5 THE PLAIN DEALER, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1981 13-A Downtown on melee stirs civic concern By John P. Coyne City officials, concerned that an improving downtown image was badly tarnished by'a Sunday mornoutbreak of rowdiness and vandalism, are meeting to find ways of preventing such disturbances from happening again. smashed windows and stole merchandise from 10 businesses near E. 4th St. and Prospect Ave.
about 1:30 a.m. after a bar, a disco and a cabaret party closed at the same time. Some 200 young people were downtown and about 50 policemen were needed to quell the A he disturbance. One youth, 16, suffered a knife wound to his leg, and was treated and released at a hospital. Downtown Councilman Edmund M.
Ciolek D-31, said he met with Mayor George V. Voinovich yesterday morning and asked him to use the city's community relations board to heip devise a plan to prevent such outbreaks from occurring again. "This type of hooliganism is not going to be tolerated," Ciolek said. "We will make sure the curfew is enforced. "We worked hard at polishing the to put proposal for tax boost on ballot Warning that some city services will be eliminated this year if Lorain does not find additional revenue, Mayor William E.
Parker asked City Council last night to place an income tax increase on the June 2 ballot. The request was referred to council's legislative committee for study. The increase, from to 1.5%, would offset a projected 1981 deficit of $1.4 million. If voters approve the increase, an additional $1.5 million will be collected in the last half of this year. The tax has yielded about $6 million annually.
Lorain has had an income tax since 1968. It began as 0.5%, and was raised by council in 1969 to an action that did not require voter approval. City officials are concerned that Metro FAIRVIEW PARK Heard negative reaction at a public hearing to Councilman atLarge Robert K. Nahigian's proposal that a reduction in number of councilmen be submitted to voters as a charter amendment; he said each councilman should be interested in the entire city, suggesting that five at-large be elected, instead of the present three at-large and five ward councilmen; some charter review commissioners questioned why he did not make the suggestion last year, when they were considering amendments. FAIRVIEW PARK "Set a special election for April 28 on additional, continuing 5.4- mill operating levy rejected three times by voters last year which would yield $864,000 a year; selected April 28 because April 30 is the deadline for renewing teacher contracts or informing employes of non-renewals.
INDEPENDENCE Received notice from Blue Cross of Northeast Ohio that rates for coverage of employes have been increased retroactive to Feb. 1, which means an additional cost to the system of $35,000 a year; directed Supt. Stanley E. Skoczen to ask the reason for the increase, and to get information from other insurance carriers about their coverage and premiums; be also i is to ask other school systems to protest to Blue Cross; directed Skoczen to get information about other telephone systems, after hearing from Ohio Bell Telephone Co. that the base rate will be increased $350 a month.
LORAIN COUNCIL Authorized mayor to purchase without public bidding three emergency rescue vehicles because three ambulances broke down last weekend; established a $50 fee for fire department rescue squad service, effective 10 days after legislation is signed by Mayor William E. Parker, raised salary of city treasurer for term beginning Jan. 1, 1982, from $12,000 a year to 000, and provided for $1,000 increases on Jan. 1 each year of four-year term. Officials to bar city's image and.
we don't need a bunch of rowdies destroying it." Two boys and two men were arrested during the melee. The boys were turned over to their parents for violating the curfew and two men were arrested for breaking and entering. Neither has been charged. Curfew for 16 year olds and under is 11 p.m. and midnight for 17 year are looking repeat of olds.
Robert J. Zion, director of downtown development for the Growth Association, said police did a good job of handling the disturbance. 1 Zion said he talked to Capt. John Berry of the 3d Police District about the problem. "We've wrestled with this problem and want to work with the police department to work 5 Grays on parade for ways Sunday row out solutions to prevent it from happening again," Zion said.
Some youths on the downtown streets had come from the Giant Juke Box, 1910 Euclid Ave. Walter J. Flack, 32, part owner of the place, said one youth who had caused a disturbance there Saturday night returned with a gun, but was arrested and turned over to police. Flack blamed Regional Transit Authority buses for not picking up the youths who were standing at bus stops, forcing them to walk downtown. He said he saw about 30 youths at a bus stop and watched as several buses went by them without stopping.
Edward F. Coleman, chief of RTA security, said it was his understanding that RTA security and Cleveland police were actually herding the youths onto the buses and an RTA official said he had no reports of drivers passing up youths. tax proceeds may be drastically lowered by continued unemployment. Much of the tax revenue has come from employes of steel mills and Ford Motor where more layoffs are expected. Parker said an added expense is a pay.
hike granted last year to the city's 720 employes. Cost of that raise is expected to be about $450,000 this year. The wage package includes a cost-of-living payment. If voters reject the higher tax rate, one or more of the city's four fire stations may be closed, and park and recreation programs cut, Parker said. Other possibilities would be to collect garbage every two weeks, instead of weekly, or to contract with a private refuse collector and disband the sanitation department.
