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• ' * f'' Freeport's newest novelist seepages FBESPORT MEMORIAL LIUKAK'Z • \ «■««“ “ ; ‘1 ta e t r e ® - I pr LEFORI U ' .. . Official Newspaper Village ol Freeport . Freeport School District Baldwin School Olstricl m FREEPORT BALDWIN L ember 54th YEAR. NO. 50 FREEPORT. NEW YORK THURSDAY. DECEMBER 15.1988 PRICE 25 CENTS PER COPY Waste crisis delays budget by Sue Morgan As the Village continues budget deliberations for the com ing year, the major crisis facing Trustees and Department heads discussing the 1989 financial situation is solid waste disposal cdst. expected to , more than double. ' WKile the Village budgeted $1.1 million during 1988,to get rid of its garbage, next year disposal costs will soar to $2:3 million, Freeportis treasurer Michael Haran tol4 the Leader, adding that the increase alone wiil eat up five percent of the Village^ budgrt. “The impact, is immense,” Mr. Haran said. “This year is unusual. . ICs the fiiu year we>re gone.hack this hard” in asking d irim e n t heads for a second round of cuts. Ordinarily the budget is ready for residents to peruse before' Christmas, but this year it will not be available until the week fol lowing the holiday due to budget-, ing difficulties arising from the hike in disposal costs. ' Salary increases of six percent . across the board to police and civil service employees for con tracts negoUated during the past year will impact the budget as well. However, Mr. Haran said there would be no cutbacks in Village services, which he prom ised ^ i l l be maintained, at min imum, at the current level” The Village expects to save between $200 and $300 million . with its decision this year to with draw from the. State's Empire Plan in favor of a self-insurance program for its employees, which Mr. Haran termed “a better health insurance plan at. lower cost.” The village has “no real new sources of income,”' Mr. Haran told the Leader. “State aid will remain the same as far as we can see,” a factor he said puts the Vil- lagein the position (^f having such aid effectively decrease as a per- centage of the local budget. The Villa^ is required to util ize the $S million proceeds from tths salq (tf Fiieineg'k Fiel4. for. ' park and recreation improve ments which will be appropriated under'a new budget line for transfer to capital reserves, and will not subsidize regular expenses. . '“We’re looldng to provide the same level of services in the most economical way—thafi what the budget sessions are all about,” Mr. Haran said. . On a recent Saturday morning, John Jeffries of the Recreation Department was the first official to' meet vrith Trustees for a second round of cutbacks. Among cost saving ideas dis cussed were a 9 p.m. closing of the Recreation Center steam room, which would save $$,000, and minimally reducing the heat in the skating bubble to save a similar amount. Mayor Dorothy Storm suggested asking local community organizations to ‘ “adopt a planting” at the Recrea tion Center so that landscaping plans could proceed without additional costs to the Village. Also recommended were a “slight increase” for the Center pool complex summer plan this year, and running two four-week sessions instead of a single six- . week session of the parks Kiddie Program at the current $1$ fee. Two more budget sessions remain before final preparation , of the budgrt bci^i>is..'IV tpnt-. in g a . ^ n to the pirtsiiei are sche duled'for Thursday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 17, at 9:30 a.m. The Saturday meeting is tentative, and residents can call the Village Clerk’s office at 378-4000 for confinnatioh. The Pubtic Heating on the com pleted 1989 budget has been set for January 9. Attendance at the budget ses sions has been sparse, and Mr. Haran said be “expeAed a lot more interest” prior to an election year, “but that doesn’t seem to be the case.” SWORN INnanow PraaidMitof th« Naaawj County UbratyAaaoelation at Ha annual Daeambar Dlnnar MaaSng waa Baldwin Library Obaetor Barbara Hopklna. From laft ara. Quaat Spaafcar and Nowaday Cohimnlat Ed Lowa, AdalpM Univafaity Aaaodato Daan of Ubrariaa Roehala . Sagar.Ma.HopUna, and Baldwin LibraryTruataaKavinKaman, w h o parformadthaawaaring In. ■ ' % FAMILY FUN waa on tha agenda at Sia Raetaatfon Dapart- manl'a HoMday Faatival Sunday aa hundrada of Fraaport yaungsitara enjoyed hoHday ridee and crafts and viaited with Santa and Mra. Claus (aiaa Mayor Dorothy Storm). Abova with the North Polo rtoiMla are Iho Fadaraan famPy: baby Tara, ona s QIVINQ THEIR CHRISTMAS USTS to Mr. and Mra. Claua dro QIttana, left, and har brother Alan. 9 . Santa lacalvad tha cMIdran amid a wonderland of lightod Chriatmaa traaa in a repioduetion of Santa’s Woikahop • at the Recraation Center. Future Party's Campion to run for mayor FreeportY Future Party has announced its slate of candidates for the VillageY upcoming March 2 ! elections, unanim o u sly approving candidates selected by th e . P a r t y ’s nom i n a ti n g committee. Future Party head Vincent Campion is the organizationY mayoral candidate. Nominees for the two trusteeships in contention are Kenneth Reese and Iris Brr- mudez, and Douglas Hoffmann . is the partyY choice for. Village Court Justice. The Future Party is the first to announce its slate for Village ofiices. The Republican and Vil lage Parties will select their can didates in January, sajd Kenneth Bagatelle, Republican Commit teeman and executive secretary of the Village Party. Home Rule spokeswoman Helen Paturzo said ber p w y would berunninga full slate in the upcoming eleo- tion, and that candidates would be selected by mid-January. Democratic Party spokesman Gary Gerstman said a convention- would be held by local Demo crats next month. 1 ’ • i ' - v7 1 , . ♦ , / ■i:-. r ! -i tv’ -' !■ I*. 1 r h ih 1 ; K • r' ' ■
