Delinquent Tax Rate Increase
Governor Mario Cuomo has
signed a law, effective October 1,
which increases the rate of in-terest
to be charged on late pay-ments
of real estate taxes. In
the past, maximum interest that
could be charged on late pay-ments
was 6l/2%. The maximum
will now be 10%. The actual
rate will be based on the one-year
constant maturity 'yield index •"
for U.S. Treasury securities as
determined by the Commission
of Taxation and Finance on or
before the 15th day of October
each year.
In view of recent money
market conditions, many taxpay-ers
have found it financially bene-ficial
to keep their funds invested,
and to allow tax payments to
fall into arrears. Delinquencies
have become such a widespread
phenomenon that municipalities
are compelled to borrow money
at higher interest rates to meet
their fiscal needs. This has
created an unfair tax burden on
those taxpayers who pay their
"taxes'in'a timely mariner.'' " ~ •
The State believes that this in-crease
in the delinquent tax in-terest
rate will discourage tax-payer
delinquencies, minimize
the need for municipal borrow-ings
and assist municipalities in
establishing a predictable cash;
flow.
Summer Positions
Students returning to the
Village for the holidays are urged
to apply now for summer jobs
with the Village. Such jobs in-clude
recreation aide, laborer
and lifeguard.
Application must be made at
the office of the Village Clerk,
Village Hall, weekdays, 8:30 am
to 4 pm. No telephone inquiries
will be accepted. Applicants
will be required to present proof
of residency in the Village and
must be at least 18 years of age.
Lifeguards must have certifica-tion.
The deadline for summer jobs
is May 1, 1984. If vacancies for
.lifeguards exist after the dead-line,
applications will be ac-cepted
from non-residents and
well as residents, 17 years or
older, with the required certifica-tion.
Museum Trip
A trip to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art to view the Manet
exhibition is scheduled by the
Council on Friday, November 18.
Tripgoers will have reserved
tickets which will allow direct
entry from the charter bus into
museum and a specific time of
11 am has been allocated for the
group to view the exhibit.
The bus will leave the Recrea-tion
Center at 9 am and return
about 4 pm. Lunch may be pur-chased
at the museum. Tickets
are limited and advance reserva-tions
are required. Cost is $18
for Arts Council Friends and
$20 for other adults.
MUST HAVE
DRIVER'S LICENSE,
DEPENDABLE
TRANSPORTATION.
'4.00 per hour
12 - 20 hours per week
Uniform supplied.
Must be a resident
of Freeport.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Apply: Village Hall
Office of the Village Clerk
46 No. Ocean Ave. 9AM - 4PM
ipquirie*.
Purchase Of
Campgrounds
The Village's Water Depart-ment
is currently in contract to
purchase the former Holiness
Campgrounds • as a watershed
area.
The approximately four-acre
site is located at 106 Prince Ave-nue.
Qnce the site'of annual sum-"
mer religious gatherings, it has
been unused for the past several
years and on the market for pur-chase.
When the Village's purchase is
completed, all structures on the
site will be demolished and the
grounds cleaned and landscaped.
The land will be held vacant until
such time as water consumption
in the Village increases to a rate
additional wells are required, or
if one of the existing wells should
fail.
If used as a well site in the
future, one or two wells of ap-proximately
550 feet deep would
be drilled and one or two pump
houses, similar in size and style
to the one located on North Bay-view
Avenue, west of Penn-nsylvania
Avenue, would be
constructed.
Arts Council Events
The Arts Council at Freeport
will present a bi-lingual Young
People's Concert at Bay view
Avenue School on Friday, Novem-ber
11, at 2 pm. Featured will be
the Nassau Symphony Orchestra
and The No-Elephant Circus, an
acrobatic juggling troupe. The
program of classical music will
include commentary and demon-stration
of orchestra instruments.
Advance tickets are $2.50 and
will be $3 at the door. A group
rate (25 or over) is offered at $2
per ticket. This program is
partially funded by the State
Council on the Arts.
SHOPPING
IS GREAT
IN FREEPORT
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OCTOBER, 1983
A Public Informa
of The Village Of
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
'William H. White, Mayor" N e ws
Public Meetings on the 1st. and 3rd. Mondays of the Month, at 8:00 P.M.
