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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017
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Nichols said, “I didn’t
know that we were looking
at withdrawing here...I
agree with what Mark
(Bennett) said, about the
(staff) position, here in
Baker.
“There was no explana-
tion as to why that could
not happen...(because of
management issues) We
suffered, because all of
the projects were farmed
out...”
He said it appeared
that there was favoritism
that negatively affected
the County, and Paustian
said that Tri-County tried
to be fair and transpar-
ent, without favoritism,
including allowing Baker
County contractors to bid
on projects.
Bernards said that the
contractors had the infor-
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Baker County Interim
Health Department Direc-
mation and opportunity to
bid on projects, but more
often than not, would
decline (there was no clari-
fi cation as to any reasons,
which could include other
obligations).
After further discus-
sion and debate, Harvey
repeated his motion, to
draft and send Tri-County
a 90-day notice of intent
to withdraw from the
cooperative agreement,
and to make clear what the
County’s position is.
Bennett seconded the
motion, and it carried
unanimously.
An Microenterprise
Intergovernmental Agree-
ment (IGA), between
Baker County, the City of
La Grande, Union County,
and Wallowa County, for
the purpose of supporting
economic development
through classroom training
services to low-income
individuals, was approved,
with a motion from Ben-
nett, and a second from
Bennett.
The three-year agreement
covers available Commu-
nity Development Block
Grant funding, through
Business Oregon.
The Board held a discus-
sion regarding the Coun-
ty’s half-interest in foreclo-
sure property, located near
Mormon Basin Road. The
property’s technical loca-
tion is 13 South, Township
42 East, Tax Lot 2100, the
other half-interest owned
by Ketchum, Idaho-based
Whitney Ellison (min-
eral and timber interests
haven’t been completely
clarifi ed yet).
Martin had contacted
Ms. Ellison, who said
she would be interested
in buying the County’s
half-interest, if the County
would change the zoning,
from mineral extraction, to
recreation (she expressed
no interest in mining), or
selling her half-interest to
the County (the County
had offered, in 2016, to sell
its half-interest to Ms. El-
lison for $6,181, which she
declined).
Harvey made a motion
to postpone a decision for
now, and to complete some
more research on the prop-
erty, Bennett seconded, and
the motion carried.
Order No. 2017-164,
Designating Certain Coun-
ty Properties As County
Parks, was approved, with
a motion from Bennett, and
a second from Nichols.
The following parks
are to be offi cially des-
ignated as County parks:
Hewitt Park, John Noble
Holcomb Park, Sumpter
Valley Railroad Park, Tim
Goodell Scenic Wayside,
Fizz Springs, and Shanghai
Creek Park.
Order No. 2017-161, Re-
Appointing A Member To
The Transient Lodging Tax
Marketing Committee, was
approved, with a motion
from Bennett, and a second
from Nichols.
Dan Ermovick was re-
appointed, his term set to
expire on March 1, 2020.
Order No. 2017-162,
tor Nancy Staten said that
an infestation in a private
home, “is not reportable”
to the Department, mean-
ing, it’s not in a public
location, or one frequented
by the public, so, she
would provide the citizen
with information obtained
from the CDC.
For locations like motels,
for example, she would
contact Geddes, or recom-
mend the complainant
contact Geddes.
“People can contact
a pest control service, if
needed,” she said.
Meeting scheduled for
Two Eagle project
Special Olympic
results announced
Baker County Special
Olympics Swimming re-
sults for October 29, 2017
at Mt. Hood Community
College Aquatic Center
with coaches Paula Moe
and Melanie Rhodes are as
follows:
Caitlyn Calaway- 100
meter individual medley
1st place gold medal and
50 meter breaststroke 1st
place gold medal
Cody Cole - 25 meter
freestyle 1st place gold
medal and 50 meter
freestyle 2nd place silver
medal
Tommy Huntington - 100
meter freestyle 1st place
gold medal and 50 meter
backstroke 1st place gold
medal
Emily Moe 25 meter
backstroke 2nd place
silver medal and 25 meter
freestyle 2nd place silver
medal
Janet Stout - 50 meter
freestyle 1st place gold
medal and 50 meter back-
stroke 1st place gold medal
4 x 25 meter medley
relay - Caitlyn Calaway,
Cody Cole, Tommy Hun-
tington and Janet Stout 1st
place gold medals
(Caitlyn, Tommy and
Janet received gold medals
in all three of their events).
