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f ,r ■miL ■ ^ ij Mii r - r Memorial Day report - see page 6 FREE^oi^T'uEUOnlA^ l Vf IdERRlCK RD FREEPORT H Y U 5 2 0 0 OWelal Newspaper Village of Freeport Freeport School District Baldwin School District THE FREEPORT BALDWIN ■ m feaeoBT ubbaei LEADEII[ 54th YEAR, NO. 22 FREEPORT, NEW YORK JUNE 2,1988 PRICE 25 * PER COPY State comptroller cites Freeport in audit In a report issued last week on the Tinancial affairs of Freeport and two other Nassau County, localities, New York State Comptroller Edward V. Regan cited the Village as having inade quate inventory records of Village-owned property and not having a written investment pol icy based upon the Comptroller's guidelines. The report alio states that “cer tain purchase orders were issued after goods were received by the Village,” and concludes that “the inherent benefits of a purchase order system can only be derived' if the purchase orders are pre pared, approved and issued prioi ' to the acquisition of goods and services.\ - - - ' . Also mentioned.in the Comp troller's audit was S746 not accounted for by a fire depart ment chief who was advanced. S3,S00priorto his attendance at a conference in Dallas in Sep tember, 1986. ' Of the expenses accounted for, the' report said,“$373 was tor - expenses incurred by an unamh- orized Individual, arid S403 was for a Disney World Package.” M qyor D o rothy Storm responded that most of the points mentioned in the’ audit had already been addressed by the Village and procedures put into place. The Mayor said she had brought the C o m p troller's recommendations that purchas ing methods be tighten^ up to avoid purchase orders being issued after the goqds .are, received to the attention of department heads last year. She said a new directive from her office was issued earlier this year reiterating the strict adher- ' ence to purchasing policies, with all purchases to be authorized and no commitments made to suppliers by a'ny department except after approval by the Pur chasing Agent. — , Treasurer Michael Hatan fol lows a very conservative invest ment poRcy, Mayor Storm pointed out, to avoid any possi bility of financial problems resulting from such items as the “repurchase agreements” that caused the failure of some investment forms a .'couple of years ago. The Villa^ funds are in Certificates of E>eposit only and fully collatec&ed. Mr, Haran noted. The specifics 'of ,the investment policy will be outlined in writing for formal action by the Village Board, Mayor Storm said. R e g a rding the auditor's recommendation for improve ment of the Village's inventory records. Mayor Storm said the basic; computerized inventory format was in place and all of the improvements recommended by the audit would be implemented this year. Mayor Storm also responded to the Comptroller's criticisih of the payment by the Fire Depart ment to a travel agency, and other expenses paid, for a trip to a conference by a Fire Chief which included personal travel events outside of the conference trip. -She 'noted that the travel agency involved had sold the trip to the Freeport Fire Department, and a number of other fire depart ments, as a “package deal,” which included a side trip to Disney ' World. The Fire Chief did not realize the impropriety of the “package,\and the Village Board was not asked'for approval and did not authorize it, the Mayor stated, and a d d ^ that the indi- 'vidual is required to reimbtirse Fire Department funds for the . non-conference outside events. The Village of Great Neck Plaza and the South Farming- dale Fire District in Oyster Bay were also cited in the audit. Comptroller Regan's complete report is filed with the Freeport Village Clerk's Office, where it i, may be reviewed by “interested citizens,” the report said.' Karen Downs: first woman in Freeport Rotary FIRST WOMAN MEMBER of Freeport’s Rotary Club, Karen Downs, la congratuhtM by Club P r^deitt Jerry T edea^l. Mrs. . Downs Is Director of innanes forthe Woodwanl Mental Health Center In Frsepoil. The most recent member. of Freeport's Rotary Gub is a ground* breaker. She is Karen Downs, Director of Finance for the Woodward Mental Health Center, the first woman member ' of Freeport’s club, now celebrat ing its ^ t h anniversary. , Mrs.-Oowns is Director of Ftnancefoftbe Woodward Men- ' tal Health Center in Freeport,' a facility which provides a program of care and^ucation for.emor tionaliy troubled children and youngadults, ages three-21 from . Nassau, Queens and Western ' Suffolk. ' Mrs. Downs, her husband Fred, and their four children Andy, Valerie, Kenny and Ricky, ’ agm nine to 17, recently settled in one of FreepottY many rnter- front homes. In addition to being an avid bowler, Mrs. Downs confesses that she also enjoys boating and gardening as well as a challenge. In her short time as a member of the club she has already been ' involved with helping to orgaruze next year'i Civic Leadership , Award Program, which honors unsung heroes of the Freeport Community for their diligence and charity work throu^out the Rotary year. Quietly, Mrs; Downs also'says that she wasn't aware that she was a ground breaker until she was already involved with the membership qualification inter views. However, she also states that ttm fact that she was the ground breaker didn't matter to her. She wanted to become a member .of the club because she believes that you must give some thing tack to the society in which Recycling underway at Transfer Station you live, otherwise there will be nothing for that community to , grow on. . Since she and her husband chose Freeport as a place to raise their family she wanted to make sure that their children would Eve in a livb and vibrant community, and - what better way. to help insure this than by being actively involved mth a service and char- i t y o r g a n i z a ti o n in the community. She felt that the Rotary Club with all of iu programs would ta the means to help her to ,tl^ accomplishment Now, she hopes toencourage other women to join her in the ranks and to get more involved in the everyday work of the club. Festival this weekend see page 2 The Villagek Transfer Station, located at 173 Albany Avenue, is ndw accepting .recyclable' materials. There are three recycling con tainers at the station. One is for nesvspapers (no' glouy maga zines); the second for ^ s bottles and jarS; and a third for ihetal cans. The latter articles need not ■ t a washed but should bevinsed to remove residue. Loose labels should be tom off but it is not necessary to totally remove them. The station also t o a receptacle for the disposal of used motor oiL The station will b'e open Mon day to Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. to receive recyclable materials only. On Saturday, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., the station be open to rtcdve ' recyclables as well as bulk items and excess refuse. Proof of resid ency is required to utilize the Transfer Station and only cars, full window vans, and station wagons will be adnutted. . This voluntary recycling pro gram will be on-going until the falL At that time residents will be required to place their recyclables at the curb in Village-provided - containers. This is a requirement of both the State and the Town of Hempstead which disposes, of Freeport'S refuse. In u r ^ g residents to take part in the voluntary program tlus ' summer, Mayor.Dorotiiy Storm noted that recycling m a to good tense, not only for the enriron- ment, but also in keeping prop erty taxes down. “Every item put iq (o|r|qcycling will t a that much less for which we have to pay a ' dumping fee of $31 per ton, a fig-' ore expMted to go to $73 or even higher by next March. In the future, when we are in full scale ' recycUng. we will be selling the materials as well as having leu tonnage for disposaL In addition, wherever possible,, the Village goverhihent will be purchating supplies made from recycled materials.” 1 '.;, 1 Y ■f.' - 'A.- ii '' Sfe'-' p :
