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City commissioners
approved a re olution to end
two Police Trainees to tbe
'"* ptember, 1990 ession of
e Police Academy in
Kalamazoo.
Accordin& to Mayor
William Wolf, the two are
both African Americans, one
m Ie and one female.
Sbould both successfully
complete the program and
come to work for the city, it
ill be the city' first step to
hire a police force more
representative of the 93'1,
Black city.
City Manager Steve
Manning received approval
from the Patrolman'S Union to
de ignate new po i tions and to
pay the two trainees at an
annual rate of $15.200 while
they re in training. The two.
trainees will not receive
fringe benefits except for
ociat security, and if injured
the City will cover them
through Wor er
Compe ation.
The pay rate would apply
from their entry into the
c demy until they graduate
and begin work in the Police
Department.
WANT PUBLIC INPUT ON
CABL":QU�nON
Commi loners Charle
Y rbrough and George
Wy inger . id at the Monday,
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Augu t 13, Benton Harbor
City Commission meeting
tbey are planning to go
door-to-door to city re iden
asking them to sign a petition
to Ie t Monday nigbt
commission meetings put
back on Cable TV.
Yarbrougb said his
objections to ha�ing the
commission meetings taken
off cable was because the
people ba no ay 0 in it.
-You're suppose to have a
cboice, - be said. "Tbey're the
one that's paying tbe cablq
bill to atch something 0
TV.-
-Tbi,s body shouldn't be
allo ed tbat kind of
opportunity to ju t say 'ba'
two people are tired of it, cut
it off, - said Yarbrough.
-I intend to start a petition
drive to see how tbe -citize
truly feel about it," be said, "'if
tbey are in favor of it, tben e
can put it back on, if not thi
opportunity hould have been
allowed before we cut it off. -
Comm issi on George
Wysinger agreed with
Yarbrough and said he too will
be going door-to-door with
petitions. He said the
commission should not dictate
to the public hat they should
see and should not see on
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Re chedule
R.ally Wal
The Mothers Agai n t
De truction (MAD) will have
a "Community Walk Rally" on
Saturday. August 18, with the
walk beginning at 5:00 p.m.,
wal ing from Empire to
Broadway and from Broad
way to Hall Park where a rally
will be held.
Their theme will be, "MAD
Mom Marching In Defen e of
Our Children."
Entertainment will be
provided by a local group.
"Sons of God" and female
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Joan Brown, founder and
president of MAD will be
speaking on Mothers Against
De truction.
The group will meet at the
park acros from Snappy
Snack (between Pipe tone and
Union Streets).
Donation are needed and
glady accepted, said Brown,
nd "MAD moms are incere
ly determined to hare
genuine concern for the com
munity. "
For more information,
please contact, Joan Brown at
925- 7239 or Majorie Carter at
927-2109.
cablevision.
"We are going back to the
days of Hitler or communism
when we start to dictate to
other people about what they
hould watch or wbat they
should read," Wysinger said.
Tbe Ci ty commission
pas ed a resol ution by a 5-3
vote, August 6 to discontinue
the taping of tbe eekly
meeting. ·
Ci ty Manager Steve
Manning had asked that the
meetings be topped be a use
of the negative critici m of
fellow commi loners,
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Also during the meeting tbe
commi ion questioned a plan
of the Con olidated
Cablevision when they sent
out a card with the bill to
their customers about a
magazine that they were
selling. According to the
commis ion if the cu to mer
didn't send the card back in,
the they would be billed
automatically for the guide.
I t should have been the
other way round, aid the
commis ion, not charge them
if it wa n't sent back in.
"What Consou ate i
ay ng." # aid Commi ioner
Ralph Crenshaw. is "that you
still have to notify them to
ta e omething off that you
never told them to put on in
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City Attorney John Po telli
said the ones that didn't want
the mag zine and a fee w
dded to their bill, all tbey had
to do w call and it would be
taken off. But he would
investigate it further.
In other busines . the
commi ion voted to approve
a salary range of $28,00 to
$36,000 for the new position
of Community Development
Director.
In July the commi sion
approved a resolution to pay
City Manager Steve Manning
$22.50 per hour for the
amount of $12,960 and Evan
LuDuc 5.00 per hour for the
amount of $12,960 to
reconstruct the Community
Development Department.
All operations of the City'S
Community Development
Program ended March 30 of
.this y�ar.
Commissioner Wy inger
voted "no" on the re olution
becau e he aid the City
Manager might rai e the
alary again, but if the
commis ion had the la t y so
about the salary, he would
upport it.
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