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A.hl y Brl'Cfgeman, Infant
daughter of Nina Ca nave and
John Bridgeman, both of Benton
Harbor died Maroh 2, at Meroy
Memorial M dloal Center, St.
Jo ph. Aooording to report, a
poulbl 0 u. of her death
oould b Sudden Infant De th
Syndrome.
A.hl y was th flr.t baby
bom In Southwe t Mlohlgan In
'9 3, t2:20a.m., January ',at
Berrien General Ho.pltal, Ber-.
rlen Center.
The funeral wa held March
9, t Bebblne Broth ra Chapel,
Benton Harbor. Burial was In
Cryatal Springs Cemetery.
Surviving In addition to her
p rent are two sisters, TI hi
Brldg m an and Sh queena
Bridgeman, both of Benton Har
bor; three brothers, Demetria
Brldgem n, Darnell Bridgeman
and Little John Bridgeman, all of
Benton Harbor; grandparents,
Darlene Brldgem n, John HenrY,
and Nina Johnaon, all of Benton
Harbor and Eddl Casnava of
Florida; great-grandmothers,
C therlne Glover and Loney and
Henry Bridgeman, all of Benton
Harbor.
ERMA TANNER
Erma J. (P nn) Tanner, 63, of
enton Tbo d oh �, at
Meroy Memorial Medloal Center,
St. Joseph.
The funeral was held Maroh
9, at the St. PaUl's C.M.E.
Church, Benton Harbor. Burial
was In Crystal Springs Ceme
tery. Robbins Brothers Funeral.
Home, Benton Harbor, was In
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Tanner was born Sep
tember 27,1929, In Muncie, Ind.
Survivors Include: her hus
band, Tom; three daughters,
Jackie Tanner of Niles, Barbara
Tanner of Georgia and Delores
Tanner of Benton Harbor; flv.e
sons, Tom, Billy and Jack, all of
Benton Harbor, Robert of Louisi
ana and Bobby of Georgia;
seven grandchildren: three sis
ters, Helen Boswell, Lola
McGraw and Dolly Shobe, all of
Kansas City, Kan.; and three
brothers, George Penn and
Charles Penn, both of Kansas
City, and William Penn of
Hartsdale, N.Y. She was pre
ceded In death by a daughter,
Rosemary Tanner, In 1971 and
by two sons, Tony In 1971 and
WIlliam In 1958.
By BERNICE BROWN
Mlchl@n Cltlan
The Benton Harbor City Com
mission approved to pay Waste
Management of Michigan, a
Dowagiac based firm a ettlement
of $64,362.77 for trash pickup erv
ices rendered to the city before their
contract was broken by the city.
According to City Attorney
Robert White, th city was invoiced
approximately $82,500 and part of
that not prorated b , (or the
last month of their services. White
said Waste Management sent the
invoice as if they had performed
services throughout the course of
that particular time. .
In October, 199], Wane Man
agement was awarded a fivc-year
contract with the city to collect
solid waste and Industrial Sanita
tion, a local company who e bid
was $10,000 higher, w awarded a
contract to pick up waste at multi
unit site within the City.
The ettlement w far Ie s than
the amount the city would owe
Wa te Management if they had to
pay them the full amollnt of
$27,500 a month for the remm ling
term of the contract, the attorney
said. .
WA TE MANA EM ·NT
filed a suit against the ity in Ber-'
rien County Circuit Court when th
city passed a resolution in May,
1992, to rescind their five year con
tract. The contract for Indu trial
Sanitation w' also re cmded, giv-
,ing them a 6O-day notice of termi
nation without any cause ..
"1 THI K THE telephone' a rip off to all
the taxpayers," Wysinger said. "There' no
way that any commission sitting here can jus
tify running up an $800 telephone bill to the
It .5 million building, I think J
worth more than t t $2500 p ne bIll,"
Wooden aid.
He went on to ay that with the phon be
negotiated with auditors and Elbert Brown of
Dial-A-Ride about the $120,000 balloon pay
ment the city owed Dial-A-Ride getting it re
duced by $70,000.
He also talc credit in the s ttlement of a
suit against th city by W te Management.
city commi -
ion p ved five Community Development
Blo k Grant D erred Lo d e il it
tion con . They are follow:
- Loan to Ruthie L. Colm t 1 P
vo treet in t mount of $28,695 and
proved cont t wi th BelT Constru tion
Company for t r habilit tion.
-LoantoGcor . Yarbroughat450Fo ter
venue in t amountof$14,590aoo pproved
contract with J Lee Co truction for the
rebabiU tation,
-Loan to Phillip Ella W hington
t 615 M di on venue in the mount of
$U,260 and pproved contract with Cham
pion Company for the rehabilit ion.