Holiday Schedule
All Village offices will be open
on Election Day, Tuesday, No-vember
8. Although the eve of
a holiday, the Village Board of
Trustees will hold the normal
first Monday-of-the-month public
meeting, beginning at 8 pm, Vil-age
Hall, on Monday, Novem-ber
7.
However, because the Town of
Hempstead landfill will be closed
on Election Day, the central
section of the Village will have
no garbage pickup.
All Village offices will be
closed on Veterans Day, Friday,
November 11. The Recreation
Center will be open however.
The Town of Hempstead landfill
will be open and garbage will be
picked up in the central section
of the Village. Because of the
double load of garbage (no
collection November 8) no trash
will be collected in the central
section on November 11.
All Village offices will be
closed on Thanksgiving, Thurs-day,
November 24, as well as
Friday, November 25. That Fri-day
is a holiday in lieu of Election
Day.
The Recreation Center will
close at 5 pm on Wednesday,
November 23, will remain closed
on Thanksgiving, and reopen on
Friday.
Garbage and trash will not be
collected in the northern section
of the Village on Thursday,
November 24. The Town landfill
will be open on Friday, Novem-ber
25, so the central section will
receive the normal garbage and
trash collection.
Village Will Pick Up Bagged Leaves
Superintendent of Public
Works David Lovejoy has an-nounced
that the special Highway
Department pick-up of bagged
leaves begins the last week in
October. Property owners must
adhere to the proper schedule if
the program is to be successful.
Plastic bags holding leaves are
not to be placed on the curb for
pick-up, except on the day set
aside. The schedule is as follows:
Leaf Schedule
~ MONDAY"- Northwest: Sunrise
Highway north to the Village
TUESDAY - Southeast: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village
Line. South Long Beach Avenue
east to the Village Line.
THURSDAY - Northeast: Sun-rise
Highway north to the Village
Line, North Main Street east to
the Village Line.
FRIDAY - Southwest: Sunrise
Highway south to the Village
Line. South Long Beach west to
the Village Line.
This^ program will be carried
~6ut"by~the" Highway DepartrhefTt
personnel using packer trucks.
Line. North Main Street west to The private carters will not pick
the Village Line. up bagged leaves on trash days.
Portable Heaters
Banned
Residents are reminded that
the use of portable heating
equipment which uses a flame,
gasoline or kerosene is pro-hibited
throughout the Village,
be it in a private home or in a
place of public assembly.
Such equipment has been pro-hibited
in Freeport for many
years as being both a fire hazard
and emitting dangerous gases.
Portable electric heaters are
not covered under this ban.
Crafts Fair
The Council will hold its 4th
Annual Crafts Fair and Sale on
Sunday, November 13, 11 am to
5 pm, at the Freeport Recreation
Center. The Fair is held in co-operation
with the Recreation
Department which will present a
series of demonstrations and
other entertainment for the entire
family during the day. Admission
to the Fair is free.
Crafts people wishing to exhibit
should contact the Council (PO
Box 97 or 223-2522) for further
information. Only original work
will be accepted.
Shop Your Local Merchants
Trustees: Dorothy Storm, Alfred Sirlin, James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Attorney: Harrison J. Edwards, Jr.; Treasurer: Thomas M. Molloy
Gift Ideas
As the-hoi rdays approach and
the search Cor gifts begins, resi'-"
dents should be aware that the
Village and its organizations do
offer gift opportunities.
A discount plan to the Freeport
Recreation Center's Health Wing
is a gift which can be appreciated
from January 10 to May 13, 1984.
Cost for a resident family plan is
$85, $40 for-a resident individual
and $20 for a resident senior. Cost
for non-residents is $125., $60 and
$30 respectively. Another gift
would be a 15-session discount
ticket for use of the. Center's
enclosed ice rink. Cost is $10 for
a resident child or senior citizen
and $15 for a. resident adult.
The charges are $15 and $20 for
non-residents. Ice skating les-sons,
eight one-half hour ses-sions
for children and four one-hour
sessions for adults, may be
purchased for $20 for residents
and $30 for non-residents. They
are offered at the non-skater,
beginner and advanced levels.'
