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.
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CANDIDATES: Nelson
and Schaier will face
off in Nov. election
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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.
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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.
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