Observer_1984-07-11; East Rockaway/Lynbrook Observer

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VOL. 32 NO. 34 Wednesday, July 11,1984 25c P
Board Faces Revenue Shortfall
ANNUAL BATALLION PARADE. Hempstead Presiding
Supervisor Thomas S. Gulotta (2nd left) marched in the
Annual Fourth Battalion Parade and Drill where the Lake-view
Fire Department hosted other members of the Fourth
Battalion: East Rockaway,Lynbrook, Malverne and Rock-ville
Centre. Shown (from left to right) are: Vice President of
Fourth Battalion David Weinstein, Supervisor Gulotta,
Secretary of Fourth Battalion George Broschardt and
Chairman of Fourth Battalion Ralph Luisi of East
Rockaway.
Due to the overestimation
of state aid during the 1983-
84 school year and underes-timation
ol social security
and health payments by the
past Board of Education,
School District 19 laces a
revenue shortfall ol approx-imately
$90,000 for the com-ing
school year. The miscal-culation
in revenues was
revealed at the July 2 reorgan-ization
meeting of the East
R o c k a w a y Board of
Education,
Shortly following his re-election
as President of the
Board, Richard Meagher
announced that the new
Board is laced with the prob-lem
of finding additional
revenues or cutting the
budget. "There will be no
flexibility in this year's
budget," Meagher stated.
"We anticipated a contin-gency
fund balance of
between $250,000 and
$300,000, while in reality is
amounted to $60,000."
Social security and health
insurance costs were under-estimated
by approximately
$100,000 and state aid pro-duced
about $200,000 less
than anticipated. "We're
about $90,000 short at this
time," Meagher concluded.
Also plaguing the Board
is the cost of the clean-up for
the oil spill leak that
occurred earlier this year.
The total cost for clean-up is
now estimated at $248,000,
to be paid over two calendar
and three fiscal years.
About $18,000 of last year's
budget was devoted to the
oil spill clean-up.
The Board stated that it
must actively consider ways
in which to cut the proposed
budget, passed only last
month. Mary Jane Breze-noff
suggested that the Dis-trict
musical might have to
be cut this year to save
expenses. President Meagher
East Rockaway Village Board Report
Mayor Theodore Reinh-ard
and the members of the
East Rockaway Village
Board met in regular session
on Monday, July 9 at the
Village Hall.
Mayor Reinhard com-mented
on what he des-cribed
as an "injcredible tur-n
o u t " at this year's
Huckleberry Frolic, stating
that it exceeded all expecta-tions.
"This was a good
exhibit of East Rockaway
people working and having
fun together," the Mayor
noted. Trustee Pauline
Wipfler stated that a collec-
1887 commuters were not
apt to crumple and loss
away their timetables for.
they weretruly a work of art.
On the cover there is a
sketch of the Brooklyn
Bridge spanning the river
and above it a tiny Montauk
lighthouse tucked into a
scallop shell. Inside the folds
is a map of Long Island as it
was at that time-all this plus
schedules and rates. A
recent visitor to the Museum
noted an original print and
not only suggested that it be
copied for sale, but donated
the cost of printing.
Other items on display in
tion of pre-Columbian arti-facts
owned by her husband
and herself would be on dis-play
at the East Rockaway
Public Library for one more
week, and urged community
residents to view the exhibit.
Trustee Irving Shaw com-plemented
Superintendent
of Public Works Gene Tor-borg
on the fine condition of
the parks at the Huckleberry
Frolic and stated that the
Employment Commission
had received an overwhelm-ing
response to its letters
asking for job listings. Trus-tee
Shaw concluded that on
1887 LIRR
Timetable
Available
by Mildred Roemer
the "gilt rack" include a new
print of a map done by John
Bishop (East Rockaway
High School art teacher)
that was to have been used
as a souvenir when the ill-fated
tall ship, "Little Amer-ica"
was unable to reach our
shores. ALL items are sold
at old-fashioned prices.
Among other popular items
are the colorful postcards
(lOc each) a 45-rpm small
record of the Ballad of Dave
Push (Museum friendly
ghost) stationery, tiles, and
other momentos.
When you leave the
Museum a small piece of our
history should go with you.
July 5 he had met with
representatives of the Nas-sau
County Traffic Com-mission
concerning traffice
improvement at Ocean and
Atlantic Avenues, asking
that the Baord postpone
any expenditures until a
final report is issued by Nas-s
a u C o u n t y . T r u s t ee
Anthony Santino com-mended
Mildred. Roemer
for a fine job on this year's
Huckleberry Frolic, and
c o n g r a t u l a t e d Trustee
Wipfler on the marriage of
her daughter.
The Nassau County
Police reported that for the
month of June, there were 4
arrests, 72 moving viola-tions,
166 parking viola-tions,
18 accidents, 30 addi-tional
aided cases, and 5
major crimes, mostly bur-glaries.
