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By Berni Br
Business conducted at the
Monday night, July 10, Be ton
Harbor City Commission' eet­
ing went along smoothly nd in
order.
Eddie Rucker, a city esi­
dent, told the commission that
the water w still runnin at 661
Buss St., which he h d brought
to the attention of the commis­
sion several times, but still noth­
ing has been done about it. The
property is city-owned.
Rue er's complaint trig­
gered Commi sioner George
Wysinger's repeated 'complaint
about running water
throughout the city.
Wy inger said the water
Rucker was taking about is
"shooting up out of a three-inch
pipe in the corner of the base­
ment in the hou c."
"I can't under tand why we
can't get somebody to go down
there and shut that water off,"
Wy inger questioned. "Dig it
up, or whatever you got to do to
shut it off," he said, "And its
been week, after week, after
week and nothings been done."
"I don't know - maybe I
should get a camera and go take
me pictures like they did in
the old days, to get mething
done."
Wy inger aid, th t if the
weat er tays hoi, "how can you
go to th tax pa r and y, 'you
can't water your lawn ". "It
would be hard for me to s· here
and vote (or th tax P yer to cut
bac on watering their la
en we got ter gushing out
of the b ent and ooting
out 0 the main streets,"
He· er reason he .
ot to support • water
shortage is because there are
people in the city who arc using
the water for profit and only
paying r . deotial er r
A city resident is using • home
ned house
i.dent's ire
to conduct a car wash business,
Wysinger said. .
Wysinger told the commis­
sion that this problem has been
going on ev r since the weather
has been h enough to wash
cars.
"I have br ught this matter to
the City Manager, City Attor­
ney, Water Department, check­
ing to see if he h d a delinquent
water bill," he said.
"The man can wash three (3)
cars and pay his water bill",
Wysinger id, and "everything
else for profit."
Wysinger made a motion to .
make it legal that, everybody
else in the city hould be able to
u c the water for commercial
use and for profit.
Commissioner Ralph Cren­
shaw aid the motion was out of
order and the motion died for
lack of support. �
Mayor William Wolf said the
City, Manager Steve Manning
had indicated that he had made
two trips to the site, trying to
catch the gentleman in the act
and has not been able to.
Wolf told Wysinger that it
would be "big help" when the
gentleman h a line of car to
call the City Manager so he
could go out and see for himself.
I n other matters, City
M nager teve Manning told
the commi ion that the u.S.
Deaprtmcnt of Housing nd
Urban Development were
delaying work on Empire
Avenue until the agency h
cleared up problems.
Manning said the city h p-
plied for $500,000 in HUD
funds for completion of the
repairs on Empire Avenue
down to the St. Joseph River,
but HUD Secretary J Kemp
frozen all funds un it the
agency' proble are clearned .
up. Some' $300,000 bee
peat for fixing the street, lan­
. said.
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