250,000
. DBDOO' - On Oct. 4 the
Detr . Public Schools received
for S2S0,<m. On Oct. 4
�_., trauferred to
Coopers and Lybrand ceount-
. Oct. 5 there
a finance committee meetiDg.
On Oct. 10 there was a
regular school board meeting
whae member Rose Mary 0 -
borne made charges that the
distribution of funds without
the board's consent was illegal.
As of Oct. 10 a legal inves­
. on d not begun.
Detro' Public Schools Inter-
. I
o 'con ultant
� � General S perintendent,
John Porter, said to hi
knowledge there 'wa no
authorization to distribute
funds to the firm.
Boardmember Rose Mary
Osborne outraged saying
e be nothing of the check.
"No board action taken
on that money," 0 borne said.
"No money should had been dis­
tributed I claim that w an il-
legal ction," .
Dolore Smith, vice presi­
dent of a went group, also ex-,
pressed concerns about
boardmembers making
unilateral decisio the cost
. of taxpayers.
a
unau horiz d Bard claims'
The original mount ap­
proved by the finance commit­
tee SS62,530 . This fee was
to be paid with a $250,000 state
gr ant and $312,530 of the
district's funds. However, the
billhasina�from���
to about $966,000.
The additional $403,470 has
not been approved by the
board.
. Coopers and Lybrand's
recommendations included a
possible $5.3 million savings in
administrative costs.
Boardmember Gloria Cob­
bin said the fmal decision of
transferring money to Cooper
and Lybrand should haYe been
made in a formal setting such as
the regularly scheduled board
meeting.
Darrell B rks, interim
deputysuperUrtendentofJr�
Integrity, said it was his under-.
standing that the distribution of
funds was an item on the finance
committee' agenda for action.
Continued on Pap 11
Sele1ction Commit ee
to fi I Board vacancy
By FWDE S. RIGGS
Stllf( Reporter
DETRorr Thirteen people
will serve o�1 the committee to
select a newooardmember rep­
resenting district six.
But the final decisions didn't
come easy or f .
Board Secretary Lydia Bar­
low was asked to take all of the
names out of the se ection box
to assure that the name of each
volunteer on the list was in­
cluded. She did so and dis­
covered one name was missing
but the error was soon cor­
rected. .
Then some audience mem­
bers requested that child
select the names. Community
Relations Committee Chair
Frank Hayden denied the re­
quests, saying that the board
secretary would pull the names
because it part of her job.
The pecial Community
Relations Committee 'meeting
wa called to select twelve
name , six parents and six from
the community and to automati­
cally appoint Teresa Lewi ,
area six vice chair to the com- .
Sae
elects three po sible nuclear dump
ites
- By choo ins
three potential areas, the tate
h taken the fust ep in a
I y process that will est
. h Michigan's first I -level
. . dump ·te.
Three areas selected by the
aut ority are in p t of St.
Clair, 0 0 and Lenawee
counties. Lenawee i in
sou em Mich· on the
O' border, St. Clair' ear
thumb; d Ontonag� is in
ern part of tUpper
Pem'DSUI*"
"Today' election of the
three candid te are repre­
sents the tart of a long,
me technical very
public process here opp�r­
tuni· fo effective citizen in­
volvment re provided," said •
10 -Level Radioactive Waste
A . Commisslo James
F. Cleary.
ar were chosen by .
a team of scienti t from
Mi' St e University, to
provide maximun protection
for e p '. The te
to d to eliminate are that are
ne r popul tion centers; to
eliminate area subject to
geologic and flood hazards; to
make sure that urf ce water
and groundwater are protected;
and, to minimize transportation
hazards.
Michigan is required by
federalla to develop a site to
handle 10 -level radioactive
e generated in the state.
Low-level aste consists of
tools and clothing used in
medicine, and the generation of
power, well certain kinds
of manufaduriDg. It' DOt to be
CODfuIed' • -level e
generated in nuclear po er
plan .
AccordiDa to Pub' Health
R � WieDC[, every precaution'
being taken to ensure t the
citizens of Michigan are
protect
To ensure that Michigan's
interests are protected, the
Department of Public Health'
negotiating with the federal
uclear Regulatory Commis­
sion for regulatory jurisdiction
over waste disposal.
"We live here, our children
live here," Wiener said. "We
want to make ure it' done
right."
Wiener said the NRC no
permanent inspectors stationed
in Michigan to monitor and
regulate low-level radioactive
waste.
Cleary said the an­
nouncement was just one phase
of the selection process. The
waste facility is not expected to
be completed until the mid-
19905. The process will take so
long. in order to ensure that
low-level aste can be safely -
stored in Michigan.
The authority says that final
site selection will take' several
. year . The reason for such a .
long process is that the
authority must study the three
areas to come up with three
sites; pick a preferred site; have
the Legislature vote on the
recommendation; and, have
state and federal authoritie
license a facility design.
Michigan has entered into a
compact with Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa, Minnesota-, Wisconsin,
and Missouri to store 10 -level
radioactive ste generated
from th tes well.
According to Wiener,
Michigan would store the waste
for a period of five to 20 years,
and then another te would be
responsible for waste generated
in compact. Currently,
Michigan is the large t
producer of low-level aste in
the compact, producing 28 per­
cent of the seven states' waste.
There are severa) ad­
vantages to joining the compact .
Wiener said. Costs for develop­
ment of a disposal site are
spread among all seven states,
as well as any liability that may
occur.
"If did no join the com-
mittee. Lewis will replace
Rodeana Murphy, area si
chair, on the commi tee be­
cause Murphy is running for e
seat.
Along with Murphy, Trish
Arndt, Walter Espy, Stephanie
Harrison, John Kelmendi,
Frederick Kline, orman Kraft,
Myldret Leatherwood, Minnie
Pearce, Debera obinson,
Charlotte st. Aubin, Tommie
Wimberley and Alexander
Wright Jr. are certified can­
didates running for the board
seat.
Serving on the selection
committee along with Lewis are
th represen atives from the
community: Cleveland Holsey,
Joseph Hutchison, Mildred
Kyle , C rlene Luca , Ellis
Pargo and John Williams.
Parents on the committee in­
clude Brenda Houze, athy
Kern, Opheli Marshall, Frank
M sey, Eula Slaughter and
Carolyn Akins-Ware.
The committee will t rt
planning its criteria of selecting
new boardmember early
Monday, Lewis said.
pact, we would till have to
develop a site for the disposal of
low-level waste generated in the
state, Wiener id. At le t
this way the burden can be
shared."
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