Village News 1981-01

              JAN81
Heating Law Passed To Owners Of
Landlords of Freeport apart- Unlicensed Dogs
ment houses must maintain a
temperature of not less than 70
degrees during the hours of 6 am
to 11 pm and not less than 65
degrees from 11 pm to 6 am. Until
the recent action by the Board of
Trustees, there was ho minimum
temperature set for 11 pm to
6 am.
A public hearing "was held at
which the" Board comtemplated
setting the minimum .at 68
degrees during the daytime hours,
to adhere to state and county
laws. Several speakers at the
hearing, however, said they
-felt-the-lower temperature -would-be
a hardship on young children
and senior citizens. At a sub-sequent
hearing, the Board estab-lished
the minimum of 70 degrees
The Heating season covered by
the. new law is October 1 to
May 31. ' • • • • ' ,
Those having heating problems :
should ; contact the Village's
Building Department at FR 8-
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Under New York State Law, the
owner of a dog which is not
currently licensed is liable for
summons into Village Court with
resulting fines of up to $250.
Any unlicensed dog may also be
seized and disposed of. .
Fees
Neutered Male or Spayed Female
(With Spaying or Neutering
Certificate) . $4.35.
Unneutered Male or Unspayed
Female .. . $10.35
APPLICATIONS^MAY BE OB-TAINED
FROM THE REGfS'
TRAR, VILLAGE HALL. Self-addressed,
stamped envelopes
should accompany all mail re-quests.
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JANUARY 1981
REFERENCE ONLY
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue .
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
William H. White, May.or
m»BB Village
ews
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month,at 8.00 P.M.
For Freeport Children
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Santa Glaus .and.:Mrs: Glaus .(Freeport Police Detective Richard Muldowney and Deputy Mayor
Dorothy Storm); were joined by members of the Freeport'Chamber of Commerce in riding around the
Village on a Freeport Fire Department engine on December 21 -to invite youngsters to the Chamber-
Recreation Department's annual Holiday Fest at the Recreation Center. Some 5,000 persons enjoyed
the day of holiday events.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Some residents will receive this issue of tion contained herein, a separate mailing of this
"Village News" without their'electric bill. The "Village News" has been made to residents of
bill will be mailed later in the month. : certain sections of the Village who would normal-ly
not receive this issue until the very end of
Because of important village election informa- the month.
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Timothy Peternana /
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Treasurer: James J. Lyons; Counsel: Michael Solomon ^
Full-Time Mayor
Proposed For Freeport
Village Land
To Bring $300,00(j^
Voters in the March'17 Village
election will have the opportunity
to chose a full-time Mayor for the
first time in Freeport's history.
Incumbent Mayor William White
recommended to the Board. of
Trustees that the sum of $42,500
be set as the salary of the Mayor
to'be elected on March 17. Ap-proved
by the Board, the sum has
been allocated in the 1981-82
budget. The Mayor explained
that it was his belief that Freeport
now requires a full-time Chief
Executive Officer rather than to
continue under --a- part-time'
mayoralty.
When setting the salary of the
new Mayor on a part-time basis
during preliminary budget dis-cussions,
the Board set a salary of
$11,300. The full-time proposal
means an approximate 3.5<t in-crease
per $100 of assessed valua-tion;
or 20<f a month to the owner
of an average Freeport home.
Mayor White said he feels the
full-time post would save taxpay-ers
[many times the additional
salary by allowing the Mayor
more time to work on improving
productivity, containing expenses
and working towards the broad-ening
of the tax base. He said,
"I know that in today's world,
Freeport's 40,000 residents need
a full-time Chief Executive,
whether it be me or any other
Mayor. The time has come for
full-time management of a cor-poration
with $86 million in
assets and an operating budget of
$13 million. In today's increasing-ly
complex society, and in a di-verse
community such as ours,
where the Village government
provides almost all of the essen-tial
services, there are many
situations that call for administra-tive
decisions which can orily be
made by the Mayor. But the
Mayor is frustrated when the
pressures of time make it impos-sible
to''resolve- the situations
that arise in a given week. As a
so-called part-time Mayor there
are never enough hours in the
week."
Touching on a past suggestion
that the Chief Executive might be
a Village Manager, rather than
the Mayor, White said he felt
such managers, as contractural
employees, are not in leadership
positions, and noted that some
communities have gone through
several such managers in five or
six years. "I believe this full-time
Chief Executive should be the
Mayor, whose 'contract' is given
to him only by the majority of the
voters. Therefore, his responsibil-ity
is directly to the people, and
he can freely exercise his leader-ship
in carrying out the programs
and policies he has represented to
the people."
Sunday Ski Trips
The Freeport Recreation
Department is again" sponsoring, a
series of Sunday ski trips for
students in grade seven through
12. The dates will be January 11,
18, 25; February 1, 8, 15, 22; and
March 1. Destinations, according
to ski conditions, will be Hunter,
Catamount or Great Gorge/Ver-non
Valley. A bus will leave the
Recreation Center at 5:45am each
trip day and return about 8 pm.
The fee of $36 covers transport-ation
via deluxe motorcoach, ski
2 equipment, lift ticket and instruc-tion
at the beginner level. (Cost is
$30 for those owning their own; ski'
equipment.) Insurance, is avail-able
at $2 per day. Lunch may be
purchased at the ski area or
brought from home. Students are
urged to wear warm clothing in-cluding
a hat and extra pair of
socks and gloves.
Advance reservations may be
phoned in to 223-8000. A signed
permission slip and the fee must
be returned to the Recreation
Department no later than 4 pm
the Tuesday preceding each trip.
