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BH Co11!SpOlldent
Govotas, Kerry Shannon, AI
nold S' Fred Sims, George
WysiDger and S� Wooden.
HIKE BUSINESS
The commission also voted
UIWlUnously in favor of the
Business Registration Or
�� of a fee of $SO a year for
MalIllUlIa said there are ap-
proximately 356' .
the City ofBentoo Harbor.
He said new business can
take advantages of police ser
vices if they have a problem and
they can call the police if there
BE TO HARBOR
Two Beaton Harbor City Com-
•. dieID .. see eye-.to-eye
the others OIl • "Fees
F Rental Certificate of Com
ptiaace", at the Monday,
J uary 30, City CoJDJDiss'
meeting.
The comm __ votcd 7·2 to
approve the ended or-
diDance . ell the fees
dIor m pay to register
, reatal units.
The rent 1 ordin nee im-
� the fo • registration
foe the landlords: $6S for
siDale family dweIIiDg; SS4 for a
multip family dwelling; S22
per room for boarding or lodg
ing. All uni in the saine struc
ture m be regis ed at the
sa e time. The previous or
dinance fees were, $30, ingIe
family; $25, m • e units; and
$10, per room boarding or
lodging.
Commissio Ralph Cren- '
s wand Olar Yarbrough
voted against the ordinance.
Crensha id, if an addi-
tional' fee is added, the
landlords will pass it on to the
tenants. WI would really like to
see some dditional disOlSSion.
I'm not comfortable with this
without supporti information
as far as surrounding com
m .. that ha� similar types
of programs and at they are
charging", he said
Crenshaw . d for the pre
vious ordinance, the city tried to
keep the cost low as possible
because they knew he fee
wou Id be passed on to the
tenants. "The same situation ap
pli re", he added wrm cer
tainly not comfortable with it at
this point until I see some more
discussion. It should be set-
ide for a orkshop, before any
action i taken on it"
CURRE FEES TOO
CHEAP, MA 0 SAYS
In the pre-meeting
workshop, City Manager Steve
Manning said the current or
dinance has not been successful
He said the ordinance requires
that if property owner does not
register his property, he has .
commit�ed misdemeanor'
aime. Wit's an ordinance viola
tion·,.and a warrent would be is-
ued for his arrest He· subject
to fine up to SSOO or 90 days in
jail. The only differenee is the
increase of fee ., Manning
deled.
Manning to d Crensha that,
I no other oom.munily in this area
has a 60% rental housing factor
to deal wi •. Benton Har·
bot.
Mayor Williain Wolf tated
that the city to have a rental
registratio ogram and the
progr been ubs· dized by
other fun' .city. I
Yarbrough said he agreed
• CrCDSI!laW
Vo . in faWr of the Or
diDance wer� '�yor W_iBiam
• Ill)' otbcr problem.
Mlnning said the regjstra
tioG would help offset some of
the C2pCIlSCS of providiug police .
and fire potection to the busi
n and give staff a good
ideal of what busiDesses are in
the city of Benton Harbor.
yor Wolf said, ·1 don't
bow of y other city other
than Ben � that yo
can walk in, opea up a shop
. going to City HaD and
paying some kind of registration
fee", He said the city doesn't let
the people do that with garage
w . There is a $10 registration
ThC plan lists .geaeral fund
revenues and expenditures for
fiscal year 1989·90 through
1993-94.
(Me the five year span, the
city projects starting with a
deficit, but ending with a
urplus.
The amended budget
revenues total $4,296,361 and
the expenditure total,
$4,114,568.
The plans are as fo
-1989-90, revenues total,
4,338,828 and expenditures of
CoD
fee for a.garage sale.
AccordiDg to the resolution
the City of Benton Harbor has
not amended its Busines
Registration Ordinance in over
40 yean.
APPROVE nvE-YEAR PLAN
In other business the rom
IDISgon voted to'accept a five
year financial
Like other five-year plans
dopted by the city over the
years as part of its on-going obil
gation to the State Emergency
Loan Board, the' newest plan
sees the city getting 0 of debt
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