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Incumbents Seek Reelection
In Water District Race
SOUTH FARMINGDALE
Albert M. Nasser and George
H. Meyerhoff announced their
intention to rerun for office
by filing to succeed themselves
as Water Commissioner of the
South Farmingdale Water District
for the three and two
year terms respectively up for
election. As water works officials,
they have served an aggregate
of 16 years on the
Water Board. The candidates declared
that the Board has administered
the pumpage, treatment,
storage and distribution
of this commodity, water, from
hundreds of feet underground to
the faucets of 49,000 residents
for less than 8 cents per ton."
Al Nasser, who has resided
more than 30 years in the District,
has been employed at
Grumman since 1941 where he
has risen through the ranks to
his present position of Plant
Administrator. His civic activities
include fund raising drives
for the Boy Scouts, Heart Fund
and Cancer Crusade as well
as membership in the Elks
and Knights of Columbus.
George Meyerhoff told the
Observer employment and experience
in the heavy equipment
field assists him in administering
the motor vehicle phase of
the Districts operation.
In the technical field, both
Conimissioners Nasser and
Meyerhoff are members of the
Long Island Water Conference,
the American Water Works Association
and its New York
Section.
Chairman Nasser recently restated
the Boards policy of
" Planned Programs of Economical
improvements." The
South Farmingdale Water District
founded in 1931 when there
were only scattered homes in
the area, Nasser avowed aim
and purpose was and still is,
to provide and maintain an
maintain an an adequate water
supply system. And, equally important,
to anticipate the water
needs of future generations by
projecting imaginative and sound
prpjecting imaginative and sound
projecting imaginative and sound
economical programs today."
Commissioner Meyerhoff announced
the current phase of
development of the new " Ellsworth
W. Allen" site will include
two deep wells capable
of adding 4,000,000 gallons per
day to its present authorized
capacity of 18,460,000 gallons
per day. After treatment, water
is stored in four existing storage
tanks with a capacity of
3,200,000 so that an adequate
supply of water at sufficient
pressure is available for fire
fighting purposes in addition to
home consumption. " With such
planning, water restrictions have
not been required in this area
during the recentdroughtyears."
Both Board members noted
that despite the rising cost of
operation and maintenance, during
the past 15 years of major
system improvements, economical
water management within the
South Farmingdale Water District
has resulted in steadily
reduced costs to the consumer
to where the combined water
tax and water rate is one of the
lowest in Nassau and Suffolk
Counties.
Al Nasser, a longtime resident
of South Farmingdale, has served
as a Commissioner of the South
Farmingdale Water District for
over fifteen years. He is presently
Chairman of the Board. Al
Nasser has worked at Grumman
Aircraft Corp. for over 27years.
He is a Plant Administrator in
charge of personnel and administrative
affairs. Nasser has been
active in the Long Island Water
Conference, the Knights of
Columbus, the Elks, Boy Scouts
and other civic endeavors.
George Meyerhoff, a six year
resident of South Farmingdale,
is married and has four children.
He attended Queens College. He
served in the United States Air
Force during World War II and
later in Korea. Meyerhoff has
an extensive business background
and has worked as a sales engineer.
He has over 20 years
experience in regard to the construction
and maintenance of
equipment used by Water Districts
and in Water District operation.
Teens Volunteer For
Seal Campaign
Fifteen young ladies, under
the c h a i r m a n s h i p of Sandra
Barth, members of the St.
Thomas Teens, spent 53 hours
to help safeguard Nassau residents
from the threat of tuberculosis
and other lung diseases
like emphysema, asthma, and
chronic bronchitis.
How did they do it? They
volunteered for the Christmas
Seal Campaign of the Nassau
Tuberculosis and Respiratory
D i s e a s e Association. They
helped by preparing Christmas
Seals for mailing.
If you or the members of your
club or organization would like
to have a hand in this lifesaving
work, won't you call the Association
at 621- 2100 to arrange a
convenient volunteer session.
Want to know
how Jesus
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Nickerson Seeks Sales Tax
To Finance Record Budget
In submitting a $ 277,484,784 proposed budget for 1969, County Executive
Eugene H. Nickerson asked for a two per cent sales tax to aid in the budget's
financing. The $ 277.5 million figure represents an increase of $ 83.2 million
over 1968.
In an accompanying letter to
the Board of Supervisors which
will now act on the Nickerson
proposals, the county executive
attributed the major increases to
the mandating of costs on the
county state government in such
fields as social services and the
courts.
Estimating general fund revenue
of $ 122.5 million, the proposed
budget requires the sum of
$ 154.9 million to be raised by
county taxation.
Stating that it would be " unsound"
to raise property taxes
to the extent necessary to meet
these costs, the county executive
said that he was ' forced to accept
the recommendations of the
Nassau- Suffolk Regional Planning
Board that a local sales
tax be instituted."
Nickerson said that a 2 per
cent local sales tax, to become
effective March 1, 1969, would
yield $ 51.8 million to Nassau
County during the 1969 budget
year.
If mis same sum were to be
raised from the property tax, he
said, the county rate would jump
to $ 4,828 per $ 100 of assessed
valuation, an increase of $ 1,703
over 1968.
By adopting a 2 per cent local
sales tax ( making the combined
state- and- local rate 4 per cent
throughout the county), the
county's tax rate can be held to
$ 3,214 per $ 100 in 1969, Nickerson
said, an increase of only
.089 per $ 100 over 1968.
Largest increase in the budget
is in the field of social services,
which accounts for $ 105 million
of the total proposed spending
of $ 277.5 million. Of this amount
direct assistance to welfare recipients
is budgeted at $ 82.1
million. Direct assistance in
1968 was budgeted at $ 49.1 million,
but an additional $ 13.3 million
had to be added because
of rising costs for direct assistance
and Medicaid.
Nickerson stressed in his
statement that the proposal for
a sales tax was made reluctantly
and regretfully. He warned, however,
that property taxes in the
county are reaching their absolute
upper limits and pointed out
that 75 per cent of property
taxes go to support school districts,
towns and villages.
In addition to being " unfair
and regressive," high property
taxes, according to Nickerson,
" have a very depressing effect
on the major asset which a middle
income family has, namely,
the equity in their home."
In his budget message, Nickerson
referred the members of
the Board of Supervisors to the
recent report of the Nassau-
Suffolk Regional Planning Board
for the reasons why the sales
tax appears preferable to higher
property taxes and more feasible
than a local income tax in the
face of the immediate fiscal problem
facing the county.
He pledged that he would continue
his efforts to make the
federal and state government
more responsive to toe plight
of the middle and low- income
taxpayer.
The county's general fund tax
rate is generally used in citing
the county's tax structure because
it is paid by all residents
regardless of where they reside.
Those residents who live in areas
directly served by the county's
Police Department pay an additional
tax, which is estimated
at $ 1,333 for 1969, up .288 from
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