New Revenue
After soliciting proposals, the
Village government now has
several potential purchasers of
the three plus acre site on Albany
Avenue currently housing the
major portion of the municipal
Public Works Department.
The offering of municipal land
for sale became possible when
Freeport's sewer disposal was
taken over by Nassau County,-al-lowing
for the shutdown of the
four and a half acre sewer plant
complex, also located on Albany
Avenue. At the recommendation
of the Board of Trustees, a feasi-bility
study was conducted by a
consultant to determine which of
the two sites should be utilized for
the future and which should be
sold and returned to the tax rolls.
The resulting, accepted, recom-mendation
was to sell the Public
Works site as the most saleable of
the two, enjoying road frontage.
The sewer plant property, on
the other hand, is pie-shaped with
little frontage and also contains
several underground structures
which would be expensive for a
private builder to remove. That
site, however, lends itself to the
expanded needs of the Public
Works Department, which will
include use of the underground
structures, and will allow for the
consolidation of all the depart-ment's'operations'undef
one'rbo'f.'"'
The consultant's report esti-mates
that the sale of the land,
less the costs of renovating the
sewer plant and moving the
Public Works Department, should
realize at least $300,000,. which _.
helps reduce the amount to be
raised through taxation during
fiscal year 1981-82. Once in
private hands, the land and its
structures will continue to gener-ate
taxes in future years.
In chosing the purchaser for the
old Public Works site, the Board
of Trustees will not only be con-sidering
the direct purchase
price, but the most suitable user,
proposed additional construction
to yield additional tax monies and
the number and types of jobs to
be generated.
Village Election
March 17, 1981
The Village will hold its general
election on March 17, 1981. The
offices which will be voted upon
are: Mayor, two.Trustees and a
Village Justice. The offices are for
a period of four years each.
NOMINATING PETITIONS
For an independent nominating
petition the minimum number of
signatures is 100. A nominating
petition is needed by all candi-dates
accept those who are nomi-nated
by a state-wide party. The
fir.st day to fite>the independent,
nominating petition with the
Village Clerk is Tuesday, Feb-ruary
17, 1981; the last day to file
the independent nominating
petition with the Village Clerk is
Tuesday, February 24, 1981.
Please note that the independent
nominating petition forms are not
provided by the Village. Clerk.
They must be printed by the
political organization and must
follow a form mandated by the
State Board of Elections and must,
contain a political 'name and an
emblem.
REGISTRATION
Registration day for the Village
Election is. Saturday, February
28, 1981. Registration will be at
Village Hall, .46 North Ocean
Avenue, from noon to 9 pm.
If you voted in the Presidential
Election in November or any
general or county election during
the past .two years it will not..be
necessary for you to register'for
the Village Election. If your
name is on the County rolls you
will automatically be registered
with the Village. If you are not on
the ro'ls you may register if you
-are- ( a ) -A citizen -of the United
States (b) Will be 18 years of age
or over by Election Day, and
(c) Will be a resident of the State
and the Village for a least 30 days
prior to Election. However, if you
only voted in the Village Election
two -years ago and no other
Election since, you must re-register
for this election in order
to vote.
The Village Election will be
held on March 17, 1981, from
7 am to 9 pm, at your regular
neighborhood polling place for
Landmark To Be Occupied
Extensive work is currently
being done at 136 North Ocean
Avenue under the Village's
federally funded Homesteading
program. A landmark house situ-ated
on a 100' x 150' corner plot
at Ocean and Lena Avenues, it
has been boarded up since 1977.
Commonly known as the "Post
House," for its long-time former
owners, the house has five bed-rooms,
three baths, a large living
room, equally large dining room,
wrap-around heated porch,
original panelling, diamond
window, panes, "bubble-" sky-light,
double faced fireplace and a
three car garage.
The house, will be turned over-to
its new owner, an attorney just
starting out in practice, shortly.
He plans on using part of the
house as professional offices and
it will also be the scene of his
wedding.
Unlike Freeport's other 60-odd
rehabilitated and occupied Home-steading
houses which are turned
over for a maximum of $15,000,
the Village is expending $15,000
on this house with the majority of
the rehabilitation costs being paid
by the Homesteader through long
term financing. As with the other
houses, the Homesteader must
occupy the premises for a mini-mum-
offive years. -
The "Post House" at Nprth Ocean arid-Lena Avenues'.
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ABSENTEE BALLOTS
You may vote by Absentee
Ballot if you will not be in the
County on Election day and un-able
to appear at the polling place
in person, or if you are con-fined
to a hospital or institution
due to a disability. In order to
vote by Absentee Ballot you must
file an application for an ab-sentee
Ballot with the Village
Clerk, not before February 17th
and not later than March 3rd. The
applications for Absentee Ballots
are expected to be available by
February 1 at the Office'of the
Village Clerk, 46 North Ocean
Avenue, Freeport. \
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Senior Citizen Housing
While there 'is' a; long waiting
list for studio apartments in Free-port's
two.senior citizen housing
complexes, the Freeport Housing
Authority is accepting . applica-tions
for possible future vacancies
of one bedroom units. <
Such units cannot be occu-pied
by one individual but'by two.-'
The two might be husband and
wife, mother and daughter,
brothers, etc. In some instances
applications will be considered'
when the two persons are not
related.
Applicants must be at least 62
years old and currently Freeport
residents. There are financial
guidelines but assets do not
necessarily preclude eligibility.
Further information and applica-tions
may i be obtained from the
Freeport Housing Authority,
3 Buffalo Avenue, 623-2508.