The-Leader_1979-01-11

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43rdYEAH.No.37 FREEPeRT, NEW.YORK. JANUARY II. 1979' PRICE 20* PER COPY
2^eek Village Bodrd Seats
No Decision Extract Marks First
On Judget
Or Sanitation
FREEPORT - liie Village
Board of Thistees. after hearing
6oin more than 30 ^^dents this
pST«6ttdi3mighHJ«nuary B)rJ^^ocnticPuty four years ago.
reserved dedsJon on Its adoption E" ^y^"*'^*' » Villajje Party-of
the 1979-«0 village budget. The
To Decfore Candfdoc/
FREEFORT -Two candidates announced this week that they Intend
to run for »cats on the Village Board of Trustee in the forthcoming
March 20 village election. Ellen Extract and Roger. MarkawiU $?ck
election to the seats presently occupied by Trustees Waype Jordan and
Thomas Lovelidgc. Neither Jordan. w)io was supported by .the local
FrMport Mayor WlHtam VtfhH« ira<*intiy ItttUllifm 1!>A^
mambera wlll'b« aelllna savni v»r(«tles oroooMat <t $ 1 ^ par-box -
. b«gIrih1<H)3^pfnFridBW'^ta'Kivyi?*<AGiBqinpanyIn^
were ConmOnlty CooKia Ctitihiromaif ^aiiehe Suchan and h«'d«ughtef->
Mary of Junior Troop 2173 Cleft) and Brownie Troop 2118 Cookla Chair-'.
woman Annette Carter and tier dauohter, Alalna. Mrs. Suchan noted. -
that purchase of the FFV Girl Scout^ookl^ helps finance both-Nassau -
Council of Giri Scouts and the activltes oFthe individual local troops.
Residents, who miss the visit of a local Girl Scout, can place an oider by
calling Mrs, Suchan at 8684)838. . ' •
School District Announces Dates ;
Of Public Budget Planning Sessions
. FREEPORT - In prepantton for the school budget vote to be held
May 23, the Freeport School District has aimoanced a series of public
'budget planning sessions. These meetings are umed at providing the
public with the mfonnation which will go into finalizing the 1979-80
'•"'•'•''^"'Tchool budget proposal. - '- ~ ~~^—' [
An five sesstons win be held b "
the Atkinson Scbocd Ebraiy, on
West Seaman Aveiine, starting at
- . 8:15 pm. . ' ,-
On Thursday, January 25, the -
discussions win center around
otiOties, tniorance, and opera­tions
and liulntenao^.-This last
cat^ory indndes suai items as
personal' services, equiprneiit,
• teleplKmes, .spedafized services,
-_ •-. '• • ijartage, jtenjce . and repair
~ : ~ contracts', siii7lies7"ctutoifiaI
overtime and spedal maintenance
projects.^ adnstnistrator's oBice, employee
. . Instrucdonal materials and co- services office, curriculum and
csrricular activities win be discus- staffdevelopment office; building
sed at the sftrion scheduled for—^mitAttnaem-tJUcr «nrt r^sta
15, the session will deal with the
categ(»ies of instructional staff.
Instnidional . support staff
administration and supervision.
These items indnde faculty,
teacher substitutes, teacher aides
and substitutes, tutors, con­ferences,
rick "leave payrnents,
special curriculum projects,
attendance, schod-comnmnlty
relations, guidance, health and
' psy'clxjit^gkal services,- the board
of education, the ddef~s^o(^
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Jaimary
matenj
31.
als
The
items
^Wednesday,
.'inxtroctional _
isdode tex&ooks, general and
departmental so^bes, service
cootracts and repairs, conunence-ment
costs .and Ebrary-oedia
' iiwPea and egpipmrntr^ Cor
' uuijculmn activities include
. ctoiqts, organizations .and atfa'
J f»i »•» ttmri T^smtr^ budget
'fbe S(&)oi Board wffl
soioois aad-t&
TV"
spedal c
•iiamda'
edflcattoiu-SdiedMeo- foe.
grocesiing center.
The fimil session on Thursday,-'
Mardt 29, deals with payments to
'••. (ContlonPagell)
Freeport Bus
outer-Changed
EAST MEADOW - Revised'
schfdalcs &r:i£etfop(£taa Sab-arfaaa
Bgs "Antbwtty (MSBA)
buses wiO^fect fr^^ifnden.
proposed budget of S13,425,725
would add«S4Cto the village tax
rate for a total tax of $11.25 per
SlOO assessed valuation.
These figures indude the
present - sjrstem of- back door
garbage pick-up by the. village's
motd^ud sanitatkni department.
A pdl of ooe and two JDumly home
tesideirts, recently taLcii Dj the
village, afBrmed the Board ef
IVu^ees* mij<»ity view that sqoct
vtOage/Rsldeiits'TO not watt'ta
change to curb side plck-qp. Still
undedded Is whether or ixit the
village would retain i^ munldpal
deputaient or txxe aptivatQ
cartage firm in the next fiscal
year. Bids were received and
opened Thursday, January 4, but
have not yet been evaluated.
The annual budget must, by
state law, be adopted no later'
than Monday, January IS. This
past Tuesday afternoon, the day
following the-public -hearing oti
Jhe budget. Mayor WHUam.H.
White said, "We wiU adopt the
budget on Monday (January 15),.
taking into cooslderadon com­ments
made at the public hear-ing,
ami the pussibllltjr exists that-further
cuts will be made in the
area, 6f sanitation, depending
upon a preliminary evaluation of
the bids'we have received." .
While doise to .100 people
appMred to be in the Village
Hall jConference Boom Monday
ni^t, only about 35 filled out
numbered reauest slips to speak.
