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The 70-degree
week prompted these Iwo anglers In trx «heir
SUHS wrestles with state
cutbacks, budget problems
The Sandy Union High Sehool
Board w ill meet Monday evening at
7:30 p.m to consider resubmission
of its 'A ' and *B' ballots which were
defeated in the March 31 special
election.
Coupled with that decision is news
received by Superintendent Jack
Peters that the d is tric t’s state Basic
School Support could be cut by as
much as $238,000 which the school
budget comm ittee already co m m it­
ted to the 1981 82 budget.
That difference would be made up
in the d istrict's B ’ ballot, which was
$96,500 in the March election and
covered a school bus, a new
counselor and renovations for the
a rt room and lib ra ry.
The school board voted A pril 9 to
increase that ballot to $334,500 to
make up for the projected shortfall
The A ballot, which was defeated
by just 99 votes, o rig in a lly asked for
$2.1 m illion in operating expenses
Under state law, any spending in
excess of the tax base must be sub­
ject to voter approval The A ballot
is eligible for state homeowner pro
perty tax re lie f Spending under the
‘B ’ ballot would not be eligible
However, school d is tric ts and
cities have wrestled w ith the pro­
blem of keeping up with inflation,
while enhancing their service level,
because the ‘A ’ ballot amount is
lim ited The ‘B ‘ ballot, while it was
intended for new services only, has
been turned to as a means of keeping
up w ith inflation and, in the case of
SUHS, staying ahead of the state
Legislature's budget axe.
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in h in g expedition was unsuccessful, it provided an opportunity to welcome the sun bat
Photo by Mark Floyd
Grade school drops kindergarten plan
by DAN D II.I.D N
terest of the com m unity," said Board
Chairman Don Brader.
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Responding to public criticism , the
Superintendent Clark Lund agreed,
Sandy Elem entary School Board Mon­
There has been a lot of discussion
day night voted to drop the proposed
among the ranks of the d istrict that we,
kindergarten program from the B'
as a board and adm inistration, have
ballot it w ill submit to d istrict voters
heard pro and con to resubmit that
May 19.
b illo t as it was.”
That move cut the ballot propc«."*)
le s tim o n v Monday night indicated
from $357.?<M to approxim ately $197,000 (hat d istrict residents appear w illin g to
and expressed the d istrict's desire to
accept the existing services that a p
continue e xistin g services
pea red on the B ’ ballot, but are not
The original B' ballot was defeated.
ready to add new programs.
768 650, at the March 31 election
D istrict resident Harold Hayward
The board then voted 3 2 at its A pril
told the board he thought the decision to
2 meeting to resubmit the ballot intact.
resubm it the B' ballot was “ basically
It was the closeness of the board's vote,
an unwise decision” that could en
however, which prompted its second
danger other programs on the ballot
consideration of the B ballot proposal
He added that he and otherfreeholders
“ We have to do what is in the best in ­ on the d is tric t’s Budget Committee that
he had spoken w ith were "against this
course of action.”
Walt Scott, a teacher at Cedar Kidge
School, told the board that resubm itting
the unaltered ballot “ rubs people the
wrong w a y" and it was ' endangering
existing programs by tryin g to get this
new program (kindergarten) in .” He
estim ated that a p p ro xim a te ly 700
students participate in the existing pro­
gram s forced to the B' ballot by tight
money from the state
That tight money situation, which got
even tighter when word came that a
possible 10 percent Basic School Sup­
port cut could be in the offing, got a shot
in the arm this week
Lund told the board that passage of
the Clackamas County Educational
Service D is tric t’s levy March 31 means
the Sandy d itric t w ill receive approx­
im ately $80,000 it was told not to budget
for. That cushion is designed for the
special education needs of the d istrict.
The state Basic School Support cu t­
back would mean a loss of up to
$177,000, however.
With the resubmission of the altered
version of the B ’ ballot, voters w ill now
decide on the continuation of the
Talented and Gifted program, school
athletic and activities programs. Out­
door School and support for the Sandy
Community School
Also on the ‘B ballot w ill be counsel­
ing for grades 1 -6 , school buses and a
grounds maintenance tractor, and ex­
te rio r painting for the Aquatic Center
Local residents paid in wage recovery
A settlement involving more than a
quarter m illio n dollars
the largest
single wage claim recovery in the
state's history
was announc'd last
week by Mary Wendy Roberts, l^abor
and Industries commissioner
The two-stage settlement involved
wage cla im s file d by 99 fo rm e r
employees of ICN Pharmaceuticals, in­
cluding four area residents.
