BENTON HARBOR BIL DU 22 days r readin . After the 22 days a 10 percent late fee will be c rged. , y VA CE ID $200,000 that w recently paid to the city from the Michigan Department of Natural R ources w the local match that ent to the Michi n Department of Transportation for the Riverview Drive project. "MOOT bas frozen our major and local street monies," Vance aid. "We have not' really received any money from MOOT !rom tax . nee Scp mber or October." "The expen e over revenue received out of m [or and local street fund, you're down to about a $.40,000 surplus," Vance told the eommi ion. Vance also id of the re idential property taxe , $568,000, which amounts to 58 percent, worth of sum­ mer taxes was uncollected. "That is a cash flow problem for us as c10 e to a loss," he aid. The city's share would have been S259,000. "As of 1990, all of the city's busi­ ness, commercial, industrial and per­ sonal property went under enterprise zone," Vance aid. "We get only what we collect." BE SAID TO coueet real proper­ ty the city could go to Circult Court and forclosure on the property, where the individual would have six months to clear the taxes wf1h the city. But if that didn't pen the property is forclosed on and be­ comes the city's, hich they can put up for sale. Vance said out of $1.9 million in taxes owed to the city, which is due February 15, $1.6 million is still out­ standing. "I'm hopeful in what we are going to see between February 1,-actual­ ly I hope it's sooner than that, be­ cause what I'm really getting down to' a severe cash flow problem," Vance said. "We are at this point barely making it from pay day to pay day," he said. "I don't see it as a long term problem unless the economy con­ tinues and we will know better by February 15,just how much' ubles should come to light now that a new mayor and commissioners • have taken office. Outgoing Mayor : :WiIliam Wolf made a career out of. �: ·announcing. the "City was prosper- and coming back." ory onth MOUNT - au lecture. a dramatization of African-American poetry. . Ebony contest and a world cultural festival are some of the activities planned for eMU's 20th annual observance of Black History Month in February. This year' theme ·Black by nature, proud by choice." The purp of ng 81ack Hi ory Month is "to by -American people to thl country,. Id director of eMU's office of minority affairs. I Contact: Steven Clark. (517) n4-3945 for event information. . . , I , ._.. WOLF'S APPARENTLY mia- 0' • ding statements were carried by daily paper as the truth. : : : Aa:ordlng to Vance a lot of the .. " y's h flow problem II mainly :. ming from delinquent taxes and '. ater bills. �:�:- Vance said, even though the :: .�venue sy tern wasn't put in place :: expenses continued, along with : _l'�pairs, including the $320,()()() .. .. nt by the City on filters at the :. �ty's water plant. . ... Vance told the commission that ,. the other problem was major and local streets. He said the Riverview Drive project, which is completed, but has not been finalalized out. "Who owes who, oow much the states need to reimburse us on tbe engineering, which was pre-paid by city." He said they don't know -what their final cost was going to be ,. n the project. .. ,d igncdby Ophelia Bryant; Cor- , Ophelia Bry t nd te ; Refre hmen , Mildred G Y and vert Will m; U her, G die 80 den; nd Publicity, Vera White. AACP Officer Allen Sr., P ident; Ora Pre ident; Dorothy Green, Secret ry; Very White, 1. Secret ry; and Margaret B nk , Tre urer. Rev. Gear King' the t P - tor of Grant Chapel. . I ... - . . ........ . . :. • 8Iood DrIve Set ....... '. January is National Blood Donor ,.. • onth, and Mercy Memorial Medi- cal Center will be hosting the American Red Cross' bloQd drive on Friday. January 31. Donors should go to the Mercy Center Lecture oom, Benton Harbor, between 11 .m. and 5 p.m. Donors must be at least 17 years • old, weigh 110 pounds and be in .: good health. First-time donors m t . be under 60 year old, but in­ dividuals may donate up to age 72. in . A pecial piano election, "Go Down Mo e "wa done by Mrs. Mary White and excerpts from th THE JUBILEE Day Committee included, Rev. Doris Morgan, Chair- ... won 'wD club in The Berrien County Democratic Committee. voted to recommend for charter two new Democratic organizations. 'Club hi h '11 (i The Benton Charter Township Democratic Club and the Benton Harbor Democratic w C. WI ocus their effortson registering voters, get out the vote drives nd electin Democrats to-office accordmg to Jerry Sirk Chairman, Berrien County Democratic Committee. .. The requests for charter must be first approved by the county organization and then forwarded to tbe Michigan State Democratic Party, who issu the charters. . . Sirk said, "The applications seem to be in order an� I see nothing to. prevent MOP from I umg the chartera. Once the charters have been issued the club can rat e funds on tbeir own to p�m�tc .Democratic gOOs in thei r areas, The two new organizations will complement the efforts of the county, district fand tate Democratic organizations." MEMBERSHIP IN THE two clubs i open to all members of the Democratic Party 'who live in the club's area. O'B . The Benton Charter Township Democratic Club is chaired by Jack ram. . 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