ton Harbor' Bu Ine
Growth Center, 2 Paw Pa Ave e, recently eld their Irst
Year ADnlvenary. The Center 0 e newly tarted bu Ille S,
alvlna them a chance to grow and t e branc out 0 tbelr own.
The City's Downtown Develop ent Authority and Tax Increment
Finance Authority omce re also located In the Center. Pictured
(I-r) are: Mabel Campbell, TIFA Admlnlstratlv As I tant;
Christopher Broo ,DDA/TIFA Chairman; nd Gloria Barlow,
DDA Administrative A I tanto The event w ell ttended.
HARD AT WORK - As embly worker, Tammy Campbell: at
Reed Valve Technologle ,Inc., 200 Paw Paw In the City's Bu Ines
Growth Center, was hard at work after taking a break during the
Buslnes Growth Center's Anniversary Celebration. Campbell I
putting crews In parts to make two- trike motors for boat,
chain aw , snowmobiles and lawnmower. One ye r ago thl
month Reed Valve opened Its door In the Center. Thomas
Mllnlkel, Is president and Jame S. McConville I the vice
president of RVT. The Center still has 2000 square feet available.
RECEIVE RECOGNITION - Project To ether participants
received recognition recently at Project Together' Opeb House
and Award ceremony, held In the Mendel Center for Arts and
Technology, at Lake Michigan College. Participants pictured (I-r)
are: Joyce White, student at Jordan College; Audrey Hale,
Project Together Program Coordinator; Deborah Clark,
employed for the City of Benton Harbor; and Jolesette Hilliard.
Project Together Is a Joint venture between L ke Mlchlaan
Colle e and Berrien County Department of �oclal Services.
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271 E. EMPIRE (CORNER OF �OAOWAY) • BENTON HARBOR
rep r.
Teo (Ice 0 In pector
o nerat recommended to
HUD that the c ty develop a
compreh n lve et of policle
and proc dure (or the d-
mini tr tion 0 the H P.
cordin to City an
nnin , the city h olicited
th Ip 0 everal communi tie
itb Imnar pro rams (lnclud-
I Holl nd, 0 I Oa ,
e on Het ht , Or nd apid,
and Benton To nshlp) In
developin uldelines and pro­
cedure .
Accor in to the revi ed
uideli nes, the purpo e of the
HRAP i to improve the hou in
condition of lower income
f milie through re abillt tion
of owner occupied propertie
nd to upport the pre ervation
of re identi 1 neighborhood .
iii, V nc
uidelfne nd procedure
Ith the bre do n 0
ce u tr ct nd he In vor
o the pi n .
After orne dl cu
hlch cen u tr ct to be In lth,
the Commi ion decided to It
nd di cu the i ue more
throu hly bore decidln .
"There' no ecret th t I ill
be voting g in t the HUD
propo I," id M yor Willi m
llow the Wolf. "I di gree with the con­
cept of putting th t money into
cen u tr ct."
"We c n t 1 bout the
'monitoring letter th t we've
ot nd the finding, but the f ct
rem in th t in the p t two
year we h ve "done project
throughout the city," Wolf id.
f c
H AID the citizen were
not too concerned bout the
monitoring letter, I long the
job got done nd the rundown
hou e got torn down.
lone firing call
came up and an employee re­
quest in writing to be paid prior
to the pay day for the time that.
they worked or the time th t i
recorded," he aid.
Vance s id he wa never
aware or told to do it any other
way. .
Manning said employee can
reque t their paycheck earlier,
which i left up to the Manager
and Finance Director to ap­
prove.
Manning aid in his case, he
needed the money to pay for hi
wife's college tuition.
Wooden also accused Attor­
ney Po telli of not doing hi
duty as the city' attorney, when
he didn't draft a memo for the
finance committee when he was
sked. Wooden aid taff per­
on came to finance committee
about pay for a certain amount
of hoar that he and the finanet
committee didn't know anything
about, 0 he said he requested a
memo from Postelli confirming
city's policy of not. providing
compensatory time .ro alaried
city employees who work hours
over their regular time.
According to Wooden, after
Postelll had a staff meeting with,
Manning and other city offi­
cials, Po teJli told him to con-
ult another attorney about the
compensatory time becau e he
(Postelli) is al 0 a salaried
employee.
"When I coun el for the city,
I don't work for anyone com­
mi loner," Postelli id.
"I determined, ba ed upon the
view of the professional total
ethic that all attorney mu t
follow. that it wa a conflict for
me to send the letter that com­
mis loner Wooden a ked that I
send," said Postelli.
POSTELLI SAID he con­
tacted Attorney Scott Smith,
from Clary-Nantz Law Firm and
di cu sed' the i tu tion and he
aid Smith informed him that the
"memo would directly effect my
employment situation with the
city as well as my working
relation hip with staff," Postelli
aid.
"1 will never perform a duty
for every member of thi com­
mi ion, not one or a group of
you to . i rqy thlc Ith the
law, 'you c n 11 'go to hell''',
Postelli aid.
Po teHi later apologized to
the commission for his outburst
for telling them to "go to hell."
Wooden cast the only vote to
have Postelli and Vance fired,
the other commissioner 'voted
to keep them on. ,
In other busines the commis­
sion approved an application for
a SpeciaJ1y Designated Mer­
chant (SDM) licenses for Cora
V. Robinson, Mel's Party Store,
at 486 Pipestone to ell beer and
wine.
