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The Benton Harbor City
Commis ion, Monday nigbt,
August 6, pas eel a resolution
by a 5-3 vote to di continue
the taping of the weekly com-
mission meetings. .
The videotaped session is
tben aired on chanrie! 21 of tbe
Con olidated Cablevision on
Tuesd y nigbts
The ban is effective as of
August 13, 1990.
The elimination of the
viedotaping of the meetings
"was brought up at the
commission' Thursday,
August 2, workshop by City
Manager Steve Manning.
Manning said that the w y
ome of the commissioners
C rried on ould give busi­
ne 0 ners who .wished to
relocate in the Benton Harbor
area the wrong impre ion of
bow tbings are conducted in
the city.
The la t meeting televised
wa an ex mple of wbat Man­
ning a referring to .. Com­
mi ioners going at each
otbe r 's throats, criticizing
each other in public, embar­
ring not only them elves,
but the citizens of Benton Har­
bor, Manning aid.
Commi loner George
W'J inger placed a motion on
tb� floor to po tpone the i uc
for a few eeks until they get
ome "public input", but the
motion failed. Then he mo­
tioned that the deci ion be
tabled, which also filed.
Wysinger said, nobody can
: make him believe tbat a per­
son that wants to set up a b i­
ness in the City of Benton
Harbor would be discouraged
and not bring bis business to
tbe City, by just looking at tbe
commis ion meeting on TV
and because, be doesn't like
wbat a certain individual says.
"If tbat's the case," be aid,
"Chicago would be striking."
"You got to bring me a bet­
ter reason than tba t," he told
Manning. "You are not going
to find Dine people tbat think
alike or agree on everything."
"I'm not going to stop
thing from moving forward
because 1 don't like the atmo -
phere on . some Monday
nigbts," aid Wysinger.
Commissioner Steve
Wooden said the public
wanted tbe meeting aired, so
he had to go along ith the
public, but the only tbing he
advise is, that it be edited.
"If we want the people to
ee business, we how them
business," said Wooden. "If
we want the people to see
decent comment, only show
them decent comments. We
houldn't show tbem every­
thing."
. Commissioner Ralph Cren­
shaw aid he think the public
do have a right to watch the
commis ion meeting on TV
becau e some of them may not
have the orporrunity to at-
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ound thinking men, some­
time e act like boys," he
said.
Commi loner Arnold
Smith said, (referring to
teaching a cl at scbool) "if
1 bad a good cl at" scbool
j'll be very glad to have them
videotaped and bave tbem
ho n to anybody." Then be
went on to say, "if 1 bad a poor
class or a class that was logi­
cal to acting up, I don't thin
I would want to tape them, I
would rather just try to wor
with that class and get it im­
proved before the public saw
tbat class in action."
"If we clean up our own act
... and sometime in the future
if we want io have the meeting
on TV, it might be a very good
thing to do," aid Smith, but,
"right at the moment I think it
. doesn't help the public ...
.reception of our meeting is not
good with most of tbe people
tbat are watching."
Mayor William Wolf said
he came to the meeting with
the intent 10 oppo e the
revolution to di continue the
televise of the commission
meeting, because he felt th t
the citizens had a right to
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"I al 0 felt the citizen had
a right to know the mat ter in
which their elected official
repre ent them," aid Wolf.
Wolf aid the city would be
u ing the cable a rain in the
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"I think tho e individuals
from the out ide tbat make
those comments ant an ex­
cuse to cnticize Benton Har­
bor any ay," said Crenshaw.
"] certainl y have word to
support what we are doing in
the city of Benton Harbor,"
said Crensbaw. "I think that
the majority of the actions by
this commi sion and by the
people in Benton Harbor are
as credible a anywhere you
can go in the country."
"] land that it' trickly a
decision that the public must
make ... the public made the
decision that they wanted
cable ... I think tbey are the
ones that should made the
decision to terminate it," said
Crensh w.
"This city, sometimes after
some of these meetings is a
laughingstock in the whole
twin citie area," said Com­
missioner Kerry Sh nnon, and
" it's embarrassing the way
some of the action that go on."
"We are not doing the City
any good at all." aid Shan­
non. "Until we get our act
together and discus thing in
proper mauer, it has no bu i­
ness being on TV."
Commi sioner Hershel Mc­
Kenzie. aid he talked to ome
people and 8'5 percent of tho e
people said they oppo e the
taping of the meeting and
feel like it's a "farce".
"Instead of acting like
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future, but not until the com­
mi ion conduct tbemseve in
a protessiona! matter.
oting to di continue the
cable services were Mayor
William Wolf, Commi ioners
He hel McKenzie, Fred
Si s, Arnold Smith and Kerry
Sh nnon. Voting no, were,
Commissioners Ralph Cren-
aw. Steve Wooden and
Geqrge Wy inger.
In other bu ine the com-
rni ion voted to negotiate
w th an intent to enter into an
imerlocal agreement between
th Cny of Benton Harbor and
Benton Charter Township for ..
th [establishment of a new
Community Action Agency.
The Community Action
Agency would be ablc to help
eligible residents of Berrien
County.
Also the commi ion voted
to hire The Troyer Group,
Inc., of Mish wah, Indiana to
devleop mao ter plan for Jean
Klock Par . The Master plan
is a requirement of toe
Michigan Depart ment . of
Natural Rc ourees to receive
grant funds.
The Troy r G roup. Inc.,
wa elected al 0 to provide
Architectural De i m Services
for the development of. the
park improvements. "
The co t for the project Js
not to exceed the amount of
$17,500 for the fir t phase
planni ng and feasibi li ty
tudy.
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