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THE
Sandy Post
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City council seeks
increase in budget
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GREAT WAY
.TO THE MT. HOOD PLA YG R O U N D
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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1971
No. 8
An increase in the city budget
is fo re ca ste d fo llo w in g the
p re lim in a ry hearing Monday
night
The city co u n cil in their
p re lim in a ry budget called for
increases in fo u r o f six
departments Included in this
was a pay raise for all em
ployees.
The meeting Monday set the
scene for the March 8 meeting
w ith the c ity 's fre e h o ld e rs
where the actual budget w ill be
formed. The meeting is set for 8
p m. in the c ity hall
Freeholders are citizens of
Sandy who own property and
are able to vote in city elec
tions.
New council members Mike
Paluck and George Burg have
yet to name th e ir freeholders
while those named are Bob
G ro k e tt, Pete L e w is, John
Rowell and F rank Slesk.
Each councilman names one
freeholder.
In the proposed budget the
police budget is estimated to
call for $30,372, up $4,572 from
last year.
The public property budget
calls for $27.700, up $9,300
General Government budget
is seeking to go up about $2.000
from last year to $46,667.
The sewer budget in this
prelim inary budget calls for
$20,610, down $33,860 but bonds
for the new sewer treatm ent
plant w ill be sold in the near
future.
The estimated street budget
is asking for $41,810, up $4,440
and the water budget is asking
for $24,430 which is down $8,715
from last year
Councilmen who head the
co m m itte e s w hich proposed
these budgets a re M e rv il
K irby, police; George Burg,
public property; Don Deming,
general g o ve rn m e n t; M ike
Paluck, sewers; Edwin Perren.
s tre e ts ; and Jam es D ru ff,
water.
Last year it took three times
for the city to pass a budget and
Sandy firm expands
wholesale business
M t. Hood Cleaners and
Laundry of Sandy has taken
over the wholesale business of
fo u r independent cle a n in g
shops fo rm e rly connected w ith
Stacey’s cleaners
Mike Paluck, owner of the
Sandy firm , said that w ith the
addition of the new shops his
company now has 10 wholesale
outlets they service.
P a lu ck s ta te d th a t when
Stacey's went out of business
three weeks ago his Sandy shop
took over the business from the
four cleaning shops located at
817 E Powell (Gresham i, 3015
SE Division, 5725 SE Foster
Rd . and 2815 SE Holgate Blvd
on a tem pory basis
“ But we have found we can
handle the extra work and our
working relationship with the
f I TV M /vIN TFN ... J L a *1*4.* »utei.Jeiii Ken Bui die k
checks over the over 30-year old pipe which serves as the
mainline for the city w ater line. The line is due to be
replaced this spring. In recent weeks much information
has been out about the future improvement of the water
>•’ <« city. P art of the city budget each year is
spent on the water system. The springs for the Sandy
water are located east of town on Cedar Creek.
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Salary talks wait
recommendations
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T ro u td a le
sta tio n
readings are made by
Chamber
committees
are formed
As of Wednesday morning the committee
10 cents and for the payment by
favor no change
im passe
c o m m itte e
was
The m ajor problem which
the d is tric t for meals which
Before
the
impasse
com
w aiting for its th ird member to stopped the talks between the
teachers had to attend as part
m ittee was called, the two
be chosen.
board and teachers was the
of school business.
groups
had
agreed
upon
many
The th ird member w ill be setting of a salary schedule.
So it is now up to the impasse
The 1971 committees of the
chosen by Orval Fleshman and The teachers association ac of the 12 points which the
com m ittee to gain its third Sandy area a Chamber of
teachers
had
presented
to
the
Tom Hollenbeck who are the cording to Bowman was asking
member and to present its Commerce have been formed
board for improvement.
other two members of the
for a raise according to the cost
recommendations to the board and the chairm en named.