Someone on your gift list may be
interested in taking one of the
many courses offered during
the winter months at the Center.
Fee for most programs, running
from art to yoga, is $10 for
residents and $15 for non-resi-dents.
A special idea for the
senior citizens on the' gift list is
payment for one or more of the
many trips taken by the seniors
throughout the year to dinner
theatres, museums, etc.
With all gifts purchased
through the Recreation Center,
a special "Gift Certificate" is
given to the purchaser to be pre-sented
to the gift recipient.
A "Living" Gift
The Freeport Tree Restoration
Committee, newly formed this
year in a drive to restore the
many curbside trees being lost
throughout the Village, offers the
opportunity to present a unique
and "living" gift.
The cost of a tree of sufficient
height to be planted at curbside
is approximately $150. Smaller
contributions will go towards the
workings of the committee which
includes the establishment of a
nursery of young trees which
will be transplanted to curb-sides
throughout the Village at
maturity.
Trees individually purchased
are marked with a plaque bear-ing
the name of the person for
whom it was planted and the
occasion. A permanent legend
in the lobby of Village Hall will
show where all trees are planted;
in whose honor; the occasion;
the date; and the name of the
donon Contributions to the work-ings
of the committee will also
be noted as to -in whose honor;
'the occasion; the date; and the •
name of the donor.
Cards announcing the gift are
sent by the Tree Restoration
Committee to both the recipient
and the donor.
The Freeport Tree Restoration
Committee's mailing address is
272 South Ocean Avenue, Free-port,
N.Y. 11520.
Fuel Adjustment Charge
The Freeport Electric Depart-ment
has received inquiries from
consumers regarding the "fuel
adjustment charges" received as
a portion of their August and
September, 1983 bills for electric
power.
Those charges reflect the costs
of the electric utility in July and
August of this year — a period of
excessive heat causing a record
breaking demand for power.
In July alone, over 13 million
killowatt hours of power were
purchased from the Power Auth-ority
of the State of New York
(PASNY). Total demand for the
month of July surpassed 18
million KWHs. The demand in
August was even higher. Because
enough PASNY power cannot be
purchased to meet high demand
periods, notably in the summer
months, the Village must gene-rate
its own power, or, when pos-sible,
purchase energy from the
Long Island Lighting Company.
For example, in July the Vil-lage
generated in excess of three
million KWHs. In addition, in
excess of two million KWHs were
purchased from L1LCO. Freeport
is able to purchase available
power from LILCO at off peak
hours, at night and on week-ends,
at only the cost of fuel
consumed by LILCO for the
generation. It is cheaper to pur-chase
LILCO power, under this
arrangement, than to generate it
in the Village. LILCO is allowed
to burn a cheaper fuel in Suffolk
than Freeport is allowed to burn
in Nassau County.
Freeport's "fuel adjustment
charge" line on the monthly bill
reflects not only the quantity of
fuel oil consumed to generate
energy locally, but the cost of
purchased power other than
hydroelectricity. While the cost of
that PASNY power has been fixed
until 1985 and is included in the
general billing line, "fuel adjust-ment"
reflects additional
charges. These charges include
purchase of PASNY nuclear
power, which is more expensive
than hydro and its cost has
increased considerably in the last
18 months. It also includes
LILCO power and wheeling
charges. Wheeling is the trans-mission
of power from Niagara
Falls through lines owned by
the Niagara Mohawk, Con Edi-son
and Long Island utilities.
This cost of transmittal increases
from time to time.
The Village of Freeport has
recently signed an agreement
through PASNY with Ontario
(Canada) Hydro for possible
backup energy in the future.
A similar agreement was reached
with Hydro Quebec five years
ago.
SCHOOL
OPENS
DRIVE CAREFULLY
Freeport residents are invited
to tour three Village facilities on
Saturday, November 5, from
10am to 3pm. Village employees
will be on hand to guide visitors
and to answer questions about the
various operations. This is an op-portunity
for Freeporters to see
their tax dollars at work.
Department of Public Works —
This is a newly opened, recycled
facility. Formerly the Village's
sewer plant, the site was shut
down when Nassau County took
over the sewage treatment opera-tion.
