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JUNE 8- 14. 1986 THE CrrlZEN
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Coo e's off 0
ue 0 leo;'
um on cos
commis ion's 1986-87 travel
bud et to more than $1,000.
Cooke let the motion stand as it
was seconded by Comm.
George Wysinger.
Wolf and Wysinger ca t the
only votes in favor of the resolu­
tion; Cooke, Comm. Ralph
Cren ha , Dorothy Dickey,
Arnold Smith and Charles Yar­
brough voted against it while
Comm. icbi el Govatos and
orval Weis abstained.
Wolf aid he felt City
Mana er Elli Mitchell and hi
staff hould travel for th city.
Cooke' trlp cquld payfor orne­
thin el e in the city-like clean
'up Jean Klock Park, fill in pot
holes, he added.
"I think it' time we hould
give up omething," Wolf aid.
Also at the meeting, th
commi ion approved purchase
of four new police car at a cost
of 47,690. Finance Director
.. Andy" Ander on told com­
mi sioner it had become too
co tly to continue maintenance
on the pre ent car .
The new car ill be on the
road by June 12.
Commi ioners approv d
tran fer of a liquor license at the
Captain' Table motel si naIling
a le of at property.
Cook announced he i till
eking volunteer to erv on a
Blu Ribbon Committ hich
will organize a Heritage Fe tival
By Ron Leuty
BE TO HARBOR
Should Mayor Wilce Cooke
ttend A ayor' Conference in
San Juan, Puerto Rico?
By a 5-2 vote city commi -
sion pparently approved
Cooke' travel at their June 2
regular meeting.
Commi ioner William
Wolf r ised concern over the
city-paid trip in a pre-cornrni -
ion or hop. Wolf sked
Cooke to withdr hi travel
plan after Cooke ouldn't
reve I ho much the v nture
ould co t the city.
Cooke rgued Wolf hould
hav approach d him per-
onallyab ut hi concern over
the trip ying Wolf" hould be
m n enou h."
olf aiH th trip
public concern, and in his opi­
nion hould b di cussed in
public.
Cooke countered that
olfs concern "don't count."
"I h v am jority of the city
in my ... behind me," id
Cooke. He dded th t citizen
h ha talk d to annrov of hi
travel th
Durin th comrm 10n
re ular meting, Wolf read
re olution callin for no further
travel to b conducted by com-
rru 10 r i hout city ommi
i n approv 1 nd to limit th
SA UEL L WEBB - Webb,
62, retired as program ad­
ministrator in the assis­
tance payments division of
the Berrien DSS. Webb held
hi latest post since 1972
when he transf rred from
Van Buren County, where
he had worked ince 1964
a a casework upervisor
and ervices sup rvisor. He
started in 1956 in Berrien
County as a caseworker for
the old Bur au of Social
Aid, a state agency. Webb
erved three y ars with the
Army Corps of Engineers
during World War II nd
attended K ntucky Stat
and Arkan a State coli­
ges. He returned to his
hometown of Colp, IlUnoi ,
to teach and coach in the
junior high school. He was
principal of the six-teacher
chool for one year b fore
coming to lchigan. Webb
and his wife, Norma, live in
Covert, wher rs. Webb i
the elem ntary chool lib­
rarian. They are the parents
of five grown children.
STUDENTS STUDY LAKE WATER - Thr Cov rt High
School biology tud nt. nt out on Lake iehigan r een-
tty aboard th r arch v I Shenehon. Th thr w r
among el y n area high school tud n who partiCipated
In on day program on th Gr at Lakes a a fr hw t r
resource ponsor d by th Lak ichigan aritltm
u um and th Gr t Lak s Re arch Lab (GLRL) in Ann
Arbor. Th studen dredged the lak bottom, bringing up
wat r and sediment for tudy. Later th y analyzed the
animal and plant life In wat rand sedim nt using mle­
roscopes.. P ctured h re are from I ft, (In first four fram )
Ich el Boyl ,Yolanda Dillard and reel Fergu on. (Kris"
tin Hay photo)
BENTO HARBOR - The
Berrien-Cass-Van Buren Private
Industry Council (PIC) has
awarded eight contracts worth
337,515 to ven area organi­
zations for Employment Gener­
ating Activities EGA} across
the three-county area in 19 6-
1987 announced Richard Dorn­
bos Executive Director.
