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AllDOlt three montbs bebiDd
the time limi required by the.
city charter, the commission
pD to· its budget for
1990-91 fiscal year.
At tbe Tuesday, May 29,
Benton Harbor City Commis-
ion meeti , commi ioners
rescheduled a public bearing
on (be next year's budget for
Monday, June 25, at 8:00 p.m.
Tbe public hearing as
originlly scbeduled for Tues­
day.
Oty' Attorney John Postel­
Ii uid, according to the City's
Charter, a copy of the City's
budge "hould be printed in a
ne spaper circulating in the
City of Benton Harbor, not
later tban t o· week after
presentation to tbe city com­
missioners. "
Postelli id once the budget
is.presented to tbe commission
the City Oem can publish the
budget immediately.
According to charter re­
quirements, that b dget is to be
given to commissioners at the
second regular meeting in
March itb the public hearing
beld by tbe third Monday in
April.
City Finance Director,
Michael Vance, id tbe com­
miss ° oners hould receive a
copy of the budget by June 7,
at their Thursday' orksbop,
giving them almost two ee
io 100 over tbe budget and
make neces ry changes.
ion prepares new budget
The public beariD& on the
allocation of the Community
Development Block Grant
money (CDBC), is scheduled
for June 11.
Also during the meeting
Commission George WysinFr,
.bo is a former J;DCmber of the
cemetery board told the com­
mission that be bad visited the
cemetery (Crystal Springs) aDd
it looked "fairly decent", but
that was only ODe day.
Wysinger said be bas asked
City Attorney Jobo Postelli to
check into some legal way of
getting belp in keeping the
cemetery looking beautiful all
year rolDld and not just one day
out of a year.
. Commi ioner Ralpb Cren-
told the commi ° on tbat
it not tbe City attorney's
job to solve tbe problem with
the cemetery.
"It' the cemetery board's
respo °bility to prepare an ap­
propriate budget to get tbe job
done," said Crensb w.
"The commi ion bas to be
provided wi tb a more reali tic
budget to cover the caring aDd
necessary fees. And all of tbat
should be included in the
budget," he said. "So evidently
there have been a problem for
years euing tb t done nd I
think part of thi (problem) bas
to be it the board."
"Commi sioner Steve
Wooden, who nominated
to chair the meeting in the ab­
ence of Mayor William Wolf,
told tbe commi ion that be
- bad voted against lut years
bole budget beca of the
. cemetery' budget
He said there ere a lot of
complaints and be dicln't think
tbe cemetery board had
presented tbe commi ion . th
a -decent enougb budget ot
take care of their problem.-
Larry Roberts, a member of
tbe cemetery boardwbo as
present at the meeting told the
commission that the board is
having problems because they
don't have enough money for
the upkeep. .
-It's a money problem, j t
like the city bere. There'. a lot
of things you like to do, but
you can't do because you don't
have the money," be said.
Roberts °d perpetual care
is ometbing mo t people
misunderstand. The money that
. goe into perpetual care funds
cannot be used for maintenance
care .. He said only interest off
the fund can be used. "The
state requires that 15 percent of
each lot sold go to tbe per­
petual care fund."
·We have to raise tbe funds
on other ales, grants or
whatever we can get to upple­
ment it. We are fully aware of
the need oout there". ide
Rev. T.. illD told the
commission that . someone
need to get busy nd try to
change the state law so the
funds can be used.
. In other b iness the com-
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mission approved tbe sale of
five city-o oed properties that
bave gone throup the City'
Homt.Stead Propam twice.
They are: 798 Bus to
Ridwd Taylor for S316; 273
S. McCord to C. Ho ton Caul­
ton for SSOS; 738 Madison to
Robert and Scottie Jo n for
S500; 1118 Broad ay to
Tbcresa M. apier for SI,5OO;
aDd 1158 Pearl to Beatrice M.
Napier for S 1,000.
Tbe purchasers have nine
months to reba the property.
Also tbey must keep the taxes
current, not becoming more
than t lve mon delinquent
and all utility bill must remain
current
Tbe commi ion also ap­
proved to sell a ci ty-o ned
vacant lot at 960 Bi bop to
Mrs. Jo Sams for $450. Mrs.
Sams b agreed to clean-up
and maintain the property.
At Th Library
The lDDual used boob sale
will be held duriag the cc* of
Juac 4-9, in the upstairs blnry
auditorium during regular
blnry . An avC21ha am-
Dealy also been called for
this eek in wbich all overdue
library materials may be
Tutor Train ng
Tbeie will be another tutor
training in early September for
those who are interested in be­
coming tutors aDd were unable
to attend the May essions. The
Adult Literacy Council has to I
date trained 193 men and
women from our community to
tutor adults and children in read­
ing skills.
ALC operates two youth
programs as well Adult
Literacy Program. For more in-
formation you can call the office
at (616) 683-3313.
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children will begin OIl the week
of JUDe 11th, including our an­
nual reading program, pre­
scbool story time, and mavies.
Movies for children n
this Saturday, J 9, 2 p.m. -
are: Streg Nona and Wind In
- The Willow .
Dane Art
Dance Arts will be present­
ing an adaptation of the
- Cakewalk- and - A Treasure
Hunt" on une 9, at 7 p.m. the
Lakeshore Community
Auditorium.
Tickets may be obtained by
calling 429-0691 or 429-5711.
To hlo Support Group
The T hlove p. Sup-
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June 5, 7;30 p.m. in the nurs­
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Methodist Church, 5506 Ridge
Rd, Stevensville.
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