Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 13

THE STATE JOURNAL Apr. 1 0, 1 973 B-3 Due to Revenue Sharing East Lansing May Cut Tax Rate 1 Le'V" vj fin'. 2 therefore, reduce those revenues," Patriarche said. "(I did say) that some reduction or stabilization of the property tax should be accomplished. I believe I have met that fund would be derived primarily through property taxes at $2,170,280 or 44.5 per cent, based on a State Equalized Valuation of $128.8 million.

(In 1972-73 the taxes amounted to 82.047,300 based on an SEV of $125 million. A $127,700 increase from state shared revenues is anticipated, making that income estimate District Court costs and fines are estimated at Michigan State University is expected to contribute $313,000 for city fire department of the proposed general fund, or $2,877,242. Also, $1,234,526 has been allocated to operational expenses, and $766,010 for new equipment and capital improvements. In the Major Street Fund, the budget's second highest expense category, Patriarche's totals of S287.815 are $10,785 less than the planning department recommended to the city manager. Included are road and bike path construction, street beau-tification and pedestrian traffic safety projects.

INCOME TO the general council) and better costs estimates (are) obtained." PATRIARCHE INDICATED he was displeased because council failed in 1972-73 to "come up with a workable plan or a satisfactory design" on the overpass, although it had $45,000 allocated to do so. Planners recommended that another $30,000 be set aside for the overpass. "I have stated before that this (federal) money should not be used solely to reduce property taxes as this would interfere with the formula for state shared revenues and, By JIM WIEBER Staff Writer Despite a proposed city -budget increase of nearly 23 per cent, East Lansing taxpayers may enjoy a small property tax cut. It's all because of federal revenue sharing. THATS THE way City Manager John Patriarche has figured out in his 1973-74 budget proposal, released Monday and scheduled for a public hearing in May.

No increases in water and Council Weighs Two Systems Phone Change to Be Stall Photo by NORRIS INGELLS of the people who call City Hall know in advance with whom they wish to speak) and could have been handled 20 seconds faster," Peterson said. "That's amazing." said councilman Harold Moore who has criticized the City Hall telephone equipment while Michigan Bell has criticized the operators. "A couple of months ago we were told our present equipment was not outdated as I said it was. We were told that retraining operators would solve all of our problems. Now here is Michigan Bell proposing a brand new system that isn't availsble yet," Moore said.

EARLY IN February Moore introduced a resolution calling for the city to either lease or purchase its own telephone switching equipment, which was tabled for 60 days. east lansing) WITH ANOTHER 12 employes expected to be hired by the city for the police, clerks, engineer, building, garage and sewage plant departments the city manager said the would take up 59 per cent atives from TCI.Inc, distributors of the Stromberg-Carlson electronic switching equipment available for sale or lease, will make their presentation to the council. The new Centrex system recommended by Bell would mean a separate number that could be dialed directly from the outside for every City Hall department. Peterson said the system also would be capable of transferring calls to other stations and calls for an information operator to answer calls to an information number. "OUR STUDIES show that 82 per cent of the calls to City Hall could have been made without going through an operator (meaning that 82 per cent LANSING Cities RECOMMENDED BY Graves were Mrs.

Bcrnice Davenport, 608 West to replace Earl Burgering for a term ending June 30; Charles Pratt, 2015 Victor, to replace Doris Konrad for a term ending June 30, 1975; Harold Smith, 3628 Aragon to replace Dr. Clyde Henson for a term ending June 30, 1975; Lance Lynch, 1208 Bement, replacing Mary Covello for a term ending June 30. 1974; and Albert Chapman, 1811 Rundle to replace Manuel Delgado for Tie Keivpee Is No More It look only a few passes of the bulldozer Monday to level the former home of Kew-pee Hamburgers and wipe out an institution. The burger shop had stood at 115 W. Shiawassee since the early 1920s, operated by the late William Bowlin and later by his widow and her son, Russell Weston.

