The-Leader_1977-05-05

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FREEPORT I
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MERRICK
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EISEUUO'A'ER PARK
•EAST UEADO^, U Y" 11554
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NEWSPAPER I
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FREEPORT -Village residents will be paying 15% inore for their
water^-5tartlBg-with--thc-May-faiiiingrthc-yUlage-Board--of-TT05tees
dedded at Monday night's open voting session. In a 4-0 vote CTtustee
Al&ed Siriin was absent), the Board agreed with a recommendation
from Superintendent of Water Distribution Voelker to iiicfeasc"all
metered rates.
Rates for firematic sprinkler .
systems, which are set by village
ordinance (chapter 23). will be
the subject of a forth-coming
public hearing, the date of whidi
has not yet been determined^
The new rate, schedule in­creases
the miniinum charge for
up to 7,000 gallons'of watcr.used..
fromST to $8. The next 93,000
gallons will be chatted at a rate
of 58< per-1.000 gallons, ail 8«
"ftcrgaDcorinciEflserOvEr-lOO.f
Board members, Voelker ouUlncd
some "of the improvements that
would be made with the money
from a bond issue which the In­creased
revenues would. cover.
New water mains, he said, are
needed in the vicinity of the new
South Main Street mall. The one
on Main Street would have to be
moved, while.the one on New­ton
Boulevard would be in-.
sire.—: ~ ' •
' ON.THE STEPS OFJUSTICE. Memberi of two second igrade diasses at Archer Street School
surround Villatje Justice Ralph-Ifranco on the steps of the Freeport Vlllaoe Courthouse.
.JudgeTraneo Inylted-thextesas lu vlalClha Court and PoUce Headquarters. A discussion
on bicycle safety fed to a mock trial wlUi one studBnt'BCcniedDt'MtchlnjrffTtag'by Banotng"
on to a car while riding his bicycle. Other students played the parts of attorneys, the coiirt
stenographer, xourt officer and jurors. JudgeFranoo plans on Inviting other classes of all
levefstovlBwthnvinngfl'siudlcIalsyglemlntnefall. • •; 1 ' ' "J.
giilonsi the new iite wiil'be"SK
per" i ,000 gallons; an . increase
over the old 44t per 1,000 gallon
rate.-
Voelker's .memorandum to the
^ard outllued the neci;«>sUy .uf
:- The Swte- Health Department,
Voelkdr also-explained, has told
the village to increase" the water
availability in the southeast part
of the village. . -
Man CouaU'uctiuu '•—
i water r>te jpcreasa In terms of The Board awarded the con-the
need for "eliminating the ero­ding
effects of auJstetity." To
this end, the new budget provides
funds for 14 areas that were drop­ped
this year, including- (1)
extra-curricular clubs' and actir
vities, (2) away-intersdwlastic
athletic - contests, (3) new ath­letic
equipment, (4) student in-i,
mance "fcr t&e_ intet-seholastie-pTogram,
(5) community use of
School Bodi^ Defeiids Budget
: ; - . _ By Richard Sandera •
FHEEPOHT - This past Moriday night in .the high sdiool audi­torium,
the Freeport B<4nl of Education publiodly presented its new
$19,061.693 budget. Previously the Board hiad held a series of 12 open
- budget meetings at wliicb. according to Board Vice-I^esident Sara
Holly, "citizens had the chance to ask questions and mike sugges-
—r-tions7"-A:r-a TesultrHoBy ;went-on,
"we liave arrived at a budget
wt^di all of us feel.is a respon­sible
one." Representing a tax
increase of 76.6<, the proposed
- - budget -will go .t>efore the voters
on May 17.,
r . Presiding in the absence of
Board President Harold Levine,
Holy opeadd the megtirig~by
plajmg the lape of a radio cOm-
- merdal talking about the Free-
• •port'^pubTkrsdicolsr-Aired-lasr
week on WGBB, the commercial
was sponsored by the Freeport .
