Winter Recreation
Discount Plans for unlimited
usage of the Recreation Center's
Health Wing will go on sale mid-
December. The Plans are in effect
from January 7 to May. J.1. The
Health Wing includes an indoor
swimming pool, steam and sauna,
gymnasium and exercise rooms.
Cost for residents (or tax-payers)
is $85 for a family, $40
for an individual and $20 for a
senior age 60 or over. (Note: If
you purchased both a Summer
and Fall Plan in 1985, the Winter
Plan is discounted to $60 and
$30.)
Registration- for the Recreation
Department's winter program-ming
will be held on Saturday,
January 25, 10 am to noon, for
children, and Monday, January
*&••
27, 7 to 8:30 pm, for adults.
Registration will be held at the
Recreation Center. Offered for
children is art, arts and crafts,
baton twirling, creative move-ment,
creative play, ballet, tap
dance, drama, fencing, guitar,
gymnastics, swim lessons, and
Tot and Mom Time. There are
separate registrations for diving
lessons, lacrosse and wrestling.
Offered for adults is art, ballet,
jazz dance, tap dance, dog
obedience, fencing, guitar,
aerobic dancing, acquacise, body
conditioning, dancexercise,
jazz-aerobics (for teens), slim-nasties,
swim lessons, the
Wednesday morning workout
and yoga exercise. There are
separate registrations for diving
and body building.
Cost for most programs is $10
for residents.
The winter also offers Recrea-tion
Department trips to various
ski areas for students, grades
7-12 and adults. The trips are
offered on Saturday and/or Sun-day
and holidays. Call 223-8000
for further information.
Ice Skating Lessons
Registration for the next two
sessions of skating lessons will
be held at the Center's Skate
Lounge, 10-noon, on Saturdays,
January 4 and February 15. Les-sons
are offered to -both children
and adults on the non-skater,
beginner and intermediate levels.
Cost for group lessons per ses-sion
is $20.
.— SERVICE REQUEST
Do you have a specific problem that needs attention of a Village department?
If so, please use this Service Request form to bring it to the attention of your Village
administration. It will be acknowledged and given to the appropriate department head for
action.
We recommend that you include your name and address. It will not be disclosed to any
third party, but it will enable us to let you know what was done or why it couldn't be done.
You may conveniently send your Service Request to Village Hall by including it in the
same envelope with your Electric Bill payment.
TO:
Mayor Dorothy Storm ^
Municipal Building, Freeport, N.Y. 11520
Action Requested or Nature of Problem •_.
Your Name_
Address
Phone
Village ^ • : ^7 News
REFERENCE ONLY
•DECEMBER 1985
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
Dorothy Storm, Mayor
Meet With Mayor: 8:30am - 4;00pm, Every Frl.
Public Meetings: 8:00pm, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the Month
Visions Of Sugar Plums Danced In Their Heads"
Many children got their first taste of what the holidays may
Recreation Department - Arts Council at Freeport's An;
thousands last month. These two youngsters traveled fr
The Board of Trustees
store for thetrnat fXe Freeport
oliday Crafts/ Fair attended by
join in
Wishing You and Your Family
ALL THE HAPPINESS OF THE SEASON
and
A HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEAR
Trustees: G. James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo, Ralph Smith, Victor Cohen
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Counsel: Harrison J. Edwards; Acting Treasurer: Michael Haran
At the recommendation of
Mayor Dorothy Storm, the
tentative' 1986-87 municipal bud-get
will carry an allocation of
$51,000 for the possible start
up of a municipal sanitation- force
as of March 1,1987.
The current five-year contract
with Five Counties Carting Co.
expires as of February 28, 1987.
The Village will be drawing up
specifications with the plan to
go out for public bidding in the
spring of-X1986 for future private
carting. The time frame would
be such that a municipal opera-tion
could be set up to take over
sanitation -collections- on March
1, 1987 if necessary. The $£1,000
allocation in the,';4986-87 budget
reflects start up-costs for the first
two weeks of payroll and mis-cellaneous
supplies and equip-ment.
The vehicles needed for a re-turn
to municipal collection,
estimated to cost about $1.067,
would be purchased • through
the issuance of bonds payable
over several years. The cost
of those bonds would first appear
in the budget of 4987-88 as would
be the total cost of a year's
operation of a municipal sanita-tion
service.
