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BENTON HARBOR -At the
Monda y September 17 t Ben­
ton Harbor City Commi sion
meeting, Michael Green, an
n urance agent wi th the ew
or Life Insurance Company
a . pre ent to tal to the com­
mrs Ion about a fee of 500 he
had propo ed to the City for
prof sional ervice h per-.
formed trying to get life in­
surance for the City.
Green stated that ew York
Lite did not handle the typ of
insuran e the City needed. so
that' why h ought outsid
I n. UTa nee cornpanie .
The commi ion voted 7-2
to postpone the i ue. in truer­
ing City Manager Steve Man
rung to ct with the Finance
01 rector Michael Vance ami
try to solve the matter.
Green aid the City
Manager approached him and
told him that the City needed
II fe in urance and could he a -
vrs t them in getting proper
coverage a soon a possible.
"And that' what I did."
"I contacted eight carriers
in trying to get 'coverage for
the city. One carrier
re ponded quickly. and that
wa the Travelers." aid
Green. .
He �ald the commission
decided th t the Travelers I n-
urancc Cornp ny', quote wa
"100 high" nd decided to go
throu in a bid procc .' ettling
for a ompany in South Bend.·
.ce agen
"I 011) OT K OW you
were going to use my proposal
from the Travelers as a bid in
a bid process. I was never a I
part of a bid process, so I'm
asking the City to pay for the
ervice: which I was re­
que ted to perform" tated
Green.
He said h wa n t a ked to
find the cheapest in urance,
but the fastest. and that' what
h did.
Manning aid hi exact
words to Green were, "Do you
think you can find coverage
for u. with th effective date
a of August 10, and if not I
will a omeone el e."
Green aid when you' enter
into a bid process, the lowest
bidder gets the contract, but "I
wa never a part of a bid
proce: s, hut was asked to par­
ticipate before a bidding
. proce hegan."
"If you ask me to do ome­
thing for you, J expect to be
paid." Green said.
"1 don't see why we should
have to pay you $500. becau e
you had the same opportunity
a' the other bidder," aid
Co mrn is ioner George
Wy inger.
" You were next to the
lowe t bidder, and you threw
your paper on the table and
walked out." he said.
Manning was a cd, did he
have a verbal contract with
Green to find insurance for the
City. He stated that all he
knew is tha t he had to fi nd
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insurance for the city, 0 he
had contacted Green. "I don't
think that' a verbal contract
or not", he tared.
Michael (;reu ays t e city
S
MAN IN(; SAil) liE was
not pre ent when the commis­
sion turned down the hid for
EPTEM REM 23-
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Travelers, but what he' heard
wa that lh commi sion w .
going to award a company that
Green got, but Green ju t
wal cd out. "I thi n . that ba d
on the und r tanding that I
have with Mr. Green, he ce -
tainly i entitled to orne con-
ideration. "
omi ioner
Yarbrou h aid i Mannin
would ay he had a "verb I
contract" with Mr. Green, for
profe ional crvice then h
would upport the payment
but Mannin not sayin
that.
ommi .ioncr Fred Sim
aid. he can't sec paying
Green 55 ). but he , hould b
relmb�rsed for some of his
crviccs.
"I bcli ve we would b b t­
ter off to s vc ursclv � som .
bad feeling' here II' we pa
him the .S5( ): I would VOl in
favor of u h a resol uti n."
aid Commi 'loner -Hcr
McKenzie.
'OMMI:SIO
le� Yarbrou ih said II the pa
G ree n Ior hl� scr I ·C\, the n
they would ha ' to pa t '
other insurance agenl� 10
their services too. "Would uu
gentlemen be willing to pa
S500 to everybody who 'IV'
u� quotes?" 'aid Yarbrough.
The ity had been 'ItHoul
insurance for ab ut <) months
before they found out that if
had lapsed becau e of non­
payment.
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Voting in favor of the
po iponement were. ayor
William WoJ f Commi ioner
Her hel McKenzie. Fred
Sim Steve Wood n. Arnold
Smith, Charle YaT rou h,
and Ralph Cr n haw. Voting
n were, Commi stoner
Geor Wy ina rand erry
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