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on those bonds comes to $127,850 have,” he said. “ But it’s not something
Without the bond payments, the tax we really need.”
Sandy City Council opened the floor rate would drop to $4 37, 20 cents below
Senior C enter D irector Dick
for public input on the proposed 1978-79 last y e a r’s rate.
Halvorson defended the increase in the
Fallout from California’s Proposition Recreation and Senior Center budget
city budget which went down to defeat
13, and subsequent efforts to put a and argued that fees and grant funds
by a 2-1 margin two weeks ago and
similar measure on the November have offset much of the new programs
received an earful from sev eral
Oregon ballot, plus the fact that the city
disgruntled city residents at its July
“ We generate a lot of grant funds for
was seeking a three-year rate levy in the center,” he said. “ I take the
meeting Monday night.
the election, were mentioned as other philosophy that those dollars are out
The main point of contention centered
reasons why the levy did not pass.
there and if we don’t go after them, then
on the $6.50 per $1,000 tax rate required
“ I didn’t expect that this budget someone else will.’
to fund the city’s share of the proposed
budget. The figure represents an in would p a ss,” said Mayor Melvin
The police department budget was
crease of over last year’s rate and is Haneburg. “ Not because it was a bad increased from $109,000 last year to a
budget, but because of the reaction to
figured to be the main reason behind
proposed $158,000 for 78-79 Much of the
Proposition 13.
the June 27 levy defeat.
increase is due to the increased 24-hour
“ Everywhere I’ve gone lately, people
After hearing comments from six
surveillance
which has taken place in
speakers on various aspects of the are saying the same thing They are
the past year.
budget and city operations in general, against higher taxes.
Rathke suggested the city consider
“ It's going to be up to us to come up
council deferred action on resubmitting
looking
into other options for police
with
an
aswer
to
the
situation,”
he
said.
a new tax proposal to the voters until a
protection which could possibly save
“ I don’t know of anything that can be
special meeting called for this Monday
the taxpayers money One option he
cut out of the budget. There hasn’t been
night (July 17).
suggested
is studying the plan adopted
any
money
available
for
any
new
If any single conclusion was reached
by E stacad a for co n tractin g the
by the speakers at the meeting, it was programs. We’ll have to look it over and
Clackamas Sheriff’s Department for
that city voters don’t have a true un come up with a decision at a later
police protection.
derstanding of the budget process or date."
Two areas of the budget which were
the complicated tax structure.
“I’m not sure how it would work out,”
But, it was stated, they know how to mentioned as possible targets for cuts
he said. “ But it’s something we should
w ere the R ecreation D epartm ent
interpret the $6 50 tax rate.
look into.”
“ It all comes down to that rate,” said (including the Senior Center) and the
R athke and budget com m ittee
police
department.
Joe Cejaka. “ People are just not willing
chairman Ben Salisbury both stated
to pay that much of a tax bill.”
City funds for operation of Recreation their concern over frictions that have
However, City Manager Paul Helton
and the Senior Center increased from arisen between members of the council
pointed out that the increase this year
$26,000 a proposed $41,000. ( The total and City Manager Helton.
was due to first year payoff on general
“ Unless some of that friction is
budget increase was from $67,000 to
obligation bonds which city voters
$94,000, however outside grant funds resolved, I don’t see how the people will,
approved in previous elections.
and program fees accounted for $12,000 accept this budget,” Salisbury said.
The larger of the two bonds is for the of that increase.)
(See related story)
$1.5 million Alder Creek water system.
S alisbury
also
sta te d
that
Bob Rathke, a member of the
The other is the $150,000 newly pur council’s citizen budget committee,
the three-year levy was a major
chased community center on Pioneer suggested the Senior Center may be a stumbling block in getting voter ap
Boulevard.
proval of the budget.
luxury the city cannot afford.
