The-Leader_1980-01-03

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FPEErORT ti£110RIAL LIBRARY
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NEWSPAPER
44th YEAR. No. 36 FREEPORT, NEW YORK. JANUARY 3. 1980-^ PRICE 2 0 * PER COPY
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Village Seeks J^ubUc Hearing On Monday
Regulations For Ppr Proposed ^0^81 B i ^ ^
Mall lletail Use FREEPORT- A S13.559.723 village budget will be theitopic of a
FREEPORT-The village Board^^publicJiearing Monday hight. January-7,:.81pm; at VillageHalh The?
"fX™?^'!*-?^.??^"-*^-??!^^^ budget is about $40,000 more than last year's accepted budgets but -
L-fj. 1^ J... _? t-A . anticipated revenues have also dropped more, than MQ.OOO according .
to the iine-by-lLop budget: The.total'differcnce is reflected"iri-_the ^
anhoiiiiced^ropqsed 105 tax increase for 1980-81, • .'
Of the proposed $13^6 million ' - . , : * " • : -
1980-81 budget.. $9.7-^million- —from^l4v?Wrto^^
session held'^ Thursday jjjght,
December. 27, asked' the-^lage
attorney to prbpbse an ordinance
that' would deal with transient
retail uses on.the Freeport Mall
-.Presently; there is no legislation ^must^be-iaised througfi-taxatiom-' Social'Security 'will go up from
- t o curtail such, use..; During the -"If aclopted. the JOf-'pfer^SlOOv $280^000 to $29S;000. ^^^^^ .^'-T
»-;holiday seasoni a vacant store . o f assessed jqiluationjt^xiijicreasc:^-^^
-^was~U5ed^o-sell a^parelTTt'Hail will'be thejlowest of the pis^^^^^ Dc-
- been suggested that perhaps" all. j ye^rs.; it ivottid* inSMse ^Hc^taif ?«-'vp&r^ budget "which reflects.
' retail stores be mandaletdto. have:'-. rate fdr^Freeport property owners jhe - Board" of 'Trtistees^'dictsioh •
a sign that would conform Jo the. -to ?J.UM .;P*r>?lW fis^???
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(XX)KiES;EyBrrONE?;Th«J4assauC<)untyiQlrl-Scotia
^filial Cookie Sale has begunTand h«fe in Freeport local M^yor-W]l- =
Itain H;vvtMe1(l,)'shows support of the^iroiect: With Whife'are Scouts
r Mictiele Camtfino )c;)^ who sold 403 l ^ e? of cookies in-1979. the
v'iteoond hiirhest nd(nbeir of boxes sold In FriMpbftrttiat year; and Stacey
' ObCiain}p.i,(r,), wtra fold 52S boxes'last yearrtheseoohd highestrmmiber'
-'%'UmCounty. PresenUalsoivere Freeport Community Cookie Chalr-
: tfoman'^Jeflehe SOofian ami Troop 2173 Cookie Chairrnan GU
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i 'fiEhiPSTEAD - Persons.wishing to speak at thcJanuary I5:h public
.. hearing of the Nassau CbuntyRcpt/Cnidelines Board may submit thpir
• ^nanKSiand'addresses in adv(incerjil^.teIephoning the Bdard's repre-
'scotafiveatlV l-9494.Then»e«lhg'wiIIbeheidin Freeport'. at Village
"•;.kaft,-4tfl*Drih Ocean Avenue,'At-7 pm'. (tilling an open-4o-the-pubIic
. ijectlog. the bo^rd will discuss its regular .agenda-, including pro^
-ccdairics'to be ^adopted for ob-i
vfantnig_jecoiiomic data required
Jf^.«toptip'n of County Guideline '
Rates to be effective July T,
^mo,:, .: ^- ..;•
•: V^Tte Board has called the Tues­day
iii^t public Ksaiing, scbed-
' uled to beginat 8 pm, in ord;r to
^ Receive tcstimbny and evidence
from tenants, owners and other
pertons with information con-cetiaing
aparttnehts subject to the
Qriergency Tenant Protection Act
•'-cccetalyradoptcd by the village;"
^uch information and' economic
data will be considered by the
Board as it detennifles guide-lihe
rates of rent, increases, for
leases and lease'rei*twals.-which
fall between December 1, 1979
and June 30, 1980, arid for
-dcUtmiiuUuii uf -..fair, market
, they would hold a meeting in the
village. - .• • -^-l
-.. All rents in apartments covered
by <he Emergency Tenant Prt>-
tectioc Act have'beeh frozen as of
Decenber 1,1979. Fonny, sent to
theJan^OTdStSere due back Jan-.
uaiy"17T9807^gures of income
and expense on these forms vnW
^ also be used by the Guidelines
' Board to determine whether Free-
_- port's rent increase should be
.~7%;-105V and 13% for oriei two"
and three year lease renewals, or
differen; from the rest of Na'sssiu
CouCntya; mera Cl_u:_ b._- ___
Plans Trip
• FllEEPORT • A second visit to
Great Falls, NJ. is being planned
by the. Freeport-Meadowbrook
Camera'Club.: The trip will be
rents with''''respecf to rent in-
' creases collected under leases
- and. lease renewals effective
prior to December 1, 1979.
