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TAX,
continued from Page A1
is the source for money spent
on public safety and park
services, but it’s not the honey
pot one might think. Tim
Wood, Keizer’s fi nance director,
said the city stands to collect
about $4.8 million in property
taxes this year based on a $2.08
per $1,000 of assessed value
rate. While that seems like a
hefty sum, consider that police
services alone cost more than
$5.1 million during the 2014-
15 fi scal year.
Moreover, Keizer receives
a token amount – 13 cents –
of each dollar residents pay
in property taxes. The Salem-
Keizer School District receives
the lion’s share of money
collected, 40 cents on the
dollar, and another 19 cents per
dollar goes to Marion County.
The city of Keizer is fourth in
line after either of the two fi re
districts that serve city residents.
“People have to understand
that our tax rate is artifi cially
low,” Clark said. “There are
other cities doing more, but
look at the property taxes those
other places are paying. In other
cities of this size, residents are
paying between $4 and $6 per
thousand.”
Keizer’s current tax rate
was set in 1996, and locked in
when Oregon voters approved
Measure 50, which capped
property tax assessments, in
May 1997. Measure 50’s passage
quite literally meant the city
could no longer increase its
budget through raising property
tax levels, and leaves essentially
only two options on the table:
local option levies that would
have to be renewed periodically
or a fee added to utility bills.
Clark sees a fee as the most
viable of the two, but she wants
residents to have a clear view of
what precisely such a fee would
pay for. While the city’s Parks
and Recreation Advisory Board
is already looking at options for
creating a dedicated parks fund
to pay for parks improvements,
Clark is preparing to tackle
the public safety side of the
conversation, and that will
involve tough questions and
detailed planning and analysis.
“If we want to have more
police, we need to decide what
those offi cers are going to do
and need as far as support,” Clark
said. “Do we need more school
resource offi cers? Are we asking
for more traffi c enforcement?
Are we asking for patrol? And,
if you’re asking for another
patrol offi cer, you’re going to
need another detective. Are we
talking about more offi cers for
one shift, two shifts or all three?
Do we have enough support
staff to cover the extra evidence
and paperwork generated by
new police positions?”
To kickstart the discussion,
Clark has asked city staff to be
prepared to answer questions
regarding the general fund at
the city council’s Aug. 8 work
session.
“One of our goals as a council
was to engage the residents of
the city more and each of the
councilors has taken up a piece
of that,” Clark said. “I want us
all to be working from the same
basis of good information as we
start talking with our different
social circles. We can also do
town halls, visit neighborhood
and homeowners associations,
church groups and other events
to spread the word.”
The city charter grants
the city council the power to
establish fees, but Clark wants
to use it.
“If we hear the residents just
want us to get it done, we can
do that, but we can also take
it to the ballot,” Clark said.
“I would ask that people take
the time to listen, learn and
share their ideas. It’s a decision
that we need to make as a
community.”
police scanner
TUESDAY, JULY 5
• 8 a.m. - Fraud use of
credit card on 3700 block
Hart Drive N.
• 11 a.m. - Violate release
agreement, assault, unlawful
possession of methamphet-
amine, endanger minors wel-
fare and drug laws violation
on 4100 block River Road
N.
• 1:27 p.m. - Accident-hit
and run and fail to perform
duties of driver when prop-
erty is damaged on 600 block
Cater Drive NE.
• 7:47 p.m. - Telephone ha-
rassment on 900 block Cyn-
thia Ave. N.
• 8:17 p.m. - Arrest for
criminal mischief, vandalism
and burglary on 100 block
Appleblossom Ave. N.
• 8:47 p.m. - Theft on 1400
block Dearborn Ave. NE.
• 10:45 p.m. - Sudden
death on 4300 block Toni
Ave. N.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
NE and Dearborn Ave NE.
• 9:17 a.m. - Theft on 5500
block McLeod Lane NE.
• 5:18 p.m. - Reckless
endangering and disorderly
conduct on 500 block Green-
wood Drive NE.
• 9:51 p.m. - Aggravated
assault and burglary on 5100
block Chehalis Drive N.
THURSDAY, JULY 7
SATURDAY, JULY 9
• 8 a.m. - Theft on 4900
block River Road N.
• 10:33 a.m. - Arrest for
theft on 1300 block Firview
Place N.
• 11 a.m. - Theft on 1500
block Alder Drive NE.
• 1:27 p.m. - Theft on 4700
block Harcourt Ave NE.
• 2:13 p.m. - Stolen vehicle
on 4900 block River Road N.
• 2:47 p.m. - Arrest for pa-
role violation on 3200 block
Felina Ave NE.
• 4:18 p.m. - Theft on 5400
block River Road N.
• 3:05 a.m. - Arrest for
DUII and accident on Verda
Lane NE and 18th Street NE.
• 11:34 a.m. - Burglary
on 1100 block Candlewood
Drive NE.
• 11:45 p.m. - DUII on
3300 block River Road N.
• 11:55 p.m. - Arrest for
assault on 100 block Delta
Court N.
SUNDAY, JULY 10
• 2:42 a.m. - DUII on San-
dra Ave N and Lost Creek
Court N.
• 5:54 p.m. - Counterfeit
currency on 3800 block Riv-
er Road N.
• 9:04 p.m. - DUII on 5300
block River Road N.
MONDAY, JULY 11
FRIDAY, JULY 8
• 6:40 a.m. - Traffi c ac-
cident on 6100 block Ulali
Drive NE.
• 8:25 a.m. - Arrest for
bench warrant on 12th Ave
dlewood Drive NE.
• 9:25 p.m. - Telephone ha-
rassment on 4700 block Verda
Lane NE.
• 1:19 p.m. - Arrest for
bench warrant on 5300 block
River Road N.
• 3:11 p.m. - Arrest for
warrant on 1200 block Can-
• 2:35 a.m. - DUII on 4600
block River Road N.
• 3:02 a.m. - Arrest for
runaway juvenile/protective
custody on 1800 block Alder
Drive NE.
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