The first year principal and interest
Mayoral candidate Dick Harrison
“ It’s something which is darn nice to
by JOHN K L IN E
also stated his opposition to the three-
year rate levy. He said he would have
voted for the $6 50 rate if it had been on
a one-year basis but could not support
the three-year measure.
Meanwhile, the lack of an operating
budget leaves the city in a sticky legal
bind for the present on how to pay
salaries and bills
Attorney John Hutchinson, a law
partner of City Attorney Jack Ham
mond, told council members that a
recen t ruling from the A ttorney
General's office made it possible for the
city to spend carry-over funds from the
previous fiscal year on current bills
However, he cautioned that the city
be conservative in its spending He
pointed out that council members could
be held liable for certain debts incurred
by the city if a budget is not passed
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Throwing the pot
Tri-Met approves zone fares
Unanimous approval Monday of a
three zone fare increase by the Tri-Met
board was hurried through by General
Manager Peter Cass to avoid further
delay in establishing a rate structure
The three zones, proposed by Cass
last Friday, were an alternative to an
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earlier two-zone proposal that was
strongly opposed » by suburban
residents. W ithout unanim ous ap
proval. the new proposal would have
required another reading at the August
board meeting
"That would leave us very little time
to make the necessary adjustm ents,”
Cass told the board
The new rate system will begin Sept.
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The directors heard testimony from
a few citizens and passed the resolution
T *h little discussion
Zone 1 will be downtown Portland’s
Fareless Square, zone 2 will encompass
a five-mile radius of the square and
zone 3 will include any of the Tri Met
district beyond that radium, including
East County Zone 3 boundary will be
82nd Avenue
Trips within Fareless Square will
continue to be free Rides within one
zone or between two zones will cost 45
cents and rides between the first and
third zones, such as Sandy to downtown
Portland, will cost 65 cents
* Students through high school will pay
30 cents for rides anywhere in the Tri-
Met district and handicapped and
senior citisens will continue to receive
reduced nr free fares during off peak
times
Helton declined to comment on the
matter. He made the announcement in
a press release issued Tuesday af
ternoon
Council is expected to formally act on
the m atter in open session at a specially
called meeting Monday night (July 17).
The executive session was held
following the regular business portion
of the meeting in which several city
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residents had aired concerns about
conflicts which have developed bet
ween Helton and council members over
the city management.
The executive session, which was
called by councilman Vern Richards to
discuss personnel m a tte rs, lasted
approximately one hour
Helton, 54, was appointed city
manager on Feb 9, 1976 He was
selected from a field of 93 applicants for
the job.
Prior to his position with the city,
Helton served as business manager of
the University of Oregon Medical
School and as city m anager of
Milwaukie
SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1978
Redland students’ withdrawal
shorts Sandy High $.5 million
The Redland School Board clouded
the future of a number of Sandy Union
High School employes by voting 6-0 to
withdraw its students from Sandy this
year.
Approximately 13 employes at the
high school are paid from funds
g e n e ra te d by the out-of-district
Redland students. The Sandy High
School board had budgeted an income
of $495,000 in tuition from the Redland
district for 200 students it had expected
to enroll.
The majority of teachers at Sandy
High have already signed contracts for
the coming year which may put the
district in a bind.
Although the future of the Sandy High
faculty is uncertain, the operations of
the school should be relatively unaf
fected,
according
to
D istrict
Superintendent Jack Peters.
“ Our budget will not be affected as
such because tuitioned students (such
as those from Redland) have been kept
.separate from our kids in preparation
for the day when Redland students
would no longer be here,” Peters ex
plained.
The secession of the Redland students
resulted from the failure of the Redland
and Sandy school boards to agree on the
funding of those students. Although
both boards had signed a contract for
the upcoming year, the exact dollar
figure was still to be negotiated.