The 1986-87 proposed budget
carries aii allocation of $1.148
million to be paid to Five Counties
in the next fiscal year under the
current contract. In making her
recommendation, Mayor Storm
pointed out that this figure
continues to represent a savings
from private carting over jnunici-pal
collection as it was constitu-ted
in the Village. The savings
this year alone is conservatively
estimated at $,175,0^0.'(' :-~
"It may well be'uiat on going
out to bid for continued private
carting services,! it will be clear
that we would continue to enjoy
savings. However^ if the bids
come in so high that-the econo-mies
we have enjoyed since the
switch would disappear, I be-lieve
the Village should be in a
position to start up bur own
force," Mayor Storm said.
"The inclusion of $$1,080 in
next year's budget will put us
in that position. If it is not used
for start-up costs, it would be
returned to the general fund to
offset the 1987-88 munkipal
budget.''
2 The Mayor also pointed out
that the Village had been using
five man crews when the munici-pal
sanitation service was
abolished in 1979. Five Counties
uses a three person crew. "It
is anticipated that the Village
will be- looking into neighboring
municipal sanitation- operations
•some- of whom use equipment
that allows -for two person
crews."
Mayor Storm added that "in
addition to evaluating the savings
that might occur should a private
carter bid lower than the -cost of
operating a Village sanitation
department, the Board of Trus-tees
will also take into con-sideration
the type- of service
that a private carter has been pro-viding
for the past several
years."
Taxpayers To Be Polled
During this month, a separate
mailing will be made to all home-owners
asking their opinion re-garding
municipal vs private
garbage collection. In essence,
taxpayers will be asked if they are
satisfied with ! present garbage
collection service.
Another question will have to
do with the retention of backdoor
garbage collection. Whether by
municipal or private, such col-lection
is much more expensive
than curbside pickup.
When you receive the mail-ing,
please fill it out and return
it as soon as possible.. It may be
returned with your electric
payment or mailed separately
to: Mayor's Office, Village Hall,
46 North Ocean Avenue.
Background
Prior to the beginning of
sanitation -collection by the pri-vate
carter in 1979, an informa-tional
mailing was made to all
Freeporters. It was in a "Ques-tion
and Answer" format, and a
portion of that mailing is re-printed
below:
Q. Suppose, after three years
time, bidded prices prove to be
too high. Could the Village then
reinstitute a municipal sanitation
department?
A. Yes, and still realize a sav-ings.
New employees -could be
taken on at a beginning salary
level and under a new contract
as to work rules. Equipment
on hand could -now be-sold-for an
approximate $.100,000 towards
the general fund for the 1979-80
budget to help- offset any tax
hike in 1980-81. Vehicles which
would have had-to be purchased
this year (in 1979) will not be.
Two trucks will be transferred
from the sanitation department
to the highway department to
eliminate future purchases under
the unit. Repurchase (on rein-stitution)
would be accomplished
through -bonds • to be paid back
over several years.
QiraiHM Law Passed
Freeport has become the: first
on Long Island to prohibit the sale
of spray paint and broad tipped
felt markers-to those under the
age of;,18. The new law also pro-hibits
the display of such items
where they may be stolen. While
Freeport is the first to adopt the
law, modeled after legislation
passed by New York City last
summer, several nearby villages
are planning to pass similar laws.
Mayor Dorothy Storm last
spring asked • for -voluntary com-pliance
by some 40 merchants in
Merrick and Baldwin as well as
Freeport. -Only one indicated
they wouldcomply.
Violators of the law are liable
for fines up to $250. As in the
past, graffiti "artists" will also
be brought into court where
penalties have included hours of
community service such as re-moval
of graffiti on Village
property.
The Department of Public
Works estimates it costs tax-payers
some $30,000 a year in
labor and material to -remove
graffiti from municipal build-ings,
street signs, parks, etc.
In addition, the Village Clerk's
office hires two full-time laborers
each summer-to remove graffiti
from municipal property and,
with the permission of the owner,
private property.
Last spring, Mayor Dorothy
Storm met with officials from the
Freeport School District and the
Long Island Railroad to start up. a
cooperative effort to bring a halt
to graffiti.
Corporations owning property
in Freeport who have chosen to.
ignore fines -for violations im-posed
by the Village Court, will
now find they can not sell the
property. They will discover that
Nassau County has recorded that
there is a lien on the property and
it will not be lifted until all fines
are paid to the Village. Some in-dividuals
will find themselves in
the same predicament. -
At the suggestion- of Village
Court Justice Ralph Franco,
and with the assistance of Vil-lage
Attorney Harrison J. Ed-wards
and Deputy Village At-torney
William Glacken, 16 such
judgments against eight cor-porations,
and seven individuals,
have already been filed with the
office • of the Nassau County
Clerk.
