The-Leader_1980-05-08

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I UEHIUCK RD
PRIEPORT
IMDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
FREEPORFS
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NEWSPAPER
45th YEAR. No. 2 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MAY 8.1980 . PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
School, Library Vote Wednesday
Two Vie For One Vqcohf
fiaofxf Of jEducoHofi Seof
Interviews With Schooi BoardCandidates
tegin Inside -OiiPage^^S^^^^
FREEPOET - School District voting will take place Wedn(»d^, May
14.1-lp pm. Registered Freeport Sdbool District voters will go to their
regular sdiool polling plac«i at Archer Street, Atidnson,BawiewAve-nae.
Clevelana Avenue, Cblumbui Avenue OT CHblyn Sdraou, and cast
their votes for the school budget, the Freeport Memodrlal Library bud­get
and two seats on the Freeport
AQUlCKc6uR8Et3fiQOyEmMENT.M^w WIU White^piainsU\Bmtmy aspects ot runnling
tha Freeport Vlllaav goyarhment to members ot the Dodd.Juntor High'S^ool Student Council. The
students visited Village Hall last weeit aspart of VStudehts In Qovismment Day." From Q.to r.) are:'.
,Freeport School District DirectbrxH Community Relations WlUlam'Olhrar, Council Co-Treasurer
Ctiarli8eJohhsbn,'Sargent-AVAnra Stephen NIcolIno, Co-Treasurw- Todd Holly, Secretary Bart>ara '
Cromer, Village Director of Human Relations Michael Klrwant-MayorWhite, President John Oswald
and Vice Presldei^tLlsabetKMigrer.-. : %^ ' -VS^y^ •:-:-i-..,^/-',-^y^':^'%^,-':^.:':: :•:;.'•
-^? Bwi^ Fieldbf Ji^
About (iar[» Plant
FREEPORTr Fornesriy two hours last Monday evening,May 5, the
'Village Board of Trusteestried to answer questions about a proposed
garbage recovery fadlity. The questions came from about'15. "fright-enttJ,"
bythelr own de&iition, residents 7- most of whom Ihrc in South
Fri^port, Th6 Board reoenUyhaid authorized village .counsel to enter
intonegotiations for thesale'of municipal land.^the rite of the now-unused
'incinerator, "to. B.W
Public Hearing Oh
New BcitAnd
law
Energy Systems who want. to
buSd/aia^lity^^that- wouldi- they
dajin, convert village garbage
intoNo.2dieseioil. ^
The questioning, at the board's
twice a month public mating,
began with a.Mr.. Iskols, a res
be success^l. If it does not op-;
erate a(xbrdihg to specifications,
the contract, he sud. would call
for it to be shut down'and the
equipment removed.
: Mr, Scamacca, of East First
Street, suggested that a minimum
ident of Ann' Dnvc-Jyho^-eom-"''^;TUHOUnrol^2d-25% of the costs
ilalfledlfiatlhe village built the of the installation be^irovided for!
Indnoator inspite, of reridents'
complaints of excesshre: noise,
__ dirti:. etc. Jt was subsequently
" pointed out that according -to
Islnls*, sequence' of events, he
' could not mean the'incinerator,
' but mlglbt be referring to the
powerpiaht.
Noting the concerns . of the
—residents. •Hiydr'Wlliam H.
1. White-attemptedto explrin that
' .once the contract is prepared, the
board will'look at it and if they
fee] that the system will woric
and thecontract offers the proper
controls, they could authorize its
signing. . / i
He pointed out that private in­vSIeOst
omrsil liwoner eth awt iltlhinejkp !taon tg ^amoubllde
anti-pollution devices.
^ • Wmte said it would be simpler
to put in the ctmtract, "thou shaQ
.not pollute." but added he would,
take Scamacca's suggestion
underconrideration. ; ';
Noting that court cases could
drag on, Scamacca felt^ that,
ithe-people conM need's mofe,"
"immediate remedy" than being
able to point to the terms of the
contract if something went
wrong, and he suggested a village
'Statute.
White aniswered he believed
there were specific statutes al­ready
on the books to help con­trol
any situation, and that there
is also federal and.state legis-
, (Pont, on Page i 6) .
•FREEPORT -.^The question of '.
"parking" boate, camping trail­ers
or other recreational vdddtt ~
on reridentlalVproperty in'the.
village win come up befcre the
Board of Trustees nnt Monday .
eveiUng, May 12v--,'
. At 8 pm, the board vrill b e ^ a
public hearing on a jproposed
amendnfent.to the: Village -of
. Freeport'ft-Cctde.of Ordhuuices
whl(» would' mafe it illegal io
store" aT boat or recreational
vehicle in the front yard of a
.-dweffing." \ •-
Parking of sndi vehicles would
be allowed, if the law as proposed
is adopted, only in a driveway no
.doser than five feet from the ad-j<
Hning piuueity line or in the side
or rear yards, again no doser than
five Ceet from the oroperty line or
any residential building. - - •-—-^ >
' •' The" - proposed amendment
would also limit the size of boat«
recreational vefaides pemdtted to
be parked on rerideimal property
to a marimum of 25 feet.
