think it d sene the people
arc hoping to ddr ." •
Creashaw . d, he realizes
those are "legitimate questioGs·
that Yarbrougb raises, b the
time to address them· D
and he hope the "citizens wo d
upport the rene of the mil-
lage."
OIl Monday· July 3,
on Harbor City 0.-
IUWClIll meetinl .
uoa 'VOted to
cityope .
Voters will decide WbeIDer
to 10 mills for the .
two mills for the· &ry.
The q . that . Yarbrough voted "No" for
pear on the ballot for the the renewal of the millage.
A 8 primary e1ectiOG •• Voting in favor ere: M ,or
Shall the 1imita . the tax Wolf, Commissioners Fred
r e of the City of BeDtCllll Bar: Sims, Arnold Smith, Steve
bor, Berrien County, Mi· Wooden, George Wysinger,
be RENEWED by 10.0 mills on Michael Govatos, Kerry ban-
I each dollar ($10 on each $1,000) no and Ralph Crenshaw.
of valu tion, equal- Also the oommission voted
ized, 0 all property in . City in favor for the renewal of two­
for a period of eleven (11) years, mill levy for the Benton Harbor
from 1990 to 2000, both . - Library, .
clusive? Ye or No. Commissioner Ch rle
Commission Charles Yarbrough said the residents in
Yarbrough said he didn't think Benton Township use the
it was fair tbat only city . library more than the residents
dents had to pay for taxes while in the City, and they should con-
non-residents use the city' tribute the same as the city.
vices and don't contribute. According to Fred Kirby, the
"working in the city and lea library director, the contract for
nothing behind." "If you r the township is to expire in Sep-
here, you should live here", tember 1990.
said. I The mills the Benton Harbo
. "I'm not going to bring up t Library will be on August 8 bal-
issue of city income t . lot and it will read: "Shall the tax
. d Yarbrough, "because rate for the library fo the City of
I mentioned it before everyo Benton Harbor, Berrien Co -
got scared." ty, Micbipn, which was est
"Let's forget about thai and lished at 2 mills or $2.00 for each
use some other kind ofyehide," $1,000 of State Equalized
he said, because it's not fair to Value, in addition to the 1 mill
continue putting 10 mills back provided by Section 7.8 of the
on for the same people to co - Charter of the City of Benton
tinue to pay." Harbor, for General Library
Yarbrough said h was going Board purposes for the )Ie
to teU everyone that he knew to 1981 through 1990,.inclusive, be
"vote against it", nd until . continued for the year 1991
"everybody pay their fair share, tbru 2000, both inclusive?"
I cannot support it," he added. Yarbrough abstained and all
Commissioner Ralph Cren- the other commissioners voted
shaw said he agrees there in favor.
should be some kina of way to During citizen comments the
addr the issue of the peop Rev. Zawdie Abi de, pastor of
who do not contribute to Hope United Methodist
city, but at this time "failure to Church, Empire � venue, t ld
rene the operating millage of the commi sion that he and
the city will no only serve a members of the Concerned
devastating blow to economic Chri tian Citizens will be going
revitalization that's going on, out on the streets again begin­
but also, at this time I don't C Un eel fro 16