Lively election likely
Classifieds
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atIzen. P.O. Bod1e. Benton Harbor. MI
48023. EOE.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Th Board of Eduo tlon of th
B nton Harbor Are Sohool. I. ,
aoceptlng .ealed propos I. for th
fotlowlng equipment:
Library Furnltur
Boynton Mo�te. orl Sohool
Seal.d propo.ala will b .
reoelved at the Puroh Ing Offlo. ,
Admlnl.tratlon Building, 7" E. � .
Brit n Ave., P.O. Box "07, B nton
H • 4 ore •• '
2:00 p.m., Thuraday. May O. 91.· ..
Bid Speolfloatlon form. oan be : �
obtained at the Bu.lne • Offloe .-.
Monday thru Friday from 8:00.:.
a.m.-4:30 p.m. •
Benton Harbor Area Sohool.
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Purchasing Offloe
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Th Board of Eduoatlon of th .
Benton Harbor Area Sohool. I ... :
aooeptJng .ealed propoa". for the
Mlorofllm Equipment Sy.tem;·
Upgrade Proteot at aohoot dlatrlot ••
Bualne •• Offloe.
Sealed propoaal. will be:
reoelved at the Puroh .. l� Offloe, 4
Admlnl.tratlon Building, 711 E .• ::
Britain Ave •• P.O. Box 11 07, B nton .'
Harbor, MI 48023-11 07 on or before :
2:00 p.m., Thuraday, May 23, 1991 .••
Bid speolfloatlona oan be obt In d • �
at the Bu lne •• Offlo Monday thru • �
Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ::
B nton Harbor Ar Sohool.
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Puroh .Ing Agent
MIchIgan Cfttzen A�. 5119/91
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LAKE MICHIClAN COLLEGE. Benton •
Harbor, Mlohlgan, la ext.ndlng n:
don to 84J)m1t propouI. for eeourtty ,_
guard .eMcee at I m n campus In •
Benton T ownahIp for 3 yr. period •
oommencing .My 1, 1991 thru june 30. :
19M. Ca Lklda Merutz, of •
PwohMIng & Support geMoee at (618) •
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MIchIgan atlzen A�. 5119/91
27 candidates promise ra.ce for every
Michl
I d in
eat
Turner, Charles W. Motton and two
incumbents: Kerry Shannon and
Ralph Crenshaw.
Candidates for the four-year eats
are Ricky Hill, Rev. Wrennie Ben­
nett, Jessie Mae Johnson, James
Dudley and incumbents Fred Sim
and Cb8rle Yarbrough.
1De top two vote getters for e cll
scat will emerge from the August 6
primary to facc off in the November
general election.
By CHRIS JOHNSON term.
Eric Hockett will run against in-
BBNTON HARBOR - With the cumbent commissioner Hershal Mc­
May 14 filing deadline came the Kenzie to gain the Fourth Ward scat
petitions of 27 candidates for the for a two-year term.
nine ci ty office and the promisc of • : The four at-large seats are divided
a lively election season. into race for two, two-ye r terms
All eight city commi ion slots and two, four-year terms.
and the mayor's seat are up for elec- Two candidate will eventually
tion as a result of the federal coun emerge winners i the race for a
ruling to settle the 1982 redistricting two-year term. Trying to be that win­
lawsuit. With the 1990 census and nerare Ezra Rodgers Jr., Geoff Mor­
new ward boundaries comes a wide row, Antoine Echol , Jame F.A.
open election season.
Four candidates will challenge in-
cumbent Mayor William Wolf. Two
former Mayors, Joel Patterson and
WHce Cooke will revive their
decade-old rivalry they seek to
regai� the Mayor's chair. They are
joined in the mayor's race by 4-H
nutritionist Emma Hull and scout
leader lAwrence Streeter. .
Where a week ago, no race was
evident for three of the four seats,
competitors have stepped up. In the
first ward two incumbent commis-
ioners will vie for one four-year
term: Steve Wooden and Arnold
Smith.
1be second ward drew four can­
didate to the run for the four-year
term: incumbent commissioner
George Wysinger, Curti Mmphy,
Joan Brown and Chester Mason.
Two old-timers, Winston Minott
-and Norval Wei , hope to recapture
their long-ago title of Third Ward
Cornmi ioner, but will meet Brian
Melchor in the race for the two-year
By Bernice Brown
City Commi ioner Steve
Wooden call for the firing of
Benton Harbor City Attorney
John Po telli nd Finance Direc­
tor Michael Vance for not doing
their dutie a city employee , at
the May 13, City Commission
meeting. . .
Wooden, al 0 chairman of the
city's finance committee, id
he h gotten numerou com­
plaints bout Vance not doing
hi job in the finance depart­
ment, with one 0 the complaints
coming from City Manager
Steve Manning.
Wooden accu ed Vance of not
getting approval from the com­
mi sion to pay Manning for one
day and two half day he took
off from city busine s, and
didn't turn in a lct Slip. The
policy for paying lct and vaca­
tion days requires an employee
to turn in a sick Slip, which Man­
ning did not turn in. Manning
said he didn't want to explain in
public why he didn't submit the
sick slip for the time he was off.
Wooden also condemned
Vance for releaslng a paycheck
to Mannina before regular pay
period without the commission
approval.
VANCE SAID he didn't
handle Manning's situation any
different than he had in the past
two years. "If an emergency.
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