26
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
GORAYEB: Two
councilors are out
of town for a while
Continued from page 1
The interviews of employ-
ees at City Hall by the out-
side investigator were com-
pleted last week. The results
of the interviews were given
to each employee to review
for accuracy. The investiga-
tor had originally set a dead-
line of March 16 for return of
the interview documents from
employees, after which a final
ORDINANCE: Multiple
amendments bogged
down council review
Continued from page 3
that a formula food establish-
ment is one that meets quali-
fications spelled out in the
definition, and is substantially
identical to 13 or more other
establishments regardless of
ownership or location. The
current definition says, “three
or more establishments.”
In an effort to correspond
to Federal food and drug defi-
nitions, which state “20 or
more establishments,” the fig-
ure of 20 was adopted by staff
and incorporated into the sug-
gested text amendment. This
report would be submitted
to the City Council, the City
attorney, and the City’s insur-
ance carrier.
At last week’s council
workshop it was discovered
that Councilor David Asson is
scheduled to be out of town all
this week and that Councilor
Nancy Connolly is leaving
March 17, for two weeks.
To avoid the possibility of
only three Council members
being available to review the
final report and make any
necessary decisions, Coun-
cil approved granting City
employees work time last
Friday to complete reviewing
their statements. It was hoped
that with receiving feedback
by Friday, the investiga-
tor would be able to prepare
the final report in time for
Wednesday’s executive ses-
sion. That did not work out.
Frye told The Nugget on
Monday that the council may
have to review the report, then
conduct an executive session
with a conference call with the
absent councilors.
Gorayeb was placed on
paid administrative leave on
February 25, after Mayor
Chris Frye received the
change prompted a great deal
of discussion among Council
members who decided to
return to the “13 or more”
figure.
The longest discussion
revolved around changes to
garage setbacks and residen-
tial building heights, which
have ping-ponged back and
forth from the Planning
Commission to City Council
to staff and back again.
Because the five proposed
text amendments were bun-
dled into one package, Council
could approve the ordinance
as proposed, modify it, or
continue the public hearing
to a future date, which would
delay implementation of all
the changes, not just those for
which Council needed more
information or more delibera-
tion time.
Council chose to approve
Ordinance 468 and its five
separate parts, as amended
with 13 or more formula food
establishments, but indicated
that the garage setback ques-
tion should be re-referred to
the Planning Commission to
take another look.
City Attorney Steve Bryant
told Council they would have
been correct in continuing the
hearing if they wished.
Davenport informed
Council there is another ordi-
nance with bundled amend-
ments in the pipeline. Several
Council members expressed
a desire to consider each pro-
posed change as a separate
ordinance.
complaints. Frye contacted
Citycounty Insurance Services
(CIS), the City’s insurance
carrier that frequently deals
with these kinds of issues; CIS
provided a course of action.
CIS will make no formal
recommendation regarding the
findings of the investigation,
but will act in an advisory
capacity, helping Council to
understand and weigh possible
consequences of any actions
they decide to take.
An award for art...
photo by Jerry baldock
The Sisters High School yearbook crew presented Hannah Tenneson
with a scholarship check provided by Jerry Baldock of outlaws
Photography for her cover for this year’s book.
TODAY F
L
L
A
C
R
O
E IN
OR YOUR
E
C
N
A
R
U
S
N
FREE I
!
N
O
S
I
R
A
P
COM
COM
541-588-6245
257 S. Pine St., #101 | farmersagent.com/jrybka
AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BUSINESS