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31 Saturday, June 22, 1974 THE Action Postponed In Radio Dispatch Case First there was confusion over proposed higher fees for municipalities hooked into Hamilton County's police and fire communications network. Then there was opposition which increased, with at least three communities threatening to pull out of the system and county officials muttering that townships were inadequately represented on the committee which drew up the new charges. More than a disagreement about paying a few thousand extra dollars per year, the situation shows the delicate balance between county officials and local representatives: Annual County Budget Discussion Filled With Accounting Rhetoric trustees of Delhi and Green Townships voiced strong objections about paying for bark-up service on fire calls and emergency runs by life squads. County Administrator R.A. Anderegg caught between the two factions was apparently surprised by the vehemence of the debate.

Cheviot, Delhi and Green Townships and a few other smaller communities would rather organize a separate dispatcher service than pay higher fees. Several user-governments will have to pay five or six times as much as the fee schedule in effect since 1964. For the two townships, which have received free service as part of the county's overall plan to encourage formation of local police forces, the new proposal means a total yearly outlay of $12,000. The chief of the Mack Volunteer Fire Department told the commissioners his men are self-sufficient. "We have dispatchers around the clock, and only call the county as a courtesy when a run is made.

In fact, county dispatchers cannot get in direct touch with our equipment," he said. "I would think that the 50,000 or so residents of Green Township want that back-up service, especially when the cost is minimal. How much is it worth?" Anderegg asked. "There are some inequalities in the proposed fees; the committee represented some of the larger cities in the Millcreek Valley with large Industrial tax duplicates," commissioner Robert Wood noted. Rather than using the total value of property as in the past, new charges are based on anticipated usage of the communications center.

A new building for the dispatchers on the site of the Old Experimental Farm on Hamilton Avenue will be finished in the fall. The townships are only objecting to proposed minimum fees for fire and life squad runs. By ANDY PASZTOR Enquirer Reporter There was a lot of talk at the Hamilton County Courthouse this week about budgeting priorities, long-term capital expenditures and a host of similar terms about how taxes are spent. muni oi uie rneioric was caimiy optimistic if not outright self-con- laiuiaiory, wnicn is probably jnevnaoie ior people wno nave the responsibility of balancing an annual budget of more than $100 million. Rllt turn Imnrti-tonf fuifnrof Af fha vnw HUfJUl IUI i i itaiui CO Jk LUC 1974 capital budget adopted Wednesday appear to have been pushed into the background.

Without the $30 million or so of federal revenue sharing funds Hamilton County will receive In the next five years, the board of commissioners would not even have been able to consider expanding library services, programs for the young, the mentally retarded and those in trouble with the law. Almost all the new money approved this week fnr mnrt Am inn rf flonilaur anH Hillcrest schools, $710,000 for improvements in the courthouse and Hftnp Dav -m. m. jl Activities Set At Maketewah Hope Day 74, the ninth annual benefit golf match and celebrity banquet headlined by Bob Hope to raise funds for the Bob Hope House, Named after the famous comedian, Hope House Is operated by the Hamilton County Juvenile Court to help teenage boys in need of guidance and a healthy environment. The fund-raising activities will include a noon golf clinic at the Maketewah Country Club featuring Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller and a 1 p.m.

exhibition match played by Hope, the two pro golfing stars and a number of local players who have made major contributions to Hope House. General Chairman Harry Adler, Madeira, president of the Zimmerman Adler Blacktop said in the evening a $55-a-plate banquet will be held at the Beverly Hills Supper Club during which Hope will deliver one of his famous Elmwood Place Loses Bid For Boost In Aid ELMWOOD PLACE The Federal Disaster Assistance Administration (FDAA) refuses to reconsider Its decision to give Elmwood Place only enough money to repair its tornado-damaged municipal building. The village council would like FDAA to allocate enough funds to completely rebuild the structure, but FDAA told a delegation from the village In Dayton this week that only $98,000 In assistance would be granted. Safety-Service Director Bill Rake said the building has long been too small for the village's needs, but the money from FDAA and $84,000 insurance will not he enough to expand and make repairs on the present facility. He said the building has suffered additional damage since tornado on April 3 because heavy rains have come in through the -damaged roof.

FDAA engineers declared the building structurally sound in May, after seven weeks of delay, following an earlier inspection that called for the structure to be demolished. Rake said the village council will now have to decide whether to accept FDAA's suggestion and use the aid money to repair the old building or put it toward the cost of a new building and try to raise the difference themselves. High Point Civic Club Sparks Special-Collection Cleanup Day HIGH POINT-Special. garbage collections will be made here Monday as part of a citizens' drive to clean up this section of Sycamore Township. The township will provide trucks for hauling away refuse for $5 a load-the cost for dumping the garbage, according to Eddie Shelton, president of the High Point Civic Club.

