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january10
2012
Vernonia City News...
At the January 3, 2012 City Council
Meeting:
Conner Takes Oath of Office as Police
Chief—Newly promoted Vernonia
Police Chief Mike Conner was sworn
into office by Mayor Josette Mitchell.
(see story on front page)
with some personal observations about
the Water Rate Study process during
Topics From the Floor. Lindsley, who
stated he was not representing the Public
Works Committee during his statement,
provided Council with information about
what should shape a rate study, specific
considerations for Vernonia for this rate
study, and concluded that Vernonia
needs to provide accurate information to
the third party that is developing the rate
study. Lindsley also provided Council
with several tables of figures based on a
tiered system of rates.
The Council is working to
complete this water rate study so it can
be used to formulate the budget for the
2012-13 fiscal year.
Next Council Meeting is Tuesday,
January 23—City Council will change
their regular schedule and meet on
Monday January 23, 2012. Council
normally meets on the First and Third
Monday of each month, but will adjust
their schedule to allow Councilors
to attend the City County Dinner on
Tuesday January 17 in St. Helens. City
Hall will be closed on Monday January
16, 2012 in honor of the Martin Luther Council
Approves
Additional
King, Jr. Holiday.
Exploration
Work—Council
authorized City Administrator Bill Haack
Lindsley
Provides
Information to sign an addendum to the contract with
About Water Rate Study—Roger Shannon and Wilson Geotechnical and
Lindsley, a citizen of Beaverton who Environmental Consultants to complete
is a member of the Vernonia Public additional field exploration work that
Works Committee, provided Council will support the Wastewater Lagoon
Medical Clinic to Reopen in
Vernonia continued from front page
read more about Dr. Miller, and the two
Physician Assistants currently working
at Verdura you can go to their website at
www.verdurafamilywellness.com
Miller says there may be a short
transitional period while Verdura finds
staff to operate the Vernonia Clinic
and provide coverage. “We hope to
be staffing locally and hiring a P.A.
(Physicians Assistant) or two to work
exclusively from here, because we need
our P.A.’s to be working at our other
clinic.”
Verdura Family Wellness is
currently in the process of moving into
the Vernonia facility and has begun
taking applications for open positions.
Design. The cost for the additional
work will be $3500 and will be paid for
through an EPA STAG grant that the
City has already received.
Council Approves Choice for Final
Wastewater Design Engineering—
Based on a recommendation from the
Vernonia Public Works Committee,
Council authorized the City Administrator
to negotiate a contract with Tetra Tech
Engineering and Architecture Services
to complete the Design Engineering for
the Wastewater Improvement Project.
Tetra Tech was one of two firms that
provided the City with a response to an
issued Request for Qualifications and
scored the highest after a review by a
seven person city selection committee.
The city is currently moving forward
with plans to upgrade the current lagoon
system with a design that is based on a
hyperoic discharge form of exfiltration
that has been recommended by the
Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality.
Upcoming City Council Meetings are scheduled for:
Monday January 23, 2012
Monday February 6, 2012
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Monday March 5, 2012
The City of Vernonia
has received the certified 2011
Population Estimate from the
Population Research Center
at Portland State University.
According to the report the
Certified Population Estimate on
Dates and Times subject to change due to conflicts of schedules
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Council Names Haack as 2012-13
Budget Officer—Council Appointed
City Administrator Bill Haack as the
Budget Officer for the City of Vernonia
Fiscal Year 2012-13. Haack will prepare
and administer the annual city budget.
Haack later explained to Council that he
intends to begin the budget process in
January, which is a departure from the
standard operating procedure when the
budget was started in March or April.
Planning
Commission
Changes
Meeting Time—The Vernonia Planning
Commission has changed their meeting
time to 6:00 PM on the first and third
Thursday of the month.
Council Adopts Purchasing Policy—
Council approved Resolution 01-
12, the City of Vernonia Purchasing
Policy, which sets forth administrative
guidelines and procedures to be used by
City Personnel for purchasing goods.
Vernonia Certified 2011
Population Estimate
Upcoming Vernonia City Hall
Closuresand City Council Meetings
City Hall will be closed:
January 16, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 20, 2012 President’s Day
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July, 1, 2011 for Vernonia was
2110. That estimate was certified
on December 15, 2011. The
report also included a revised
estimate for July 1, 2010 of 2155.
The Certified Census Figure from
April 1, 2010 was 2,151.
