'7HE CITIRleI
WEEK OF APRIL 7. 1 5
y Ro Le ty
BE TO HARBOR - Keep
your gutter clean or the city will
get mean.
Such as the me ge deliver
ed by the Benton Harbor City
Cornmi ion Cit an ger Elli
it chell nd Director of Public
and Recreation Service Carl
Brown at the April 1 Benton
H rbor Harbor ity ommi ion
meeting.
The commission by a vote of
5- dopted an amendm nt
to th city' Anti-Litter Or-
dinance, which require citizens
to eep the gutters in front of
their property free of litter.
ccordin to Brown the
mended ordinance applies to all
property owners and re idents,
including b ntee landlords.
The amendment carne bout
becau it ha bee-om ' in
ere ingly difficult to eep city
storm drain heavy rainfall'
accord in to a public announce
ment released by Brown. Brown
dded that sweeping of city
treets i I 0 "adversely ffect-
or
o
Harold Lester
USKEGO HEIGHTS-
Financing for relocation of
Consolidated Vendors Corpora
tion to a former warehou
in u egon Heights p
proved arch 28, by the
egon Height City Council.
The corporation' relocation
to 577 W. Sherman, formerly
th Brondyke Building, will be
fmanced through 440,000 of
revenue bond purchased from
th e on County Economic
Development Corp. (EDe)
orris A. Yount and
. Yount
the corporation, will not receive
a tax abatement. The request
must be made before con
struction begin to qualify for
the tax abatement, according to
City Clerk E . Ci eros.
Relocation of the corporation
will result in 30 job being
transferred from the old to the
ne site. Thirty additional
job will be created within a
to-year period, according to
Jo ph Charlton, City Manager
of u egon Height. At
eut fifteen of tho jobs will
be guaranteed to Muskegon
Hei� residen .
•
CI
y
ed by the failure of many resi
dents to keep gutters cle r of
debri ."
It may have been April 1
but city offici appear to not
be fooling around. VIolators
of the ordinance which oes
into effect April 8 will be pro-
cuted, aid Bro n who dded
that the rdinance is 'simple,
to the pint. and it's the law. '
The ordinance carne under
attack by ommissi on critic
Geor e y in er. who reminded
th commi ion and City an
ager itchell that last year they
told city re idents to put Ie ve
into the utters.
itchell re ponded: "It's
, called chan e r. y . nger .
e change when thing don't
wor ."
, e change when it is nece -
r. Wysin er!" said it
he walked out of the
ion chambers practice
he has employed for the p t
four meeting while ysinger is
speaking.
ith itchell out, y ing r
called on the commi ion to ask
for Mitchell's resignation for
alleged "racial remarks." Y:
singer id that itchell, t a
recent meeting, referred to ' so
called 'hillbillies' - he said he
hated 'em!"
itchell in a arch com-
mission meeting, after ysin er
hurled his weekly dosa e of
criticism at the City Manager
compared Wysinger with the
character on the. old "Beverly
Hillbillies" television series.
Mitchell aid that both Wy
singer and the characters in the
show are ignorant, despite their
chance to learn.
Absent from th meeting was
ayor Wilce Cooke, ho as
called by the National League
of Cities to testify before Con
gre on the affects of propo d
federal cutbacks on American
citie. City Manager itchell
said that it was "crucial" that
the mayor not tum down the
conference' invitation.
According to Mitchell, Cooke
would testify Tuesday, April 2,
on proposed cuts in programs
like Community Development
Block Grants, and Wednesday,
April 3, on propo d cuts in'
federal revenue sharing. In
fiscal year 1983-84, Benton
Harbor received 395,000 in
Dr. John H. McDonald, .P.,D.C. � Dr. John C.B.
Dr. Paula Sc:hl ukaS.S.,D.C.
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cDonald ,B.A.,D.C.
e
federal revenue sh ring.
Commi loner Charles Hen
der n, who recently attended
a ational Le gue of Citie
conference in a ington D.C.,
along ith Coo e , Mitchell, and
Commi oner harl Y r
brough aid that he doesn't
fore e cu 15 in federal revenue
aring this year. Ho ever.
Hender on id that he believ s
that cuts will be made within
the ne t few ears which would
be 'dev tatin 'to Benton Har-
or and other communities.
In other ction Finance
Director Ricardo John n. aid
that the tate Department of
Tre sury ha granted the city
permis 'on to borrow 475 000
ain anticipated taxes. Th
commi Ion approved ee ing
permi ion for the b rrowing
in rch, after Johnson inform
ed commi ioner of an antici-
pated cash flo orta e.
