Bethpage-Tribune_1974-06-06

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OLD BETHP/GE
also serving I S L A N D T R E ES
PLAINVIEW PLAINEDGE SEAFORD
VOL. 8 NO. 29 Thursday, June 6,1974
Landmark Bill Passed
For Citizen's Rights
GOVERNOR WILSON SIGNING the Marino-Taylor
Freedom of information Law. (From left to right)
State Senator Ralph J. Marino (R-Syosset), Assembly
Speaker Perry Duryea (R-Montauk), Assemblyman
Donald L. Taylor (R-Watertown), Senate Majority
Leader Warren M. Anderson (R-Bingha niton).
Last week Governor
Wilson signed the Marino
Freedom of Information
law. The law which has
been widely hailed as the
"sunshine bill" opens most
governmental records to
public scrutiny. Following
the Governor's approval of
the bill, Senator Marino"
said, "This legislation
provides the single most
important advance in
curbing secrecy in state
and local government in
this era. The people of the
State of New York will now
have access, directly and
through representatives of
the media, to-the in­formation
on local and
state government which
they have always been
entitled." Marino also
noted that the bill includes
prohibitions against the
disclosure of mlormation
that would violate the
rights of privacy enjoyed
by all Americans.
In signing the bill,
Governor Wilson pointed
out that the bill affirms the
principle that "a free
society can be maintained
only when government is
open and accessible to its
citizens." Wilson said:
"The more open a
government is with its
citizenry, the greater the
understanding and par­ticipation
of the public in
government."
The new law which
becomes effective on
September l, 1974,'
requires all state and local
governmental agencies to
make their records
available to the public for
inspection. Included
among records which
must be made available
for inspection are:
-final opinions
-statements of policy
and interpretation
-minutes of meetings of
governing bodies
internal and external
audits
-votes of boards and
councils
-administrative staff
manuals
-arrest records and
police blotters
All agencies of govern­ment
are required to
prepare an index of in­formation
which is
available pursuant to the
terms of the new law.
10 cents per copy
Boards and Trustees
Await Voter's Action
Bethpage, Island Trees,
Plainedge - Elections June 12
Three districts will be
voting on Wednesday,
June 12. They are:
BETHPAGE-12 Noon to
10 P.M. in Bethpage Senior
High School.
A budget of $12,841,018
has been drawn up for the
School District and will be
presented for the voter's
approval. The budget
entails a tax rate of $13,629
per $100 assessed
^valuation, which is an
increase of $.97 over last
year's rate.
Three seats on the
School Board are being
vied for in this election.
The three-year term now
held by Richard Borman,
who is not seeking
reelection, is being sought
by Edward Marczewski,
Michael Verderosa,
Kestutis Miklas, and
Henry Pozio. The three-year
seat formerly held by
now-deceased Herman
Slavin is being sought by
Jeffrey Shuckman, Joseph
Parisi, and Elizabeth
Marinuzzi Gackowski. The
three-year seat now held
by Elizabeth Regan, who
is not seeking reelection, is
being sought by Lee Hilton
(who had been appointed
by the Board of Education
to fill the vacancy caused
by Mr. Slavin's un­fortunate
death) and
Jeffrey Shuckman.
Voters will also be
presented with a Library
Budget of $284,771
($278,771 of which will be
raised by real property
taxes). This will entail a
tax rate of $0,499 per $100
assessed valuation, an
increase of $0.04 over last
year's rate.
Two Library Board
seats will also be filled at
this election. Incumbent
Margaret Lang is seeking
reelection to her five-year
position unopposed. Mrs.
Clair Jackman is seeking
election to the unexpired
term of Muriel Taylor,
who moved from the
District. Mrs. Jackman is
currently filling the
position by appointment.
ISLAND TREES-12
Noon to 9:00 P.M. in Island
Trees Senior High School.
After developing a
budget which would have
called for a total tax rate
increase of $1.59 per $100 of
assessed valuation, the
School Board decided to
offer the Budget in the
form of six sub-propositions
because of the
size of the needed iri-c
r e a s e . These
propositions are as
follows:
Proposition 1-A Basic
Education Budget, is in the
amount of $10,270,345 and
calls for a tax rate in­crease
of $0.48 per $100
assessed valuation. Voters
will have the opportunity
to add to this budget any or
all of five additional sub-propositions:
P r o p o s i t i o n 1B-Operation
and Main-tenance-$
83,700-a tax rate
increase of $0.26.
Proposition lG- Tran-sportation-$
H7,000-a tax
rate ..increase of $0.36.
Proposition ID - Equip­ment
and Library Books -
$100,040 - a tax rate in- X
crease of $0.31. /
Proposition IE <ZZT^
Cafeteria - $12,185 - a tax
rate increase of $0.04.
P r o p o s i t i o n 1F-Interscholastic
Athletics-
$45, 200-a tax rate increase
of $0.14.
Two School Board
positions will also be filled
at this voting. Incumbent
Richard Ahrens is running
for a three-year position,—-^,
and Mrs. Catherine M.
Collins is opposing him.
The other three-year
Board seat, vacated by
i n c u m b e n t Board
President Louis Dimitri, is
being sought by Mr. Frank
A. Martin and Gilbert E.
Grenier.
PLAINEDGE-12 Noon to
10 PM. in 5 locations by
voting districts.
A school budget of
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Plainview-Old Bethpage Revote Set
The Plainview-Old Bethpage
School Board is submitting a
revised budget to the community
for their approval on June 20
from 12 Noon to 10 P.M. The
previous budget had been
defeated at a vote on May 8. The
new budget entails a tax-rate of
$17,632 per $100 of assessed
valuation, which is a $0.21
decrease from the $17,693 tax-rate
which met defeat.
The $0.21 decrease was arrived
at primarily through increased
anticipated receipts in two areas.
The first is the voter-approved
sale of a parcel of land adjacent
to the Old-Bethpage elementary
school. The Board anticipates
receiving approximately $90,000
from this sale. The second area is
the expected receipt of ap­proximately
$70,000 interest on
new investments.
The proposed budget totals
$24,943,171, which is an increase
over the defeated $24,832,071
budget of $111,100. This increase
is almost completely the result of
an expected $100,000 interest on a
tax-anticipation note.
Registration for those district
residents who have not voted
since 1971 is June 13. Registration
and voting will take place in three
elementary schools: the Jamaica
Ave., Joyce Rd., and Old-
Bethpage schools.
All four newly-elected Board
members Michael Miller, Louis
Natter, Ben Taubenfeld, and
Eileen Porta (who is the first
woman to hold a Board position in
this District) enthusiastically
support the new budget. The
budget was arrived at through
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