When it was determined
that the Department of Public
Works had outgrown its old head-quarters,
a study was made that
showed the most economical
move was to "recycle" the former
sewer plant as Department
headquarters. The former head-quarters
was sold and returned to
the tax rolls.
The headquarters contains the
Highway, Engineering and
Parks Departments, Public Works
Free Tour For Residents
Administration, Municipal Gar-age,
Maintenance Garage, Sign
Shop and Meters, Examples of
the "recycling" are that one of
the former sewage digester tanks
now house the Engineering De-partment
and Sign Shop and
another is used for the storage of
sand and salt.
The address of the Department
of Public Works is 355 Albany
Avenue.
Freeport Fire Department
Training Center — This facility
was completed in 1982 and is
used for the training of the volun-teer
members of the Freeport Fire
Department. Among other situa-tions,
it is used in training fire-men
in entering a building in
which the interior layout is un-known
to them: Artificial smoke is
produced to simulate actual fire
conditions. Until the building of
the Training Center, Freeport
firemen receiving training at the
Nassau County Center which is
.shared by 72 other Departments.
The maximum course given to an
individual Company was only five
nights per year. The Center is
located between 194 and 210
Hanse Avenue.
Freeport Power Plant if2 —
Completed in 1969, Power Plant
#2 nouses two mammoth engines,
the largest in use in a power plant
in the country. Products of Fiat,
the engines actually are marine
diesels converted to stationary
power p'ant use. They are not
only the largest in the U.S., but
are the largest Fiats in stationary
operation. When in operation, the
Fiat engines have a combined
output of 20,400 KW compared
with a combined production capa-bility
of 12,200 KW from four
engines at the older Power Plant
#1 on Sunrise Highway. Power
Plant #2 is at 289 Buffalo Avenue.
All three Village facilities on
the tour are in the Industrial
Park area with ample parking
provided. Children on the tour
must be accompanied by adults.
Homesteading Applications Available Shortly
The Freeport Community De-velopment
Agency, the adminis-trative
arm for the Village's
federally funded Urban Home-steading
program, is currently
accepting names and addresses of
those who would like to apply for
the next group of houses avail-able
under the program. Those
who wish to apply should each
write or call the Agency, 46 North
Ocean Avenue, 378-4000 or
378-4432. Their names will be
placed on the list to receive
applications WHEN APPLICA-TIONS
ARE AVAILABLE.
Following the guidelines set
down by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Develop-ment
(HUD), applications to all
appearing on the Agency's list
will be mailed out at the same
time. As returned to the Agency,
each will be marked as to the time
and date when the completed
application was received. The
date and time of receipt is one
determining factor in the final
selection of Homesteaders.
NOTE: Even if you have pre-viously
filed an application for
Home-steading, it will be neces-sary
for you to file another
under the HUD guidelines. Your
previous application has no bear-ing
in the upcoming selections.
The Homesteading Program
Started in 1977, close to 100
families have now been involved
in the Homesteading program.
By the end of 1983, 24 of those
families will have received full
deeds to their houses. The houses
involved were once boarded up
due to foreclosures. They were re-habilitated
by the Village and
then occupied by selected fam-ilies
who must live in them for
five years in order to obtain the
full deed. At the end of five
years, the house may be sold if
they so wish.
Purchase price for the fully
rehabilitated houses is $20,000
with a 20-year mortgage. Re-quired
down payment is $200.
Applicants must demonstrate
the ability to meet the monthly
carrying charges, on the house
which, with repayment of the
$20,000, taxes and utilities,
averages out to approximately
$550 per month. No one deemed
financially able to purchase a
house through conventional
methods will be accepted. An
attempt is made to give priority
to Freeporters, former residents
and those employed in the Vil-lage.
The area where all Homestead-ing
activity has taken place to
date is generally known as the
Northeastern section of the
Village although the actual
boundaries are from the rail-road
to the Village's northerly
line and from Babylon Turnpike
west to Wallace Street. Some
60% of the present residents
are of minority groups. The
majority of the area's residents
arc homeowners.
Those deemed qualified for
the program on the basis of
their application, will be invited
to a personal interview. A credit
check is also run and applicants
must secure their own mortgage.
It is important to realize that
the Homesteading program al-ways
has far more applicants than
available houses.
