The-Leader_1987-03-26

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UAMR FREEPORT. NEW YORK. MARCH 26, 1987
SIndYEAR, No. 49
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freeport Sets Woter Restrictions
Baldwin Budgets
For Smaller Classes
School Budget Projects
-IxiwirWaferirigt Moat, Car
Washing Limits Imposed.
FREEPORT - Village residents and businesj people
will find their use of water somewhat curtailed because,
as Superintendent of Public Works David Lovejoy ex­plained
to the Freeporl Village Board of Trustees, the
village's consumption during the first two months of
this year was higher than
Naffonal Hero
|2.38Per$I00 Tox7„cre«e "X"F3Sl,}.r
byJoanD*lmiy
BALDWIN - With several hundred members of the
audience clearly in support of the recommendation, the
Baldwin Board of Education voted unanimously on
Wednesday evening, March 18, in support of Plan "A"
to reduce class size throughout the district for the 1987-
88 school year. Less than
in January and February
of 1986.
Not only that, Lovejoy
told the Board at its leg­islative
session Monday
evening, March 23,
Freeport had been prevl-claiffling
they can save up
to 20O gallons of water
per car washing.
But, Lovejoy did make
the Slight adjustment in
his. recommendation. As-long
as the nozzle can be
NEW YORK CITY -
Freepoit resident Paul F.
Hashagen, a New York
City Firefighter, has re­ceived
second prizfe'ln the
ously advised by the New turned off when not in
York State Department of;" use, the same saving of
an hour after that ap­proval,
with only six peo­ple
still remaining, the
Board again voted unani­mously
for a $40,284,750
expenditure budget for
I9S7-88. The budget is
projected to carry with it
a S2.38 increase per $100.
of assessed valuation.
For a home assessed at
S7,O00. the increase means
$166 more than'.the cur­rent
year. The average
school tax rate this year--
was $33,001 per $100 as­sessed
valuation. -
However, final tax rate
. numbeii cannot yet be
projected. State aid fig­ures
are not expected until
. mid-April and actual as­sessment
numbers are not •
available until summer.
Therefore, • the school
Board, as well as residents
who vote in May, will
actually vote only on the
expenditure portion of the
budget. The tax rate is
established when all the
. revenue items are known.
School Board members
warned, however, that
discussion of educational
programs should simply be
considered from a finan­cial
perspective. Board
member ' Lorraine Deller
noted that, all during the
school year, the Board
votes and takes action on
items which have a sig­nificantly
larger tax im­pact
than this class policy
change.
Various administrators,
particularly school princi­pals,
pointed but that in
actuality, the Board often
votes for class size ex­emptions
to the present
policy -during the school
year so that only 20% of
the class size reductions
mentioned . jn the plan
would really be new. . ,
In addition, many com~.
mittee members and Board
members stressed that the
financial numbers pro­jected
were conservative
•worst case* numbers. For
example, all of the teach­ers'
salaries,, including
fringe benefits, were pro­jected
in the upper ranges
rather than any projected
at entrance level figures.
Repet^ition of any existing
exemptions, which would
most probably be granted
next - year under current
policy, were not assumed
in projecting savings un­der
status quo.
Meadow School Principal
Thomas Hodge noted the
tremendous • educational
benefit to students, staff
and administrators in be­ing
able to project class
splits in June rather than
.having to wait until the
Fall when classes are al­ready
established.
Many parents, several of
whom were ^ teachers,
spoke of the educational
benefits, including emo­tional-
and psychological
benefits, of smaller classes
where individualization
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Paul HMb>(«>
national Ninth Annual
Heroism and Community
'Service' Awards Program
sponsored by Firehouse
Magazine.
This is considered the
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Five More Drug
Arrests Bring
Total To 33
FREEPORT - Five more
- people have been arrested
in Freeport on charges of
selling cocaine.'The arrests
are the'result of'an ongo­ing
investigation into
crack dealing in Freeport.
The latest arresu bring
the total of arrests in
Freeport to 33 since last
May, when the investiga­tion,
which utilizes un­dercover
surveillance, be­gan.
Twenty-nine bf-theJe
arrests were made by
Freeport police, three" by
. .(Ccnt,an.Pt|e 16)
Economic Conservation
(D.E.C.) that its water
production last year was,
in e*cess''or the "amount to'
be permitted under the
terms of the state-imposed
cap.
What will this mean to
Freeporters?
Whether a resident or a
businessperson, you'll have
to be. careful how ybu-wajh
oc. rijnse "Sn' aufdmo-bile,
truck, boatripr similar
vehicle. The hose used
must be equipped with a
nozzle with -an automatic
shutoff; valve or one that
can be and .'is-manually
turned off when not iji
use.
; Lawn irrigation aod/or
sprinkling will also be
curtailed. -That activity
will be prohibited between in place to
9 am and 5 pm. but - js—lawfteetfe
Lovejoy paimstwr-^ht Lovejoy tended to agree
best hours to water a lawn with Clark that the use of
water could be realized if
properly used.
. ... Mayor.^gtorm. asked
about.the problem of en­forcement,
but Lovejoy
assured her that enforce­ment
could be carried-out
by those members of his
department empowered to
give summonses. Building
Department inspectors and
the police.
•I hesitate to use the po­lice,"
Mayor Storm re­sponded,
although they
could make out 'pink slip
warnings, she added, to be
returned to. the Depart­ment
of Public Works.
While noting that first
time violations shotild re­ceive
a warning, the
Mayor said "an enforce­ment
prt)cedure should be
to giveJtHlte-are
in the evening or early
morning.
The new regulations will
go . into effect immedi­ately.
Mayor Dorothy
Storm noted that a violator
wov^d first receive a
j^mfng, but after that the
fine to be levied could be
as high as SI00, according
to the Village Code of
Ordinances.
In recommending
new. ordinances to
Village Board, Lovejoy
originally asked for auto­matic
nozzles only, - but
Deputy Mayor Jim Clark
spoke afxjut some of the
mechanical .problems he
has seen with such noz­zles.
Lovejoy noted that
Nassau County recom­mended
automatic nozzle?,
private wells should- be
taken into consideration.
"There could be a' reduc­tion
in our water cap" for
-wells," said Lovejoy,' but
he added, 'we are recom­mending
that everyone
comply with .the law." He
noted other contmunities
that have passed restric­tions
also apply them to
wells' and he added, "you
the J can't always tell the pri-the
vate wells."
Lovejoy also "told the
Board abotlt special water
conservation kits tha^ will
be given out free by the
meter readers to every
customer of the village's
water utility. The kit will
contain, explained Love­joy,
a brochure, shower
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