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Mayor Unveils Plan for New Century of Progress in Watervliet; Includes Mill Site Clean-Up, Sidewalk Improvements, City Hall and Police Dept

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Mayor Unveils Plan for New Century of Progress in Watervliet; Includes Mill Site Clean-Up, Sidewalk Improvements, City Hall and Police Dept ( ommunity Calendar Page 10 Obituaries Page 6 Genealogy Column Page 4 Outdoor News Page 15 Hometown Histories Page4 Public Notices Page 12 Krieger family history tied to saga Win a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner Kute Kids Pictures Page 10 Sports Page 13 of centennial farm, see page 5 from local merchants, see pages H & 9 Letters to the Editor Page 2 Want Ads Page 12 Movies Guides Page 10 W e Asked You Page 2 IHH1 HOAfi «, SONS MT 49204 E SPRTNIiPORT. 115th Year Issue No. 46 November 17,1999 <*3 75' Mayor unveils plan for new century of progress in Watervliet; includes mill site clean-up, sidewalk improvements, city hall and police dept. relocation By Cliff Stevens the same protection. would result with the property being name a nine-member Citizens Task At a Tuesday morning, November marketed and sold; and with the Force before the end of the year to 16, press conference, Watervliet EXTEND WATER SERVICES creation of a Renaissance Zone, the implement a City wide sidewalk re- Mayor Daniel Schofield Jr. unveiled TO TOWNSHIP purchaser would be free of paying placement program. Currently, the a five-point program aimed at turn- Mayor Schofield called for inves- taxes on the property for 12 years. property owner is responsible for ing the City around for the new tigating the possibility of expanding the entire costs of sidewalk replace- century and millennium. City water services into Watervliet SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT See WATERVLIET The five areas outlined by Scho- Township. Mayor Schofield said he plans to Continued on page 16 field in the auditorium of Watervliet After the meeting, Watervliet High School dealt with: 1. Finance; Township Supervisor Merle Bujack 2. ADA violations of the current said he would be interested in talk- Watervliet City Hall; 3. Paper mill ing with the City over expanding property; 4. Sidewalks; and 5. The City water to problem areas along City's 75-year-old City Charter. Red Arrow Highway. EXPENSES HAVE BEEN ADA VIOLATIONS AT LARGER THAN REVENUES CURRENT CITY HALL Schofield, discussing the City's Schofield, talking on ADA viola- finances, said for the past three tions, Americans with Disabilities, years the City has had to dip into its said the proposed Township-City cash reserves because its expenses Hall north of the City and relocating have been larger than its revenues. the City Police Department down- The difference was prompted by the stairs at the current City Hall would loss of the tax proceeds from the eliminate the violation. former paper mill. The Mayor said he would like to CLEANUP OF PAPER MILL see a portion of the City's park SITE maintenance be funded from other The cleanup of the paper mill site sources and feels it's time to estab- lish tap-in fees for sewer and water more in line with neighboring gov- ernmental units. COMBINE CITY-TOWNSHIP Early SERVICES We also need to aggressively seek Deadline methods to combine services, equipment, facilities, and personnel for with other units of government. Schofield said the City will have to Thanksgiving I re-evaluate its yearly contribution with Watervliet Township over op- Tri-City Record erating costs for the Watervliet Fire Because of the Thanksgiving holi- Department. Currently, the split is day next week, the deadline for 50-50. Schofield said the cost news stories and ads is 5 p.m. Fri- should be more in line with a 70-30 day, November 19. The Tri-City OPENING MORNING DEER...Lonnie Simmons Jr. of Hartford COLOMA'S AMY KOENIGSHOF (#24)...dribbles up court with the split, with the City's share being 30 Record will be delivered to postal Township helps dad Lonnie Sr. show off his opening-morning deer, hall while trying to break the Edwardsburg press in last week's game percent. subscribers on Wednesday morning Lonnie Sr. shot the six-point, I'/i-year-old deer opening morning near with the Lady Eddies. The Lady Comets fought hard as a win would He called for evaluating services instead of the usual Thursday Black Lake in Bainbridge Township. The deer weighed about 140 have assured them of at least a share of the Lakeland Conference title. toward a possible merger with other morning delivery. pounds. See pages 14 and 15 for deer hunting features. However, in the end, they fell one point short in the 43-42 loss. See departments while still maintaining (Joe Cheshire photo) PressBox on Page 13 for a complete basketball