The-Leader_1977-01-13

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IIIVSSAU CTY HISTORICAL UUSEUtt
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NEWSPAPER
41st YEAR No. 38 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. JANUARY 13,1977 PRICE 15* PER COPY
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.FHEEPdkr- A public hear^g wiD be held Monday.'Janoary 17,
9pm. Village HaD. to.hcar^ggestlons&om residents as to how the.
S1.3 miOkm in fiederal fnnds, for wtndi the Village is ellg^le during
tl» third year of Chmninrii^ Deyijopment Act projects.'sbdiiid !« '-
aOooted. Also to be considered is the Village's applicatibn for.dis- •
cretkniary fimds. A second meet-/: '
^ommltfee Issues
Own Report
FREEPORT - The seven
person Budget Committee set
up by Mayor William White,
which reviewed the '1977-78
Villsge Budget has issued their
own report ,to the Mayor arid
Board of Thistees. Among their
recoitimendations is a proposal
for a permanent Budget Commis­sion
to be establbbcd to • work
with the Mayor, the Board, in­terested
citizens, with "expertise
Jnappli^blefields.'^' department
heads (witn tbe viUage rrcasurer
as liason),'and dmilar commis-
.sicms in neighboring towns and
-viilsges.' .-'•.',' .'.'•.;' '-\ •••.-,• ••-•
::,.Thdr second/'prime'- recoms'
"imeridatlon ;is:for.m- fun-tim«(,pald
indivfclual to rieribrm.budgetary
* funSia(» on iT year'iodnd. basis,
-as WeU-ai to assiimd siidi other
/related.'dnties as to>insure that
the village is receiving'maxinium
^Federal, State' and County aid;
'coOTdinate village services, with
those of neighboring villages,
towns and the County, and .as
efax Now ^10.21
FREEPORT - Changes in the originally propcKcd Village budget
for 1977-78 have resulted in a 13< increase in the Village Tax rate,
Mayor William White announced at Monday nigjit's Board of Trustees
meeting. This increase 1s 3t less than that originally proposed to the
public two weeks ago.
. The increase would result
in a S10.21 village tax rate per
$100 assessed valuation. .Thb
would mean that a homeowner
of property assessed - »t- $7,000
would pay $714.70 per year,
or $59.56 per month in village
Salaries and In-tax
(tins does not tnclade school,
county taxes - etc;)..-;The . 13<
increase would cost .the same -
homeowner S9.1.0 of that amount^
yearly;jf* 7^f * month more'than-last
y^rittot^yfllagei., taxes).
.TW$"deafieaS9 of the iiicrease
resulted prinurilyifonn tlie:-ViI;
lage's aiiility to float bonds ? at
. 637S%: rather 'than the - antici­pated
7%. -There were several
-increases^ in-the-badget -due - to
the;9V^% police pay raise, in­stead
of the 6% written into the
Commission'
surance.
Backyard versus curb side
pickup of garbage, Jordan claim-ed.-
is a "Inniry'' wMcb Pf^^g
$180,000. He dted this figure^a*-
(one . which. Superintendent of
. Public Works Ed Prefer had Indi­cated,
could ,be_ elli^nated Vt
curb 'Side! pidcup' was eficded.
"The only thirifi[. that.helpiied ^ia
'year,"' Jbrdah x l ^ f d , ' ';f,was
selling tbepropeityln the ln«!as-
:i4»i Park, . and. Bel requested
: ] the Board look.to fiuaier ecoiio-mize.
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. .^otdaiLalsojiraotclto institute.
mobil units to maintain the village
parts. Pointing to a recommehda-mg
- .is' j>Ianned for Monday.
January 31, at the same time and
same location.
: The meetings' are the first in
a.iong'series of activities legaOy
nMded.td be accbmplislied be- '
fore the VS. De{»rtment - of
Hoostng and Urban Development
win release funds. " ''•-
Thetjomnrctnitf pevelopment
Task Force apjpmted by Mayor
William White bis been meding
with the Citizens Committee to
ftamulate proposals.^ Members
-of the Gtizens CSmimitte repre­sent
varioosTreepoct civic groups
and organJTations. Using tbe in­put
received from resdents at the
pahEc bearings, the Task Fcare
' and Qtizens .Committee will
draft their final rMdmmcnda-
. tions for the Board's considera-t
i p n . ' - • • - . :
: Previoas years' Community
Development funds liave : bcen.