The employees filed th e ir wage
claims with the Bureau of laihor and In ­
dustries after the California based firm
closed its P o rtla n d operation in
December 1979 without paying the 99
employees their vacation, bonus and
severance pay Commissioner Roberts
filed suit against the corporation in
A p ril 1980
The amounts received by the 99
employees ranged from $250 to $11,800
The recently-concluded second phase
of the settlement included the payment
of interest, attorneys* fees to the state
and approxim ately $66,000 penalties for
late payment That was in addition to
vacation, bonus and severance pay.
Sandy resident M arian Craig col­
lected $2141 in wages and penalties.
Boring residents and their awards were
Gladys E lish ra m , $1,977, P a tricia
Haley, $1,031, and Merwyn Rembold,
$1,904
ICN Medical la b o ra to rie s was the
w o rld ’s largest medical laboratory
The company performed 400 different
kinds of medical tests for as many as
10,000 customers all over the world
In December 1979 the company sold
its customer list to a company called
Metpath and sent 90 day layoff notices
to 85 90 percent of the 135 employees
that were on the payroll.
In those notices, the employees were
told they could resign im m ediately and
receive their accrued vacation pay. in
which case there would lx* no severance
pay, or they could let the 90-day layoff
period run its course and then receive
consideration'' for severance pay if
they had not been hirer! hack
Several employees contacted the
state Bureau because they were con­
cerned about collecting the money ow­
ed them
A fter the company refused to pay the
amount the Bureau of Labor and In ­
dustries found due in wage claims,
C o m m issio n e r R oberts file d su it
against the corporation A p ril 30, 1980.
on behalf of 51 employees demanding
not only the vacation, severance and
bonus pay owed, but also interest and
statutory penalties for late payment.
Several additional claim s came dur
ing the weeks that followed and on May
30, 1980, the lawsuit was expanded to in ­
clude 99 form er employees of the com­
pany
In September 19H0. the company sub­
mitted a settlement offer to the bureau
in which it said it would pay the amount
of vacation, severance and bonus pay.
but not the interest and penalty money.
T h irty of the 99 employees accepted
that settlement, totalling $53,000
On Eeb 17, one day before the tria l
was to begin, the company offered to
settle for the fu ll amount of vacation,
severance and bonus entitlem ents
claimed plus one half the amount of the
penalty the Bureau was seeking in the
lawsuit.
The settlement offer also included
payment of $11,400 to the Bureau as
partial reimbursements for legal costs
That offer was accepted
City warns developers: clean up or pay
Staff photo
Youngsters will flock to Meinig Park in Sandy and the Boring tirade S< hnol Satur­
day morning at 10 a n, for a pair of Easier Egg Hunts. The Sandy hunt is open to
children through 12 years old. with age groups to help the younger searchers. The
Boring hunt is for children to age 9 Both hunts will he held rain or shine.
The Sandy City Council w ill give final
consideration Monday evening to an o r­
dinance which, if approved, w ill require
the cleanup of debris on roadways
generated by building projects
C u r r e n t ly
th e c it y
re q u ire s
developers and contractors to keep the
streets clean of debris, however, the o r­
dinance isn't as tough as the one which
get a second reading Monday
In order to make the present o r­
dinance workable, the city is practical­
ly required to catch someone dumping
d irt on the street w hile they are doing it.
‘We often find the asphalt sections in
front of these developments scarred
from the rocks and debris which have
been driven over by large trucks.” City
Manager Roger Jordan told the council
at the tim e of the ordinance's introduc
tion.
This proposal would require the
building perm it applicant and he land
divider to clean all debris, d irt and
foreign m aterial from the development
w ithin three days of placement on the
roadway. If it is found to constitute an
immediate tra ffic or safety hazard, it
w ill he removed imm ediately
Failure of the developer to provide
the cleanup w ill give the city the rig h t
to provide the necessary cleanup or
hire an independent contractor to do so
The city w ill then b ill the building
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pe rm it applicant or land divider for all
such cleanup services at the rate of
twice the actual city labor costs plus 35
percent of labor costs reflecting u tiliza ­
tion of city equipment
In the event the city hires an indepen­
dent contractor, the city w ill b ill the
developers the actual costs of the
cleanup crew plus 50 percent of actual
costs reflecting adm inistrative costs.
F ailure to pay the b ill w ithin five
days shall result in a "stop w o rk" order
on the entire development until the
money is paid.
In the event there are three or more
occasions for the city to take cleanup
measures against a developer or con­
tra cto r during a calendar year, that
developer or contractor w ill be forced
to deposit $500 w ith the city as a re­
tainer fund to be utilized for street
cleanup.
Failure to pay that sum w ithin 10
days w ill result in the issuance of a
“ stop w o rk” order which w ill be in ef­
fect until the money is paid.
That final move could provide the
necessary incentive the city is looking
for to keep the streets clean
“ I have enough trouble squeezing a
building perm it out of some of these
guys.” Building O fficial Tom Day told
the council.
Rebounding
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