Chamber of Commerce. "I'm
pleased to see that the Chamber
recognizes the quality of the
sdiool. "system," HoBy staled,
-"and r thank them -for making
this broadcast available." "
Aided by-Board member Jis±
- ReiDy, Hdly then proceeded to
the budget, prefacing the presen-talion
by explaining that "with an
increasing- popO -eeroHment.—a-
• pnpfl transportation contract,.
aes-ig-iasgragce xoitrl'and
general inflationary pressnres,
we believe that we have formu­lated
the best possible balance
between the educational needs
of our students and the exist­ing
economic conditions."
Both Holly and Eeilly Stressed
Chancer Urges
No Vote On
SchborBiidgef
FREEPORT-The Board of Dir­ectors
of the Freeport Chamber of
~ "z^ ;Commetce. last~
I fajaitiesT-C^Hlfiveiop'
raent programs- for professional
and non-professional staff, {71"
signing of a new pnpiT trans­portation
coirtract, (8) restoring
the positions of Junior and Senior
High School Mathematic Chair­men,
(9) reinstating small-gTcrap
musical instminents and equip­ment,
(11) necessary custodial
overtime, (12) restoring psydjo-logical
services to the 1975-76
Ics'cl, (13) equipment purdiases
for-maiatainiag - boiWiBgi-^aad
groands,X14) restxmng fimds for
.Library materials.
In comparison with last year's
austerity budget, the proposed
figure calls tar an additional
5834,025. Significant increases
- in the new budget are insurance
(by 517,925), operations and
(Cont.onPagel6)
"campaign for a no vote on the
Board rfEducation's projected
1977-78 school budget."
In their prepared written state­ment,
ih6 Chamber said that "al-
Ibooghweare stiH reviesring the
519,227,668 spending program
and - do not have . any specific
recommendations for economics
•^tnhis time; wefeeTthat a vote
against the budget b in order on - j - j - ^ ^ , •—_
The Chamber gave two rea­sons-
for their, dedsion. They
claimed that the -projected 76<
tax rate increase "is an illttsion
until such time as negotiatins on
new icacher.salaries have been,
completed. If we approve the
• budget before new salaries are
agr«d upon," the Chamber
stated, "thinking that ttxes vrUl
go up only 764, we may find oar-selves
in for a big shock when the
- tar. bins come otrt- We should
_know aH the "final figures before
we approve the budget." NegO!:_
tiations are presently underway
with the teachers' associations for
their new contraetual terms.
In past >-ears, ncgotiatJons were
not ahmys condjided pripr to the
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^the village's billing, bond b-,
sues, needed rehabilitation worii:
and increased costs of analyz-
-ing-the village%-water-«upply-un^
-der-the-Safe Drinking Ad. He
was'present at-the meeting and
told the Village Trustees that
Freeport's rates were equal to-or
below the rates in most other
areas.
Mayor William White noted
that the last increase was a 107*
one In 1975. Voclker's .memo­randum
noted that Garden City
had,increased their meter rate
ed-to-50% in=i976 andRodmlle^Cen-trad
for construction of the South
Main Sttttt M»U,tJt.thc}ow.bid
der, Mikon ^Construction.-With
""nistee .Wajiie .TJofaan. db
tre had doubled theirs. Both vil­lages
also have a hydrant rental
fee, which Freeport does not
have. In Garden City, that fee
was increased last year from $60
to; $110; in RockvOle Centre,
from $20 to $120.
in answer to questions from
senting, the Board agreetf 16 the'
bid .contrad which had been al-teretd
to eliminate some items and
bring the job in at a figure doscr
in line with the'money allocated.
in the Community Develop­ment
budget. The items elimina­ted
indude.some trees, lighting,
shrubbing and landscaping. The
$56,200 saving brought.the net
cost down to $884,000.
—Jordaii'»-~"5b——vote. the .
Trustee said, was not because he
b opposed to the mall concept.
He explained that the bids had
oome in higher than antidpated
and he was opposed-and had
always been oppo$ed-lo the con-ctrpt
of canopies as proposed. "If
(Cont. on Page 14)
THE NEVy CHIEF d the Freeport Fire Department was sworn In by
Freeport Mayor William White (1.) at the department's annual Installa­tion
OinnerrDance April 22- Chief Richard Van Wlcklen (r.) take* the
oath 83 Ms three smiling, happy children hold the^ible.
*(Pt»to by Jerry Gart)