Council has until March 19 to place the issue on the June ballot. record 3. NORTHFIELD CENTER TOWNSHIP Adopted resolution of intent to contract temporarily with neighboring Macedonia for police protection because of manpower cutbacks in. the Summit County 'Sheriff's Department; announced formation, and requested volunteers, for a committee to explore police alternatives because of the cutbacks. SAGAMORE HILLS TOWNSHIP Set: a special meeting for 10 a.m.
Saturday at Rushwood Elementary School and urged residents to attend for a discussion and report on police protection in light of recent manpower cuts by Summit County Sheriff's Department. SHEFFIELD-SHEFFIELD LAKE SCHOOLS Raised lunch and milk prices, effective March pupils' milk price will go from 10 cents to 15 cents, and adults' price from 20 cents to 25 cents; lunches for elementary pupils will go from 65 cents to 70 cents, for secondary pupils from 75 cents to 80 cents and for adults from $1.15 to $1.25. Bedford rd asked if The federal government should stop all revenue sharing funds to Bedford Heights, plus order repayment of all such money since 1972, if an investigation determines the city does not promote fair ment for minorities. These were the key requests in a complaint mailed by Housing Advocates Inc. and the Bedford Heights Civic Coalition to Treasury Secretary Donald T.
Regan, and Bedford Heights Mayor Lucille Reed. Reed was not available for comment. She has repeatedly denied allegations of unfair employment practices. The Plain Dealer J. Zoremba A color guard from the 144-year-old Cleveland Grays passes in review as the ceremonial unit paraded yesterday in honor of Presidents Day and in observance of the release of the former hostages.
Summit Summit County's new County Council is expected to approve a $19.4 million budget tonight that State school 6 elementary Officials from the Ohio Department of Education will inspect six Cleveland elementary schools this week in continued monitoring of compliance with state education standards. They will be available to discuss their visits with parents at 1 p.m. 'op the day of the inspection, according to a school spokesman. The schools to be visited rd Heights if bias "There are no black employes, full time or part time, among the city's total employment force of according to the complaint by R. James Buchanan of Housing Advocates and John Shirey, president of the coalition's board of trustees.
Both groups have criticized city employment practices past months. About of Bedford Heights' 13,187 population is black, but "the city's police, fire and streets departments have a racially segregative employment pattern which cannot be explained by free choice," according to the complaint. Reed has admitted the absence of blacks on the city payroll, but added budget OK would cut spending by The seven council members were presented the money package last officials to inspect schools this week include: Tomorrow Alfred A. Benesch, 5393 Quincy and Anton Grdina, 3050 E. 77th St.
Thursday Dike, 2501 E. 61st and Fullerton, 5920 Fullerton Ave. Friday George Washington Carver, 2201 E. 49th and Marion-Sterling, 3033 Central Ave. fund case is minorities hired usually leave within two or three months because city pay scales are too low and they can make more money elsewhere.
Reed has also pointed out that the Civil Service Commission controls the hiring for most jobs, inincluding safety forces, and no one is stopped from taking. a civil service exam. Reed has said the mayor gets three names for one vacant position and the person most qualified (by test scores) gets the job. Revenue sharing figures attached to the complaint showed the city has received $1.8 million from would cut lack of sheriff patrols since. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 139, representing 180 deputies in Monday by County Executive John R.
Morgan. Council's finance committee, after nearly a week of meetings with officeholders affected by the budget cuts, has approved the budget, according to committee chairman John W. Rogers. The budget cuts are expected to result in the layoffs of 300 to 400 county workers. Sheriff David Troutman laid off 75 deputies a week ago because the budget cut, and a number of officials from surrounding townships have complained about the cutoff proved Washington since 1972.
Of that, $1.4 million has been used for police and fire department salaries, expenses and buildings. Buchanan and Shirey asked the Treasury Department to start a full review and investigation of any plans and programs developed by the city to promote fair employment. If an investigation finds Bedford Heights "is not carrying out its responsibilities in this area, the (Treasury) department should refer this problem to the attorney general and should further order the repayment of all funds used to further the discriminatory acts of the past." spending Summit County, is expected to launch a petition drive today that would place on the November ballot an increase in the sales tax from to for county residents. Sgt. Richard Grayshock, deputy sheriff and president of the FOP chapter, said the FOP will push for the increase in tax to go for restoring the sheriff's department to its previous level.
Power from the wind to be aired at parley him the first day his PD Matchmaker ad ran. Swanson never used The PD to sell anything before, but added be would again because of the great results be received. Call 344-5555 and ask about our low Matchmaker rates. Like most of the new proposed energy sources, the subject of a three-day conference next week at Cleveland State University is several hundred years old. From Feb.
24 to 26, more than 150 engineers from the United States and Europe will listen to experts discussing the wind and its propects for energy generation. Jointly sponsored by CSU and the NASA Lewis Research Center, the conference is technical and not open to the public. Speedy results delight user of PD ad in furniture sale Richard Swanson of Highland Heights sold his front room furniture including end tables, lamps and a banging macrame table to the second person who called.
