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o o\ oc- t* • 3£S THE WESTFIELD LEADER The Ltmilnfn4M—t Widely Circulated Weekly \eunpaper In Union County uspsMtrao NINETY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 19 Second Clul Poiu*c Paid WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1983 >i wmntu, N. j. Council Moves on Sewer, Board "Compromises" on User Fire Station Repairs Appropriations totalling tions and also $50,000 for Ave. landmark. $90,000 for local improve- the design stage of a re- A third ordinance passed Fees for School Facilities ments and another $93,228 habilitation project for the following a silent public The Westfield Board of the Recreation Commis- the recommendations by tatives of the Recreation could reach $22,000. "We'll in bills and claims were ap- North Ave. fire head- hearing limits the hours Education approved a sion at a special meeting the operations and facili- Commission, Chairman V. only bill them 70 percent of proved by the Town Coun- quarters. permitted for. soliciting $l-per-hour increase in Tuesday night. ties committee. James William Vincentsen rec- the anticipated $22,000 cil in a near-record The fire station, des- and canvassing to the user fees for school facili- All eight members of the England was absent. ommended that the per costs in 1984 or approx- 10-minute short session ignated as an historic site, hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ties and a "compromise" school board present at the Noting that the commit- hour user fees be raised imately $15,500," he said. Tuesday night. is badly in need of repair Postponed until the Dec. plan to ease the burden on meeting voted in favor of tee had met with represen- from $14.50 per hour to Responding to Peggy In the absence of any and was the target of a re- 20 session of council was an $15.50 per hour, thai the Cruger, president of the public discussion, council cent study to determine ordinance amending sev- service and rental charges Westfield Adult School who voted $40,000 for the re- whether it should be eral sections, of the land be increased 10 percent asked the board for "a building, replacement or restored or consideration use code of the Town of and the charges for addi- significant decrease" in its extension of storm or be given to replacement at Westfield. tional personnel, if needed, annual $6,350 user fee, sanitary sewer systems on an alternate location. Contracts were awarded be increased from $11.50 to Senus said that "resched- Maye St. between Harrison Tuesday's appropriation is for snow removal and for a $12.50 per hour. uling could result in a pro- Ave. and North Chestnut the first step in the re- $44,800 reconstruction of "The proposal and bable reduction in fees per St. and various other loca- habilitation of the North (Continued last page, thla section) recommendations from the semester." operations and facilities Vincentsen noted that an committee do not substan- analysis by the operations tially change the relation- and facilities committee Planning Board Approves ship with the users of shows that the current district facilities," said semester costs of $3,175 for School Board President 20 Monday nights using six Only One of Five Appeals Leo Senus. custodians could be reduc- "Based on a scheduling ed to $2,425 with three cus- Only one of the five ap- the first floor. Since the suggest a stockade fence building at 586 Westfield analysis, the proposal will todians. plications before the Plan- neighborhood is already between properties to his Ave. The subdivision would result in an increase in the He pointed out that, by ning Board Monday night largely a professional neighbor. create both side and front 1984 charge to the Recrea- law, a licensed school cus- was approved. area, Dr. Burns* orthodon- Among the hearings that yard variances, and the tion Commission of ap- todian must be present in a Thomas and Loraine tic practice was deemed evoked a negative resulting lot would be proximately $2,500, he con- school facility with heat or Burns will be allowed to acceptable on the site. response was that of' smaller than the required tinued. "Discussions with hot water whenever the convert the two-family Board member J.F. James Battaglia, who minimum size. Commission personnel in- building is in use by residence at 525 Westfield Dooley added a condition wishes to subdivide his lot Dooley didn't see the dicate that such an in- students or the public. Ave. to professional use on to the approval that Burns and construct a small. hardship that necessitates crease is more than accep- Senus said that the grapM|!