- Loan to Cecil Whi low t 811 B
Avenue in the amount of$11,135 and ppm ed
cont t ith MelC uilde for the rehabili
tation.
- Loan to Annie B. Math! Kyle at 838
McGuigan Avenue in the amount of $11,592
and approved contract with MelC Builders
for the rehabilitation
The city co . sion 0 et y 16,1993
from 2-6 p.m. the date and tune of the 1993
Annual CROP Walk. The walk will tart at the
SL Joseph Congregational Church to lb Soup
Kitchen in Benton Harbor and back to the
Congregational Church.
LEGAL NOTICE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID
OVvNER: Th OVvNER of the pro et,
Benton Harbor Area School , has eon
traoted Abonmarch , Ino. t> be the AR
CHITECT for t project cal d: Cell ng
nd L ghtlng Replacement.
PROJECT: The wort< shall cons I t of
ceiling finish nd IIgh ng �piacement at'
the Bent>n Harbor Senior gh School.
BIDS: a d bid wi. be receNed un .
11 :00 .m., April 1, 1993, In the Board
Fbom at Benton Harbor Area Schools,
711 E. Britain, Benbn rbor, M chlgan
49022. Bid aha II baled nd sha hav
the nam ana addre of the bidder and
t oontract for which t bid Is being
submitted on the outside of the envelope.
All bidders h bid In accordanoe with
and upon the bid forms Included In the
oon ct documents.
EXAMINA TIN AND/OR PROCURE
MENT OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS -
at do cum en on for
n at Abo ntn arch , lne., 95 W.
Main St., Benbn Harbor, Michigan 49022
(616) 927-2295. Copies of the oontract
documents may be obtained from the
above with depo It of $50..00 for each
eetof contract documents. The full amount
of th $50.00 d posit w I be refunded b
the P nholder upon return, In good oond
tion, of all oontract documents within (10)
days after the opening of bids.
BID SECURITY - A bid bond in an
amount equal b five porcent (5%) of the
t btal amount to the bid, made payable
to Benbn Harbor Nea Schools, will be
requ ed with each bid. A 100% Labor,
Material, nd Performance Bond wll be
required of the successful bidder:
BID REJECTION - The OWNER re
serves the right b reJect any and all bids,
waive any Informalities In bidding or t>
acceptthe bid or bids, consistent with law,
which best serves the Interests of the
OWNER.
WITHrJRAWAL OF BIDS- No bid shall
be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30)
days after reooNlng bids. The sucoessful
bidder will be required to finish a satisfac
tory performance and labor and matenals
In June of the same year the olid
waste contract was put up for bid
again with both companies bidding
on th job. Industrial Sanitation had
th lowest bid of 28,418 and was
awarded a five- ear contract.
Representatives from Wa te
Management appeared before the
city commi ion at that time, aying
the city was unfair with them about
their contract from day-one in
wanting to give the contract to In
d trial Sanitation in th first place.
According ,
bid specifications call for a ecurity
bond, which they had, but Industrial
Sanitation did not present one.
Attorney White aid he was con
fident that he had to go on to court
and fight the, uit he would have
won, but he al 0 aid W te Man
agem nt's Ie al ounsel feel they
could have won well.
White aid. "Wd tc Manage
ment i a powerful, multination cor
poration that i heavy involved in
Wa te Management Sanitation
acros the world."
"They had ignificant re ource
to continue the legal battle for a
long time if they wanted to, but they
cho e not to. And I think a good
deal of that i how they were ap
proa hed by this c mmi ion. I'm
glad it over and I'm ure 'the com
mi ion i lad," White added.
BeST CHANCE:
Mate
March 1Q, 1993
Lotto Ticket
b
o - B nton
Commi io bel nzie
M ch 8, city comm ion m tin p d a
motion on th floor for Commi ioner S
Wooden to top in th eity-p id cellular
pbon d tumittotheCity' Utiliti
i Department
Two wee 0, Curti Murphy m e pu -
lie the nd co to the city of the cellular
pbone er receiving documentation ecured
urder e Freedom of Information Act.
Wooden datth timeh neededltto eep
in touch ith cl ty bind that it aved him
and tb city time d money. Under th city
charter, commissione are responsible for
making pollcy and the city manager for imple
m nting in day-to-day tiviti the policy.
