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Opposition to 'Design for '80V forces more study, reconsideration by Doug Learner Chappaqua School Board Presi dent Robert Mattson forsees the board accepting the Design for the 80's report as \a viable alter native plan,\ but expects that further study will be needed before it is implemented. \I separate the issue of the time of implementation from that of rejection or acceptance,\ he said after the Monday, Nov. 3 hearing on the reorganization plan. \I think we (the board) will probably need further study and consideration of this.. .a lot has to do with the Administration's recommendation.'' \I think that our position is probably not what people per ceive it to be,\ said Robert Haigh, Dir. of Elementary Edu cation and one of the authors of the Design for the 80's plan.' 'Our position is that the plan is viab le...one that is a more cost effi cient,'sound educational plan than the present system.\ Mr. Haigh said he still believes that problems exist in the school district that would be solved by the Design plan, but admits that the public mandate against the program at the hearing will make it difficult for the board to please turn to page 11 Chappaqua Library 195 S. Greeley Ave. Chappaqua, NY 10514SCK Balk Kate Mailing Permit No. 4 Carrier Sorted Caappaqwa. N.Y. ttSU CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY _ — CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. 10514 V , ggrfc Chappaqua Journal Serving the Town of New Castle VOLUME 1, Number 11 Chappaqua, N.Y., Thursday, November 6, 1980 25 Cents A Copy, $10.00 A Year Tentative Town Budget would raise taxes 13.5% Tax rate up 46 cents to $3.87. Proposed budget up only $10.5% but low revenues force taxes up an extra 3% by Marianne Acito The tentative budget for the Town of New Castle would raise taxes by 13.5 percent. The $4,476,529 budget is 10.5 percent . more than last year's $4,050,737, but taxes will go up the additional 3 percent to make up for a smaller increase in anticipated non-tax revenues, and lower year-end fund balances. Tax rate rises 46 cents The 13,5 percent increase, which will cover $3,087,786 of the ten tative budget, raises the tax rate from $3.41 per $1,000 to $3.87 per $1,000. This means, for example, the owner of a $120,000 house will pay $464.40 in town tax in 1981, an increase of $55.20 over 1980. The remainder of the budget is made up by non-tax revenues of $1,259,343 and a surplus of $129,400. \The principle component in this increase over 1980 spending is additional personnel in the Police Department,\ said Town Supervisor Charles Banks. The budget anticipates 33 members on the force by the end of 1981. At present there are 28, including four patrolmen hired this year. There is also a new clerical per son who, Mr. Banks said, lightens the paperwork for others in the department, freeing more men for patrol work and enabling the department to man an additional patrol sector. Mr. Banks emphasized that the additions to the police force are part of an effort \to render ser vices that are no less comprehen sive than in prior years, in spite of the pressures of inflation...an- d to improve services where possible.\ Tentative budget figures assume continuance of federal revenue sharing funds, \which seems likely,\ according to Mr. Banks. The town counts on receiving $89,5J54 from this federal program as it did last year, in addition to $21,400 left from last'year 'S'ievenue sharing please' turn to page 3 brake pads are cheap to replace if you catch the wear at that point. But if they're worn down to the rims, it becomes more expen sive\ Frequent inspection will help to catch problems in the early stages. The first step, Mr. Chaleski said, is to inspect cars and trucks and to establish a rotation for an nual inspection. Previously, an nual inspection of town trucks was not required, as is inspection of private cars. \We'll check all town owned vehicles as if they were your own car,\ he said. Police cars will be inspected more frequently. Fuel consumption will be monitored by installing counters please turn to page 12 by Marianne Acito Millwood residents once again turned out to oppose Con Edi son's reapplication for a permit to build a workout center in the area. Members of the. Millwood Task Force and the Millwood Area Residents Assoc. voiced their objections at the Zoning Board of Appeals' final public hearing, Wednesday, Oct. 29. Their most important objec tion is that the proposed workout center would be built on a 2.2 acre site now zoned for single family residences. They fear disruption of their neighborhood by increased traffic along Rt. 100, possible leakage of toxic wastes and vapors, and conti- nuation of industrial development. The proposed workout center would be used as a base for oper ations of Con Ed's Technical Services Dept., responsible for the maintenance and of switches, relays and other elec trical apparatus in approxi mately 20 electric substations in Westchester. The three supervi sors and 18 technicansat the sta tion would travel frequently, res idents say, and