The-Leader_1980-06-05

              I Baldwin School j
i District Soction ^
PRiEPORT
lAIDWIN
ROOSIVEIT
JMIRRICK
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NEWSPAPER
«thyEARrNo.6 FREEPORT. NEW YORK, JUNES, 1980 PRICE 20* PER copy
Elcir Back As Police
JFREETOitr < yiOage Chief itfj^ce Anth<my P. JEIar'a three year
legal battle to regain his position has finally come to an end. Doting a
dosed-to-tfae-pubiic Etecntive Session Monday night,' Jane 2, the
VSlage Board, of. Tnisteea vot^ to reestablish tiie po^tkn of police
diief, wUch they had abolished, in May. 1977. and, reinstate Elar.
Bar^ v^-had beini: Pidke
Cab Forot Upif
Sonl6» Might;
OflRiiiof
FREEPORT - Whfie approving
~of Caionon Taa
e Down
Oh VfolatlonSi Abt^ses
Chkf of the vOla^'s apprad*
isatety ,80 jtaui .depaitoient/for
eight-ynuB-before'the' board
voted Sis nasi odt and pot ia a
Board of PottceCoeusiidonen,
rraswtined :• cnmmind'- of • the
dejwttxnent: as ; oC:. 12i01- .«in
-Oavid HeeiMh:,'C«^[fiid.^e(pa
iaiss&>ey5^(tjW/^
" Boajtf{^ TiiiMeeiKaad'bead-.of'
the depatbneni'doring that tisree
, year period, diose to becbiqe a
poHoe.fcapdiln.rltbe' podilon b(6.
- neidlnl^^.ratterttanccrntlffiie'
as pt^tt'cnonBisalffliCT^ Village
- socQtci» >8treued5tbai''it:%was
MeehanVjei^bh;,'. - . v" • •-; r
The b M ^ s lU^tioo came moire
- than'two 5PMksi£tathie. village
had'kisf ^ ^ J e l ^ P I ^ te £ e .
' AppelatelHvi^onl
. According to ttie. -Board ' of
Itastees' resointiaos EIar~ was
reinstated.aa:of Jone 20. 1 ^
wfdi back pay fesi Use amount of
any cbnasensatian ^zned fai bis
tfaoie i l n ^ yea»k.^' MayV1977
the; board Jiad^-alsQ rvtrted to. z
rouce.^om-i-neflce Blar was-moveo ooam to, • •
•'Elir'a nli^-Uds'yNir'as'PoQoe'-'''
Chief will be.S39396. His salary,-
daring the endre past ^ r e e yean
was: not; roeciflcally 6btainabk •
^from'thelvulage ^itderthe Free-dmn'<^.
In£«nnation"Actalth6Deh ^
- THE LEADER ha* requested i t
. Hdwever^^ttc :prescnt' 1980^1:
> viUage I b a d ^ y4>ows;^^s]ols~ fbr
;;foarvUeatetiuts^in.;the d^pi^
. inent'with base {Mj^ hinging from
^« -iT. - - . „ . . '.._ iS31,0$0 to $32.51,0, tieutenants
M«ehan wlhrfjthe past t&ree.jalso coOecl i%ht difiBsteiitial and^
' year«^:;^'jBCcesOTl!J!-J:ooi»;'.:and;:haiday'pay.--''- •'>'-' --'>^''^'< •^"•-- ^A
thanked tlwejioea Joih'^the..- street:?,: Damn .Elar*s'-last'^ year -''as"
• • who did;a'iceat1ol^: H f saM he ip^H^
- woold.'ooaMStrate'tn tbe sodai '
areas of Doljbe wodc whidi he had;'
' . alway«-;ftkind\-BCwarding,y'I'ni;
,_.jast g(^]«rOo'to.another;-ampi<;'^
;- ment,^heiaid;::;X^?OJ-S;t^-^^.^
kJElar/#&>i^ja^ da^r.hb^^
'the reqaest
Compuiy fbr-a25f across the
board increaae iii £sies in Freer
'port,'the. v 0 b ^ Board of Ttas-teai:
dU pave the way/for stmie
aaejiocaaonfor one seginent of
,tlw ptjpulatkai ^ Us ;seid« dtir
• J^S.-•' '» ••"/*"•''--•'.• \'".:.'':-.iV--''i"v4-•• -
?-\'»-tfc-'boird •./•voted, - to'.''^U. '.a
cossioa'tm^l jprmosedraSaaa*^"^
.:. ;zwi*-a:150<.<i""ti&"-decrease'ion'-'
':«fares ' daxing< ntm-commotation'
. honn. This woold beJ25t p«ts r i ^ .
