2A ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020 ❚ APPEAL TRIBUNE
Reservoir, some
outdoor spaces open
now
NEWS BRIEFS
Relief fund helps 26
small businesses
Twenty-six businesses
in the city have received
grants from the grass-
roots Silverton Small
Business Relief Fund.
Just over $50,000 is go-
ing to small firms that re-
quested financial aid after
the coronavirus pandem-
ic slowed or froze their
profits.
The fund’s committee
is accepting more appli-
cants from businesses, as
the fund still has at least
$20,000 to allot in a sec-
ond wave of grants, said
Angela Fischer, Rotary
Club executive secretary
and committee member.
Recipients in this first
wave of grants are as fol-
lows: Gather, Live Local
Café, Heavenly Yogurt,
Gear Up Espresso, White
Oak Wellness, Astonish-
ing Adventures, Silverton
Self Defense, Silver Creek
Lanes, Beloved Cheese-
cakes, Annie Smith Pho-
tography, Palace Theatre,
Silverton Tattoo Compa-
ny, Silverton Wine Bar &
Bistro, Somewhere in
Time, She’s the Cat’s Me-
ow, Serena’s Skincare,
Salon Blondies, Curt’s
Barbershop, Jennifer Ge-
rig LMT, Shayla Lynn
Jewelry, Silverton Ballet &
PAC, Books-n-Time, Sil-
verton Stop ‘n Go, Small
Town Hair, Silverton Fit-
ness, and Tan Republic.
With Marion County
approved for Phase 1 re-
opening, the City of Sil-
verton
has
partially
opened some public
areas.
Starting May 22, four
types of areas in Silverton
are now open 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., as long as visitors
practice social distancing
measures, including stay-
ing 6 feet apart. Available
to the public once again
are: Silverton Reservoir
and Marine Park, open
spaces in public parks,
trails, and some public
restrooms. Playgrounds,
outdoor sport courts, Sil-
verton Community Pool,
and Judy Schmidt Memo-
rial Skate Park remain
closed.
Silverton City Hall is
planning to partially re-
open soon, offering ser-
vice to walk-up custom-
ers needing to pay bills,
get permits, report crimes
and do other in-person
business. City Manager
Christy Wurster said a full
opening will likely coin-
cide with the governor’s
approval of Marion Coun-
ty for Phase 2 opening.
For questions about
parks and other city prop-
erties’ reopening. Call
503-874-2206 or email
cstarner@silverton.or.us.
Utility rate increases
on July 6 agenda
MT ANGEL – At their
June 6 meeting, city
councilors will discuss
whether to give water and
sewer rates a bump this
summer.
In spring of 2019, the
city’s Infrastructure Task
Force proposed three
years of “stepped” in-
creases to keep all sys-
tems running and to avoid
sliding into a deficit sce-
nario.
Before that, Mt. Angel
had last raised its water
and sewer rates in 2009,
with the council opting to
keep household expenses
as low as possible during
and immediately follow-
ing the Great Recession.
With repairs on hold and
expenses on a trajectory
to outpace revenue, the
task force recommended
small annual increases to
keep up with expenses.
So, first in 2019-20,
councilors agreed to raise
water rates by 5 percent
and sewer rates by 10 per-
cent. Then, in 2020-21,
water and sewer rates
both rose by 5 percent. A
third increase of 5 percent
to water and sewer rates
was recommended by the
task force to start July 1.
Councilors will discuss
the matter at their virtual
meeting on July 6.
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Traeger Grills being sued for not using the same
wood in their pellets as is advertised. Photographed
in Salem on Oct. 24, 2019. ANNA REED / STATESMAN
JOURNAL
Traeger
Continued from Page 1A
use the wood advertised
in its pellets and instead
uses cheaper woods fla-
vored with oils.
Additionally, Jenkins
found it was premature to
present the case to the
court.
“No class has been cer-
tified here,” Jenkins
wrote in his opinion. “Ac-
cordingly, this suggestion
is premature in the sense
that there is no class
presently before the
court.”
Because the case was
dismissed without preju-
dice, it could be refiled in
another court.
Pellet grills work dif-
ferently than normal
wood or charcoal burning
grills as they heat wood
pellets to create smoke to
FORM LB-1
The TRAEGER name has been removed from the front of the Traeger barn, which is in the middle of a lawsuit
over copyright infringement. BILL POEHLER | STATESMAN JOURNAL
cook food.
The Traeger family of
Mt. Angel, which devel-
oped the first pellet grill
in 1985 and patented it in
1986, sold the company to
a venture capitalist in
Florida in 2006 for $12.4
million, court records
show.
The company was pur-
chased by Jeremy Andrus
and private equity firm
Trilantic Capital Partners
in 2014 and moved its
headquarters to Utah
from Oregon in 2015.
But the company is a
Delaware limited liability
company headquartered
in Salt Lake City, accord-
ing to the ruling.