Am
ong
those
was
the
impasse comm ittee which w ill
of liv in g increase, about 6 per
and teachers before any set I These committees are in
agreement to raise the mileage
seek to find a salary schedule
cent while the board seemed to
tlem ent in the salary talks can terested in hearing from other
rate
from
eight
cents
a
m
ile
to
agreeable to both the teachers
be nad
interested citizens in Sandy and
and board members of the
w
ill be giving progress reports
Sandy High School D istrict
to the Chamber at their lun
Fleshman was selected by
cheon meetings held every
the board and Hollenbeck by
from the recent plan of Richard
stop the plan due to no zoning in Tuesday at noon at T .J.’s.
A petition for zoning of the
the teachers association last
V Burgett of 763 NE 96th, the area.
Committee chairmen are the
Dover area w ill be presented to
week to serve on the impasse
Portland, to put a motorcycle
The land Burgett has is 10 following Budget, Ned D yal;
residents
of
Dover
at
a
meeting
comm ittee when the board
track in the area on property he acres of the form er DeShazer P u b lic ity , George M o rg a n ;
set for Saturday night at the
c a lle d
a
‘ ‘p e rs is te n t
owns.
property and he has been using Membership and welcoming,
Dover School House.
d is a g re e m e n t”
had
been
Residents held a meeting
it as a practice track on Joel M e d d e rs; M e rch a n ts,
The
meeting
w
ill
start
at
7
reached in th e ir talks w ith the
Feb 13 to protest the plan but
weekends for motorcycles. The Roen Wilson; Public affairs
p.m. w ith all area residents
teachers over salary schedules.
were told by Clackamas County
le g is la tio n ,
H ow ard
land is located south and a bit and
welcomed
to
the
meeting
Once the th ird member is
planning director Jim Hall that
Berger; D irectory inform ation,
east of Cooper Road.
Reason for the petition stems
nam ed, the th re e m em ber
the county could do nothing to
B rother Andrew; Highway and
com m ittee has 10 days to
natural resources, John M ills,;
present th e ir fin d in g s and
In d u s try
and
Business
recommendations to the board
d e ve lop m e n t,
w a te r
and
and the teachers fo r their
sewers, Phil Jonsrud; City
a p p ro v a l. The g roup only
co u n c il
lia is o n ,
C lyde
recommends and th e ir findings
S u t h e r la n d ;
C h r is t m a s
are not binding.
lig h tin g ,
N e il
Jackson;
According to John Bowman,
The H oodland P la n n in g last week and is being b u ilt to w ill not happen in the area
Program , Mel Lam m ; Sandy
president of the Sandy Union Group has sent a request to the help solve the problem of power
civic services, Dale Nicholls;
Wayne Steward and Doug
H igh
School
Teachers Clackamas County Board of failures in the area.
C e n te n n ia l, P h il Jo n sru d ,
B rid g e s fro m P a rro n and
Association, the teachers w ill Commissioners.
The group also heard that 52 Associates have a talk for the
Beautification and fine arts,
"accept the recommendations
The recommendation called of th e ir surveys had been group explaining that their role
Betty Hartm an
of the impasse comm ittee sight for the w ithholding of all zone returned so fa r and more were
Other committees which do
was to act as a feeding machine
unseen.” This was passed by changes of the existing zone welcomed. A copy of the survey
not have chairm en yet are the
of the local wants to the
both the teacher’s negotiating p a tte rn s in the H oodland is in the Sandy Post this week
Citizen of the Year, Christmas
technical planning group which
team and the executive com co rrid o r for the rem ainder of
The surveys returned showed the county is seeking to hire
decoration contest and public
m itte e o f the asso cia tion , the 1971 year so a master plan a definite interest of the people
assistant
R e p r e s e n t a t iv e s fr o m
Bowman said.
can be developed in the area to be b e tte r in fo rm e d on Government Camp stated that
B owm an sta te d th a t the
This request according to the planning in the area and to a walk way was needed on the
“ teachers did not want to go to m em bers w ill le t b u ild in g have zoning so s trip planning ___
overpass to Multopor ski area
an impasse com m ittee and had continue in the area according
s till been ready to negotiate to the zoning patterns as they
when the board called the talks now are.
