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Five Counties'Bid Much
Higher Than Current Rate
FREEPORT - The village has received a bid from ojilv one company
for collection of Freeport's wastes and garbage, and that company is .
its present carter, Five Counties Carting. AHfaougli tiie Village Board
of Trustees, at its meeting on July 6, had approved a. two week exten­sion
for the return of bids, in an appiuent answer to national com­panies'
requests for mote time.
"VVHO DID YOU LOOK AT FIRST...the lovely Freeport Misses In the canoes cr the dignitaries oti the
dock? Obviously Presiding Supervisor Tom Gulota (standing r.) is enjoying th? task of starting one
of the early heats in last Sunday's Freeport Chamber of Commerce Annual Great Canoe Races. With
Hempstead Town's top official are (l! to r.) Chamber Vice President Larry Greblnar, Chamber Presi-'
dpnt Jo Ccna. Waterfront Chairman Frank Fineo. A.P.B.A. starters Carl Lawler, Bruce Sellers and
Richard Golder. Hempstead Town Clerk Daniel Fisher and Gulotta. The Freeport beauties in the
canoos? They're some of the village's charming secrets and unbeatable attractions!
Freeport School Board Teamwork Thwarts
the village's present carter was
the only company to submit
bids by the return date of Aug­ust
10.
Five Counties submitted fig­ures
for several alternatives,
as asked in the bid specifications.
For ointinuing the -. village's
present rear door coUectibn sys­tem.
Five Cooiities is acting.an
'anniial fee of $929,52(J. with a
'three year contract, and S924,000
with a five year contract.
E^sently Five Counties'
annual fee, in die third year of
its tliree year contract with the
village is $575,680. Its first year
fee had been $516,000.
The, bid specificatiotis also
call for a bid on curbside col­lection.
The annual fee, with a
three year contract, would be
$760,000; under a five year con­tact,
$775,200.
At the open legislative session
of the Board on July 6, Superin­tendent
of Public Works Ed Pre­fer
told the Board that there Ji^d
Offsets Federal Fund losses Suspected Burglars,
been interest by national com­panies,
which had indicated they
• would like mote time to work on
their bids. Prefer was on vacatioa
this week and not available for .
comment on the lack of other bids'
received.
The ^id specincatioiis. also, call
for increases after the &st"two'
renewals (i.e. in 1983 and 1984) to
be tied to the Consumer Price In­dex,
with the stipulation that,
regardless of the CPI, no annual
increase could exceed 12'/]%.
A separate, bid was also re­quested
for the collection of bag­ged
leaves, which occurs during
the fall. For the past three years,
since the village gave up its own
mumcipal sanitation department,
pick-ups Qf bagged leaves have
been donCi^ not by- the private
carter, but by the Public Works
Department.
Bve' Counties came.in with a
figure of $40,000 annually for the
pick-up of the bagged leaves.
FREEPORT - Some "good news" and some "bad news" created a
revision of the Freeport School District's final budget when the Free-port
School Board met in special session Thursday, August 6, to
formally and officially set the school tax rate for 1981-82. The U^ate
remainTthe-sSiil«.as anticipated whep district voters went to tfie polls
in June: S20.61 per SIOQ assess­ed
valuation, for an increase of
51.97 over the previous year's
tax rate. But even though the
actual amount of state aid to be
received is less than anticipated
and the district's assessed valua­tion
has decreased since last year,
the school district's fund balance
is higher than first expected and
the Board of Education has been
able to add several items to the
budget to offset a loss of federal
funds.
According to Superintendent of
Schools Dr. John E. Bierwirth,
the school district lost approxi­mately
S325,(XXI in Emergency
School Aid AssisUnce (ESAA),
and some Title i and Impact Aid
for a total of about SS0O,O00.
Added to that toss, which was
planned for at- budget-making
time, was an unanticipated lesser
amount of state aid than written
into the budget as'submitted to
the voters in June. The drop in
sUte aid totaled about $156,000..
Bierwirth points out, also, that
the school district's assessed
valuation, a figure it must by
law take from the Nassau County
tax roles, dropped $901,346
from August 1, 1980 to August 1,
1981, the biggest (Jrop. Bierwirth
said, "we've ever had."
• While part of that decrease in
assessed valuation was to cer-tioraris
applied for by and grant­ed
to a large number of small
commercial and residential prop­erty
owners, six properties re­ceived
decreases in their assessed
valuations, amounting to more
than one-half the total amount or
$525,000.
Public records in Nassau Coun­ty's
Department of Assessments
. show. thes£.six.ta.be.«&8.5oatli.
Bergen Place, which received a
decease of $85,000 in its assessed
valuation; 44 North Grove Street,
(Com. on Page 12)
Other Crimes
Keep Police Busy
FREEPORT - Two hours after
last Friday's August 7, meeting
between the Freeport Police
Department and - Concerned
Freeporters of the Northwest
Section (COITIENS), during
which the civic association
members asked for increased
police protection, they got
results. The Freeport police
arrested two suspected bur­glars
moments after they alleged­ly
broke into and ransacked a
Wilson Place house in the
CONFRENS area. A local resi­dent
had called to report a
burglary in progress.
Responding to the call. Police
• Officer Gregory Turner arrived
at the scene and saw a suspect,
later identified as Christopher
Perry. 17, of Maple Street in
..JxEcpoit...standing by an open
rear window. Perry also spotted
Officer Turner and fled, with
the officer giving chase until
(Com.onF>age 12)
WATCHING FOR THE RETURNS. Some of the members of the
Village of Freeport's special Organizing Committee look over the early
answers to a mailing they sent out inviting elected officials, business
leaders and involved citizens of integrated communities throughout the
nation to the Fifth Annual Oak Park Exchange Congress. The congress
will be held in the village Octot>er 1-2. Mem^rt o( the
Organizing Committee include (I. to r.) Human Relations Secretary
Janet Gabler, Director of Planning and Community Development
efic Hemphil. Mayor William H. While, Home Finders Servk:e
Director Ramona Crook and Human Relations Director Michael
Kirwan. Committee memt>ers missing from photo are Trustee Tim
Peternarxa. Village Clerk Tom DeVincenzo and Publtoity Director
Jean Peters The cost of the mailing and all Congress expenditures
axe covered tiytfie $100 per delegate registration fee.