Chief Guy Donza of
the East Rockaway Fire
Department reported that
during the month of June
there were 58 emergency
calls, 33 rescues, 9 general
alarms, 6 investigations, 9
still alarms and 1 mutual
aid. He also noted that the
Junior Fire Department's
membership was increasing
and that a field trip is sche-duled
for . this coming
Sunday.
The Auxiliary Police
reported that it patrolled
883 miles of street with 550
man hours for the month of
June. The East Rockaway
A u x i l i a r y Police also
assisted at graduations, the
Huckleberry Frolic as well
as the Special Olympics held
in Uniondale. Public Works
Superintendent Gene Tor-borg
noted that in June his
department had removed
743 tons of garbage and 40
tons of rubbish, sweeping
235 miles. Public Works has
been repairing older vehicles
to save expenses; Superin-tendent
Torborg stated that
the repair of a 1975 vehicle
would save over $70,000 as
opposed to replacement.
The Building Department
reported that 50 alteration
permits were issued, and
three two-family homes
were constructed at a cost of
$189,000 each. Total
revenues for the Building
Department during May
amounted to $2,267.
T h e J u s t i c e C o u rt
reported that in June there
were 413 parking violations,
with 227 disposed, 56 mov-ing
vehicle violations with
45 disposed, for a total of
$3,260 in fines collected.
Steven Lander of the Youth
Board reported that it had
recently completed a suc-cessful
program on adoles-cence,
that the Basement
program was on its summer
schedule of Wednesday and
.Friday evenings, and that
the youths participating in
the "Storefront" are compet-ing
in the softball league.
The Board approved a
resolution proclaiming the
week of July 21-28 as
"Youth Week," and the
month of Septen>ber as
"United Way Month." A
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offered the possibility of
reducing all school supplies
by 10%, while Carol Burris
suggested savings by cut-ting
travel and conference
expenses and by delaying
the hiring of a new school
nurse. There will be a public
meeting on the budget on
Monday, July 16 at 7 PM. '
It was also revealed at this
meeting that the work auth-orized
under the recently
passed bond referendum
will begin at the earliest
sometime this fall. The bids
for roof repair at Rhame
Avenue School will go out in
early August, with an antic-ipated
starting time of mid-
September 1984. Work on
the Centre Avenue and High
School will commence sev-eral
weeks after that at
Rhame.
In other matters, Richard
Meagher was elected Presi-dent
of the Board for 1984-
85, with John Van Houten
serving as Vice-President.
New member Elaine Boll
was sworn in, and several
standing committees were
established; each with one
Board member. They are
Legislation: Mary Jane
Brezenoff; Policy: Mary
Jane Brezenoff; Grants:
Carol Burris; Community
R e l a t i o n s : Elain Boll;
Budget: Richard Meagher;
Curriculum: Carol Burris;
Bond Follow-up: John Van
Houten, and Maintenance:
John Van Houten.
After a lengthly discus-sion
and heated debate, the
Board authorized the East
R o c k a w a y / L y n b r o o k
Observer and the Vocal
News as newspapers desig-nated
as authorized for the
publication of school dis-trict
legal notices on a vote
of 4-1, with Mary Jane
Brezenoff voting no. Mrs.
Brezenoff made a motion to
separate the two newspap-ers,
but was defeated on a
3-2 vote. Several people
requested that the Observer
not be given the authorizty
to print legal notices on the
basis of the paper's stand
during the defeatred $10.4
million bond issue. Board
President Meagher re-minded
those present that
legal notices would not be
used as punishments for
those who opposed the
actions of the Board, nor as
rewards to those who took
no stand or supported the
Board.
The Board made the fol-l
o w i n g a p p o i n t m e n t s:
School District Treasurer:
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Jobs Jobs Jobs
There has been enthusias-tic
response from the mer-chants
of East Rockaway to
t h e E.R. Employment
Commission's request for
listings of job openings in
the local area. A wide var-iety
of types of openings are
available, ranging from
summer camp jobs to year
round commercial and ser-vice
opportunities. Open-mgs
are available for tee-nagers
on through mature
persons. Anyone interested
in one of these positions
should contact the East
Rockaway Employment
Commission at the Village
Hall, 599-1211 and suitable
referrals will be made. There
are immediate openings, so
please call us as soon as
possible.
VULCAN COMPANY DINNE*?. At tHe Annual Installa-tion
Dinner of Vulcan Enginb Company 2 of the Lpbrook
Fire Department, Mayor William P. Geier, middle is shown
the night's program by Captain George White as Lieuten-ants
Robert Reckhart, extreme left, and John Matzen,
second from right, along with the Department Chaplain
Father Simon Pai, look on. (Photo by John Cribbin).