The contract called for Redland to
pay $2,475 per student with a minimum
enrollment of 200 Redland board
members felt that the dollar figure was
too high and that the enrollment figure
should be based on an average daily
a tte n d a n c e ra th e r than projected
registration figures
The number of Redland students has
historically dropped during the year
from opening day figures The Redland
board members felt that the tuition
should be adjusted accordingly
However, Peters disagreed, arguing
John K lin« phoio
Sandy City Manager Paul Helton,
under fire from several members of
city council, will step down from the
position Sept 15, it was decided at an
executive session of the council Monday
night.
G reat Way To The Mt. H ood Playground
by MARK FLOYD
T H IS YO U N G S TE R is hard at it at a potter’s wheel at
the 5th Annual Sandy Mountain Festival. Gray skies
threatened to open up on several ocassions Saturday
and Sunday at the festivities but held off in favor of
w arm weather. Massive crowds poured into the city
for the event. See pa ges B and 7 for more photos.
Helton leaving
post Sept. 15
that the figure should be based on the
preparation for the students.
“ If we’re told that 200 Redland
students are coming to Sandy, we have
to prepare for 200 students,” he said.
“ We don’t know that there is going to be
less thpn that and w ell have to hire
em ploys accordingly."
By moving Ms students to David
Douglas, the Redland School Board
stands to save about $300 per student,
although that was not the determining
factor in the switch, according to newly
appointed chairman of the Redland
School Board, Kirk Braun
"It seemed in the best interest of our
students to leave this year.” Braun
said. “ We have the opportunity to put
all of our kids in one high school for
several years without having to split
families.”
The multi-year stipulation is of major
concern to Redland board members
because the Sandy board had voted in
June to oust Redland from the district
following this year
The Sandy School Board must decide
whether to initiate action in an attempt
to hold Redland to the contract. An
attorney for the Redland board advised
them that the contract was not binding,
however, since it did not specify an
exact figure
Community School
may get the axe
A num ber of Sandy-area residents
have seen the handwriting on tl wall
from the fallout of the 27 levy defeat for
Mt. Hood Community College and are
gam ering support to continue the MH
CC-Sandy Community School.
A delegation of area residents was to
appear at the college's board meeting
Wednesday night (July 12) to ask that
support for the community school be
continued.
A spokesm an for the Sandy
delegation was to have read a
statement on behalf of the group at the
board meeting. They are requesting
that the college continue support for the
community school through the fall until
the programs can be taken over and
funded locally by area residents.
The statem ent read in part: “ W eare
fully appreciative of the support the
college has been giving to our com
munity in the past and recognize the
financial dilemma the college is now
facing
“ We understand that eliminating the
school program from your budget may
be an unpleasant but necessary
decision you have to make . . We ask
that you not cut the Sandy Community
School immediately but to continue
with it through the fall (This) would
allow our community time to organize
and explore other possible means of
support for the program s."
The Sandy Com m unity School
operates on a budget of approximately
$20,000, most of which comes from the
community college. However, the
college board is expected to cut back
heavily on community school programs
in the wake of the $2.5 million levy
defeat two weeks ago.
The community school is housed in a
trailer owned by the college on the
grounds of Sandy Elem entary School It
enrolls over 1.000 participants in ap
proximately 200 programs a year
Mayoral candidates invited
to Chamber forum Tuesday
The four announced candidates in the
upcoming Sandy mayoral race have
been invited to speak at a forum
sponsored by the Sandy Area Chamber
of Commerce this Tuesday (July 18).
Candidates in the race are Bruce
Cook, an insurance salesman, Jim
Duff, teacher at Sandy Elementary
School, Dick Harrison, teacher at
Sandy Union High School, and Dennis
Wolf, a Sandy police officer.
Cook and Duff are presently mem
bers of city council
Each of the candidates will be
allowed 10 minutes for presentation of
his views
City councilman Vern Richards has
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also been invited to speak at the forum
Richards is considering a move to place
his name in the mayoral race but has
indicated he may wish to speak in favor
of one of the announced candidates
The forum will be held at noon at
Griff’s Ixingburger Country on Proctor
Boulevard
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