The Board of Directors of
into the committee
Also the group expressed
Portland General E le ctric
Sandy
Civic Services, Inc. met
He stated that the teachers th e ir concern to let the com
w ill erect a sub-station in and the Hoodland Planning
on Monday Feb 22nd to elect
Group
w
ill
work
together
to
want to get the salary talks missioners to know that the
Wemme, o ff Woodsy Way and
new officers and to make some
completed so that the district planning group is interested in
Highway No 26, to serve the assure a landscaping design in
advance plans
harmony
w
ith
the
the
mountain
can work together fo r the a ll b u ild in g p la n s fo r the
local area
The following officers were
passage of the total school Hoodland area.
They have purchased 5 acres area. M r R L Rowse is the
e
le
cte d
G a ry
Sandblast,
budget this spring
They formed a com m ittee to
for this purpose, and the use of A rborist for PGE in charge,
president, Richard Gibbons,
and
local
citizens
selected
by
The board has stated they work w ith Portland General
the property for the substation
vice-president, and W Pete
hope for agreement following E le ctric on the landscaping to
has met w ith the approval of the Hoodland Planning Group Sulzbach sec.-treas
to
work
w
ith
him
are
Dave
the w o rk o f th e im passe the new sub-station PGE is
the Clackamas County Board of
New ideas were aired and
Lythgoe ( Rhododendron ) Elsie
comm ittee, but would not make planning for the area
Adjustment and the Hoodland
Plans
discussed fo r the third
K ith il < ZigZag i, and Joyce
any statements until they see
The new substation received
Planning Group
Annual 4th of July Celebration
Bowman
(Wemme).
the recommendations of that the county commissioners okay
Portland General E le ctric
Zoning petition in Dover
shops has been good so we have
decided to take the business on
a p e rm anent b a s is ,” said
Paluck
The new wholesale business
w ill bring an estimated $20,000
to $30,000 more business into
the Sandy firm a year ac
cording to Paluck The firm at
present is doing about $230,000
a ye a r through o v e r-th e
counter sales and truck calls in
the Sandy shop.
Paluck said he has hired one
new employee and does not
know if more personnel w ill
have to be hired to help take
care of the new business.
Mt
Hood C leaners and
Laundry also has a shop in
E stacada and 16200 N .E .
Glisan.
the co u n cilm e n expressed
concern Monday night that the
proposed budget increase could
meet s tiff opposition But they
stated that after the meeting
with the freeholders where the
budget w ill like ly be cut some
they feel the final budget w ill be
as economical as possible and
still be able to run the city.
Last year the people voted in
a budget which was $74,998
City seeks ‘extra"
workers through STEP
The city of Sandy has put in
an application for 15 workers
th ro u g h the S upplem ental
T ra in in g and E m p lo ym e n t
Program , (STEP).
This program is sponsored by
the State Employment Division
and the fe d e ra l m anpow er
program w ith employees being
paid by the state
At present Clackamas county
has over 100 persons working
th ro u g h th is p ro g ra m in
various county departments
According to the city council
the c ity w ill use these workers
at least through the end of May
when th e fu n d in g fo r the
program runs out They w ill be
employed by the city for such
work as brushing out the water
pipeline along Cedar Creek,
brushing out the city park area,
landscaping the city hall and
other various jobs which are
needing work in the city.
These employees w ill not
take the place of any city
em ployees and m ust have
supervision, according to rules
set by STEP officials.
C o u n cilm a n M ike P a lu ck
made the motion for the 15
employees w ith the intent that
local men out of work would
have firs t crack at being em
ployed through the program if
the c ity ’s application is ap
proved
Persons wishing to find out
Jaycees in need
of more members
The fu tu re o f a Jaycee
c h a p te r in Sandy w ill be
discussed at a meeting to be
held Wednesday night at 7:30 in
the basement of the City Hall
A group of young men have
been meeting in the past few
weeks and now are about ready
to get th e ir charter as a chapter
here in Sandy They still are
in te re s te d in h a vin g m ore
members and want men bet
ween 21 and 36 years old to
attend this meeting
At present the group is
looking into various projects
above the 6 per cent lim itation
while the p re lim in a ry budget
they presented this week is
calling for about $99,000 above
the lim itation which the voters
w ill have to approve.