.'-:more than..senkcs'noiw'receive
fiotn fa)ca| cab cotnfeaoies onikr
ttw.village'otdiiti^e. -".•c:",-r.- /:,:
••• FREEPORT > Representatives of the newly formedrSonth Ocean
Avenue Block Association/spoke np at tlie. Monday: idght (Jane 2)
Freepcrt ViHa^ Board ^ Thisteea meethig and oompUin^ of traffic
prtAileDis, h t ^ ' a n d other isiatters caused by bodneis interests on
Wcbdd^ Avenue, the street immediate^ir to their east.
Mayor WUHam H. .White told \, --"•..,-,,-^ -^
them that/^letter aboat vk>laton .; In h& l e t t^ ^TUte wrote that
(tfocdisaoces was being, mailed to there had been'coemlaints aboot
all.biuiness ihtorestsand estsb- practices' on. Wooodeft "that
. nihmeits' on-Wooddeft 'Avenue, detract ficom tiie 'peocde'a eidpy>
WhttecadfedthelettorAwvinns.- mcatof tbeKastkalMileand. If
«Mdt:«i)IMlien^^
;'-^K%^M^!%'&-
^abdlsUcd the pbsiticm.* his salary
was S28,600. When first appdbt-ed
lietttenant In-' 1955,-_his base
, My waiFJa3,938."Shcel973ri:he
1 has been: jpanted Ak inoements
.~l1ie ^proposed:amendment 'to.'
the yiliage code, n$6dfies these /
disoDont times a s 10 kim-S pinrafiid %
Tr^pfciHdidglrti-; and'tiul-rday;
:Sktarday and Sunday/-Uiider tiiev
ordlnance./thosis/eBgfble f o r the >>
^fare discofmitmust be 6S7eaxs <rf|'
.age';«ai/older andjhdd a .seniori;
: btizen^eard. issued "by r^the'^cab-; j
':C0^«%. 'C ;:^:'.:!~ 0>!^/^ iX^^': ''Jj"^^"^'-]^'
i/:,Tbe -Vboardc teok/:/itsV; action-.Cr,
-.duxing'itsrfedsdative session/'in~:/
-whidi'hd^pablic parfid^tibn-lsT*
-aOowediA pisblic/teaidng'<m tiie^^
£ m incteiue'bad been.neU'l^^
i*T.'fii.«'xi».fciiiiiM«*;.?-s*.«*»*!rif«« *
-. day bide tif biar d d icibiJspoke cfl^members of ttiedeparfarieht^
. ,tlthank»/VHfcsiM.oe.vairted;to..-,A ;.vifl*8e-spokespersfflai said-thank
poscmiUlyand ii2dividna%:..that the-badrpay-'dneEbir wais/
-« ii.:. ri.xii<._fc„-wt»-i.ii:,« •!«,* '•--«*^ jdzable.'li/; "aWioagh'•\'tiie,
l»d/not^yd boen de^Tr/
.'It'would be-based, alw7
ezpIidniMl,'^on what the. .village~.
board determines t»' would Ktve:
been paid as Chief and 'tiben the.-
figure will;be. subletted to ..the
coort.'^El8rfs attorney could then
ati#^iifaSl5;ei«ipd';';tq^y^^^^
an the-people/who'attended the'
1977:pnhib fie^^ln m htiait
-and^who'had let mm'kwm that
tbey'i^piiarted Um. H e - ^ ^ of
the vii^^/tesidentsiuui thanked
also ^ vAridos poilce'dsieSrwho
^ had attended-the>ittii||e'» public
', PheoaHttcee^/^.Q&4wfne'ffte'e* ANse^w^ ^<^;State
alsdAaaked itud a i ^
the :'fiT>andalfi«ppt>rt%ey.thad
-• ^venhim» -•-•.•••:'•-•'.:•' 'v.oV-''-'
Ehu-: called ; i t h c d v i l justice
v . ^ s j ^m "sqnaie.iib^ahd honest'*-
^kod ^^'oUective in our behalf and.
on behaadF many people who eo
befbre":it; He u s o thanked the
judges/an of. whom, - he . said.