Some left before their turn —, or
after the point they wished to
make.was covered by others.
.SgYeral.-indndiag Roii£ttj,Ford.
-presldaii'of the- village's OvD
Service EsmloyeeS' Association,
taUud to the Mayor privatdy,
dntiii^ a ten minute recess that
evening.
—-^eUAfoie
Republican Party candidate hU
last time out, have ' defintcly
committed, themselves publicly
to seeking another term, nor have
either stated they would not rim
for re-election. Spokespersons
from the-three parties iodiafed
recently that each'would b(rfd
their . convention sometime
betweea mid lad UA Jaaoan.
member of the Council of Civic
Associations, she is'one of the
foundcrs*f the Freeport Assoda-tion.
In her role, as president of
the Freeport Assodation since
1973, she and her husband were
responsible for the estabttaAmcnl
of the Freeport Homcfindera
Service, which later became part
of the vintge's ' Oonimunity
Dcvckpmcttt Piogrtin under tbe-
EllanEjrtract
Extract and Marks sUtcd that
they will run as independents,
"with no political aflDUtions."
The candidates, who announced
in a joint release, are community
"activists who have been involved
"In numerOUl Village piugrams^
Ellen Extract is presently •
chairman of. the Village of Free- -
port Stabllzatioh and Afilrmative
Housing' Task Force. In an-
- noundng her candidacy, she said
"It's time for Freeport • govcm-rpent
to beretumed-to the people
of Freeport. Political battles
throughout the years between
/Republicans and Democrats have
• not resulted in a healthy atmo­sphere
in our community."- "
: - Roger M^la, ••'• a practktng -
attorney and a member of the
Board of Directors of the-Freeport
'-Association, stated tJiat be has
'^personally watched the Village
"""BotKlidealwith-many innei,jnd_
White's preliminary comments—has found tl^at too'-mocb of the
RooarMarKs
Stabilization TasJk Force. Extract
was appointed to serine on the.
task force from its Inception and
was eleded its chairperson.'
Recently she attended a'national
conference on community stabili-ratibfi.
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appeared to set a tone which most
speakers followed. The Mayor'
explained that the b^;d."beg^
- to react to-the taxpayers sooeeze
long before Proposition I j ," by
"tightening the belt." The
proposed budget, be said, which
repiesents only a \A^ boease
in eipe,ndiiuieir"lias not elimin-ated
so-called fat, because there
. hasn't been any to eliminate. We
have, however, hiid to make a
ij fcitalng. Maireh 1.1hi«. AUMUUL the diajinea aadcdae-wiieeiaf
win. indnde ;BOCES,
" Opetjtinn Get Ahead, yo^aoaal
' fflucafinD," Project upwanl
. Booad, Midday Sdiocl. edncatioB
for ni{&:«iu q)edal Jieeds or
haudkapiiing . cuoditinos and
. OB Tfaotsd^'ereahig, Mazdi
to budgetary nrtbacka.- k the N-4
rreeport-Jamafca route; Both
,east tCoA westbound buses oo
Sundays .wiU run.. 30. minutes.
•__tptrt^ instrad ' of - cnry ' 20
. jnioutes. Sone miniw potot tiaK
' " (Co»7t..oniP»oe11}l * •
ded^(».
pot out of
portions win not be filled. We are
plaving it pretty.'dose on the
- malnfnianrr of- eqjflpiDoest and -
^ lUttiik^paBy-ovDed. • property^
There are cuts jn the budget that:^
' wiD'.bct, I know. iimnciBatrft^
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time th^r blse their dedsions on-politics
rather than the needs of
the people. Village Han, Marks
claimed, "has becA cootroDed by
the same poUticbm for too long
and it's time for a change."
' A resident of Nassiut Aveaoe,.
Extract basJved with bp' hus­band
Jack bi Freeport for over 14
years. They have three dUldren.
She holds a Badidor of Sdeace
People hare ^ftf" trem FaMei^ Dictenioft
woriL OUVH 1 trnnrmity Shr fin iCTTej w.
Roger Muks has resided in
Freeport for.eight years. He and
his wife Janet have a two-year old •
daughter. Mariu has served as a
member of the Board of Directors
of the Freeport Asodation for the
past six years. His activities \n the .
Assodation include co-chainnan
of the* Homefinders Service,
monitoring real estate practices
and ihoi^tcTing zooing_ board
-meetlaga..A5 a., volunteer, he hat--,
provided services as attorney to
the Freeport Arts'Crondl.
Marks served i s a '-'dtizen"
member of .the Mayor's Budget -
• tetLJa;. 1976-whldi he-believes
was
ejraerience in nnderstandbg the;^
Village's cmnplex . finincia| .
situation." Hie. Mated that the
experieiMe has-aliormad*.bin
"aware of the kog bona « woffc •
by tbe VDtage Trustees in put^flg
togetheraviabtebndgirt." v_:
-•_-MarksJxoiopleted' his- unider>
graduate' edpcittion at7<ew~Yodr:
-Unhrersity with a . makw fa
Ft««»wv.-«n^ « 'minor in -Ag.
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President of the Gibljna PTAiaad
Presideiit of the. Preeport FTA
Coaadl. She was first iqrpoteted
to. - the. village's'; ConunUaity
OeteloMuect -Otitea'a ; Con-aftteein
1974 and hasibeen re-,
appointed- anaually jface^ ^ J
coaatlng. He graiiiiated BroAlya_
"lair &fioo>. atlitfldlflJ eiaues al
liigfat while wockhig^uring- ttie
diy. RrdiettiNr he is an' attomer
^spedaBihig n, claims- and' riu
'miaageneot .'for self-insured
hospitals wUda ^hietr^bOtafl