A prior meeting of the Nassau
Coi'nty Rent Guidelines Board, in'
.Hempstead qn^Decimber .J2,.. he]dSaturd;'.y.January'i2
-drew a rbomral of tenants,-too
many for the Foard's usual meet­ing
place. B^ause of the interest
i-yidcnced by Freeport tenants^ at
-iJif-.time; the'Boaril the"n-saij
'villaRe;s':present-'^tBn" ofilihancpli
i' • Ovcrcrowdedif: !'con(Jtjoris;". in_•
=^ liothCthe-^Villagef^ Cleric's office
-;and the Police."treinCal * Office:
'wereTitertson'the agenda, The
_'_yilIage"^Clerk.has proposed to
expandliis dflice into the neigh-borriihg'
oHices of-the "Village
Treasurer, which are, .liot com-.
plcfcly ntilized.^The" Board ap­proved
the expansion'.at a cost -.
-^ribt 16TexcMd"$4;000:> —'•'^;'''• "^'^
•. A suggestionTto-expand; the .-
Police Clerical Office into* "the;
-entry Way of-^tbe; Village" Clerk's.
" office was liof.agreed. «ipon_.by ;
', the BoanJ;.WhiIe Trustee Dorothy "
Storm' noted - that^^ the Police
"Department's clerirail employees
-'cannot move Jaround- in: their
(Conf.onPaoeS) .
No Sdiclfeition
Siicki^ Mlabl@
FREEPORT - "No Soliciting"
stickers for the use of ^ residents
who vrish them, .have been pro- "
vided as a public s:tyice.to the
Village government by the Free-port
Kiwanis Qub^.
The Village's ordinance pro­hibiting
door-to-door . solicita­tion
recently was challenged by
the Unificatioh Church' and the
New York-Public In?«rrest. Re­search:
Group," Inc.r-Ths courts'
found in favor of the organ­izations.
The Ian indicates, how-evcTr^
that the atganizatidris.are
-not pcniilued U> tolidt at any~
house or apartrnent where the oc­cupant
has posted a sign pto--'
hibiting suchTpractice. .
Th^ tfirt^rt, arhtrh are fOT
Freeport residents only and
should be mounted near.door-
"tells, may be picked up week-'
days, 8-.30 am-4:30 pm, at the
Registrar's Desk on the first
floor of Village Hall.
Residients may also receive-the-stickers-
by enclosing a self-
,rl4'H^H>(*'*^t'tJur^l>.C^-te!^>"™X:
."; Thii?." rncieasei:JmMnv;\that- a-^1^
property^ assessed -'at - .58.000 " •spohsibnity^of tlii .vfflaj
would pay> annual .village tai^ '-iijg'Department. - '-
,.r taoA an ••..„' <o .U'A^..i ;i:«ri,i - *• Copies of the fenfative budget
tbr."re-~
eu&i-t-
biT'thr. r
iliigeis-euB
of .$896.80.~an $8 annual.differ^
enceOWf thisyear's^lM.; -;;^-;. '^^ V
. - The largest item .th th"e. budget"
is for "p'ublif safety?" ah-^mdunt
of S3.349J26'-iyhicli: -accounts"
for 24.7% of;the-entire" budget..
^Thel police, jdepartmehtts budgets
hbWever.: inclu'dihg;-salaries;
increased just oyer OTO.OOO from.
last year's:-figUTO. -The .largest,
thcreaseis .ih; that department's
budget are for jinifonns;:a.-con-trac^
ualiitcm; vehicles, new; ^nd
maintenance; telephone:'ga^nd
oil. .-;^"-:f.\., •;"-. •^:,-"-.> , •
Employees' benefits and debt
service are the other, two.largest'
.pfotitDnSvpf the budget, -both ac-cduntingTor
more than 15% each
of the entire total.' VVorkmen's
Compensation.:.:. for example,
will increase more than S30.00D
- are. - available; 'at : the" Village
Clerk's Office-; 46;->Ipnb;- Ocean..
Avenue.^8tJ0am^;30;pm weet-^
-days,'until Janu.iii^'.7;.Copies will
.Blso-be;avanablc*at the budget
vVncetingr -^.•f-fi-vif:'-'/.;---.• "?;":• •"•"
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;; FREEPORT;- The Board ,pf
• _ Trustees pttKe Freeport ;Memorr.
..ial library will meet;W«)oesday.;
\^ January 9. 8:15 pm, at the,
~. Library. South Ocean Avenue and"^
Vfest Merrick RbadI
The meeting is o^n to thff^
public. . .' \ . •
GuesU are welcome and urge3 addfes^S^ "-stamped envelope
to attend. .^ - with their electric payments.
. ,The group wUl.deparrfronrthe Solicitors \»ho jgiiore a posted
parking lot behind Nathan's on, sigrj may be reported tp the Frec-
5uhriseHighway.>W.a}n..^ -; pwtPolicer^"'••."'"."-**.':' '
HONORED FOR THEIR LONG SERVICE. Marie Barbieri (c.) and
Arthur Burdette Sr. (r.)-were presented with Certificates of Apprecia-fibnTjy
viliage Mayor William H. White at a recent Freeport Board of
Trustees tneeHrtQ. f7i^. Barbieri retired recently as Village Deputy
JTreasurer after 24 years of employment. Burdette's 34 years of,village
employment was \vifh the Electfic Utility CompanyJjwhere he was a
linesman. W.hite notedlhat Ms. Barbieri had ofteff-putin more than;'
the usual work week, c3,Tiing tfri&rly and^staying Tate anii-even coming *-'
in Saturdays, particularjy during budget preparation tines. The
• Burdette family's tr^diiton of service to the village. While pointed out!
iscoritinuirig with t\.% sort Arthur Qufdettp J/,, a village police officer
and presideni^of the Freeport PBA. "~ ":'