Shelton said the special collections will give residents a chance to discard Items such as old refrigerators, large tree limbs and logs that wouldn't be picked up during regular trash collection. Shelton said the cleanup drive originated late last fall after a i community newspaper published pictures of two or three of the; "worst" spots in the area. The drive resulted in reactivation of the High Point Civic Club which had been inactive for more than 10" years, Shelton said, and now the club has a charter again. "The special collections Monday are Just a continuation of the cleanup effort," Shelton said. "I think the whole community is behind it, and I think in the last two or three months, there has been a big change for the better in keeping the community clean." New Colerain Park Under Way COLERAIN has been broken for a $250,000 park which will feature three baseball diamonds, two soccer fields and a football field.

The park will be located on 15 acres of land which formerly were used for a private airport. The park will be between Springdale ancf Struble Roads and will run off Dewhill Drive. Township trustee Norman Muehlenhard said the park will be 1 completed in late 1975 or spring of 1976. Ground was broken May 29. Muehlenhard said the township, and the federal government through revenue sharing funds, will split cost of the park on about a 50-50 basis.

The first part of the park to be developed will be one of the two soccer fields, Muehlenhard said, adding that it will be the first public soccer field in the township. When fully developed, the park might also have some tennis -courts, he said. Planners Lose, Building OK'd COLERAIN TWP. Permission to construct a showroom and warehouse for prefabricated fencing at the north end of Hamilton Avenue in Colerain Township was granted by Hamilton County commissioners this week. They approved a zoning request to change a one-acre site near Cranbrook Drive into a retail zone.

Commissioners decided to disregard opposition from county planners, who argued that the request should be turned down because "there is adequate commercial zoning in the general area." Maurice W. Jacobs, the attorney for the Kelly Fence claims there will be no manufacturing or undue noise associated with the business. The bbard was told that recent increases in traffic along Hamilton Avenue have changed the residential character of surrounding streets. Two Basic Issues READING Like most zoning debates, the proposal to build. condominiums for senior citizens on the Mt.

Notre Dame property involves two basic Issues: homeowners along Benson Street and' Columbia Ridge Road don't want anything that looks like; apartment buildings and they are worried about raising the area's' population density; the developer claims his plan fits in well with', the natural terrain and will cause absolutely no problems with waste disposal or water supply. This week's City Council meeting was unusual, however, for approving the controversial 150-unit complex in principle without the benefit of legal advice. Councilman Earl J. Schmidt actually ended up asking the developer for an explanation of the propoed ordinance, because City Solicitor Gerald Glaser was not there. And the six Democrats on council were ready to okay detailed plans for the project 30 days before their new zoning classification takes effect.

Council voted Tuesday to create a so-called "community planned district," which must be at least 40 acres and can contain multi-story apartments or condominiums. Anything built In such a district must be approved by the councilmen. About two dozen angry homeowners attended the meeting, during which it became clear that not all abutting property owners were notified by Glaser as required by state law. "We're going to have to go on the assumption that he did his job," councilman Charles A. Morgan, Jr.

said in an attempt to bring the project itself up for a vote. "I believe council has already made up its mind (about the project)," Schmidt noted. "What good would it do to postpone a vote for two weeks?" "We're listening (to the people) by postponing action," Council President William F. Ernst added, after the majority of legislators decided a second vote would be illegal. There will be final public hearing on the question July 23.

New Trustee Angry GREEN Peter Rebold, the newest member of the board, clearly objects to appointing constables along traditional party lines. At the last township meeting, a new officer was appointed over Rebold's objections. Explaining he had never met the appointee before the two other trustees decided to vote on the matter, Rebold said "The whole question of who gets hired by the township has always mystified me." "Wouldn't you want to talk to someone for a few minutes before hiring him to protect your property and the lives of neighbors?" the tension Just below the surface, fueled by people in the courthouse anxious to avoid duplication of services and their counterparts In cities and townships and openly Jealous of their own autonomy. Commissioners postponed action on the higher fees this week, after R.A. Anderegg reviews capital budget men and bright repartee between the commissioners.

Jokes started flying after Glen Haubrock, the somewhat dour chief of the county building department, requested stricter regulations against noise produced by air conditioners. HAUBROCK, who said dozens of complaints have been filed against outside condensing units, wants to set a limit of 50 decibels within five feet from neighboring lots. Half a dozen contractors attended the meeting to complain they could not meet the new guidelines. "I can't enforce the 15-foot limit we now have," Haubrock said, adding that no prosecutions for noise pollution are under way. "There was a man who was almost deaf, but he called us about a nearby aircondi-tioner going on and off." "The trick is for everyone to have an air conditioner and keep his windows- closed," commissioner John Held replied with a wicked grin.

"I agree with that. Absolutely," chimed in one of the contractors. After measuring the decibel level of the cooling units in the courthouse, Held replied. "There must be a lot of hot air floating around the room from this discussion." The reached decision by the board involved delaying a vote on the piece of legislation until more detailed information about noise levels is compiled. AP (Barry Thumma) Wirephoto iptffj CINCINNATI ENQUIRER The Rods Mrs.

Tatum said that Melvin gave them his name, but said he lived la Danville. Thursday afternoon, Allen House Senior supervisor Edith Bushillion heard a radio newscast about Melvin at her home. Covington police were called to return Melvin to his home at 375 AltamontRd. $2.1 million for storm sewers will come from federal revnue sharing. County administrator R.