Judge Franco pointed out that
the collection- of the monies is
important, but the elimination of
the violations the fines represent
is equally as important. "The
average .citizen who has been
found guilty of violating a Village
law will move quickly to correct
the violation in order to receive
a • lower fine imposed by our
Court. The fine is paid or the in-dividual
faces up-to 15 days in
jail. Others hide behind their
corporate status to avoid pay-ment.
The corporate owner of
an apartment house, for instance,
may not feel the necessity of re-sponding
to heat complaints
when he is aware that any forth-coming
fines-could be ignored by
him without the -consequence of
a jail sentence."
In the case of individuals who
chose to ignore a fine, a warrant
is issued-for their arrest. How-ever,
the warrant is only effective
within the Court's jurisdiction,
the boundaries of the Village,
which leaves the out-of-town
landlord untouched.
With such -corporations and
individuals, the Village's only
option up until -now has been to
bring on yet another suit through
the civil courts, a route not taken
because of the time and expense
involved.
The Judge stated that he felt
that this is an opportune time to
begin placing liens. "As real
estate values climb in our com-munity,
there are many transfers
of ownership occurring. A wise
property owner will wish to be in
a position to act quickly when an
attractive offer-comes along. The
lien we have placed will be a
cloud on the title and will have to.
be cleared by paying all fines to
the Court before passing title.
It will also delay any mortgage
application until the fine is paid.
"It is our intent that the mes-sage
be clear to-corporations and
others. They would be wise to
clear up violations swiftly and to
pay heed • to the orders of the
Court. It will -no- longer be true
that refusal will bring no con-sequences."
The' 16 judgments already filed
with Nassau County include vio-lations
and court proceedings
covering the period,\1983 to the
present. ,The judgments are
against the -following: James.
Demos, fined $250 for violations
at 415 Guy Lombardo Avenue;
Freeport Randall Corp., $750, 40
Randall Avenue; Prestige Cera-mic
Tile, Inc., $300, 22 East
Merrick Road; Saturn Automotive
Parts, Inc., $250, 354 North Main
Street; Sanco Equipment Corp.,
$1,600, 7 Newton Boulevard;
Maureen Alderman, $.150, 74
Independence Avenue; Free-port
Towers, Inc., $250, 55 South
Bergen Place; M.U.I. Realty,
$150, 49 Dock Drive; J.P. Fish-eries,'
$250, 625 Miller Avenue;
Paschow and Rappaport, $100,
55 South Bergen Place; Miriam
Rawlings, $25, '462 North Main
Street; William Rawlings, $500,
462 North Main Street; Lynn
Sands, $250, 315 North Long
Beach Avenue; Theresa Simon-son,
$1,055, 75 Pennsylvania
Avenue; and Zudhi Kisswani,
$1,450,_155 Broadway and 206_
Babylon Turnpike.
The Board of Trustees will hold
the annual public hearing on the
municipal budget at Village Hall,
Monday, January 6, beginning at
8 pm. The hearing follows meet-ings
between the Trustees and
Village department heads which
began early in November.
Those sessions were also open to
the public.
Copies of the tentative^ 4986-87
budget will be available at the
Office of the Village Clerk and at
the Freeport Memorial Library
by the last week in December.
Commission Formed
The Village Board of Trustees
has adopted a Landmarks Preser-vation
Law in recognition of the
fact that "there exist in the Vil-lage
places, sites, structures
and buildings of special historic
significance; or.which by reason
of famous events, the antiquity
of uniqueness of architectural
construction and design are of
particular significance to the heri-tage
of our Village.''
A Landmarks Preservation
Commission has been formed and
those appointed to serve are:
William Glacken, attorney,
Chairman for three years; Ray-mond
Malone, member for two
years; Clinton Metz, architectural
historian, for two years; Ira
Schildkraut, for two years; Roger
Bailey, architect, for one year;
and Randolph Gilberti, Wilfred
Morin and Gary Quilliam, all
for one year. The Village's
Superintendent of Buildings,
Godofredo Ruiz de Zarate, is a
permanent member of the Com-mission.
State law .requires
an attorney, architectural histor-ian,
an architect, the Super-intendent
of Buildings and five
residents of the Village make up
the Commission.
The Commission has the
power to recommend the designa-tion
of a landmark, a landmark
site or an historic district. The
recommendation may be at the.
Commission's own volition or
based on the application of the
property owner for such designa-tion.
The final designation rests
with the Village Board following
•notification of any involved
property owner and a public hear-ing.
Owners of designated property
will be exempt from Village
taxes on the property from the
date of designation.
Designation will mean that no
Building Department permits
will be issued until the Com-mission
reviews all plans for
moving, exterior construction,
alteration, repair, landscaping
or demolition.