Also at the council meeting
they directed city engineer
M a rtin B o a tw rig h t to in
vestigate the house b ill being
introduced concerning water
rights on the Sandy River area.
which they can start and help in
the town and are moving
to w a rd s
g e ttin g
a
sign
welcoming persons to Sandy at
the west end of town
The group is also interested
in hearing from persons older
or younger than the age lim its
of the club who w ill be w illin g to
give them a helping hand in any
of their projects.
B efore the lo ca l Jaycee
chapter receives its charter
they must have at least 25
persons interested in joining
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about the program which pays
two dollars an hour can contact
the c ity hall in Sandy or apply
at the employment agency in
Gresham requesting that they
be placed on the STEP
program in Sandy, according to
Sandy
m ayor
M e lvin
Haneberg
The city also is looking into
other training programs hoping
to get office help in the police
department it was mentioned
at th e sh o rt c ity co u n cil
m e e tin g w hich was held
Wednesday n ig h t, Feb 17,
before the jo in t meeting w ith
the c ity planning committee
concerning the w ater problems
in Sandy
It was also mentioned that
the city was s till in talks con
cerning the right a-way on the
Harms property fo r the new
sewer trunk line The city
engineers in the meantime
have the right to survey the
southern part of the property,
according to city officials
The Loy C la rk P ip e lin e
Company was awarded the
contract for boring under high
way 26 for the water line to
connect to the in d u s tria l
complex west of Sandy
The cost of the project is
$3,510 according to the bid and
w ill be paid by the industrial
park developers not the city
Action council
m eetin g set
The C o m m u n ity
A ctio n
Council meeting w ill be held
tonight at 7 p.m. at the action
center in Sandy
The new executive director of
Development Opportunity w ill
give a talk.
Fire district m e e t
se t M a rc h 9
The Sandy F ire D is tric t No
72 w ill hold a meeting on March
9 at 8 p.m. at the fire hall on
Main St.
The purpose of the meeting is
to receive the budget message
for the fire d istrict.
Volunteers needed
for ambulance
A n.eeting is being held
tom orrow night at 7 p m . in the
fire hall in an effort to save the
ambulance service in Sandy.
A cco rd in g
to
Deane
Wesselink a member of the
V o lu n t e e r s
A m b u la n c e
A sso cia tio n , the am bulance
service in Sandy is about to fold
due to not enough volunteer
personnel to man the car
He said that members of the
association have been visiting
local groups in the Sandy area
hoping to get support and that
the meeting F rid a y night is
planned to gain volunteers who
are w illin g to put in tim e on the
ambulance
The service is completely
self-supporting, according to
Wesselink so the need is not
money but rather people who
can give tim e
Both men and women are
needed and it is hoped that at
least 20 vo lu n te e rs in the
comm unity w ill show up at thi
meeting
The association, which runs
the service outside of the fire
d istrict but through its dispatch
unit, is looking to set up regular
meeting so that the volunteers
can remam inform ed and so
other people in the comm unity
can become part of it.
Anyone wishing to get more
inform ation can call either
Deane Wesselink at 668-4114 or
the Fire Hall at 668 4622.
Hoodland group sends
request to commissioners
Landscape committee
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Sandblast
to head group
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THE SANDY AMBULANCE service 1» in
need of volunteers from the comm unity
The operation i t self-supporting, so money
is not a problem, but is in need of workers if
it is to continue in the Sandy comm unity,
according to members of the Ambulance
Association. They will hold a meeting on
Friday night at the fire hall at 7 p.m. for
those interested in helping keep the service
in Sandy.
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