MAY 27 -JUNE 2,1985 THE CITIZEN
in con-
tituted a m jor portion of the
bu ine of th Berrien County
ar of Cornmi ioner Thurs­
d y m min.
The project pl n for Mar-
ay Development s planned ex­
pan ion of th Holid y Inn
on -139 B nton T p. was
approved by the ard. ar-
y plans at 11 450 quare
f t two- tory, 32 room
ddition. harl s Schrenk,
econ mic de elopm nt director
for the county id 55 con­
truction ad 10 permanent job
w uld be created.
ar-Kay is reque ting financ-
I ing through th ale of one mil­
lion dollars in tax-exempt
revenue bond People State
Ban ha already reed to buy
the bonds at 80% of the prime
interest rate. 1nhe total project
cost i estimated at 1,000,000.
The board reviewed the pro-
. ject plans, nd et public hearing
dates of June 20, 10 a.m. in
the board room for both Sumi­
tec, Inc., and H Company.
Sumitec I the joint venture
of Electro-Coating of Benton
Harbor and Sumitomo etals
of Tokyo, Japan. Surnitomo
i .J pan' third I rge t teel
maker, according to hrenk.
urnitec . building a 28 000
q. foot addition for manu-
fa turin and 00 sq. f t
dditi n for ffice p e.
Sumite predicts th pr [ect
Will create appro imately 60
con tructi nand 1 permanent
. ob. The total project cost i .
2 140 000; Sumitec i ing
for tw million dollar in tax
e empt revenue b nds.
Schrenk id Sumite is in
Benton Harb r rth of ain
Industrial Park and i e p cted
to rve an anchor f r future
development. Schren aid the
city has started t go national
in its effort to get busine se
to locate there, by implement­
ing a marketing campaign en-
ne B nt n H' r-
.H. Police b
By Ron Le ty
B TO H RBOR - Poli e
bruality was th main topic
of discu sion at a relatively
short Benton Harbor City Com­
mi ion meeting, onday, ay
20 .
Commission watch-dog
Gorge ysinger told the com­
mis ion that a city police officer,
who from an incident earlier
thi month, is accused of strik­
ing a nine-year old boy, should
h ve been su pended until the
city.s in e tigation of the inci­
dent wa c mpleted.
The State Police conducted
the investi ation.
yinger said that h w
BENTO
told that the re son th officer
as not su pended was' becau e
they might have to pay overtime
for another police officer to take
his place. Everybody's con­
cerned about money, now - you
weren t conceme when you
give 8,000 in raises a total
of 75,OOO!"
Wy inger was 1 0 concerned
that the incident as 'going to
go down th arne way" as he
alleged that c es in the p t
had done. He cited an part­
ment fire in February, 1984,
in which three children and their
b bysitter were illed and an
incident wh re city employees
were accused of stealing.
HARBOR AREA SCHOOLS
OllCE OF A PUBLIC HEARING 0
I CREASI G PROPERTY TAX
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 4,1985 at 6:45
o'clock p.m. at Benton Harbor High School, Student Com­
mons Area, the Board of Education will hold a public
hearing on the levying in 1985 of an addition proposed
millage rate of .1636 mills for operating purposes pursuant
to Act 5, Public Acts of Michigan, 1982.
The Board of Education has the complete authority
to establish that 32.7260 mills be levied in 1985 from
within its present authorized millage rate.
The maximum additional proposed millage rate would
increase revenues for operating purposes from ad valorem
property tax levies in 1985 otherwise permitted by Act 5,
Public Acts of Michigan, 1982, by one-half of one percent
(0.50%)
The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony and
discuss the levy of an additional millage rate. Not less than
seven (7) days following the public hearing, the Board of
Education may approve all of any portion of the proposed
additional millage rate. .
This notice is given by order of the Board of Education.
The Citizen Adv. 5/27/85
Walter Brown, Secretary
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" othing wa done bout
non of that, aid Wy inger.
ysinger stated that ity
an ger Elli Mitchell and Pub­
lic Safety Director Sam at on
should be fired if they don't
see to it that the officer is sus­
pended.
Watson, who cted ity
Manager in the ab nee of it­
chell, said t t th findings of
the city's inve tigation into the
incident should be released
'very on'.
In another matter, C mmi -
sioner Charles Henderson, in the
commi ion's pre-meeting work­
hop, id that he do not li e
voting to pay for thin after
the fact' .
Hender on m d thi com­
ment in reference to City Clerk
argaret Bowman, who wa
given 200 by th city for an
International lerk A sociati n
Conferencce in Banff Springs
C nada.
Bowman ant at the
meeting becau of the con-
ference.
City Commi sioner mold
Bolin told Hender on- th ugh
that if the chec h been re-
Ie ed then it i in the bud et.
ne was ayor
Coke as participating in a
Mayor Exchange with the city
of Ecor e.
A gency on Aging
requests proposals
ST. JOSEPH - The
IV Are Agency on
Board announced at their ay
20, 1985, board meeting the
opening of the "request for
proposals' (RFP) proce s to
deliver rvice to the elderly
for fi cal ye r 1986 beginning
October 1, 1985.
Federal and st te funds in th
mount of 831,180 will be
av Hable for contr cting to var­
ious agencie and organization
throughout the three-county
area of Ca , Berrien, and Van
Buren. Service ar prioritized
by the agency' Area PI n into
goal area.
Mest people who would call
for a ride on the county-wide
Transp rt tion y tern must call
long-dist nee: therefore a 800
ride number ha been in aIled
for u (1- 00-828-2015 .
The local B or, South
Haven nd Gr nd Junction are s
hould call on the local ride
number 427-7921 (this number
already painted on the bu s
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Agencies and orgaruzanons
interested in applying for funds
are encouraged to attend a
Pre-proposal Conference on ay
29, 1985 at the Benton Har­
bor Holiday Inn n -139
at 1-94 from 9:30 a.rn. to
12:00 noon.
Application form sincluding
the minimum tand rd for all
service will be vail ble t the
Pre-proposal Conference, or they
can be obtained t th Region
IV Area Agency office I cated
at 2919 Diviion Street St.'
Jo eph, ichigan, or by calling
the re ency on gin at
83-0177 or 1- 2-2 03.
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have
free n mber
and in the teleph ne b 0 .
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Pe pl caning for busin
rea n only mu t u the
busine number 427-7377.
The 800 number will help
to gener te more ridership, it
will al 0 be very u ful for the
ne bus rvice in the Pa Pa
rea to be implemented some­
time in June 1985.