The shop finally lost a lengthy battle to urban redevelopment, which ordered the building torn down Monday, two days after the business closed. Funding for Alcoholics Rivalry Resolved Five Stalled Modernizing city hall communications is not going to happen quickly. Councilmen are now considering two electronic phone systems. Michigan Bell was first to recommend a plan for modernizing what is regarded as an antiquated switchboard, but City Council is looking further in studying a Stromberg-Carl-son set-up. OFFICIALS SAID a hasty decision cannot be expected.

Michigan Bell representative John Peterson said Monday his firm's ultra-modern Cen-trex II communications system, which would eliminate two of the three operators, will not be available for a year and a-half. But Mayor Pro-tem Robert May replied, "We want to deliberate a while before we decide whether or not to go this route." NEXT MONDAY represent Model By GENE HASHLEY Staff Writer When the Model Cities Policy Board meets Thursday it will still be minus five members. Mayor Graves submitted the names of five persons Monday to replace his appointees who resigned recently, but City Council wants to study the mayor's recommendations for a week before confirming them. 50c sewer costs are necessary, Patriarche said. On the basis of a $30,000 home, the median value in East Lanskig, the proposed tax rate cut of 60 cents would mean a property tax saving of $9 compared to 1972 taxes.

The new rate would be $16.85 per $1,000 valuation. THE GENERAL fund budget would increase from $3.98 million to $4.88 million, with the major increases coming in salaries and capital outlay. Actually the total budget would increase from $7.08 million to $8.43 million, including street, library, parking, sewer, water and garage spending for which there are earmarked revenues. Salaries, wages and benefits for city employes were estimated at $2.88 million up from $2.52 million in 1972-73; operations, 1.23 million, up from $1.1 million: and capital outlay, $766,010, up from $362,895. The remainder of the budget is broken down into the other city funds, to include major streets.

local streets, lvbrary. parking, sewage plant. $1.28 million; water, and garage, $358,200. A YEAR ago, Patriarche had recommended a cut in property taxes, by 30 cents per $1,000 valuation, but council overrode the suggestion. It instead dropped the rate by only two cents, setting the formula at $17.45.

"I have reviewed carefully all requests from the various department heads, commissions and other organisations seeking city funds," said Patriarche in his report. "In most instances, I have accepted the requests, in some I "have reduced the requests and in others I have increased the requests." ABOUT $638,000 in federal revenue sharing checks is expected during fiscal 1973-74, of which about half would be spent on capital projects, including the bike path system and improvements at Emerson and Alton parks. Without the federal monies, Patriarche said most of the programs would have been delayed at least another year. Most significant was his recommendation for a boost to the bike path system, which would receive $117,810 of the recreation funds, or $91,310 more than planners had recommended in March to the city manager. HOWEVER.

OTHER plan ning department recommendations, including the controver-s i a 1 Central Elementary School overpass spanning W. Grand River, were not entered into Patriarche's budget plan. "The city council is well aware of my objections to this project," Patriarche said concerning the overpass, subject of three years of debate. "I understand the arguments for the overpass, but most of them are emotional. It appears to me to be impractical and uneconomical to build this structure." The city manager reported that no money should be budgeted towards overpass "until a workable plan is approved (by Traced a term ending June 30, 1974.

In making his recommendations, the mayor said he had accepted the resignations of his five appointees. Seven elected members who also resigned were replaced last week by runncrs-up in the last election and by area town hall meeting elections in areas where there were no runners-up. COUNCILMAN JOEL Ferguson, chairman of the council's Model Cities liaison committee, said the council did not program for several years." She spoke of the struggle to raise money for the recently established Glass House, a halfway house for women alcoholics. She has worked actively for the house and also waged her own personal battle against alcoholism. GLASS HOL'SE receives money from the council which also established a halfway house for men alcoholics several years ago.

