
Westchester, Waste Water Treat-ment
Plant.
The new Superintendent of
Buildings lived in Uniondale for
13 years before moving to Free-port,
because of his love of
boating and fishing. A medic in
the U.S. Army, he served on the
emergency squad of the Union-dale
Fire Department. Ruiz de
Zarate and his wife, Ruth, have
two daughters. Linda, 17, is a
senior at Freeport High School,
and Michele, 14, is in the 8th
grade at Dodd Junior High
School.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, Ja/nes Clark, Timothy Peternana
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Treasurer: James J. Lyons; Counsel: Michael Solomon
ri- '•CLIP & SAVE1
Holiday Garbage & Trash Pickups
The schedule by which garbage and trash is picked up in
Freeport is determined by the availability of the Town of
Hempstead landfill area. When that area is shut down for a
holiday, there is no collection in the Village. It is against
environmental protection laws to collect and then store
garbage and trash overnight.
In addition,.when a holiday prevents the pickup of garbage
on one collection day in an area, there is double the amount of
garbage to be" picked up the foll6wing"cbllecti6n'day. For that'
reason, trash is not picked up on that following collection day.
Following is a list of dates on which trash or garbage WILL
NOT BE PICKED UP in 1982.
Please Clip And Save
This Is Important Information
North Collection Area
North of Randall and Grand Aves.,
including Randall and Grand Aves.
HOLIDAY DATE
Washington's Birth. Mon — Feb. 15
Thurs — Feb. 18
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Mon — May 31
Thurs — June 4
Mori — JulyS
Thurs — July 8
Mon — Sept. 6
Thurs — Sept. 9.
Mon —Oct. 11
Thurs,— Oct. 14
Thurs — Nov. 11
Thurs — Nov. 25
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage or Trash
Pickup
No Garbage or Trash
Pickup
Central Collection Area
Between (but notjncluding) Randall and
""" G'rand'Aves" and south to'"
(but not including) Atlantic Ave.
HOLIDAY DATE
Lincoln's Birthday Fri — Feb. 12
Election Day
Christmas
Tues — Nov. 2
Fri — Nov. 5
Fri — Dec. 24
No Garbage or Trash
Pickup
No Garbage Pickup
No Trash Pickup
No Garbage or Trash
Pickup
Freeport Property
Values Up
According to the Multiple
Listing Service of Long Island,
property values in Freeport have
increased dramatically in the past
three years. While the data
compiled by the Multiple Listing
Service does not include the sale
of houses not on Multiple Listing
but still sold by their member real
estate brokers, or by the village's
Homefmder Service, their figures
are important because of their
familiarity with house sales all
over Long Island.
The data shows that a total of
154 houses were sold in 1978,
reaching a high of 191 between
1979 and 1980. In the last report-ing
period of October, 1980 to
September, 1981, house sales
stabilized at 131.
•• The Multiple- Listing figures
show the sales prices of Freeport
houses has increased steadily at
1 % per month over the last three
years. The top sales price of
$64,500 in 1978 rose-to $99,500 in
'1981, an increase of 31.28%.
The average sales price went
from $38,744 to $50,865 during
the same period. The data also
shows that the average house was
on the market for 136 days before
being sold in 1978. That was cut
to 70 days in 1981.
Ramona Crook, Director of the
Village's Homefinders Service,
points out that her experience
•sover the last six months,in selling
, some 60 Houses is not consistent
with Multiple Listing's data.' She
reports a top sales price of
$120,000 for a waterfront home
and an average price of $65,000.
The average price when Home-finders
was first instituted several
years ago was $39,000. As to the .
length of time the average house
stays on the market, Crook said
that was dependent on the condi-tion
of the property, and the feas-ibility
of the price.being asked.
"We've been known to sell a
house in a matter of days. Too, we
may have a buyer, and then.the
seller will change' his mind. All
and all, I would say without hesi-tation
that the desirability of
.Freeport houses in the market
place has been dramatically en-hanced
in the past couple of years
due to the efforts of the Village.''
Faced with a 1982-83 operating
budget which has leaped in the
past 12 inflationary months from
$14.3 million to $15.4 million, the
Freeport Board of Trustees, after
two months of meetings with
department heads, honed down
what might have been a $1.35 per
$100 assessed valuation tax hike
to 79<t per $100. The next fiscal
year's budget was the subject of a
public hearing on January 4 and
was passed by the Board of
Trustees on January 11.
The budget shows a jump in the
cost of employee benefits includ-ing
a $100,000 increase in hospi-talization
insurance, due to state-wide
increases in rates of .Blue
Cross-Blue Shield. An additional
$65,000 in retirement benefits is
in the new budget due to the raise
in police salaries. A contingency
figure of $300,000 reflects, among
other items, the wage contract
with the Civil Service Employees
Association currently under nego-tiation.
The cost of sanitation services
has increased $348,000 to a total
of $924,000 in 1982-83. When the
switch was made from municipal
collection to the private carter
in 1979, it was estimated that a
Village-run operation would have
hit the million dollar mark the
following year and $1.2 million in
1981: In contrast, cost of the pri-vate
carter in 1981 was $576,000.
In total, the switch has already
saved taxpayers $1.5 million.
The tentative budget also,
shows an expenditure of $108,000
for a. new municipal engineering
operation which should prove'of
long term value in the cost of
street improvements and other
major projects..Engineering costs
for such projects have added 20%
to 30% to actual construction
costs, all paid out of bond issues
with resulting high payments in.,
interest charges over the years.
The Village expects to save a
large portion of such engineering
costs by instituting the new
section, as part of the Public
Works Department, which will be
headed by present Superinten-dent
of Buildings David Lovejoy.
Lovejoy is a professional civil
engineer who was a highway
' engineer with the Sate of Dele-ware
before coming to Freeport.
In commenting on the new
engineering • section, Mayor
Tax Hike Kept To 79'
William White pointed out that
such innovative steps taken by
the Village over the past several
years had prepared the govern-ment
to deal with today's infla-tionary
economy more effectively
than might have been the case.
In addition to the switch from
municipal sanitation, such steps
have included the consolidation of
operations and the decrease in
the'number of employees through
attrition. A major cost-saving step
was the move to self-insurance
taken in 1978 which has thus far
saved taxpayers $550,000 while
bringing an interest income of
$202,000 to further offset taxes.
An effective risk management
program plus savings in premium
costs, are expected to save addit-ional
$50,000 over last year's
costs.
On the plus side, the 1982-83
budget shows estimated revenues
up $1.4 million. Some $650,000 is '
expected to be derived from the
Recreation Department, an in-crease
of $100;000 projected for
next year, mainly due to increas-ed
revenues already being gen-erated
from the ice skating rink
which was bubble-enclosed last
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