The proposed class ac-
tion in Utah district court
alleged Traeger sells 14
different types of wood in
the pellets it sells as the
Traeger Brand.
The suit alleged the
pellets the company sells
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
A public meeting of the Silverton Fire District will be held on June 9, 2020 at 7:00 pm at 819 Rail Way NE, Silverton, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the
budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 as approved by the Silverton Fire District Budget Committee. A summary of the budget is presented below. A copy of the
budget may be inspected or obtained at 819 Rail Way NE, Silverton, Oregon, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or online at www.silvertonfire.com. This budget is
for an annual budget period. This budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as the preceding year.
Contact: Bill Miles, Fire Chief/Budget Officer
Telephone: (503) 873-5328
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - RESOURCES
Actual Amount
2018-2019
1,888,316
Beginning Fund Balance/Net Working Capital
189,696
Fees, Licenses, Permits, Fines, Assessments & Other Service Charges
Federal, State & all Other Grants, Gifts, Allocations & Donations
290,913
0
Revenue from Bonds and Other Debt
Interfund Transfers / Internal Service Reimbursements
227,387
All Other Resources Except Current Year Property Taxes
126,459
1,739,134
Current Year Property Taxes Estimated to be Received
4,461,905
Total Resources
TOTAL OF ALL FUNDS
Email: billmiles@silvertonfire.com
Adopted Budget
This Year 2019-2020
1,764,939
89,950
420,446
0
194,000
191,614
1,783,189
4,444,138
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS BY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION
Personnel Services
791,957
Materials and Services
664,435
Capital Outlay
364,871
Debt Service
370,546
Interfund Transfers
227,387
Contingencies
0
Special Payments
0
Unappropriated Ending Balance and Reserved for Future Expenditure
2,042,709
Total Requirements
4,461,905
Approved Budget
Next Year 2020-2021
1,681,813
86,650
151,000
0
182,000
144,853
1,865,420
4,111,736
965,490
925,390
695,582
380,090
194,000
100,000
0
1,183,586
4,444,138
1,059,162
679,776
254,798
384,353
182,000
135,000
0
1,416,647
4,111,736
FINANCIAL SUMMARY - REQUIREMENTS AND FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES (FTE) BY ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT OR PROGRAM *
Name of Organizational Unit or Program
FTE for that unit or program
Fire and EMS Services
4,461,905
4,444,138
FTE
7.16
7.16
Not Allocated to Organizational Unit or Program
FTE
Total Requirements
4,461,905
4,444,138
Total FTE
7.16
7.16
4,111,736
8
4,111,736
8
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ACTIVITIES and SOURCES OF FINANCING *
The General Fund is estimated to have an overall decrease in revenues and expenditures by 3%. Personnel Services include funding for existing 7 FTE and two
new half-time positions bringing the total to 8 FTE. No change in sources of funding.
Permanent Rate Levy
(rate limit 1.0397 per $1,000)
Local Option Levy
Levy For General Obligation Bonds
LONG TERM DEBT
General Obligation Bonds
Other Bonds
Other Borrowings
Total
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES
Rate or Amount Imposed
2018-2019
1.0397
$333,056.00
STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS
Estimated Debt Outstanding
on July 1.
$3,677,350
$106,048
$3,783,398
Rate or Amount Imposed
This Year 2019-2020
1.0397
Rate or Amount Approved
Next Year 2020-2021
1.0397
$343,442.00
$365,780.00
Estimated Debt Authorized, But
Not Incurred on July 1
as apple, cherry, pecan,
mesquite and hickory
contain less than 1/3 of
the advertised wood and
the oak and alder pellets
contain varying amounts
of the advertised woods
depending on where they
are manufactured.
It alleged the wood
used was flavored with
oils to create the flavor of
the advertised woods.
Traeger has used its
same production process
the past 16 years, accord-
ing to the company.
Traeger’s advertising
says it uses “100% natu-
ral, food-grade hard-
wood” in pellets, with
small amounts of food-
grade soybean oil added
as a lubricant for its ma-
chines in the pellets.
The pellets sold under
the Traeger brand state
“All Natural Harwood” on
the packaging.
The Yates case pur-
ported that consumers
who purchased Traeger
pellets were financially
harmed by paying over
the actual market value of
the products.
In its motion to dis-
miss, Traeger Pellet Grills
argued the suit didn’t
prove actual damages un-
der Utah law and restitu-
tion under California law
that proved consumers
suffered a loss by paying
more than actual market
value for the products.
In December, Joe
Traeger and sons Brian
and Mark Traeger settled
a lawsuit in a Florida
court with Traeger Pellet
Grills that alleged the
names of the Traeger
family members were im-
properly being used in
advertising.
But a suit between
Traeger Pellet Grills and
rival grill maker Dansons
continues in an Arizona
court over unfair compe-
tition.
bpoehler@Statesman-
Journal.com or Twit-
ter.com/bpoehler