Incorpo alion
dilional cil
e s
funding
The pi nn d incorpora
tion of the Benton. Harbor
Citizen's dvisory B rd could
m n incre d federal funding
for the City through the ed ral
eighborhood Progr m.
Th funding i . available
to incorporated Citizen's P rtici
p tion .group for economic
d lopment, crime prevention,
nd r habilitation projects.
Application for econo
mic de elopment and reh bilita
tion monies require the approval
Of th local go erning body.
The Benton Harbor City
Commission . declined to ta e
ny action when CAB president,
�rnold Smith, requested official
pproval of the advisory borad's
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incorporation on Wednesday,
Jan. 17.
The general consensus of
the Commis ion as at it
ould pr. mature to ma e an
official commitment to the'
Citizen's Advisory Board at this
time.
yor Joel Patterson
urged the dvisory board to go
head with its plan to incorpo
rate if th t is the desire of its
mem rs
He s ted th t he was
certain th t the Commis ion
ould appro e any CAB funding
applic tion that wa comp tible
with 0 erall plans for City
d el pm nt.
The 19 m mber Citizen's
Advi ry Board was e tabli
in December, 1974 ..
j
M mber are appointed
by the mayor with City Com
mis ion approval. Both M yor
Joel Patterson nd Commis-
'on r Arnold Bolin served on
the dvisory bo rd during its
first year of existence.
Current board member
include Lowrella Lange, Arnold
Smith, Harold Hanson, Harry
l , and Elizabeth Fowler, all of
whom hav served on the board
since its inception.
Other . board members
are Mary T ylor, S I m Mu:
hammed, J ames Murphy, Luella
unley, Doris Ray, Paul Smith,
Leonard Anderson, Mickey
Seeley, Annie L. Robinson,
Helen McKenzie, Debra itchell,
and argaret illiarns.
Citizen's Advisory Board
president Arnold Smith is vice
president of the ationaJ Citizen
Particip tion Council.
When interviewed, Mr.
Smith tated that the advi ry .
bo rd i involved in the promo
tion of citizen p rticipati n t
the state, regional, and nation I
level .
lntere t in the concept of
citizen p rticipation in govern
ment ha pre d throughout th
world.
Th ation I Citizen Parti-
cipation' Council i no oopera
ting with oth r n tions in
planning an international confer-
on citili n rticipation.
y 23, 1979
Just an a temp
to keep
arm
A U IDE TIFIED TRA SlE T trying to keep arm brought out t 0 fir true
car Saturday, January 20, around 2:30 p.m. It se ms th man h d gain d entry to th
building through the rear entranc and start d a fire in a astebas et to provid som
librarian putting out garb g on th library doc across th lIey sm lied smo and
the fire department. The top picture sho s the firem n and passerbys; th bottom
the astebasket thro n in th sno by the firem n. 0 dama as r ported. The man's hou in
problems are t mporarily solved - th police booked him on a char of tting fire in uildin.
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.To nship loots bill, 100
The B nton Harbor li
brary Board of Director ha
asked that library employee b
excluded from the ne City
employe · re ideney r quir -
taxes for th support of the
libr ry, nd th t Benton Town-
hip re ident I th refer , houl
b eligible for emplo ment b
th librar .
Th
m nt.
The reque t ubmit-
ted by Library Director, J R.
P vser, at the C mmi i n wor -
hop on Wednesd , ) nuar 1 7.
r. Pey r pointed out
that Ben on Town ip appoint
ccrtifi tion requirements.
Th c rr nt reem t
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