Trash pic -up costing
the already fmancially trou
bled city of Benton arbor
too much ccording to
City an r el Farmer.
The problem urfaced
at the August 22 city
commission ork op when
top ad min . ratior from
Public Work appealed to
the commi . on for relief.
Busin in the city
are requiring up to two
hours of the city crew's
time to remove excess trash.
Di ded sof , televi-
t, appliance, and
tree clippings dot the alleys
and tree lawns of the
city. The ere cannot
eep up.
, e ha 25 to 30
complain per day" said
city ngineer Ron Schultz
of the growing proble
of the tv' appliance
and fas. 'Peopl are
busing the privilege."
'E rything in this
town cleaned up during
ring clean-up," said Ed
itchell chief of the ref
ere , " 'and no there's
more than ever."
Shultz claim the extr
tr is costing the city
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an additional 3 000 per
month in land fill fe
Currently the city is de
liquent 14,628 to the
Landfill Authority.
Schultz and Farm r
want to charge: for any
trash not cantained in plas ..
tic bags on 30 gallon gar
bage pails.
EEDTRUCKS
The Public wor steam
told commi . oners th t the
problem is compounded by
the lack of proper equip-
ment. e only have thre
truck nd we ne d five - we
had ven true three years
ago ' explained Ed itchell.
Farmer requested speci
fic ction of the cornrnis
. on only to have the mat
ter referred to committee
by ayor Joel Patterson.
, e've alre dy don t09
many thing we can't en
force,' . d P tterson.
Farmer had wanted the
commi . on to anounce that
of Friday, no more large
pieces or exce commer
cial tr sh ould be p' eked
up by city crews.
SO E US ESSESS
OT COOPERAT G
Farmer reported that
Contin
fro p 1
1.£ , BH citizen:
the t her should ge rais , be u you 0
with all the tres and train of te ching, I don't have
any id in hool and I'm not really up on the hool
polici but I fell the te cher should get what they
nt."
De • y, BH citizen, 'Yes, I thin the teach-
er ould get paid more and I think the School Board
i to bl for thi . they got the cash dollar and
they ct like the money is coming out of their poe ets!"
P t ati·: I ould ha to y no I don't
think the te cher should get paid more I don't kno
th t much about it but I ould "think that they get
more than enough alre dy. School is going to be late
and it will end up big me s."
l"'!I.I'I:;,A ... d r, BH citizen and mother of Twoen
I m glad they're Ii hop they get
the v-"
t, BH itizen and mother of H ath r
grade: 0 tho teachers should not t m re,
they are jus holdin up n gotiations.'
ithheld I don t no . Don't you think
efish? They don t thing ab ut the
id .'
EI BH citizen and mother of tudents in
th, th d 10th/gr des: I think the teachers are
prob bly holding up the hool tarting on time. I or
and I will have to someone to atch my kids no ."
arne withheld " ith all the violence and the
orking conditions, ye teachers should get paid more
definitly."
cGee BH citizen and mother of two:
"I m pretty up t bout school not starting on time
I h ve to find omeone to watch my kids, no .'
arne withheld) 'The teachers are in the right,
if the highest paid dministrator makes 40 000 a year
and your average teacher wor ing for 20 years get paid
only 19000 dollars a year, something is wrong!"
arne withheld) 'I arn a orking penon myself
and I know as everything goe up you need more money .
There is good d bad on both sides you know" I arn
union person myself. But I do worry about my kids,
I do ant them to get a good education."
P e, BH citizen and father of BH hool
students: "Well,' a couple of teachers have told me
llhat the Board is trying to take things away. Teacher
and nurse I don't thing are ever paid enough. The
teacher ould • tlefmetly have a contract before they
b to 01. ot like la t time." .
his efforts to prevent busi
ne s from abuding the
trash rvice w re met
with hostility.
Twin Citie Gla 295
Colfax, ha so much gar
bage each week that the
cith crews are tied up
there from one to two
hOUIS, according to el
Poplar Public orks Direc
tor.
Jim Haynes, Secretary -
Treasurer of Twin Citie
Gla , told The Citizen
that Poplar as current.
Haynes said he would
fight any efforts by the
city to curtail trash pick
up. 'We've paid our taxes
over the years - we're
still here - the city owe
us something," he said.
Haynes dmitted that
his company's Stevensville
plant pay a private hauler
to carry away trash at
that ite,
According to Hayne,
Twin Citie G employs
about six city residents
but no minorities.
I t was also reported
to the commi loners that
Ridge and - Kramer Auto
Parts brought trash in from
another one of their store
AUGUST 29 - SEPT. 5, 1979
THE CITIZE
PAGE 3
T 0 f, two t ts IIId
in front of 473 Coif � symptom of tbe Benton Harbor garb
of the property, Jerry Wagner of Demorro
mateJy on the tax 0 n on the property. _"<Il�
him SSO to remo the load. "They u to
crazy down the gner told tbe Citizen.
en 0 ar 0
dedica ,e ce
in another city for the
Benton Harbor crew to
pic -up.
TAXES GO TO
PUBLIC ORKS
Commissioner eiss
pointed out that three mills
which amounts to three
dollars per million dollars
Saturday September 1,
has been designated Charles
Gray Day by the Benton
Harbor ity Commission.
Gray a community
leader famous for his wor
with the area's youth will
be recognized at a coe tail
and dinner party on Satur
day at the Ba helor 14
lub, 171 uclid at
5 p.m.
The city commi ion
has al agreed informally
ontinued from p e z
effort we've made t par
ti ipate.
S 0 the la t
Bard meting arp wa
delinquent on the property
taxe for the bu ine he
runs at 155 Si th Street in
Benton Harbor. The proper
ty had reverted to the State
for non-payment of taxes.
U Treasurer Chuc
Dill does not own a busin
in the city or live in the
city. Dan Flaugh member
ship chairman does n t
live in the city nor own a
busine in the city.
'If the men were
sincere about. the unern
plymen t in the ci ty, then
you'd find minorities in
their businesses, id Carr.
"If they were sin ere
about the eroding tax ba
they'd pay their t e "he
oontinued. ' Why should we
let them u our money for
ha they won't use their
own�ney?' � � ..
, e could not to
oloma and run their or an-
izations, e plain d err.
The controversy h
only strengthened the B n
ton Harbor re idents deter
mination to c ntrol U
according to arr .
of assessed valuation goe
to public orks.
ccording to A r
John Tottridge. t that rate
the city should be receiv
ing approximately 157 ()()()
in tax revenue for the opera
tion of publi works.
The Finan e Depart-
ayor
pointed
Tommie
chols and ei to
m e recommend tions.
o
o
ra
to name the ne Recre tion
Center after Gray.
Pre ntly Gray erves
as coordinator of pla ernent ,
and followup at the Benton
Harbor igh School ill
Center. He wa youth coor
dinator at the Benton
Township for 16
year and al rved
a Ben ton Harbor
ommi ioner.
Ti ets for aturda
dinner are 7.50 and re
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