Con Ed vehicles would create traffic congestion. \In the last two years traffic density has increased apprecia bly,\ said Richard Horton, chairman of the Millwood Task Force. He does not want a further increase. Questions credibility Eugene Albert, real estate appraiser for Con Ed, contends \there is not likely to be-a meas urable difference\ in traffic because of the workout center, please turn to page 2 TOWN BOARD REPORT Resignations, vacancies and appointments make up most of the agenda by Marianne Acito Resignations, reappointments, and vacancies were a large part of the agenda of the Town Board's meeting Tues. night, Oct. 28. E. B. Henley, Jr.,Chairman of the Planning Board for the past 13 years, and a member of the Planning Board for more than 20 years stepped down from his post. The Town Board accepted his resignation \with profound regret and with appreciation for his tireless dedication and many s contributions to the maintenance of the unique character of our community.\ Arnold Henson, of 60 Wildwood Road in Chapaqua, will replace Mr. Henley as chairman. Mr. Henson was a member of the Planning Board for five years prior to this year and he has also been a member of the Conser vation Board. Commenting on his appointment, Town Supervisor please turn to page 2 Dr. Haake tells school board a 10% budget rise is needed just to maintain educational quality Dr. Barnard Haake, Chappaqua School Superintendent, knew he was in for a battle when he pre pared the preliminary Chap paqua School System's1981-82bud get two weeks ago. When Deputy Superintendent Richard Schilling presented a figure of $1,992,499, a 10.5% increase over this year's budget to the School Board on Tues., Oct. 28, battle lines were drawn. But confrontation be tween School Board members and Dr. Haake is not where the budget fight will take place. In Dr. Schilling's figures was a breakdown of additional money needed in eleven budget areas (see chart pg. 11) He noted that up to $199,999 could be saved if increases in expenses such as health insurance and fuel oil costs were less than expected. The proposed budget is de fended by Dr. Haake as necessary for maintaining the same services it offered this year. Not the Army game \There is no hedge in those projections,\ Dr. Haake told the Board' \This isn't the old Army game 01 asking for ten when you need six, and getting seven through negotiations. \Wearede aling with figures that I don't think are reducible if we don't want to diminish a reputation that has been built up oyer the years.\ Dr. Haake calls the budget a \maintenance budget\ and says its evolution differed from past budgets which were constructed by determining educational goals and then calculating their costs. This year the only educational goal considered was to maintain the present level of educational quality. Dr. Haake is worried the system will get caught in what he calls \the trap of maintenance budgets. I would like to be sitting here talking about more social workers, an improved guidance system for the the high school, more support systems for the elementary schools. This might seem outrageous, but considering the number of working mothers and single family house holds we ought to be thinking about day care.\ With com munity concern about rising costs he forsees difficulty getting please turn to page 11 With help from Ma Bell, town plans a vehicular preventive maintenance and fuel conservation program by Marianne Acito New Castle has gone to the phone company to save money. A representative from Bell Telephone has been helping New Castle cut fuel and repair costs on town vehicles with a preventive maintenance program. The phone company's experience with a large fleet of vehicles prompted this imaginative request by Councilman Erik' Nicolaysen, who dreamed up the project. Vehicles \run till they die\ At present, Mr. Nicolaysen said, town vehicles are run until they die: \There was no systematic upkeep of town vehicles. The town kept vehicles running far beyond their useful life and often bought old, reconditioned equip ment rather than more fuel- efficient new vehicles.\ He thinks the project can stem this waste. The project got started this week after getting the go-ahead from the Town Board at its Oct. 22 work session. Albert Chaleski, Commissioner of Public Works, will supervise the program to monitor town vehicles. These in clude Highway, Water, Police, Recreation, and Engineering Department vehicles, as well as the Town Assessor's Dog Control Officer's cars. The idea behind preventive maintenance, Mr. Chaleski said, is \To find problems before they get worse. In theory, this reduces costs down the line. For example, \Quaker Power\ are the words for Friday, Nov. 7, when Greeley be gins its annual homecoming celebration with a pep rally at 1:30 p.m. JV Cheerleaders Lexi McAdams (left) and Alison Oram are-on the lookout for some lucky guys they can ask to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance Saturday evening, at the high school. Photo by Virginia Baltay. Millwood residents again rally to oppose proposed ConEd building