McKenzie, Fourth Ward Commi ion r,
d ince hearing about the e of the cellular
pbone and the $2,500 c t to the city, people in
his wl1\1 Sai t Wooden USing the phone
and ls ne,
"I'm obligated to peak on behalf of the
people that I represent. We don't need a com
mis loner with a cellular telepbone, We don't
need halx1s-on policies with the Ci ty Man
ager," McKenzie said. "Once we elect a capa
ble person, we should let that person run the
ci�.tf
. In refeIIing to the recent resignation 0 f tlx
city manager John Elliott after les than six
months on the job, McKenzie went on to ay
that certain eommis loners are already "dim-
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SEND TO: MICHIGAN CITIZEN, P.O. BOX,03560. HIGHLAND PARK, MI 48203.::...J
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Wayne Hemlngw y, Purcha Ing �nt
Benton rbor Area School
711 E. Brttaln
. Bent>n rbor, Michigan 49022
LEGAL NOTICE
ORDINANCE
CITY OF BENTON HARBOR
BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN
The City of Benton Harbor, Michigan
Ordains:
1. All ordinance to adopt nd Incorpo
ra Industri I Was Ru and Regula
tions adopted by the Michigan Joint
Was wa r Treatm nt Plant on July 16,
1992.
On Ju� 16, 1992. the Joint Board of
Comml loners 6f the Bent>n Harbor-St.
Joseph, chlgan Joint Was�w ter Tre t
ment PI nt adopted Indu trial Waat
• d Reg n to-reg '- tnS
oon I the dl charge of oommerc I and
Industrial was w rs to the joint W
water Trea1ment Plant. The City of Benton
Harbor, Michigan, herewith adop Id
Indu trial W Rules and Regu ns
as an ordlnanc t> be contBlned within
said Clty's Cod of Ordinances. The pur
pose of such ordinance Is; 1) t> oomp�
with the requ rements of the Federal aean
Wa r Act: 2) b regula� the discharge of
toxic materials t:> the tributary sanitary
sewer systems; and 3) t> provide uFllform
Ity In administering the requirements of the
Federal Pretreatment Regulations and lo
cal discharge limitations.
The foUowing Is a sum mary of the In
dustrial Wast Rules and RegUlations
adopted by the CIty of Benton Harbor,
Michigan, under authority of Public Act
,82 of 1991 (MCLA 5.2073J.
ARTICLE I De n�ion of rms,
general definitions
ARTICLE II .' General provisions,
purpose, scope, intent, notice of violation,
Inspections, monitoring require monts, ef
fect of federal law, revision of these rules
and rogulations, reoords, retention, sever
ability
ARTICLE III - U of publo wers
ARTICLE IV - Prenatment, de tal
categorical �1re ent ndarda, .
w ters p�natment requ.. mente,
peelal agreem nta, w tar - d energy
eon rvatlon
ARTICLE V • aa III - I du trt
dl eh rge , Information r qulrem nt ,
provl Ionsforrhonibring,d rmlnatlonof
wastewater ch�ctertstics, 00 of d m-
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ARTICLE VI - Spill p ventlcn pro-
gram
ARTICLE VII - Enforoem nt
ARTICLE VIII • P rmlt to diacharge
ARTICLE IX - Fe • charges, and
penal
ARTICLE X - Appe
ARTICLE XI - E me date
2. Ant pro vis ons 00 Ined for the
. Code of Ordlnanc s of the CIty of Bemon
Harbor, Michigan which conflct ehher ex
pres Iy or bf Impllcatk>n, tle provl
a on. of th a ordln no are hereby
ed .•
3.lf any ection, subsection, sente'108,
clause, phra or pot1lon of this ordinance
is for any reason held Inv d or unconsti
tutional by any court of competent Jurisdic
tion, such portion she be declared a
separate, district and Independent provi
sion and such findings sha not affect the
·valldity of the rem Inlng portions or provi
sions of this ordinanoe.
4. This ordinance shall take eff ct 1m
med· te� up Its pub 'catlon pursuant t>
Section 5.3 of the Benbn Harbor City
Charter.
5. A true copy of this ord nonce may be
inspected or obtained in the office of the
City Clerk, 200 st Wall $treet, Benton
Harbor, M chlgan during r gu r busln ss
hours.
·This ordinance was passed and
adopted on the 8th day of March, 1993.
MargaretAdams, Clerk
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every Monday for properties available .
I ndividuals seeking further inform�tion for
assistance should contact the broker of their
choice.
Si busca prop;edades 0 casas de benta con
terminos de FHA, mire cada Lunes en el
periodico. Las personas que necesiten
mayor informacion deben ponerse en con
tacto con el Agente de ventas de' Casas de
su perterencia.
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