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the lit ould have follo ed racial
line .
F" ce Die or Ricardo John n
told Commissioners th of tax
required to cover fund that
h been a.t, but not budgeted.
After the m ting he detailed 437,
505 orth of expenditur not included
in the 82..83 budget including: Com­
munity Development -department pay­
roU forced on the city by the freezing
of HUD fund , judgement , retr ctive
p yroll, emergency repairs on reet
and in th ater plant"
Johnson
E"ffort by City Venture Coporation
(CVC) to revitalize Benton Harbor City
came to a halt 1 t week hen the Pri­
vate Industry Council (PIC) refu to
. fund the Mione polis b d company.
In ovember the PIC had eed to
P y 200,000 if City Venture could r "
an additional S I 50,000 on i own by
Feb. 9.
The PIC is a olunteer board of bu "­
nessmen and indu triali 0 0 I e
the spending of CET fund for Berri n
County.
Project Director Fred Franklin report­
ed to the PIC meeting in Berrien Spri
ednesday morning that the comp
h d been unable to find the nece
money, ccording to PIC member Charl
Henderson.
Franklin h not return d any phon
m d by this P per over the I t five
d y .
cord" to rc t Fr
the PI for partial fund" out a
iob creati n pr gr "The requ t
·or -
denied
PIC Chairperson
Franklin, the PI anted
"holi ic" ppro ch to
many ills. Th t strat
the ho r of ill h d b n pre nted
by CVC in pi dra n up 0 er th
cour of year at co of $375 000
from ate CET A fund "
Th State Dep ment of Labor
pai for the fir fi months of th pi
implem ntati n ith another 200 000
grant.
Tha contr
and CVC ha
pired
n 100
pt mb r 30
fo fu d