JANUARY 9, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE 9
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Top left: The outgoing Keizer City Council poses for one last group shot Monday. L to R: Dennis
Koho, Marlene Quinn, Joe Egli, Lore Christopher, Jim Taylor, Kim Freeman and Cathy Clark.
Left: A nearly full house crammed into council chambers to applaud new and old councilors alike
on Monday.
Above: Cathy Clark leads her fi rst Keizer City Council meeting as the new mayor on Monday
night.
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continue to sail this ship and
keep it steady as she goes.”
Ripp admitted after the
meeting she was nervous be-
fore the proceedings began.
“This is the biggest privi-
lege I’ve ever been given,”
Ripp said of serving. “I am
beyond excited. I haven’t been
nervous about it until tonight.
I am less nervous now.”
Herrera has maintained
from the start he put his 2011
incident behind him long ago.
“I’m ready to work hard,”
he said. “I appreciate the sup-
port of the people of Keizer.
I’m ready to get started. This
has been a long time coming
for me. I just wanted to take
the high road.”
Smith feels he’s more pre-
pared for his second term on
council.
“I didn’t know a darned
thing the fi rst time,” Smith
quipped. “This time I have
the experience. I kept up to
speed the last two years by be-
ing on the Parks Board and
Storm Water Advisory Com-
mittee. Two years was not that
much time off. It took me six
months to decompress the
fi rst time I left council.”
Though he has the experi-
ence this time, Smith said he’s
not going to push for radical
changes.
“I’m not the person who
comes in with a list of things
we ought to change,” he said.
“That’s not me. I want to keep
an even keel and keep a good
thing going.”
Monday’s meeting was
mostly ceremonial, as there
was no public comment and
no agenda items requiring
approval. Councilors selected
former mayor Dennis Koho
to serve as the 2015-2017
council president (Marlene
Quinn declined a nomination
for the post).
Councilors were also ap-
pointed to various commit-
tees. Ripp was appointed to
the Keizer Arts Commission,
Keizer Festival and Events
(along with Quinn) and Traffi c
Safety/Bikeways/Pedestrians.
Smith was appointed to the
Audit Committee with Koho
and Kim Freeman, as well as
Planning Commission, SWAC
(with Koho and Freeman) and
Community Build Task Force
(along with Quinn). Herrera
was appointed as liaison to
Greater Gubser Neighbor-
hood Association and Iris Fes-
tival, as well as Keizer Points of
Interest Committee.
As far as returning coun-
cilors, Koho was appointed to
fi re district quarterly meetings.
Freeman was appointed to
Personnel Policy Committee
(with Quinn and Clark), West
Keizer Neighborhood Asso-
ciation and Claggett Creek
Watershed Council. Quinn
was appointed to the Parks
Board and the Community
Build Task Force fundraising
committee (taking Christo-
pher’s place) and the Oregon
Rail Study.
Clark was appointed to
Economic Development and
Government Affairs, Salem
River Crossing Oversight
Team, SKATS, MWACT,
Keizer Heritage Association,
SEDCOR Board of Direc-
tors and Mid Willamette Val-
ley Council of Governments
Board of Directors.
Once those appointments
were done, councilors se-
lected their representatives to
the Volunteer Coordinating
Committee, which oversees
members of the various com-
mittees and groups in Keizer.
At the end of the meeting,
councilors each appointed a
person to serve on the Volun-
teer Coordinating Commit-
tee. Herrera appointed Mike
Maghan, Quinn appointed
Amy McLeod, Ripp went
with Larry Jackson, Free-
man chose Trish Crenshaw,
Smith tabbed Lois Anderson,
Clark went with Daisy Hick-
man and Koho chose outgo-
ing councilor Joe Egli, which
seemed to be a bit of a sur-
prise to Egli’s wife Shelly.
Due to Oregon playing for
the national college football
title Jan. 12, the council work
session scheduled for that
night was moved to Jan. 26 at
5:45 p.m.
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