AUGUST 12, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Act now to shape Keizer’s future
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
The list of vacancies on
city advisory committees has
reached new lengths.
There are 12 seats cur-
rently vacant or expected
to be vacated in the coming
months. It’s a list as long as
Debbie Lockhart, the deputy
city recorder, has ever seen
it in her lengthy stint at city
hall.
“We’ve had several term
expiration dates pass, but
we’ve also got some com-
mittees that have had vacan-
cies for an extended period of
time,” said Lockhart.
While
recent
efforts
to solicit volunteers have
drummed up about a half-
dozen interested parties there
are few new faces, and that
still leaves six holes.
Seats needing fi lling on
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committees
range
from
public art to the city’s plan-
ning commission. A full list
of needs, meeting times and
other information is available
at keizer.org.
While all positions are vol-
unteer, Hersch Sangster, who
has held a handful of roles on
both city and regional task
forces, said opportunities have
stretched him in ways he nev-
er expected.
“You get to make some
hard decisions, like the plan-
ning commission recently did
on marijuana. Most places
have just turned all of the
rules over to the state, but
we wanted to have some
control and say in protecting
the community and schools,”
Sangster said.
Sangster had a voice in the
decision because he joined
the Keizer Planning Com-
mission, which makes rec-
ommendations on commu-
nity development that are
forwarded to the city council.
He was also part of lengthy
discussions that paved the way
for the food trucks to oper-
ate in Keizer on a regular ba-
sis. But, he’s also been part of
other projects in other com-
mittees.
Fifteen years ago, he was
a member of the Bikeways
Committee, which is now
known as the Traffi c Safety/
Bikeways/Pedestrian Com-
mittee. In that initial foray
into Keizer civic life, Sangster
helped institute a bike helmet
program that is still operating
today.
“That’s had a lasting effect,
and we’re the only city with a
program like that still going,”
Sangster said. More recently,
he and another commit-
volunteeropenings
The City of Keizer is seeking volunteers for numerous
roles on city commissions and committees.
Openings include:
• Two vacancies on the Keizer Points of Interest
Committee.
• One vacancy on the Budget Committee.
• One vacancy on the Festival Advisory Board.
• Three vacancies on the Keizer Economic
Development Commission.
• Two vacancies on the Planning Commission.
• One vacancy on the Public Art Committee.
• Two vacancies on the Stormwater Advisory
Committee.
• Youth councilor/page/liaison openings on various
committees.
More information on each committee, as well as meeting
times and days, is available at keizer.org.
tee member helped the city
apply for a “bike-friendly”
designation with the League
of American Bicyclists that
might help tap into private
funding for continued im-
provements.
Sangster said his path to
volunteering at the city level
opened up primarily because
someone, former mayor and
city councilor Dennis Koho,
asked him to get involved.
“I think that’s the way it
happens for most people, but
the city makes it very easy to
get involved because we have
good support staff,” he said.
There are times Lockhart
is scrambling to simply meet
quorum minimums, but she
said most volunteers rapidly
fi nd themselves engrossed.
“For most committees,
there’s not a lot required. We
want them to come to the
meetings and be engaged, but
then they are around passion-
ate people and their enthusi-
asm grows,” she said.
The longer standing va-
cancies include the Keizer
Points of Interest Committee,
which identifi es local spots of
historical and/or unique in-
terest. It’s the one committee
that usually requires home-
work.
“On that committee, they
are out doing research on
things on their own time and
then bringing it back to the
group for further discussion,”
Lockhart said. “But that also
makes it a good fi t for some-
one with an interest in local
history.”
When traditional outlets
failed to bring out new vol-
unteers, Lockhart posted the
openings to volunteermatch.
org and ended up with a trio
of interested individuals from
Salem. According to city rules,
each committee can have one
member who doesn’t live in
city limits.
While Keizer’s Volunteer
Coordinating Committee is
scheduled to meet Aug. 18
and fi ll some of the vacan-
cies, there are still likely to be
openings. Applications can be
downloaded at keizer.org or
requested by calling Lockhart
at 503-856-3418, she is also
happy to answer any ques-
tions.
For those wanting to take
a deeper dive into what each
group does, past meeting
minutes and agendas for each
committee are posted on the
city website, keizer.org, and
some of the more prominent
meetings can be viewed at
keizertv.com.
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injured
in crash
The Marion County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce (MCSO) Traffi c
Safety Team is investigating a
crash involving a Keizer Po-
lice Department motorcycle
offi cer that occurred about 4
p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9.
According to MCSO dep-
uties, Offi cer Tyler Wampler
was driving his marked police
motorcycle east on Chemawa
Road Northeast near Safeway.
The vehicle Wampler was
traveling behind turned into
the Safeway parking lot and,
as Wampler negotiated around
the turning vehicle, a black
Mercedes being driven by
Tellif McClyde, 39, exited the
Safeway and struck Wampler.
Wampler was taken to Sa-
lem Hospital with non-life
threatening injuries, McClyde
was not injured in the crash
and cooperated with investi-
gators. No citations were is-
sued.
MSCO is investigated the
incident at the request of
Keizer Police Department.
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