East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1959-07-09

eldllu IL CIley are put lIlC'
e final draft of the charte
City Manager Charles A
lis opinion until that time
Cleveland officials have oh
jected to the present Charte
draft provisions as they pertain
to the Cleveland water system
The present draft of the Char
ter provides for an equitable re
endorsement to Cleveland of al
Cleveland General Fund ia,
m oney paid by Cleveland il
past years for it's water sup
ply. But Cleveland official
have indicated great dissatis
faction with this provision AM
want to be reimbursed for th'
many additional millions tina
Cleveland and suburban waite,
consumers have contributed t.
the Cleveland water system il
their monthly water bills.
Many suburban officials ques
tiOn the advisability of th'
County taking over poor relic.
a very large percentage Of
which is now paid by the Cit,
of Cleveland, which has thu
bulk of the relief load Of the
County. These officials argue
that poor relief should not bt
assumed by the County unless
water supply and sewage dis
posals are taken over by the
County.
Some dissatisfaction has beer
expressed with the number OF
assemblymen and the number
of districts from which they
would be elected. The Cuyahoga
County Mayors and City Man
ayers Association has requested
that the redistricting provision
be mandatory, not optional as
in the present draft.
There are certain essentials
that are basic, are found in the
present draft, and should re-
main there, says Carran. These
are:
A new form of County
Government.
The establishment and op.
Grafton of sewage treatment
plants and sanitary and
storm drainage sewers. The
establishment and operation
of water supply systems.
The planning, construction,
and maintenance of metrOpOl.
itan roads and highways.
1t is hoped that in the re-
few weeks the Charter
Commission will not adopt
amendments to the present
draft just for the sake of COM
and thereby make the
charter less acceptable to the
suburban population.
The wording of the present
charter draft in regard to sew
age and water supply seems
very fair and equitable and
should not be rendered inef-
'ective by requiring excessive
payments to Cleveland or by
requiring their submission to
referendum.
According to Carran, one of
he reasons that the suburbs
md the city of Cleveland are
lot seeing eye to eye on the
Charter proposal, is the desire
# some Clevelanders to insert
/ demand for more compensa-
ion to the city for relinquish-
ng it's sewage system.
Only a small portion Of the
money used in the sewage
,lants has come from tax
money. Most revenue has been
cleaned through the water bills
# the consumers. Some Cleve-
and councilman want the coun-
y government to reimburse
Cleveland for this much larger
Investment. All suburbanites,
Except Berea which has it's own
water system, have contributed
4lready to the revenue for the
Cleveland plants through their
Individual water bills. There
ore, argue the suburban Of
icials, their residents would be
'aying twice.
However, Carran feels that
nee an agreement is made on
he sewage problem, the suburbs
will benefit from having it un-
Ter control of the county. At
resent, East Cleveland along
With several others suburbs
las a case in court against the
ity of Cleveland for charging
vater rates which it feels are
Another contemplated pro-
'osal which Carrans feels would
weaken the charter if it is in
luded is the decision to have
he voters of a community
hat owns a facility which
he charter might wish to take
'ver vote on it. He feels that
he community's representatives
would be better able to make
his decision then the voters at
arge.
So many Of these proposals
ire only conjecture at present