In other matter the com
mi ion approved
with Bristol, Lei
n r and Co., to
city's audit for fi year
1984- 5. The city' re uired
under state to perform
annual udit and en e wi
an outside udit finn.
The commi 'on
7 -0 to approve request for n
dult foster care facility t
4 4 Colfax A ., by ffie Adair.
The acility, hich will ho
ix peopl ,wa in formally ap
proved by tb city Planning
ommi ion in February.
Ab nt from th m tin,
Com-
'. Legal
SYNOPSIS OF A REGULAR
MEETI G OF THE
BENTON CHARTER TOW -
SHIP BOARD OF
TRUSTEES HELD 0
APRIL 2, 1985 at 7:30 P.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Su
pervisor Ni lsen, Clerk Scott,
Treasurer Boothby, Trust s
Lane, Jefferson, Mammina
and Collins.
The meeting was called to
order at 7:32 p.m. and a
silent invocation was given.
The minutes of the last
regular meeting held on
March 19, 1985 were accept
ed as presented. The agenda
was am nded to include an
awards presentation, a liquor
license tr nsfer and a resolut
ion of respect for Re r nd
W.E. Ellis.
An w rd was presented to
Firefighter Ken Ooroh from
the Benton Charter Township
Board of Trustees.
Voted to approve th
appointment of John Farrar,
as chairman, Jam Red
mond, Harry Steph ns, Loren
Gerber, Robert Kasun, G rry
Heppler, Joseph Appel and
William White to the n wly
formed Economic De lop
ment Commission for B nton
Charter Township.
Voted to appro , on th
recomm ndatlon of the pro
p rty com mitt , that th
propert· s purchased from
the DNR ha a minimum
bid of se nty-five dollars
for r sid ntial properties, 0
hundred dollars for comm r
cial properti and that th
be ad rtised for salon
April 13, 20 and 27th with
the deadlin for accepting
bids on May 6, 1985 at
4:00 p.m.
Bids w e received and open
ed for pest control for the
township hall. Th bids
were turn d over to the ex
ecutive committee for tabula
tion and will be awarded at
th next regular meting.
Voted to award the w
mowing b d to North Am ri
can Service Company for
tw nty thr dollars per hour
for weed mowing.
Adopted a resolution approv
ing a special ssessm nt dis
trict for street lighting for
Rose Avenu •
Th budget public' h aring
for Benton Charter Township
was recon ned at 7:55 p.m.
and as adjourned at 7: 56
p.m ... The board adopted a
r solution IS presented on the
1985 b t for . Benton
Ch rt.,. Town ip.
A P lie h ring was call d
to order It 8:02 p.m. on th
d on of the Urbandale
Industrl I Plrk as an Industr-
i I 10 ment
This public h ring w�s Mi
journed at 8:07 p.m. Voted
to adopt a 11 solution estab
lishing the Urbandale Indus
trial Park s an Industrial
Development District.
Voted to adopt a resolution
approving t d positories tor
Benton Ch rter Township for
1985.
Voted to adopt a resolution
approving th setting of t
meeting dates tor 1985 for
Benton Charter Township.
Adopted a resolution d m
ing nec ssary ro d paving for
Reggi , Gaines, Glencoe and
Jennings b tw n Emery and
Lynch.
Voted that the executive
committ study the propos
ed purchase of recording
equipm nt for the police and
fire calls.
Voted to pprov th
pointm nt of Robert hit
ney, Sr. to the PI nning
Commission.
Voted to �opt a reso ution
for locating, establishing Ind
constructing drain in
tion 12 T4S R 19 in
Charter Township.
Voted to appro a labor
continuation agr ment for
th Benton Charter Township
Polic Offic rs Association
for Patrolm n nd Non-
Supervisory employ
Voted to ppro a labor
continuation agr m nt for
the Benton Chart r Township
Command Offic rs nd
SuperviSOry Employ
Voted to approve I bor
continuation agr ment for
the Benton Ch rt r Town
ship International Association
of Firefighters Local 1562.
Voted to approve sit plan
for Taylor R ntal Comp n .
Voted to appro site
plan for the Orch rds al
Walk-In Clinic.
Voted to appro the r
platting for the Orchards
Mall subdivision.
Voted to ppro P yment
of th G neral Fund bills
in th amount of 27,314.93
and S r Fund bills in th
amount of $67,916.25.
Voted to ppro liquor
lic nse transf r for Jac
An 10 for transfer of own r
ship of a 1984 SOD-SO
uc nsed busin ss from Scott
D. Kimball, located at 1186
M-139.
Voted to adopt
of r spect for R
Ellis. -
Th eting as adjourned
at 9: 19 p.m.
UII J Scott, CI rk
B ton Chart Township
II Adv. 4/8/85