used to modernize and expand
parking'fields in the.downtown
shopping district as the first
st^>s towards a pedestrian miO
on Sooth Main Street; for the
TchabiHtafion of once ixarded-up
houses winch will be tamed
over to owner-occnpants; and for
a loan and giant program recently
begun in Hoosmg Improvement
Area #1. Commnnity Dcvelop-
' mcnt funds have also been used
to promote Frceport and finan-ciaUy
isdnce bssiness to settle
in tile VHUge. Ti^ reopening of
the vacant Finast site on^ North
Main Street, as ^ Gooz Dairy Is
'oBcexampIc. - ' ^ •
The projects and moides allo­cated,
out not necessarily spent
as jet, for the second year Com­munity
Development., plans
an: housing and neighboriiood
rehabiStadon. $300,000; North
Main - Staxt development,
$454,000 rcBed over &om the first
year; Centra] - Business District
impfoyenients, $700,000;' watcr-finntarea,
$64,000;~a£quisitkm of
historical Raynqr Homestead and
Everready Hose Company fire-hoose,
$50,000; administrafive
costs and consultants' fees,
$125,000. A contingency fund,
required ondex tiie law, was'al-located
$1DO.OOO._..
Tbe discretionary'• appDcaiton.
also the subject of the public
hearings, is for tbe monies allo­cated
to the Nassau Sufiblk
regim by HUD. Frecport re­cently
received an additional
$300,000, the marrmam amount
allowed, in second year discre-.
fianzTy funds which is being ap­plied
to homesteaxitng and neigh-borfxxxJ
rehabilitation.
Board Of Ed Meets
FREEPORT - The next public
meeting of the Frecport Beard of
Education will be held 8:15 pm,
Wednesday. January 19. in the
Atiiason School library on West
.SratTizn Avenue.
teitaiu iT^reateTTifficiendertni
economies in Village opierations
can be instituted. . .
The. permanent Budget Com­mission
would, according to thp '
Committee's recommendations,
"measure implementation of con­trols
over expenditures;'advise
department heads in settitig up .
budget requests; (and) assist the .
Mayor and Board in connection
witb proposed ocpenditures and
budgets. It would be^smposed
of five residents «dio'could devote
at least two sessions amqnlh dur­ing
non pre-budget months and
additional, time as required dur-mg
budget preparation. They are
to be u^iaid, the committee sug­gested,
and "wherever {>ossib1«,
to have no political afSliations."
Anwng th? proposed Budget
Commission's other duties would
. be to ascertain if procedures used
byother local governments could ,
save Frecport rDonty or be more
efBdent, and to examine Village
services ts they coordinate with -
tliose of "other governments to
see if dffidencies or economics
could be instituted. The Com­mission
-would also solicit advice
- from citizens expert in fields re­lated
to: village- reqturements
'<sucfa- as insurance, computer -
. operations etc.); and work with
the Purdiasing Department. The
proposed Commissioo, the.pre­sent
group said, troold "antici­pate
and attempt to prevent
budget cvcr-exgenditnres."
The 1977-78 Budget Committee
consisted of Kay Becda, JuBus
Hirschfeld, Meredith Magrtzas,
Roger Maris. BemanI Rader,
St^ey Rode asd Arthur Thomp­son.
Mayor's Viewa
In making tbe recommenda­tions
pubOc, Mayor White said
(Coat, en Page 6)
'^_orifflnally-pToposed badget-and—tion_Jqr_Ereler._he_^aid-moKt
an increase (n allocated histir-ance,
but tbe reveime increase,
plus several other smaller sav­ings,
led to the overall 3% de-'
crease.-
Tlie Board voted 4-1 ta adopt
the budget, but Trustee Wayne .
Jordan voted no, claiming that
"the bodg^ does not lepiesent
the best i^^^oald-pat forward.;.!
think substantial cats could be
made - i n - four ; other
areas,", he said, "so we would
not have any increase."
Jordan itemized those areas
where he suggested cuts: the
Saaitatioo DepaiUpeat, Parks,
munidpalities are now dofaig it.
Three employees could be elim­inated
from the budget. Jotxlan
claimed, and using the main­tenance
people as security is
not the "kind of security we
need.'? ,
Salaries to aQ commis^on
members, except tbme serving
on the Zoning Board of Appeals,
should be eliminated,. Jordan
said, saving another $14,000.
He daimed'that those serving
have the best interqrts' of the
village at heart and ttis ^'toper-fiuous
to supplemetrt tbdr Income
- (Cont.oaPagel6)
ON THE STEPS OF THE CHURCH this past Sunday. Father Kenneth
Nee (I.), pastor of Our Holy Redeemer, and Father Joseph Calanzaro
(r.), recsnlly retired assistant pastor at tti« Church, art joined by Most
Rev. Jotm R. McGann, Bishop ct Rockvllia Centre, at Mass o1 Thanks-
OWnflcelebraUng the 75thanniversary Dftho parish. ;