All ven organizations being
awarded c ntracts received
grants last year from the PI in
the area of job creation. On
July 1 a new fi al year will
begin for the foUo ing encie
and program :
- 22 250 g es to the Greater
iles on mi Development
Full Employment Corporation
for the establishment of a
Small Business Assistance and
Devel pment program. Th goal
is to help busines s develop
long term marketing strategies
cure venture capital, and a sist
the Downtown Development
Authority in marketing the
downtown area.
- 32,000 is awarded to the
Van Buren County Economic
Development Corporation for
the . continued operation of the
County Busine A sistance Cen­
ter. The program provides
direct busine financing via
lndu trial Revenue Bonds and
formation of Small Citie Block
Grant proposals.
- 53,510 continues the oper­
ation of the Cass County Plan­
ning Commission's county-wide
program to provide direct assis­
tance to area industries and
busine s with information on
financing, expansion, and tax
abatement.
- 52,000 will help the
Economic Development Unit of
the City of Benton Harbor to
implement the Enterprize Zone.
City om ials hope to combine
marketing, dministration and
project development to generate
employment for PI eligible
individuals Dornbos said.
- 105 555 goes to the Tv. in
Citi s rea Chamber of om­
merce to as . st busines es in the
three-county area in obtaining
g vernment contract. i -
tance includes orientation [
government mar eting pr ce-
dures mar et rep rt • bid lead.
and
er­
and
the
f
regulati n, finan in. it -.
C ts and budget. The pr gram
is de . ned t war with e tab-
lished small busine that are
experien ing pr blern y pro-
. viding management and financial
coun eling.
- 19700 i a arded to the?
Greater S uth Haven
hamber of s ist
1 cal busines market and
expand their operation. plu
promote the ornmunitv and
attract ne industrie t the
area.
The outhwe tern
Commi sion will re ei e
to continue operatin the uth­
we ern ichigan Devel pment
Company providing I ng-term,
fixed rate S8 -guaranteed 1 ans
to area busines a provided
under Secti n 503 of the mall
Busine Inve tm nt t.
45,500 pro po al from
Harbor Country Chamber of
Commerce to develop , n­
vention promotional pac age
was al recommended. p nding
the availability of additional
funding.
OU$ ed DDA "members sue
- Removal of DDA board
members i permitted only after
the members are given an
opportunity to be heard, and no
such opportunity was given.
Instead of a hearing or chance to
be heard, "only an informal and
unauthorized rump meeting
was held which had no official
sanction or force or effect," the
suit claims.
- DDA member can b
removed only for cause, and the
"purported 'cau e' spu-
Continued on Pag 11
BE TO HARBOR
Chri topher Brooks, Connie
Irvin, and Kathleen Dod­
dington filed suit June 3 in
B rrien Circuit Court eeking to
reverse the city commi ion
action of M y 12 which fired the
three from die Downtown
D velopment Authority
(DDA).
The suit asks for actual and
punitive damage of$10,0 0 for
each of the three and ttorney
fe . Atty. Tat Parish is rep­
r entin the thr e.
Named as defendants are the
city, the DDA, the city cornmis­
ion and Mayor Wilce Cooke.
Cooke sent the three letters
asking for their resignations
after the three voted no on a
$1.2 million bond issue and a
corre ponding budget.
The suit claims the firing as
irn oper under tate law
be u e: .. ;1
Cooke had no right to
end th notic . � he required
notice can be ,i � en only by a
vote of the city 0 is ion.
