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SANDY Vol 77 No 21 OREGON THURSDAY MAY 21 1987 Single Copy 25< I S P S INI I m i Council delays budget decision by SCOTT NEWTON Stall w rite r Nearly 80 pimple turned out for the Sandy City Council meeting Monday night to protest possible cuts in senior citizen and recreation pro grams. but the council delayed a decision on a proposed city budget until June 1. Many people at the budget hearing Monday evening asked the City • oun- cil to fund programs at current levels The city budget committee, which is made up of members of the City Council and an equal numtiei of citizens, voted las, month to take $38,941 from senior citizen programs and $17.794 from recreation pro grams and put that money in the street fund About 30 citizens protested the cuts in front of City Hall Monday after noon by marching and carrying signs Howard Herger, chairm an of the Sandy Senior Center advisory com mittee, told the council Monday night that he opposed elim inating the "valuable human services" that the center offers Young people also need supervised activities, he said " I don't think it's wise to take dollars away from either program ." Berger said A lot of these seniors made Sandy what it is. and we owe them some support Glenda Nelson, contract manager of the Clackamas County Area Agen cy on Aging, said she realized the city was facing economic constraints, but she said the senior citizen population was growing, not decreasing She said outreach programs were solving complex problems fated by senior citizens. She said transporta tion and lunch programs also were valuable services Christine Bierman-Christiansen, a member of the Sandy Recreation Commission, said it seemed inconsis tent for the City Council to work so hard on juvenile crim e issues and then cut recreation programs for young people. Bierman-Christiansen presented a petition signed by 141 people who op posed cuts to the recreation pro gram Dorothie Bernard presented a p e titio n w ith m o re th a n 230 signatures protesting the cuts to senior citizen programs George Berg, a budget committee member and a senior citizen, said the senior center should depend more on volunteers by SCOTT NEW TON Staff w riter Senior citizens picketed City Hall Monday in protest m is to the Sandy Senior ( enter and recreation programs I believe there are enough paid people here that it keeps some people out who would volunteer Berg said he had no complaint about the job the paid staff d ir s but he said the budget committee was trying to hold down costs It's rough Wc hate to do it. but it's got to be done " he said After the meeting. Brad Paluck. a member of tin- budget committee, said that some committee members thought Sandy residents would not tolerate the city taking the full 6 per cent increase allowed for its tax base plus implementing a 2-cent per gallon gasoline tax The City Council had at one time considered implementing a gasoline tax without a vote of Sandy residents Members of the budge, committee convinced the council to put the gas tax on ttie ballot Voters w ill decide the issue in tie June m a il-in e le ctio n City Councilor k ir r y 1’ uck said aftei Monday s meeting that fie was not opposed to the senior citizen pro grains lie said fie was dissatisfied with the way City Manager loin HefxT planned to Implement the cuts Buck told the audience Monday night that he was opposed to the salaries being paid lb ' said lie talked to a senior center d ire c to r in Port bind w ho was making $22,000 per year plus $H, j 00 in fringe benefits B uck said the d ire c to r yt . o m m u n i- ty services in Sandy is making $40,IKMl and lias a il assista nt who is m a k in g $2a,0t>0 a ye a r According to city Finance Director June Peterson the director of colli munity servo es, Sandra Potter Mar quardt. is paid $28,216 per year plus $,'.,' trt in frm . c benefits for a total of $15,'*>4 Nancy Enabrit. recreation d ire c to i. makes $16.212 plus $5,557 in fringe benefits (or a total of $21,769 Potter Marquardt said that she is a department head and thus has more responsibility than the director of a senior center Heber said Potter Marquardt s pay was comparable to that of the seven other department heads in the city of Sandy Buck said he toured the Gresham Senior Center and was impressed I he G resh am S enior C en te r receiv es no tax dollars anil they offer as many activities as we offer here It's all volunteer." Man charged in Sandy I Iigli barn fire A 20-year-old Sandy man was arrested Friday in connection with a Jan 12 barn fire on Sandy High School property that resulted in damages of about $8.000 Michael I) M iller. 382IMI Nettie Connett Drive has been charged with second-degree arson anti second-degree burglary, saitl Jim Gallagher, fire marshal of the Sandy T ire D istrict The Sandy Eire D istrict investigated the cause of the fire anil the Oregon St.ite Police arson d iv is io n con du cte d the crim inal investigation. Gallagher saitl Sandy poin t w e n at the scene when M iller was a rre s te d F rid a y i n o r i a i n it bi home M iller was taken to the Clackamas Counts jail, where he was lodged until Monday He wa released into the custody of his mothei saitl Huss W illiams, public information ftn el lo r the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office An mtlii lin e n , against M iller was handed down by a Clackamas County grant! jury on April 23. Gallagher said The roof ami loft of the barn received the most damage in the Ian 12 fire, which t x t urred about IP p m Gallagher saitl the building was worth an estimated $12.000 and th.tt it hail received $6.0,10 worth of damage Small animal cages, portable bleat hers anti other contents were damaged in the fire, w itti an estim ated loss value of $ ' immi , i i.dlagher saitl Diane Tiller, president of the San dy Area Chamber of Commerce, said it was not fa ir to compare senior citizen programs in different coun ties because counties have different ways of funding programs Id le r said the chamber board was opposed to the cuts in senior citizen programs 1 talked to a lot of people who would rather drive through potholes than have senior center services c u t," T ille r said Mayor Deane Wesselmk told the group the council would make a deci sion at a spet lal meeting May 26. but Heber told I he Post on Tuesday that council members would wait until the regular meeting June 1 because a council member was planning to be out of town May 26 A Gresham woman died Sunday when the car in which she was ruling left the road anti struck a tree near Sandy The accident occurred on Marmot Hoatl northeast of Sandy k ittle Margaret Folantl, 68. of 118.36 Proctor St.. died at the scene, saitl Huss Williams, public inform a tion officer for the ( Tackamas County Sheriff’s ( Ifflce The woman's husbantl. Eugene Ed ward Folantl. 71. was the driver of W hat was in te re s tin g was th a t we hail virtually hundreds of volunteers from every walk of life roll up their sleeves and work hard We had farmers, truck drivers, bankers ami real estate agents." Brooks saitl Header boards up anti down Turn to S ill HIT E. Page 4. the car He was taken to Providence Metln al Center where he was treated for m inor injuries ami released The Folands were in a 1973 Cadillac Mrs Folantl was wearing a lap seat belt, W illiams said The car went around a curve into the opposite lane left the roadway anil struck a tree No other vehicles were involved The accident tx t urred about 3' miles east of the intersection of Mar mot Hoad and Shipley Hoatl Power pole down where to go from here. Morrison salt) The board recently hired a new superintendent. Judy Warren, who is cu rre n tly p rin c ip a l at Firw ood School in Sandy in addition. Jerry McMahan is due to join the board in July. Power lines were draped over Highway 26 Thursday when a truck and trailer, driven by Thomas Lyle Wilson of Prineville, hit a pole as he was pulling up to ihe c u rb on P io n e e r Boulevard n ear Beers Avenue. According to a Sandy police report, the pole was leaning at about a 20 percent angle when the truck pulled up to the curb Traffic was tied up briefly as one lane was closed. *\\ t il litivc t<> meet ¡iiui see w here to tin from here.' 1 )uw ii \ h »rris« hi Morrison said Mt Mahan and DaV' Enna, another board member, had spoken to several local groups in an a tte m p t to g a rn e r support A telephone campaign as conducted anti several people put out signs on the highway seeking support Morrison said she wonders if peo ple were confusetl by the school safety-net measure, which also was on the ballot anil was approved by voters statewule The d istrict received an updated tax base in 1684 The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office w ill return to business as usual after a m ajority of voters marked their ballots in favor of a three-year serial levy on Tuesday According to the unofficial filia l results from the Clackamas County Elections Office, 30.137 people voted yes" anil 15,253 voted no" on the levy request Absentee ballots were being counted Wednesday Everyone is pretty happy." said Huss W illiam s, public inform ation of ficer for the sheriff's office We've got a place to work today The sheriff's office faced layoffs after its proposed levy suffered a narrow tie,eat in March If the sheriff's levy had failed at the polls Tuesday, even app ro val of an emergency levy would no, have oc curred in tim e to keep the sheriff s of fice from shutting down at least tem porarily The three-year serial levy, which replaces one approved in 1984. was for $33 8 m illion, or $11,275.585 per year The lax rate per $1.000 of assessed valuation w ill increase from $1 20 to $1 34 Brooks cut more than $1 m illion from the levy after it failed at the polls in March I he loss was the first at the ballot box for the sheriff’s o f fice Sheriff B ill Brooks told The Post on Monday that if the sheriff's levy was approved, it would lie because of the efforts of a political action com m it tee called Citizens for Effective k iw Enforcement The political action committee was headed by an Oregon City doctor, Craig Smith, and a Clackamas la w y e i. Dean Eitzwater Brooks saitl Citizens for Effective I,aw E n fo rc e m e n t g a rn e re d numerous endorsements from city councils, chambers of commerce anti other groups Gresham w om an killed in accident outside Sandy V oters reject levy for Welches school Voters in Hoodland rejected a Welches School D istrict levy by a m argin of 347 to 279 in Tuesday s election, according to unofficial filia l results from the Clat kamas Count Elections Office Absentee b a llo ts w ere being counted Wednesday Voters were asked to approve a one-year operating levy of $105.140 The levy would have increased the tax rate jw r $1.000 of assessed valua tion from $4 50 to 5 25. a 16 percent in crease Superintendent Dan Barker said the d istrict asked for the operating levy because increased enrollments hatl caused a neetl for additional staff members anti additional supplies anti equipment In preparing for the current school year, the district planned for 360 students but has had as many as 404. Barker said The d istrict expects to have 420 students next year, which compares w ith 3UH students in the fall of 1983 Dawn Morrison, chairwoman of the Welches school board, said she was disappointed at the loss "W e've had a lot of changes It would have made things a Io, simpler if the levy hail passed We ll board members i have to meet and see S h e r iffs levy tía in s a p p ro v a l Photo by S< ott Newton
