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Seltzer ' s appointment to the town planning board for a seven-year term and sparked angry comment from Councilman Joel Lefkowitz , supervisor-elect and the current board ' s only Republican. Voting in favor of the appointment were Counciimen Raymond Caiabrese , Neai Capria , Edward Reynolds and Coun- cil..,„™ r, ~ i^-,,,, i .,t.» ciiwOiuaii iiai cu jLjuiLi. . Supervisor John F. Randolph abstained. Councilman Lefkowitz noted that the planning board term of Saivatore ivomeo had expired in October and that board had had an opportunity to fill the post prior to the election . \This (Mrs. Seltzer s appointment ) is the final gift to the taxpayers who just spoke in the general election , \ he said. He called the appointment \ callous. \ \I trust the new town board will not engage in political gamesmanship, \ he added . The Republican said that he had bee n in r,p litir»c cit-i^P h« WQC 19 Hilt th ^t riomnpratc had brought a new axiom into politics : \To the losers belong the spoils. '' Mrs. Seltzer was obviously irked at Supervisor Randolph' s abstention on her appointment. Later in the meeting, she refused to accept a plaque from Randolph , saying : \I abstain. \ She did , however , accept a plaque from Lefkowitz. Aiso named to p lanning boaid uva Lefkowitz ' s objections was another loser m f V» Q TVT J - V * T rwy\ V~w\v* t S\\ *TTI r» * - >*-» v+rt •- »1^>* - ii-ij->«r« r> LIIC ilUVLlllUU Il/ TTII UUaiU C1CV.L1WUO , John Cassese , a high schoo l adminstrator. it. i_ T A :_- T - > Tt nff_ T\> — ~ ..™ > ~ I1C 5ULLCCU& UUQL111 1 . 1J1UVVU. 1T11 . Ul \J V* 11 o term ran out in February , 1978 , but he continued to serve in a holdover capacity. Randolph abstained on this vote , also. TToi-iIiii- \ in Til fi >V*£iiifiriC; ^ 7- ^»^rk|ili iriTl I J \ J gnngry icrir Randolph to a nn oini Suffolk Legislator Floyd Linton to a planning board post failed . \I have severe reservations whether he Cnn Y\^\ n nr\r\i r^f orl iirV,ilo coT^xrinrr An tVi o Uii L/\ * UUL/Ullllv U t'lUi^ k^^A I UI^ v^w baav . -, ,-.... * 4-,. 1 Q i-* ' - \ 1 <\» *¦ ,.»»^» '* f, r\ i A P/MiM /tJl^n nn LOuIlLy ICgloiaiUl c , baxu ^uuiiviiiuuii Caiabrese. Voting in favor of the appointment with Randol ph was Mrs. Lutz , who served as an aide to Mr. Linton , before running tor the town board . In other action , the board named Jerry Sadofsky as acting chairman of the Zoning R AO v*rl of 4 nnoo lc T-J o wrill fill in fr\T* Thomas Komeo who is hospitalized. The board also decided to give town eiTinlo*rses Christmas Eve and New Year ' s uvt uii My LiUJiiig lOnn IHALX IUI Uiv/ov c» * w days. An expenditure of $42,726 for repairs to the roof of the historic Smith house in Middle Isiand was approved by the board . iuO board acGp tCL* i,ne tovv n s sanitary code , governing everything from littei to liquid waste , but set January 15 for a nnhlip hparino r\r\ an ampnHmpnt rnvprinff f .\ .. ^- .. .»...£, v^-. . (-, roll-off containers used primarily to collect refuse from construction projects. An early Christmas present was received by the new board when the Medford Taxpayers and Civic Association said it would suspend its monthly demonstrations. The organization had been protesting on Peconic Avenue to urge more stringent traffic controls and the clean-u p of junk yards in the area . A two-year contract for fire protection on Station Road in Bellport was awarded to the Bell port Fire District at a cost of $28 , 000 per ' year. And , the board authorized dredging of the Watch Hill marina for the Fire Island National Seashore. In the public session of the meeting, Bruce Brodsk y, Brookhaven Town airport „,„„„ „„.. iU~— 1,^,-J fU„ U n „ -A r„- ,.„ iiiaua£c;i , iiiGiirwcu LUC LA ; CIU I \ JI \ JV ~ portunity to serve and then told members ? U ^ + Un ...nr. I-rn;~ . ** f^ x r..»n *Vn>v^ UKH !¦¦ - \Ui; ^^, 'iieg ».*_ ' onv Lia ^ni. The threat came after the board rescinded a June resolution which had retroactively reduced 1977 rates of the Selden Sanita™' Cor™ from *295 to ,I 225 Mr. Brodsk y, an area resident , claimed that the resolution was withdrawn to protect board members fro m individual i :*.« tt\r i « ..: ^ u~ . ,) «.„ *u« pressures of a high-priced attorney. \ he oaiu. The town ' s organizational meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 2 , at 10 a.m , in the New Village Community- Center Hawkins and Wireless roads Pnn tnunn /iW, Vyl 'llll'l l~U\-U. ^A vMMiBJAf *%, MB »#^ w 1 r« #% #% «»4r» V^ i iln £Ji j *a **>** *% tp a ^&£± r*i# ^1 O^ % *, ^JiBB&J$£ a ^ M 7li VI B< = & ^ %j P+9a& ^%/^gs! isuv^is e ^ea ^ a **w *p a » J ? A The Brookhaven Town comp- troller ' s office this week released figures showing actual tax rates in the town ' s 22 school districts and all but one show increases. A \ computer error \ in id ' uulaLirig luc VaiUE Gi propsri.;cs in the small South Haven School District resulted in an exemption for $40 , 800 worth of property which should have been taxed , said Superintendent Andrew Havens. The result is a net decrease of $29 , 000 in the assessed valuation of the district. Normally, that might not be a lot to worry about , but in this district it means that instead of the tax rate going up 40 cents per $100 of assessed valuation , it will go up d»i no Mr. Havens said : \Because of an error , everyon e in this district will have to pay $1.52 more per tfM f\C\ nf n oc*^£?czii^ irolllG f ir\T\ thlC year , \ something he described as \discouraging especially since the board spent so much time and energy liying io minimize iht; Lax rate increase . \ Havens said the average homeowner will pay another $45.60 in taxes because of the mistake. The money will be given back to the district by the county and put in an interest-bearing account to be applied toward next year ' s spending plan. The highest tax rate in The Long . >land Advance circulation «-.HAn l~ ^l„„, -r r, frt *Urt DoimA>-f Tallin C4X t^C4 U^lUllgO L\J til*-* JuriAJ pv/i v *- ^iv.i_ Point School District where an increase of $2,084 per $100 of assessed valuation was recorded with the rate going from $41,307 to $43,391. The smallest percentage in- crease-about 2.7 per cent-was in the South Country School District. There , the rate in- creased bv about 93 cents , from $35,403 to $36,337 per $100 of OCCDCCJO H vg liiptinn According to District Superintendent Arthur Becker , the bulk of the increase was the result of the recent settlement with district teachers. \We ab- sorbed part of it but we couldn 't absorb the whole thing, \ he said . Patchogue-Medford showed the tax rate up $1,935 per $100 of assessed valuation , from $32,450 to $34,385 . The district granted spninr fMti7Pn and npw inHn^ trv construction exemptions of $564 , 664 . 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