Gold medal relay team
(l to r): Caitlyn Calaway,
Cody Cole, Janet Stout and
Tommy Huntington.
The Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest will host
an open house regarding
the Two Eagle Vegeta-
tion Management Project
on Tuesday, Nov. 7 from
4-6 p.m. at the La Grande
Ranger District Offi ce. The
objective of the meet-
ing is to gather ideas and
feedback from the public
on project development
and restoration activities
and to provide information
to private landowners on
potential resources avail-
able to assist with resource
management activities on
their private forest lands.
The Two Eagle plan-
ning area encompasses
an estimated 6,929 acres
in the West Eagle, Upper
Eagle and Eagle-Bennett
Creek subwatersheds of
the Eagle Creek watershed.
Appointing Members To
The Baker County Fair
Board Advisory Commit-
tee, was approved, with a
motion from Bennett, and
a second from Nichols.
Bob Parker and Terri
Siddoway were appointed,
their terms set to expire on
July 1, 2020.
Order No. 2017-163,
Appointing Members
To The Early Learning
Regional Council, was ap-
proved, with a motion from
Harvey, and a second from
Nichols. Laura Morin was
appointed, her term set to
expire on June 30, 2019.
Order No. 2017-165,
Authorizing The Sale Of
County Foreclosure Prop-
erty By Private Sale (at
2130 9th Street), and Order
No. 2017-166, Authoriz-
ing The Sale Of County
Foreclosure Property By
Private Sale (at 1440 13th
Street), were discussed,
however, no motions were
made during the session.
Yencopal discussed his in-
terest in the properties, and
The planning area includes
portions of the Eagle
Creek Wild and Scenic
River Corridor and numer-
ous developed recreation
facilities including seven
recreation residences as-
sociated with Boulder Park
Recreation Area and the
historic Two Color Guard
Station. The project area
encompasses approxi-
mately 2,297 acres of the
Eagle Creek and Tamarack
Campground wildland
urban interface area (WUI)
located in and around the
developed recreation facili-
ties.
The purpose and
need for the project is to
restore overall landscape
resiliency to the project
area against future wild-
fi re and insects/disease.
Additionally, the project
whether stipulations could
be amended (Harvey said
that the orders currently
stipulate that all improve-
ments on the properties
shall be demolished by the
purchaser after the sale).
The Board decided to
give bidders permission
to inspect the properties
at this point, and approve
the orders, which may be
amended, during a future
session.
During Commissioner
Update and Comparison
of Calendar, the Board and
Martin noted that there is a
work session scheduled for
Wednesday, November 8,
9 a.m., however, that will
be the last session of any
type for the month, with
the next session scheduled
for Wednesday, December
6, 9 a.m.
Harvey said that the
Courthouse will be closed
in honor of Veterans Day
on Friday, November 10.
is anticipated to benefi t
local communities and
economies by providing a
diversity of products from
timber harvest activities,
recreational opportunities,
and other indirect benefi ts
from increasing resiliency
of public lands, such as
clean water and air.
The proposed action is
still in development and in-
cludes 1,505 acres of com-
mercial treatment, 1,020
acres of non-commercial
treatments and 3,465 acres
of prescribed burning.
Eight of the commercial
treatment acres are within
riparian areas and focus on
cottonwood enhancement.
For more information
about the project or the
public meeting, please
contact Brianna Carollo at
541-962-8588.
Baker Elks Lodge #338
Copperbelt
Winemakers
Dinner
November 4
Lobster!
Lobster!
November 17-18
Thanksgiving
Feast
November 23
Reservations please. 541.523.1889 | Open daily 7a-9p
Past Exalted Rulers’ Steak Fry
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Veterans and their spouses are invited to dinner as
a guest of the lodge due to fi nancial support from
the Elks National Foundation. USO-type
entertainment by Brady Goss and the Eastern
Oregon Regional Th eater. Take home free health
screening info and a goodie bag!
Seating is limited. Call or stop in and reserve
your table now! Dinner served 6 - 8 p.m.
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