roundup. (Mike Leith photo) Annexation to the City of Hartford? Trustee pans bills for Coloma Twp. DPW By Joe Cheshire current PA 425 agreement saw over around $5,500 per student from tax Jeff Vos of Focus Engineering said 200 acres south of the City extend- revenue sharing, "which is based on his organization "fully intends to ing to Interstate 94 brought into the population." • work; representation on joint fire board seek annexation to the City of City in 1993. Nilson countered with the fact that By Cliff Stevens maintenance department that could under way and results of the study Hartford" for the proposed mobile Vos said the reason his organi- tax revenue sharing must, by law, be The Coloma Township Board, at have done this work but didn't, and are expected to be made public home park on 66th Street in the zation is seeking the annexation is used only for educating the students. its November 10 meeting, heard we had to hire someone to do this when it's completed. southwest portion of Hartford to save money. "It will cost us "If there is a building or mainte- Board trustee Glenn Keefer ques- work," said Keefer. Concern over the operation of the Township, following the Board's $400,000 to $425,000 to connect to nance issue, that is up to the tax- tion why the Township's two-man Township Supervisor Matthew department first surfaced last July split denial of application of a the City water and sewer if we are in payers of the district." Public Works Department couldn't Moser said he was told the depart- when Keefer and trustee Cindy Av- Public Act (PA) 425 agreement. the Township." Vos explained that do work hired outside the Town- ment did not have the necessary iles questioned the amount of work Vos appeared before the Board Township residents pay at a rate of Shafer said, on the plus side of the ship. equipment to remove the pump. being hired out and not performed asking for a PA 425 agreement I 1/2 times that of City water/sewer mobile home park coming in, "1 Keefer questioned a bill totaling by the department workers. which would allow the property to users. suspect there would be additional $2,598 for removing a pump from a Keefer said, "This doesn't reflect The study will help the Township be annexed into the City, allowing "If 1 can save $400,000, 1 can put stores popping up along South Township lift station and another well on the department in my opin- Board decide if the Public Works the Township to put certain stipu- in a lot of amenities that will Center Street; and these people will bill for mowing vacant lots. ion." Department should be retained. lations on the agreement. Under an increase the value of the property." make money and, as such, they will A feasibility study on the Town- See COLOMA outright annexation, the Township Shafer said. "I am not in favor of spend money and, hopefully, a lot of "It's distressing when we have a ship's Public Works Department is Continued on page 16 would not have such rights. either the 425 agreement or annexa- it right here." Vos, in his presentation, an- tion" but conceded the PA 425 On the negative side, Shafer said, Hartford Fire Dept. to host open house nounced Focus Engineering had ac- would be the better of the two. "The property where the mobile quired an additional 127.3 acres of "With a 425, we could ask for home sits can, by state law, be taxed property from Richard Weston, certain requirements and the City only $36 annually but the entire & breakfast Sunday to show new pumper bringing the total amount of pro- would have to live up to the agree- property will also be taxed." Shafer perty proposed to be annexed to ment or the property would revert said it was impossible to determine By Joe Cheshire mam'- -4*fe* 338.3 acres. back to the Township." what the evaluation would be until The Hartford Fire Department has The former Weston property abuts The City of Hartford's sewer sys- the project was completed and ac- accepted delivery of its new on the property that was annexed tem is currently running at 41% cessed. "It will increase a substan- $272,000 heavy duty pumper/rescue via a PA 425 agreement with the capacity, according to City Manager tial amount, I'm quite sure." fire truck. City of Hartford in 1993. By hav- Yemi Akinwale. "The more it is Shafer said, "The ball is in their ing control of the additional proper- used, the better it operates and the court now. They have to get the The Pierce Appleton truck was ty, Focus will have clear right of cheaper it is for everyone using it." City to ask for annexation, and 1 custom built to fulfill the needs of way to install water and sewer lines If the proposed 700-800 upscale don't think the City will do that." the Hartford Fire Department and along with an access road.
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