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tion hatched by the Chamber of
Commerce and Whirpool
which has financed study of
the problems and needs of the
area, collected funds from
municipalities and busine
helped get a road in South St.
Joseph paved, and organized
the paint blitz for Bellview.
City dept. moves .to ayor's. brother'
de ·pi e·n vote of commi SIO
city space for the Citys Com
munity Development Depart
ment free of charge, until JUDe
1990, according to Manning.
According to tbe original
lease agreement the Com
munity Development w to
Ie space for S300 per month,
from November 1, 1989 through
June 30, 1990 and then $575 per
month, from July 1, 1990
through June 1991. All utiliti
were to be included.
M� said after the time
expir in J� when the free
rent time is up, th city will have
a choice of voting on another
� or·
CommuDity Development
Department back into city hall.
A AGE USES VIDEO
AGAI ST COMMISSIONE
Also during the meeting,
City Manager Steve Manning
showed a video tape of portions
of tire Nov. 27 commission
meeting where Commi sioner
George Wysingcr made several
complaints about the
Greyhound Bus terminal,
downtoWn, Benton Harbor.
Manning said he didn't like
all the criticism that have been
made of the city employees. He
was referring to the complaints
Wysinger h d made about the
city inspectors and the Public
Safety Director Sam Watson.
BBHrO HARBOR -During
the Mo day, December 4, BeD
too. Harbor Oty Commission
mcetin& Co�ioner Char
les Yarbrough criticized City
Manager Steve MallDing on
keeping quiet on the move of
the CitY Conaaunity Develop
ment Department from the
b ment of City Hall to the
Vincent Place building.
Yarbrough said he wanted to
know why was the move made
after it had been voted down
twice to lease pace and why
't the commission notiflCd
of the move.
Yarbrough said to Manning,
·you ask for cooper tion of the
commission, and I would like
the same from you too. If you
want cooper tion, give some,"
But ·out of courtesy", th,c com
mis ion should have been
n ified Yarbrough . d,
"There· a little trickery
going on", aid Y rbrough.
"What is the bottom line about
moving those people down
there," he ed, ,
M nning said that the city
will now have a chance to try
and reb b the section of the
basement that the Community
Development v cated,
Th Vincent Place, owned by
Winn Wolf, brother ot M yor
William Wolf, h d offered the
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wySinger complained that
, the bathroom in the Greyhound
B terminal didn't have h d
icap railiugs and there weren't
any other facilities for the hand-
icapped. '
On the video tape, there
railing in the bathroom and a
rlmp for the handicapped.
Manning also passed out a
paper from a code boo show
ing that the bus terminal is in
compliance with the building
codes.
In response to Wysinger's
demands for the firing of Public
Safety Director Sam Watson,
Manning passed out a release
that said Watson bas been per
forming an outstanding job of
protecting the citizens and busi
nesses in the city, saying. Wat
son was "out there fighting
crime" with the other officer,
no silting at home.
Commissioner Wy inger
said he will still stipe to what he
previously said about the bus
terminal, . inspectors and Wat
son, Wysinger said � city in-
spectors "don't know diddly
I about the city", and the city's fire
department, who inspected the
old bus terminal and con
mned it, ould haYe fo
another place for the ter-
minal before cond mning it.
Wysinger said Watson is still'
not doing enough to "curve the
crime" in the Oty of Bent n :
Harbor. "As far a I'm n-
cemed, Mr. Watson is not doi
his job and he. should be far ,.,
he said.
Commissioner Ralph Cren
shaw said he too thought W t
son was doing a tre ndo
job.
VOTE. $10,000 GIFT TO AMEND
'HELPING' AGE CY BUDGET
in other business the com- ;'
CEMETA Y
In other business a public
hearing was held on the
amended cemetery budget. The
commission voted for the
amendment. The City's.Finance
Director Michael Vance said
the original budget w, no ade
quate to meet the operations of
the cemetery.
The original budget called
for reven ofS137,$X) nd ex
penditure of S134,962. The
ame ded budget call for
revenues ofS181,136.75 and ex
penditures of S160,941.85'.
Also the commission voted
to repeal an ordinance that will
allow borrowing from the
General Employees Pension
Fund by its member . The
bo rd may by regulation ar-
r nge for loans to members
from their contributions when
deemed necessary not to ex- _
ceed 15% of the total of the c
cumulated contributions.
Contln eel
missi�n voted unanimously to
give S10,000 to the Community
Economic Development Corp.,
for' equ
betwee e it Com-
munity Develop ent Bloc
Grant Fund.
CEDC through the
proposed contract grees to
perform marketing services for
the City of Benton Harbor,
specifically but not limited to
the following:
- Develop a target industry
list regarding business location.
- Develop a package of
marketing tools.
- Develop an industrial t
force to work with existing busi
nesses and manufacturers con
cerning expansio .
. - 'Work closely. wi
and business community or
ganizations to promote
economic stability.
The CEDC was an .organiza-
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