PAGE A6, KEIZERTIMES, OCTOBER 16, 2015
RYAN,
continued from Page A1
“There was some mis-
communication,” the mayor
said. “But Director Krebs is
presenting fact-based infor-
mation. Transit fundings are
not uniform; that is helpful
to understand. That is what
the transit board was asked to
present tonight. It would be
helpful to update without the
logo.”
Ryan
wasn’t
backing
down.
“I respectfully disagree,”
Ryan said. “We were given
information for the ballot
measure. This meeting should
have been moved until after
the ballot election.”
Clark respectfully dis-
agreed back.
“We always welcome in-
formation from all agencies,”
the mayor said. “We can de-
cide what to do with the in-
formation. We have received
information in the past when
we’ve had ballot measures go-
ing. We consider them infor-
mational, like the fi re district
in the past. We will not be
taking a stance on the bal-
lot measure. It’s appropriate
to have conversation about
changes that came Sept. 8,
and what levels of service will
be considered that impact the
community.”
City Manager Chris Ep-
pley attempted to defuse the
situation.
“I will say it is a bit of an
awkward conversation about
an upcoming ballot measure,”
Eppley said. “I would ask Sa-
lem-Keizer Transit to scrub as
much information about that.
If we had known (this would
be discussed), we would have
invited the opposition. Please
be as sensitive to the ballot
measure as you can.”
As Eppley spoke, Pollock
and Krebs took off slides on
their slideshow with cam-
paign logos, which was no-
ticed by councilor Roland
Herrera.
“I do understand Coun-
cilor Ryan,” Herrera said. “I
didn’t notice until you took
(the logos) down. It is touchy.
I really appreciate the infor-
mation since it affects Keizer,
but we have to be careful.”
Krebs emphasized he was
trying to be sensitive to that
perspective.
“We are trying to keep
within the restraints, that’s
what we are looking for,”
Krebs said.
Later in the meeting, Clark
referred to smaller buses be-
ing utilized as being “like the
Uber” of transit and showed a
new way to do transit. Transit
board member Marcia Kel-
ley then explained how ser-
vices were cut due to a lack
“But we are
still discussing
ballot
measure
funding. I still
feel that this
is strongly
wrong.”
— Amy Ryan, Keizer
City Councilor
of funding in 2009. As Kel-
ley spoke, an unhappy Ryan
raised her hand.
“We are still discussing the
ballot measure,” Ryan said. “If
we don’t have the opposition
speaking, the conversation has
not changed. We are still dis-
cussing the budget for Phase
2. It’s still inappropriate to
needs to be fair,” Ryan add-
ed. “I’m strongly opposed
to holding a public forum,
spending taxpayer dollars to
be here, and to have it be bi-
ased.”
Ryan noted information
presented by transit members
had logos for the Nov. 3 bal-
lot measure.
“It appears manipulative,
to say the least,” she said. “It
makes it appear the council
supports it. That is not the
case. I respect everyone’s de-
cisions, but as a council we
were asked not to discuss it.
This is not an appropriate
venue, given the fact the op-
position was not invited. I
feel very strongly about that.
“Obviously I’m a busi-
ness advocate,” Ryan added.
“That’s the reason I ran (for
council), to support local
business. I’m not opposed to
or against transit in any way.
I support transit very much
and think their programs are
excellent.”
Clark reiterated afterwards
such information has come
to council before, contrary to
Ryan’s comments.
“What she’s saying is that
this is unique,” the mayor
said. “Historically, the Keizer
City Council has received in-
formation from agencies that
move forward with this dis-
cussion without the opposi-
tion being invited.”
“Duly noted,” replied
Clark. “The transit district has
done long-range planning to
improve services and reach
people in the community.”
Ryan wasn’t giving up.
“But we are still discuss-
ing ballot measure funding,”
Ryan said. “I still feel this is
strongly wrong. I feel this
shows that council is sup-
porting this. I want to make
it clear council does not sup-
port this. I want to make sure
it is noted that council does
not have a position on this.”
The mayor picked up on
that last point.
“You are absolutely right,”
Clark said.
After the meeting, Ryan
again explained her view.
“I think it’s misleading
to the public,” she told the
Keizertimes. “We are not as
a council in support or op-
posed. Information is impor-
tant, for both sides. We were
told they would not be dis-
cussing the ballot measure.
The timing is inappropriate.
They are welcome to come
back and talk about funding.
“I’m all for people to have
more information to make
an educated decision, but it
are on the ballot. They have
left us their information for
informational purposes only.”
When asked if that had
happened in this case, Clark
admitted a mistake had been
made.
“Not with the presenta-
tion, that was a communica-
tion,” she said. “They were
supposed to leave that out.
They were supposed to just
hand us information. That
is not uncommon. We have
received information in the
past. Not for the purpose of
taking a position, since that
would be not appropriate, but
it is okay for both sides to get
us information so, like all vot-
ers, we have both sides.”
Clark said she wanted to
hear what transit changes
were implemented with the
revised routes on Sept. 8,
with this being the fi rst work
session since that change (last
month’s work session was the
annual Parks Tour). The other
idea was to hear about long-
range possibilities.
“There will be some peo-
ple who are not happy this
happened during the election
cycle,” Clark said. “I am hear-
ing from them right now. At
the end of the day, we need
to be informed about services
impacting our community.”
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