Saturday, November 17, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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STAFF SHOR TAGE CITED
City behind in housing inspection
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one follow-up inspection and addi-
tional paperwork, further bogging
down the inspectors.
Gardner predicts he would need
12 inspectors and six clerical work-
ers to comply with the ordinance
.as it applies to rental units alone.
THE DEPARTMENT will not get
any additional people because be-
ginning Nov. 1 city administration
banned hiring new municipal em-
ployes. . E
City Administrator Sylvester
Murray says long-term prospects
for hiring additional housing in-
spectors hinge on "the funds avail-
able." Currently the city is tak-
ing drastic measures to slash
spending in the face of the worst
financial problems in its history.
Rothbart indicated the housing
inspection staff will be reduced to
six by next June. Nonetheless he
has requested that the present
staff level be at least maintained.
"THE CITY has got to make up
its mind if it is seriously concerned
about Protecting 'the places in
which people live," Rothbart says.
He adds that because housing in-
spection is primarily "preventa-
tive," the effects are not readily
observed by the public or elected
officials.
Murray says he considers hous-
ing inspection an "upper range
priority" which will be reflected
in administrative budget proposals
submitted to City Council.
However, Murray ranks police
protection and several other mu-
nicipal services ahead of housing
inspection.
The Building and Safety Depart-
ment has not been able to comply
Students,
armyf *ght
in Greece
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"Down with the Junta," battled
police as tanks rolled on into':the
city's center..
Police said they knew of 13 per-a
sonts injured, no deaths. But stu-
dent sources reported several per-
sons killed along with numerous
injuries. Hospital sources reported
two persons killed.
ONE, WAS a youth in his late
teens who was shot in the head
as he tried to open an apartment
building door.
Students crowding the rooftop of
the school shouted at the army:
"We are your brothers. We are,
children of the Greek people."
Student radio broadcasts from
the Polytechnic - one of three
Greek universities seized by stu-
dents - called upon "one million
Athenians from "all paths of life"
to join in the demonstrations.
IT WAS NOT clear from reports
late last night whether the student
revolt has been totally quelled by
the o n s 1 a u g h t of government
forces.
with the ordinance governing hous-
ing inspections since it was put into
effect.
"WE NEVER HAVE had the re-
sources to meet the requirements,"
Rothbart says. For instance two
years ago, the department complet-
ed nearly twice as many inspec-
tions as last year but could not ap-
proach the legal specifications.
To use present personnel more
efficiently, the department will
shortly institute a computerized,
system that will determine which
buildings urgently need inspection.
Housing inspection data on all
structures in the city is currently
being fed into the computer. 'The
machine will then be able to scien-
tifically choose houses for inspec-
tion.
P'EVIOUSLY, THE department
attempted to accomplish the same
objective my manually analyzing
housing information. The task prov-
ed nearly impossible and the re-
sults were often. "inadequate and
inaccurate."
The new system should mean
that older multi-unit dwellings and
single-family hoises which have
been converted to apartments will
receive the highest priority.
Despite the new system the ac-
tual number of inspections will not
increase, according to Gardner.
Rothbart commented "It is ironic
that once we get a system to im-
prove resource allocation we just
do not have that many resources
to Pllocate."
SEVERAL other problems plague
the housing inspection unit, includ-
ing inadequate training procedures,
insufficient clerical personnel, and
the federally funded Concentrated
Code Enforcement (CCE) program.
Operated through the Depart-
ment of Hosing and Urban Devel-
opment (HUD), CCE provides
grants and low cost loans to home
owners in the older, central city
area for rehabilitating their pro-
perty.
HUD has ordered the city to
complete its CCE program by Juine
1974. Consequently four insnectors
have been working full-time on
CCE housing - which comnrises
only about 1 6 of the total living
THIE M 1III1GAN PAlL.Y
Volume LXXXIV. No. 63
Saturday, November 17. 1973
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FOLK MUSIC
for anyone who wants to sing,
play or listen to folk or old-time
music, Sundy 3-5 p.m. at The
Ark, 1421 Hsil St., Ann. Arbor
units in the city.
WHILE THE project has helped
restore many run-down dwellings
in the central city, it has drained
resources from other local housing
areas, according to Rothbart.
Moreover, the housing inspectors
now have only three full-time peo-
ple to handle the extensive filing
and reporting duties that accom-
pany their jobs. By department
estimates there should be one
clerical workers for every two in-
spectors.
ing our initi-il inspections with-
out the proper support staff,"
Pothbart comments. "The city can-
not expect to shortchange this type
of thing and still get adequate ov-
erall results," he adds.
In addition, Gardner points out
that the city has no training pro-
gram for its housing inspectors.
"The training they get comes in
an 'on-the-job' manner," Gardner
says. The lack of such a program
can be traced to the same cause
as most of the department's other
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Regents agree to refund
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000 to cover construction of new
campus recreational facilities were
also rejected by the Regents yes-
terday in favor of the refund plan.
"Our recommendation was that
they do nothing with the balance,
given all the contingencies of the
future," University President Rob-
ben Fleming said after the meet-
ing.
FLEMING TOLD the Regents
that the executive officers could
not be sure the present trends in
residency reclassification woi d
hold.
"We're admitting that we've
made a mistake, bit we could just
as well be off the other way next
term," Fleming claimed.
Vice President for Acadernic Af-
fairs Allan Smith divided the $2
million allocation to teaching as-
sistants into four categories:
" $290,000 to cover a 5-5 per cent
increase in TF stipends;
* $1:3 million to aid non-
resident TFs who register for term
III-A and who taught in ,the fall
and winter terms, bringing their
tuition payments for the year down
to the in-state level:
6 approximately $200,000 to aid
spouses of TAs who expected to
pay resident fees under the old
regulations, but are classified as
non-residents; and
. approximately $200,000 to form
a non-renewable special fund to
relieve other economic impacts on
TFs durin g 1973-74.
P ilv Offieial Bulleti"n
Saturday, November 17
DAY CALENDAR
Sat'irlay Dance Classes: Barbour Stu-
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dance. 12:30 pm., folk dance, 2:15 pm.
wUnM: Football. Michigan vs. Pur-
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PTP: Simon's "The Prisoner of See-
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Music School: Bandorama, Hill Aud.,
Music School: Mozart's "The Marriage
of Figaro." Mendelssohn. 8 pm.
Residential College Players: stop-
prd's "Roencrantz & Guildenstern Are
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