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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CLASSIFIEDS NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Black Butte Ranch Rural Fire Protection District, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, will be held at the Black Butte Ranch Fire Station, 13511 Hawks Beard, Black Butte Ranch. In response to the current health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the District facilities are currently closed to the public and meetings are being held electronically. The meeting will take place on May 5, 2020 at 9 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. Public comment will be taken in written and phone in format. Written comments received by 9 a.m. on May 4, 2020 will be read during the public comment section of the meeting on May 5, 2020. Comments by phone will be taken on a scheduled basis during the public comment section of the meeting on May 5, 2020. Comments, both written and phone in, will be subject to a three minute limit per community member. To schedule public comment, please provide your name, phone number, and address to the district at (541) 595-2288, or email to jvohs@blackbutteranchfire.com. Public comment must be scheduled no later than 9 a.m. on May 4, 2020. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may comment at the meeting. A copy of the budget document may be inspected online at www.blackbutteranchfire.com or obtained by mail on or after April 28, 2020, via email request to jvohs@blackbutteranchfire.com or phone request to (541) 595-2288. Construction Contractors' LICENSING 3 Information for the Public 3 Oregon law requires those who work for compensation (except bona fide employees) in any construction activity involving improvements to real property to be licensed with Oregon CCB. (There are several exemptions.) An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured. Visit www.oregon.gov/CCB T H E N U G G E T S I S T E R S O R E G O N SEEKING AFFORDABLE ADVERTISING? Do You Have A BUSINESS TO PROMOTE? PRODUCTS TO SELL? SERVICE TO PROVIDE? Place your ad in The Nugget! DEADLINE for classifieds is MONDAYS by NOON Call 541-549-9941 or submit online at NuggetNews.com " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " CANDIDATES: Nelson and Schaier will face off in Nov. election Continued from page 1 voters in 2016. Nelson recently presided over the negotiation of a sig- nificantly revised contract with the City of Sisters for law enforcement services. The $661,200 base contract calls for Sisters to have a dedicated force of one lieu- tenant and three deputies, with an emphasis on build- ing relationships between the Sisters-assigned depu- ties and members of the community. The lieutenant will report to the DCSO command, but will work closely with City officials. <I9m excited about it,= Nelson told The Nugget. <I think this is going to be a great opportunity not just for the City but for the residents out here.= Nelson is sheriff in one of the fastest-growing coun- ties in the nation, and he said his office is continuing to develop proactive pro- grams to enforce the law and maintain the quality of life that draws people here. In 2018, DCSO created the Community Action Target Team, or CATT, to work on quality-of-life issues. CATT focuses on locations within Deschutes County need- ing additional enforcement to deal with issues such as distracted driving, drugs, theft, trespass and criminal mischief. Quality of life issues are significant matters in Sisters Country. <We want to focus on livability out here,= Nelson said. He noted that DCSO has doubled its number of mari- juana enforcement detec- tives to crack down on activ- ity that falls outside cultiva- tion and sales that are legal in Oregon and the County. <It9s their job to make sure that illegal, black mar- ket activity is curtailed,= he said. Nelson acknowledged that there have been several high-profile firings, repri- mands and other person- nel issues in his department since he took the helm, cre- ating an impression in some quarters that DCSO is a department in turmoil. <That9s because we talk about it,= Nelson said. He believes that the public has a right to know about personnel issues to the degree authorized under the law. <We employ human beings, just like anybody else,= he said. <I don9t expect them to be perfect, but we will deal with person- nel issues as they come up.= He said DCSO is improv- ing supervisory training and professional development, with an emphasis on work- ing efficiently with differ- ent demographics, provid- ing good customer service, employee wellness, and character and ethics. <If folks want to work with the Sheriff9s Office, I want them to be in line with the mission and values of the Sheriff9s Office,= He said. <That9s huge. That9s key.= Schaier began his law enforcement career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and since moving with his wife to Central Oregon in 2013, he has served with the Bend Police Department as a patrol officer, training offi- cer, and as a member of the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team. He was serving as a school resource officer until the COVID-19 school closures and is now back on patrol. Schaier believes he can be a change agent at the Deschutes County Sheriff9s Office. <The culture of that agency is in dire need of change right now,= he told The Nugget. Schaier cited a recent inmate death in the jail, sev- eral lawsuits and personnel dismissals and what he per- ceives as a lack of collabo- ration with other agencies as evidence of a need for change. He believes that bring- ing up personnel who have served with the agency for decades means <falling into the same rhythms over and over.= You9re just a product of your environment,= he said. Schaier acknowledges that he has no adminis- trative experience in law enforcement 4 but he sees his background as an advan- tage. He worked in the hos- pitality industry out of high school, where he learned to build teams, and in the auto- motive industry at a Nissan dealership in Long Beach, California, where he man- aged personnel and bud- gets. And he worked for a very large municipal police department in a highly diverse and challenging environment in Las Vegas. <I have, I believe, a unique background and experience that I think would serve Deschutes County well,= he said. Schaier told The Nugget that the on-duty December 2016 shooting of 31-year- old Michael Jacques was <without a doubt not only the worst day of my career, but the worst day of my life.= An Oregon Department of Justice investigation concluded there wasn9t suf- ficient evidence to find Schaier criminally liable. In 2018 the City of Bend9s insurance company paid an $800,000 settlement to Jacques9 family. The officer told The Nugget that he was not privy to the reasoning behind the settlement. He said that the incident affirms two priorities for him: addressing the growing incidences of mental health crises law enforcement per- sonnel interact with, and preserving officer and dep- uty well-being. <When I9m elected sher- iff, one of the things that I9m going to implement is a mental health team county- wide,= he said. 17 Schaier said that he is <happy that there9s going to be focus in the Sisters com- munity= with the enhanced services provided under a new contract. He said that he would have made community policing and dedicated depu- ties a priority by <(making) the Sisters area a special assignment detail.= In any case, he wants to see a consistent roster of deputies engaged with the community. <I think that special touch is what Sisters needs,= he said. The candidates will potentially participate in public Q&A forums or debates during the sum- mer and fall, as COVID-19 restrictions permit. Have a story idea for The Nugget? We’d love to hear it! 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