#Variance, and table." board's "compromise" in suggested that Dr. Bat- The school board presi- charging the Recreation taglia construct an addi- dent pointed out that Commission just 70 per- tion to the existing office the 1983 user fees to cent of anticipated costs in building. Dr. Battaglia's the Recreation Commis- 1984, and his suggested 85 attorney argued that the A 1>ce Falls in Westfield — High winds yesterday morning felled a 45-foot pine tree sion were approximately percent in 1985 and 100 per- addition would create an on Elm Street in front of the Westfield public school system's administration $13,000. Using the new user cent in 1986 "allows the ugly, abnormal-shaped building, ^imtn slwws Custodian Clarence Kates with the fallen tree which was chop- fee rates and projected Recreation Commission to building. ped up unit taken to the Conservation Center. Fortunately the tiune tree did not do hours of usage, 1984 fees any damage (hiring Us fall. (Continued last page, this section} (Continued last page, this section) Councilman Blasts Chamber Contract Grants 8.1% Hike On Parking Issues To 54 School Custodians In a statement today to Westfield Area Chamber of space. A one-year contract be- The new contract with grant for acquiring a the Westfield Leader, Commerce of "playing Brown said that he tween the Westfield Board custodians continues Fireman's License from Councilman Henry B.R. politics" and "obfuscating believes the problem is of Education and the medical, dental and $425 to $475; and a change Brown, chairman of the the real issue" in connec- largely caused by ex- Westfield Supportive Staff prescription plans and in vacation scheduling parking and traffic com- tion with the town's cur- cessively low meter fees Association (WSSA), eliminates the night shift from the school year to the Photo by Berkebll--e mittee, accused the rent shortage of parking and permit rates which are representing 54 custodians at the elementary and employee's anniversary On behalf of the United Fund of Westlirld Linda Maggio, executive director, right, not sufficient to amortize and maintenance junior high schools. Addi- and a one-day increase in receives a contribution from the Westfield Recycling Center's coordinators Gail the cost of providing addi- employees in the schools, tional provisions include vacation time and leaves of Cassidy, left and Jane Kelly. The agencies supported by the Fund welcomed Ihc tional space and which sub- was approved by the Board an increased reimburse- absence for deaths in the generous check which was the result of Wcstriclders dropping off their newspapers, sidize employee parking, of Education at a special ment for personal use of immediate family. glass and aluminum at the Recycling Center this year. Santa Clans Coming attract out-of-town com- meeting Tuesday. automobiles on school Board representatives muters and encourage The contract, effective business from 18.5 cents to and representatives of meter feeding. He has no July 1, 1983 through June 20.5 cents per mile; $25 for WSSA have been Cash for Trash To Town Saturday f objection to a $2,500,000 30, 1984, provides an work shoes, increased (Continued last page, this section) Santa Claus will arrive in Westfield atop «' tiered "eyesore" over the average salary increase of "Our gift represents a check to the United Fund mental benefits include Roosevelt Junior High School on Clark St. Satur- south side station lot (as 8.1 percent on salaries "thank you" to all of the this week. saving trees (approxi- day at 9 a.m. to begin the festivities at the proposed by the Chamber ranging from $15,122 to people of Westfield for sup- "Citizens are encourag- mately eight a month) and Westfield Exchange Club's annual Children's of Commerce) if the town's $22,630. Holiday Help Needed porting the town's recy- ed to continue to save their landfill space as old news- Christmas Party. Santa will lead the children in- citizens want it, but the This is the fourth con- cling program. As volun- newspapers," added Jane papers are recycled into to the auditorium where they will be treated to real question, he said, is tract achieved by the For Sick, Poor, Elderly teers are responsible for newsprint, glass and alu holiday activities,' entertainment, gifts and "who is going to pay for Kelly, "glass and alumi- it." board and bargaining units the success of the United num and bring them every minum into new bottles prizes. since September. Negotia- "Holiday time! That special time of year. Our Fund drive, they are also second and fourth Satur- and cans. Money realized The highlights of the party will be a musicale Brown suggested the tions are resuming on a thoughts turn to those near and dear and we responsible for the success day to the Southside from the sale of the col- where Santa's helpers will sing, dance and enter- (Continued last page, this section) fifth contract, between the make an extra special effort in letting them know of the Recycling Center's Railroad Station between lected materials con- tain the audience with old-fashioned Christmas school board and the how much they mean to us.