"dSpensed V}asti« .-so well,","
- " particnlaily notina Judge Howard
Leavitt's "ieatoSedopiafon.""
When ques^oiied aboot his
future plan:| in tliedQtartment,''
Chief par said there could be
-^'^me dumges, btst not massive
ones or any detrimentaTto- the
.dfcpartment 6t the village. "We.
win try to pick op where we left,"
, J be explained, saying he would
have to take a took at the depart-.
'•.'meirt, "•/• ';/, ^•.:/•"•/.7 •-•'^''
UaaiMy .Bif^^ibei'baiid- of"
trustees also voted to'establish
the position of Captahi. In
abolishinp the Baud of PoBce
Omudssianers, W resolution,
tlie powers 'arid dmies of that
body revert bade to the troste^.
I h e board then voted to rein^/
state Meehan as Captain, with
the salary of 138.500. His salary
as conumsdooer this year had
been S39.000. It agpearedtbat if
-was legal for the nuage board to
take roch-action beoiase Gvil
Sendee had retained the title dF
."captito pending litigation" for
this department
The Mayor - had no public
comnient to make on the board's
actbns. Elar said he woold be
bade Wednesday bt a meeting of
vin*^a<^»artmentheads.- • •'•'''
deddon at: that' time pending'a :»:•
lodfc/at Cainaqn /Tad's :fiiumdat.l§
'statements ^amf- the contnct Ibe'<4^
tween ;/the:-'cmiipany/'and .'./its'/;,-^
driwaBi^CHy ••;:;:;-/'^:'#'.'^^S4: i i ' s '
v'QumOT\'hiW->:rem«tted,\tI«-'ct
increasepdmarilyrwty.dahoed, ^:|
becaoseof the.ihcrets^ in ffoo^'-^ -i
linei prices:siiKBithdr last fare/>
In April, J979, Fare coHectod are f/i
diyi&d, /according to:> xoStract- ^
.dgtied^eadi-day -between
company And driver, 55^/45%
with >tlMs driver .reccMng the
larger share.-Drivers..'however,:
pay aQ gasoliiie'costs^.
Because the b o a t ' s , derision
came during . die, ' legislative
session, any public: comments
were made after thdr vote.
Louise. Simpson, of Concerned
Ndghbots. commeoted that if the
cab cotnpanydid not mismanage,
an increase ntight not have b^m
,neaESs«y.' . " / -.„>•-'"' " ''
. .MayorWiHiamH.WKtenoted
that- the board hid voted the'
increase taking into coo^erstian
inflatioo. He also mentiooed that
Tony's Cab Cqn^any was gdng
back into b^^ysff in thf viH»gff
MUSIC-(AND MtiStCfANS) HAVE CHARM.Tlhe fowth grade vocal
and Instrumental musicians a f Freeport'a Giblyn School prssentad
their 1S80 Spring Concert on May-20. Directed by. HIcholas CartMito,
the Giblyn Band (top photo) played "Take Off Marcfi;" "Oh Sus­anna;"
"The Battle .Hymn of the Rcq>ublic," featuring Brian Aruton
and Ronald Extract; and'"The Crusaders." The Fourth Qnade Chorus
(rhiddie frttoto} was directed by- Ellen Schutt. SeieeUoRS- induded
'.'Harmony," "Hey Lollle." 'Try a-Uttle Mualc," and ''Muppet
Mania/* The Giblyn School Ordtettra (bottom photo) wes also eoit-ducted
by Carbuto. Their four selactk3ns-w«« "Sfwrtnln' Bread;"
. 'Trumpet Tune;"-."Gavotte," featuring Samantha Boulukos; and
'*• "ContemporaryTuh«i;"-." "A' M< i v - -• .- r -.- . . . .- ..