Dr. George Dellaportas, Ingham County Health Department director, said it would be "unfair to deny the right of the council to continue something it had created out of zero." Another Oil Spill Dirties Red Cedar By MILLICENT LANE Staff Writer Ingham, commissioners apparently have resolved rivalry between local agencies about who will manage public funds for treating alcoholics. Competing agencies were asked Monday night to work out a cooperative program to meet an April IB deadline to qualify for stale financial help. THE REQLEST came from six Ingham County commissioners, the social services committee, at the conclusion of their public hearing on alcohol treatment programs. Most money comes from state and federal governments and for years has been appropriated by the Legislature to the State Public Health Department, which works through local health departments.

Ingham commissioners have see-sawed recently between placing control of the money under the Community Mental Health Board and the Ingham County Health Department. The county department now contracts with the Tri-County Council on Alcoholism and Addictions to provide services. STATE AND federal funds this year are $2.3 millions, a whopping increase from the some $300,000 available just three years ago a sum virtually unchanged for 13 years. Marianne Brickley, wife of the Michigan lieutenant governor, told the commissioners that "any change in the (local) system at this time could be a serious setback in what has been a successful Slow At that time Moore said. "I think we've given Michigan Bell ample time to come up with a solution to our problem, but now it's time to either lease or purchase our own equipment." Peterson said the new Bell system would cost $3,430 to install.

The monthly charge would be $3,726.60 a month compared to the $4,989 per month the city is now paying, an approximate monthly savings of $1,200 or annual savings of $14,400, not counting operator salaries he said. PETERSON POINTED out there would be need for only an information operator with the new system. Moore earlier claimed the Stromberg Carlson system would save the city $37,000 a year and in four years would pay for itself and the city would own it outright. confirm the mayor's recommended appointees Monday because "we just got them this afternoon. "We went through this the.

last time the mayor made the appointments to the policy board and I thought we agreed that the council would have a chance to look the names over ahead of time," Ferguson said. The list was referred to the committee of the whole and the names will likely be confirmed next Monday. Thursday Steve student learned a lesson in economics. He urged that the mental health board have a "strong input" in future programs, however. DR.

JOSE LLINAS, mental health board director, said competing plans would lie more costly and he thought something cooperative could be worked out. John McConncll, chief of the state health department's alcoholism section, and C. Patrick Babcock. director of the Governor's Office of Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, explained that moneys for years have been channeled through local health departments. A device was used to prevent more oil from getting into the river.

Assistant Attorney General Charles Alpert said the spill was downstream from where a similar outflow was reported from a different storm sewer March 28 and 29. HE NOTED if the person or persons responsible for the pollution are located they could be liable to criminal penalties from a minimum of $2,500 to maximum of $25,000. Civil action could require them to pay all cleanup costs. Officials estimated no more than 50 gallons of oil got into the river during the most recent spill. Policy is sometimes worth $50,000.

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I Water Resources Commission officials today were seeking the source of the second oil spill into the Red Cedar River on the Michigan State University campus in recent weeks. A student reported it to the state attorney general's office on a and investigators found the oil coming from a storm sewer outlet located on the south bank of the river between Shaw and Eppley Halls. OFFICIALS SAID, however, that after three hours of investigation Monday they were unable to find out how the oil got into the sewer. Speaking Wednesday will be: Lou Kubicka, former dire of the American Friends Service Committee Rehabilitation Program, talking on the history of the Vietnam war; Martin Nicolaus, a radical sociologist at an East-e university, discussing MSU's involvement in the war; and Nguyen Thi-Ngoc Thoa, a Vietnamese student at MSU, speaking on the effects of the war on the Indo-chincse people. Thursday Marilyn McNabb, who is researching the so-called U.S.

military industrial complex, will discuss her findings, and David Truong. son of Truong Dinh Dzu, a 19C7 candidate for president of South Vietnam, will also speak. FRIDAY'S SPEAKERS include Mark Sheldon, an author and professor who is a member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars, an unnamed Filipino student and Nicolaus. Saturday the conference moves to" the St. John Student Center.

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