A. Anderegg maintains a more comprehensive and forward looking budget is required to meet the needs of a changing urban area. He wants to see money set aside for such things as a suburban courthouse, a new Jail and a $15 million center for Juvenile Court and treatment of young offenders. But this year's $13.9 million' program considered by itself is hardly a novel or bold approach for providing overdue social services, according to a majority of the board. It does not contain any money for the courthouse and merely authorizes further acquisition of land for the adult corrections center.

About $5 million was previously allocated for construction of Civic Center North, with no additional money included in the final appropriation. At the last minute, the three Republicans on the three-member commission split over going ahead with plans for a centralized administrative complex near the courthouse and eliminated it from this year's budget; for years, the subject of a new office building to replace departments scattered over several buildings has elicited support. In an ironic twist, the same week Anderegg was talking happily about passing the biggest obstacle for capital planning, the board received a preliminary operating budget for 1975 with a $9.5 million deficit. This "Tax Budget," which is essentially an outdated legal requirement, anticipates a 10 increase in spending along with a slight drop in revenues. The projected spending level of $101.3 million reflects the amount' department heads say they will need.

Last time, the board sliced off $4.4 million from its requests and came up with a carryover and higher revenue estimates to balance the budget. Apart from considerations of high finance, this was an especially good week for would-be straight Construction Co. Wins $10,000 Suit The Construction Co. was awarded $10,000 Thursday against the Jewel Construction of Columbus, in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, under visiting Judge Paul E. Riley.

The jury deliberated four hours before finding Jewel Construction Co. guilty of breach of contract, in refusing to pay for concrete work done on the Ashwood Manor Apartments, 1717 Casey Cincinnati, in February, 1973. Fountain Of Youth Township Pay Issue May Go To High Court By STEVE FEHR Enquirer Reporter DELHI Township clerk John Artmayer's battle for a $2400-a-year pay raise could wind up being heard by the Ohio Supreme Court. An appeal to the high court was filed this week by Bill Walsh, Artmayer's attorney. A decision as to whether the Supreme Court will hear the case Is expected by September, Walsh said.

On June 3, the First Ohio District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision that Artmayer was not entitled to a pay increase approved by the Ohio General Assembly on December 30, 1972. The law increases pay of clerks in townships the size of Delhi from $3600 to $6000 a year and is retroactive for persons elected that year. Delhi trustees refused to pay the additional money, saying payment would amount to a $2400 windfall for Artmayer. Trustees W. Emerson Rhodes, Jerome F.

Luebbers and Gilbert R. Faigle say the Ohio Constitution prohibits an Increase during an existing term of office. Elected in 1971, Artmayer's term runs until 1976. In another development, the Hamilton County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks, which supports Artmayer, Thursday asked its Ohio counterparts for financial assistance in Artmayer's defense. The Ohio Association of Township Trustees and Clerks meets today in Columbus.

But because the Hamilton County group filed its request for funds eight days late the state group has a 10-day requirement for items appearing on the agenda it is doubtful whether Artmayer will receive aid until the Ohio group meets again in August, Chester Hummell, the Ohio organization's executive director, said. At least one of the four officers of the Ohio association will vote against waiving association rules today to consider Artmayer's request. Robert Meintzer, first vice president, said he would vote against waiving the rules because "they (the Hamilton County group) are well aware of our rules." Emerson Engelhaupt, secretary-treasurer, said he wasn't sure how he would vote on a rule waiving. Paul Smith, president, and William S. Bauer, second vice president, were unavailable for comment.

Although clerks from Miami-town, Springfield Township and Sycamore Township say they support only Artmayer is named in the appeal, Walsh said. Asked about the chances of winning the appeal, Artmayer said, "I don't expect (to win) anything. I expected the (First District) court to rule in my favor, but was disappointed," State auditors are warning township clerks in Southwestern Ohio, including the six largest townships in Hamilton County, that the clerks are not entitled to a yearly raise. Representatives of State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson are ordering township clerks to readjust remaining 1974 paychecks to stay within the old $3600 limit.

Missing Boy Melvin Crawford a nine-year-old missing from his Covington home since Monday, apparently just went for a train ride and turned up safe and sound in Cincinnati. Monday after the child was reported missing, Southern Railway officials were told that a boy had been seen on a boxcar of a train moving between Danville and Cin Found Riding cinnati. Authorities stopped the same train at 1400 Gest Cincinnati, took the boy off and called Cincinnati police. Police took Melvin to Allen House, emergency receiving center for children, in Price Hill, and explained how he was found, according to Mrs. Minnie Tatum, Allen House staff supervisor.

many night time visitors. The historic landmark was presented to the people of Cincinnati on October 6, 1871, by Henry Probasco as a memorial to his late brother-in-law, Mr. Tyler Davidson. TWO YOUNGSTERS are silhouetted against th'i 'lighted sprays of the Tyler Davidson Fountain on Fountain Square Plaza in downtown Cincinnati. The fascinating variation in the flow of the water attracts.