Although this amendment was
proposed several months ago, tlM
public hearing was set for May 12
to allow ample time for residents
to be notified. At public hearings,
reridents 0x3 speak for or
sgamst the pn^Ksal.,
Board of Education
.This year's only race involves;.
two . lurtiyeTi:Freepbrtersi'-Bfll.-
;-Com!ni»:«id Frank Tudier, who
seek election to the seat:bring
vacated by Ed Monroe^ There is
Tjo^'tontesffor tthc^seownl^seat.-*:
Incumbent JimjJEsnda^isxMm-^
op^sedln^lEiit bid fbr a second,
. 'thtt«ye«t«m. •.; • \ ' ' .' .! . '
Cominos, who is Snperlnten-'
' dent of-Electric Disfrtbutirafor;
, the village.bf Freeport, is.a for-.
•m« fire chief wiUi the volunteer
Frwepdrt i^'-Departnient asd>
; a long time'memlwr of Vigiluft
" Hose.Co^JMmy .N6.;2. He is a
, graduate of .the Freispott ptiblic
' schools. He^ his wife' Barfoan,
- and thdr three diBdren reride on
BruidiAvenue.: . , .' ; .^
Tudcer,-. a. ,'retired' Nassau'
.. .County police offim-, is Setarity^
':. Manager for a Melville, mril cnlet
' cosnietics house; He also at-
. tended and. .graduated Freeport
pubUcisdmols. He/and Us,"wife
Madeline, and their ddldren.'Uve
oh. Whri«y;,Street;;T^^
; have five youngsters and have
• had 22 tester children.'r .
Budget figures , '
— The $22,900,855 198(W1 pto-
, posnl school budget represenfs.a
16f per'• SlOO"assessed valnai&m
. tax decrease.". The figurei, how­ever,
do not tate into account any
sriary increases, that might be
granted as.a result of hegotiatioiu
preseiatly'underway, between the
district and all eight erf its eioploy-ees'asaodatiflti
The library, budgets figures,
however, are firm and ddSnite.
The;S8S8.906 pnmosed budget
bears sn increase en 11< per SlOO
assessed valuation. .
-'•'': Candidates Night'
TheFreeport Coondl of PTAs
held tiieir annual Candidates
Night Tuesday, May 6." Approx-ifflitely_
^wo^ (Jpzen. pet^ie-at-tended
tiie meeting, wfauh was
Paired l^ a re|ffesentative of
the League of Women Voters.
Wlule mndi of what the caniti-dates
said, and the questions that
were asked, have been covered in
THE LEADER'S mterviews (page
5, this issue), eadi made several
newpoints.
. In their opening remarks, both
summed up why they were run­ning
for the Board of Education.
Tucker$aid^'!jDne of^my. rea-,
soiufor tunnhigls Oe
this is ¥'goc^'^oid'd&trict.'He
iUld he'bdieved he ooiild-."biBtter
,thf idiadidlstrict.'?tlfis7 g o^
would t>4 to ."better the eduduiod
a^ ai»1^urriaHtto:an>tiH'altax- -
psninbntlnlhotitsaaificing the
• cfiMren.r'..vSc ' • v.^" •;"; ^.^-' ••.:•..:
::.Vx his iidtial reinarks,.03minos
told.the'twb dozen or so'people
who had come for the meeting
that hi his job witii tiie Village "I
am in town all day ;tnd Ido feel.
:thC;,p^#B^of thie^'cbmmnnfiy.r.l .
Jov6. Freeporijand I'pUa tOtStay .
.;here and .deal"J with flie:,prbb-iwnsirfthccqminM^/^
l ' ;
:' -The'mpdmtetheno^^ '
• floor to qiiatidnu, which coiild be
directed to rither or-botifcandi-
' dates and. whMi.l'^
,.'S^reJ^v'.^,^i>.;:V4'l;i-':t^''"--v':,',:"^ :'•' •
-. Marilyn Koller .asked,'the two.
for their views on theV'feasibilhy
of maTidatingthat the new Super-.
{intendeat, ;of StAboIs live- & the j
' district or relbcate here,".;". r, "
Tucker answered that he didn't.
= know, If it was- *^a necessity.'Jcto ,•
"Uvein.the^villagcJbut felt tiiey'
- jhmild hfve the^lnterestr'of the '
'village-at heart.r."Bang a rest
;ident,"C te 'srid,7'•,*ttey;:wbuld
have a'better.ihs^ht'as to. what'
' the^^village Iwaote?' He. said the
final cfairiw should be based on
overall quaUficatioiu,' not one
• hem."^;..;,',.>;-; ••':'-•/.• ^-^•..v.^--
Conihios, on the other, hand,
said:"! do priefer that thieSgE
ndeht hve la thelT^Bi^e of
Freeport or that he would be will­ing
to rdooste to n^ town."
Another reridoit, Ruth Haadc,
asked the "two candidates, what :
they would consider to bit the
prime prerequisites for the Super-
Intendent'sjob; .
Conunos answered that he
wouldn|i.pnt c»i«.. above all dse:
' ASibafi m eight he would con.-.:
sider-important; "he mentioned:
why he wants to be the superin­tendent;
his relationship with
board'and community! how he
would.prepare a budget; bow he
would deal with sdiobl personnel;
how he sees bnildiiig programs;
and he continued on with his own
education and kept abreast of
educational needs \
. Tnrkrr added .thiit he would
want to see what the board has
(Conl.bnPagelS) ' ,
)