The-Leader_1990-01-11

              f Remenifier... Dr. Martin Luther King '^
Sunday,'January 14,5 p.in.
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-FreeportHI^ School
Preeport»Baldwin
56ihYcar, No. 2 Frceport. N.Y. 115?() Official newspaper of the Village of FrccporfFrcepoit and Baldwin School DisiricU Thursday, January 11, 1990 25^
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Fr0eport t>uciget debiated
miOUS ANNUAL KIWAHISCALENDAp Is aA Aliava,tom
M^ n ^ n l am iOserge Lange, Kelt l>M^ 9ism QiAiim, and
. Chat laifean held up the 1990 Calaiidar. 'iha'thaRM af this
^ar'a«lMi*r teFfeeport's moatrttrlaiadassai-to.eftll:
Jnal OvarjISJOS calendars am prMadMtf^feafii^d up
tree ef eharia tain many retallars m nHnlelpKl'hiillilngs
. «»ewii tavm., the Freeport Ktwante Oib Iratf.flllwiAa^ to
tbf eeipimiilf S^,ooo in iS89 in the fami U f a ^ e M h ^
pud t o p U ttia uijdsrpriviieged, men^te te 1 ^ terfwais,
!'and sidmtofBhlps for students and ^udHil<atMaSas« *
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&y Leoffi &ffiffli
At the f A l e hratMg m .
the 1990-91 Wimvm W.^.
budget Mtwfajr rf^it to W- .
. lage Hi0, te 1 ^ 3 ^ K e ^ .
1oo]t6d.inaT»1ttB a toswa^
• conventian,' with "IS "« "
• Freep(»t'« volaiter&ii^t- . -
crs, led.by First.AsMslaiit'
Chief Raymciqd HBguiTe,'
making ujt^mare thati two-- -
thir^ oif the audience.
. True, the first order of
business was.ratifiQifion by
the VilTaee Board oflhKteea .
. of a new eonbact tatw^u tte"'
Village tod MWpte'9sgfM-ment.
Bat ttla itm^fft am
eontiDvei^ • . . """•,»
— FoUowiBff ;'tfc».- awaA'a.."
prompt v^M^BW nH»ny|d
of the u n t a ^ i f e i ^ u ta
said t»k IfeBfteBfa fcai '
. made thfa nalia f«»anK«1.
. ajppearanca' taeBam^nd
' Mayor Dorotliy MAm aal.
the enUra.Brt^i "for tl»Bir
' eCrarts,':as'd£maaaftatea in -
the'deliberations over the
Fire Department budget.*'
"%e board kept the « d l^
and proteetian of the ' P ^ ^ -
aa-a^hlgh. priori^" MT.
Ifa^re'said, 'even ten^'
&^ were under very »iiBl»
fiwincial constrBiat.„neas -
'firenen have cotteharato
ft^ the:£oai'd piMMf.m^'
only through fhe wawa'aT
their sp'pkesman, tef atm-witha'ston^
ngoration.', ' •.
Most of the fiteligh'tera
then departed, to a round of
applause, leaving a'much .
: smaller audience present to
comment or raise questions
on the budget..
Introducing t^e budgets^ •'
discussion. Mayor Stona'raii
<hat after .being on the IMWI
.«lnA 1973, in.virrittaB l ie
Ii90-9I budget ihe had
. fapd tlua 'the t o ^ e ^ ymr'
ever.' She said site M »M
'. te rastain the q u d ^ tfU
ta Freeport wittat'TC^tfag
" •er^icesj "but tM«. fcaa
becme'^more anCiana flfr
e u l t . ' ••.•;.»• •'• " . '
. ' -KHth a projected b t f l^i^'
ating budget of $24,744,0413, <
: down from $30,784j707 last
fiscal year, and'a 95 percent'
'tex iaereaae of $1.79 .per
IIOS nf aaiessed yiiluation. ,
Mi^r S^n^a.%u.dget state-.
menl i m M out that while
retense Aaxlnghasbeen
• A d i n )M iaid state aid Is in
"jB0|«i%,1%B ^llage'must •
l i p fsmita"&6 most issen--.
. A talMripid services sudt'
. tm pcMee aad fire protectioa.-
She latest blow, she told. •
• the'meeting^ came the.day. •
after Christmas,'when, witli
' the budget already on press,
the Village learned that the .
state was redudng Freeport's '•
' Special Franchise Assess­ments
against the Long
Iiland Lighting Company,
the K«« Ifork Telephone
&MfaM^ 'and Cablevisidii,
' cira^%«I^'of$1.2milUo»
la a^^^ei vduation: This
sew' dsvelepment alone '•
^esoata fe m cents of tie
•''il.?i.&ttte(«a3e,sh'esaid. ':.
. .• iiBfie -irillnges. .'cannot
. iMpaaea'peraonal income -
'• tt%'^iAiee Nassau Coun!^..
^Bg», nnlike villages in all
other New>York Counties,'.do
,. npt.shari^jn-sales tiax rev-''
:• {anSnuedonpisg**)-
User fee for refuse collection?
