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 • •• 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. _"