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By Inez Holm
A peel I meeting
h Id T esdav, J nuary 9 t the
CET A office , 2160 -139, t
9:30 it th City of B nton
Harbor.
According to Rol nd
Osel a, Ch irm n of th Board
of COmmission rs, th county
S to ch ng its y tem of
�yin CET A fund to the cit .
Th purpose of the
meting was to discu s th t
change. The city h s at ay
receiv d CET A funds prior to
paying its CEl=A p yroll.
Th County is now
sing th city to pay th CET A
or er fir t from the city funds
nd then CET A ill reimbur
th city h t r it nt.
el F rmer, City Mana
er, ta ed in the meting that
the City h difficulty m ting
its r ular payroll out of the
n r I fund.
H noted that if th
County forced the City into
th reimbur m nt y tern, then
th cit ould h v to drop out
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A fire .Thursd y, Jan-
uary 11 � in a- former photo
graphy studio t 312 Territorial
Road h s brought to tight a CCl
of iIIeg lJy con erted p rt-
m nt .
Firemen dou d blaze
in on of the Studioton\
building' seven ap rtment .
Accordin to the city
building inspection dep rtment
of tho CETA pro r m .
The city, ccordin to
Farmer could not fford to pay
the peopl out its own poe et
nd it on CET A for reimbur-
sement.
Accordin to Osel a,
th re h v been so many irregu-
- larities in the promotion ,
demotions nd iob ch n es of
CET A p rticipants ho or
for the city, that th County
i afr id of being tuc with'
ineligibl co ts.
The problem, ccording
to 0 Ik, with the Speci I
Pro' cts fund d by CET A.
Special Proj t e
hort -terrn program th t
-employ p Qpl cific
ta .
He charg d th cit ith
promoting nd tran fering indi
viduals without prior ipproval
from CET A and thereby,
p ibly incurring ineli ibl
co ts.
Ineligible co t arc co ts
for or performed in vi I tion
of overnment regulation.
Continu d on p 3
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quoted in th Friday,
[anu ry 12 i sue of the local
p per - the city kne nothing
of th conversion of the building
(rom comm rei I to residential
u .
ormer City Building
In pector Larry Johnson dis
I reese
"l in peered that buil
ding in the ummer of 1977 and
BUY of the
at HILLTOP
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Chue oast
9ge lb.
wrote a report that hould be in
the files," Johnson maintains.
fI At that time the city
inspector wer each a igned a
section of the city and we
ystematically in pected th
structure in our area, It Johnson .. F bruary is obser d s
said. Blae history month and to
I It w the dep rtment' mar that observ nee locally,
goaJ to in p ct every unif'in th The Citizen and the Libr ry are
city," he ontinued. , co ponsorin a Blac Hi tory
� Johnson id in ,pection C nte t.
of the building at 12 Territorial
as done at that time p rt of
that city wid effort. .'
,fI � C nv rsion a
noted then," Johnson ide
Ii rb Boston, Building
D part nt head as out-of-
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