REPRESENtmG THE FINEST, pertomibig music students en
Long Istandithraa Johh.W. 0odd'Junior. Higlf School atu-.
dents liaVii iiaan'itaiactad to partlelpata:lit<tli«':|.ong blind
SMig4%«l«al bi February. With Dedd bsWwiantsI l|u»te
. fia^ar Atlpin IU»ran»son, ttia..tl»a< HB, l(Mn fall. AiUlla
ym* 9wn% &tar Francls«ir tvl«tti|, Hri Itoi^iM l^inux
' (^ffn|i to •iM«i;,''Estaf ami » » i i qA M « ^ M »^MIlo',
f^^^lBibtiuary'«An-Cotm9linle;Fi^tai. ,.. '
The Free^K iMwd Bf"fti»«"'-
.tees, eoaflsBBJ^ n ^ W f e A a :
challAi^ng Mi em% tipeMs
lage'i meebat .of, I A M ert»>
..dated-'fiipaial l«il«"^«.i«
increaiiag-iioto btteft m^*"
state conOff^D^^^Ain oa
•real propQ^ imm, ^"mm «»-
sideijnglheadaprimaMiW-fa
. for refuse cofl^tfon. The pop-osal
mUbelhesabjm ofapubKc -
' hearing on Tuesday. Jantoiy 16,-.
' at 8 p.m., St Village HalL (Mon­day,
January, IS, it a, legal•
hdiday.J..,: . '••'•'.
' 'AccardiBgto.MayQr Detothy,-'
•• Stonn,'-*Tte,.'«m:iwo^rf'
'. w i t b i n u i d d ^ l d i t e i e » ^ '
-. tion^ <ihpmafMt^^^'bf»% •
iocTt^sed ai^'ate ^taied^^p^/
'. ralliog.atraU^ m g A T^K;
maodat« a^ b ^ ^ % &
-' Sute and .Town ^ a « h Q a t f ;
ooreo^ai''- -"."",." >"" •'".
' . For e x ^ i ^ ' t e ^%i fer
.i'.toGd w ^ A^M ta- pne
frbma low mt^t fiamkU IW,
.10 S34 pH- loB ID Jtmmm 19^9,
t6S70pertsDlnjBl^Badit'antic-.
. ipated to'jomp to $80 per ton in .
199091. The 1989^ ViUige
-.. budget carried an aliacatioa of.
' SZJ.nuUionfor ten mbntlu of
dispotal ^stt,' The ^inee^ing
. fricereflectfcoiliBaa^itilioa-.'
cerniandtheclosiDgef )airfA%-.'~.wui,,'eQndas and, co^ps. In , '
!'Asthecostof.garte^^i»-- p% teitf^on coa;endj tlwl. , '
ion'and disposal IBH e»M»ed,' Af emdm, c f ^ and apartment •'
Mptioii began a ^ ^ te'W% "mmm and tenants are subri&« :
btgedailen^ng the'eqri^rftti - iag @ i ^ ^ eollection costs for . >.
H^ iptem as a p ^ ^ ta apan-- - '. t ',«' ' - ..^ooinuedonF^Q.-
...'nu»proposaltora^Ht%BSite|Be^^A>niawwa«meda ,
' it th'a yillaga Board inaMdni nn,tan»f 2. Mdc^e 2 "Qarbage-''
IfOlleetion," would bi i ^ a ^ by '*1iataB .Collection" 120>
.7*120.. 13.'Rspeal of tf» w ^ ^ tew of'sa^BS.coll'action''•
woujd change the general fee to a user fee.'.
'' - A formal propo^l 'yiSU_ be made at.a public hearing on' Tues­day.
January 16. at 8 p.m.f Sea iatatad.ator^. •.'
'. ThePubUcWaikaDapartmanthasproposadthatinoantivasto'.-.
ownariolleridma'rfcsortightainhlatoilcaldiatrietabasdrusted '
'to more falily propor^m'thatailbliRtoiiirf tfia Minmimity, siiiea
.ter<4eaapr6videdtDt^ta^)^naMrfsoinadbythao«vners "•
. of tfia.laiidinark-atnM'pi^M^. SupMitandant David If. ".'
LBi(4oycomnMnt^''VtanatMrtfMattar.ttxpayersh'ava#
'fMy for tarirfeea and MtflMMMi^Mi tenet pay." Supeibi-:.
r tfndaiit Lbv^y m^umi ^m'4» %M .pseent rebate ba;.
'a^uataddown to M'pmmtii for ^ 1b«-.20 years aKat*'
Ml^nation.' • • • < ' ;."."• ;."•-. •" '•\'.''' . •
' .-HM proposri «^.^MM.»Me|a'.)s^ntd and'vidn ba"
, addiattedatafufarapdAMaring:- '••••• . - / '.'",*
.'•A new.lSSO.Chii^M ^ p t a viD ba#inehasad by iha •• <
IVaraiina and Commi^r MM^PIMM Dapsrbnsnt. Tlds par- ,
'tieuter'model sidts Oia'apMte i^da. of tha. agency. Th«,
department cunandy hta'a 1S7tf l:hd«i9lst MaBbu.''
..lnordarteprepariypotifyfliapubfie.thatsxs«lsofpropeilies .'
•baa been (iisnged from January 23 to'Januery 30. -^ •
''Rstirad DaitsCdys JuBus Paarss has bean retried u s censuir
tant for wdtk on anti-crlms, and-ifbug and sacwitv sctivitiM fair -,
; Frteport.' The ViBaga «vill pay .up to'*18,000 for Ma aarvieos