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November 12-18, 1989 MIbnGAN CITIZEN Page 15 .
Only charter keeps city
office out of ayor's
brother's building
By Bernice Brown
Correspondem
BENTO HARBOR - At the
Monday night, November 6,
Benton Harbor City Commis­
sion meeting the issue of leasing
office space at the Vincent
Place from the Mayor's brother
to house the City's Community
Deve opment Department was
agai on the agenda for the
seco d week in a row.
T' time the vote went in
favor of the mayor's brother:
get . a rental contract from
the . . The commission voted
5-3 t approve the resolution.
H wever, at he end of the
meet ng City Attorney John
Poste . said he had to check the
City' Charter saying it might
take votes to pass the resolu­
tion. I
. W dnesd y afternoon Pos­
telli nfirmed that the charter
dema cis six concurring votes to
pass the resolution, so the
resol tion failed for the second
time.
At the commission's Oc­
tober 30 meeting the commis­
sion oted 5-3 not to relocate
the ci s Community Develop­
ment Department from the
base ent of City Hall to the
Vince t Place on Main Street.
Cit Manager Steve Man­
ning id the basement is too
noisy nd is cold in the winter
and h t in the summer; not a
place 0 conduct business.
Vo . in favor of the lease
agreement were, Commis­
sioner Michael Govatos, Ar­
nold S . th, Fred Sims, George
Wysin er and Steve Wooden.
Voti g no were, Commis­
sioner Ralph Crenshaw, Char­
les Y rbrough and Kerry
Shan on. May r Wolf
abst . ed.
In her matters, there were
questi ns brought by Com­
missio er Wysing s on two
resolu ions awar ing home
rehab litation co tracts to
R.A. . Develop ent Com­
pany, f Ann Arbor owned by
Guy H ddleston, a (i rmer Ben­
ton H rbor residen and con-:
tractor who did busi ess in the
. city.
Wy nger charge that Hud­
dlesto had done so e roofing
work n the Libra y Theater
years a 0 and didn' finish the
job, bu got paid.
Ma ing provid d the the
commi ion with a py of the
applica ion for a bu ding per­
mit tha was issue to &H Con­
structi Company f r that job
at the iberty.
Ma ing said H ddleston
was 0 y an emplo of the
firm of &H and n the con-
tractor.
Benton Harbor Area News
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The commission approved
the rehabilitation contract with
RA.H. Development Company
in the amount of $11,555 to
cover the cost of rehab at 1266
Union, the home of Letha
Yarbrough.
They also approved another
contract with R.A.H. D elop­
ment for rehabilitation of
property at 575 Niles Street, in
the amount of$9,320, belonging
to Sylvia Wright.
Wysinger v ted no on both
resolutions, while Yarbrough
abstained on the resolution for
Letha Yarbrough.
In other business the com­
mission voted to approve:
- Selling a vacant lot owned
bythecitytoMr.andMr . w.e.
Liphford, at 399 E. Britain for
the amount of $400. Minimim
bid was $500, but the city al­
lowed $100 to the Liphfords for
the upkeep of the property the
last three years.
- Deeding property at 221
S. McCord t the State of
Michigan to cl ar title to allow
Fannie Bradley to r -deem the
property ba k from the state
She will have to pay the 4,362
in back taxes.
- Buying a new dump true
with underbody scraper from
Harbor Ford, Inc., Benton Har­
bor, for the amount $33,99.
- Awarding contract to
Ideal Plumbing & Heating, Inc.,
in th amount of $6,639 for in-
. stallation of the heating- ervice
in the garage of Benton H rbor I
Armory/ ommunity enter,
the old Naval Reserve Armory
building. Yarbrough ab tained
on the re olution.
- Awarding contract to
Mead & White Electrical Con­
tractors, for the amount of
9,892 for electrical service at
the Benton Harbor Ar­
mory/Community Center.
Yarbrough abstained on thi
resolution also.
. - Appointing of James F.A.
Turner to another term on the
Benton Harbor Hou ing Com­
mission Board. Wy inger com­
pl ai rie d that the hou ing
commission was n t doing their
job and it needed I oking int .
Wy iriger voted no t app int­
ing TUrner to an ther term.