The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, November 2, 1982-Page 5 0 Council By KRISTIN STAPLETON Tempers flared at last night's City Council meeting, as the members divided along partisan lines to debate a proposal to spend $50,000 of city funds for a job training program. The council's Republican majority eventually defeated the plan, proposed by Rafael Ezekiel (D-Third Ward), but not before the council sat back and wat- ched a fierce debate between Ezekiel and Republican Mayor Louis Belcher. EZEKIEL asked that the council vote to spend the money to aid the Ann Arbor Employment and Training Center (formerly the federal CETA program), which helps train poor residents in basic job skills. But Belcher attacked the plan, calling the proposal "shallow" and sharply criticizing its Democratic sup- porters for "throwing money at a government program." Belcher said the council should be spending its effor- ts trying to bring "real jobs" to the city by attracting new businesses and took the opportunity to blame those Democrats who have opposed plans for tax breaks for new businesses and other ideas backed by the Downtown Development Authority. Belcher said jobs 'do not come from throwing $50,000 toward some nebulous job training program, which no one's defined. They come from the private sector." BUT EZEKIEL said the city should worry about training its workers before bringing jobs here. He said that even if the city were able to attract new businesses here, most unemployed residents would not have the skills to fill the new jobs. Replying to Belcher's accusation that the Democrats put too much emphasis on the role of government in providing jobs for the city's unemployed, Ezekial said, "I am not a communist. I'm not proposing to communize the city of Ann Arbor. I believe we can flourish under the system of free enterprise." He stressed, however, that government must do something to help those people without the necessary skills to get jobs-the structurally unemployed. Ezekial said he proposed the rejects jobs resolution because of "mounting im- problems in th patience with the dilatory way in which beyond." we (council members) are dealing with Although a] th'e subject of structural unem- council joine ployment." defeating ther Lowell Peterson (D-First Ward) said ferent reason he agreed with the need to attract cilmember V business to Ann Arbor, but he em- the opinion phasized the importance of providing Republicans w some way for unemployed people to cil wait untila upgrade their skills. "By proposing to were identifie spend $50,000 on job training," he said, much money "we are not claiming to solve all the need. plan he world, the cosmos, and ll of the Republicans on ed with the mayor in proposal, others cited dif- ins for doing so. 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The renovations, designed to replace antiquated equipment, increase the ef- iciency of traffic in and out of the cafeteria, and make the dining rooms "more visually appealing," are almost completed according to Associate Director of Housing Operations Norm Sunstad. THE BIGGEST change in the cafeteria is the switch from a single- line system for all food to a new "scramble system," where students can pick from a variety of stations for their lunches and dinners. This change, housing officials claim, should make the lines in the dining rooms faster because students can choose from a number of counters where the food is served. The problem at West Quad had been that the one-line system backed up traffic outside of the cafeteria into the adjoining hallway. But some students feel the change has done little to get them seated with their hamburgers faster. "Getting your entree takes the longest," said sophomore Kirsten Filhart, a two-year West Quad resident. "The outside line is shorter, but once you're inside, it takes longer than it used to." WHILE HOUSING officials said the average time for getting through the line is the same or shorter than last year - they timed the process with a stopwatch - the office admitted that lines are longer during peak meal hours. But this is because meal atten- dance is up significantly from last year, officials said. There are 100 more people than last year coming to to every lunch, and 200 more coming to each dinner, according to West Quad Food Services Manager Dan Schleh. See WEST, Page 6 You're Needed All Over the World. Ask Peace Corps volunteers why their ingenuity and flexibility ore as viral as their degrees. They'll tell you they are helping the world's poorest peoples attain self sufficiency in the areas of food production, energy conservation, education, economic development and health services. And they'll tell you about the rewards of hands on career experience overseas. 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Cay Horstmann, a member of the union's election committee, said GEO may discuss electing a new bargaining team at its membership meeting Thursday night. But he added that with such short notice it may be difficult to find persons willing to join the team. Also at its meeting Thursday, GEO leaders will announce the final results of the vote. But unofficial tabulations indicate that the contract was defeated by almost a two-to-one margin, Bekken said. Even though GEO agreed last week to extend the time during which TAs and GAs could vote, so that more ballots could be collected, leaders yesterday conceded that only about 20 new ballots were submitted after the extension. The vote threw out the proposed con- tract, which was negotiated by ad- ministrators and GEO members over a four-month period ending last July. GEO members voting against the proposed contract said they hoped to win promises of exemption from tuition, better pay, and greater affir- mative action plans in a new contract. 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