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AUGUST 12, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7 OFFICERS: Fees could range School supplies needed from $1.35 to $9.25 per bill (Continued from Page A1) If the fee were to be charged per dwelling, which means the fee would be assessed for each residence in an apartment complex as well as businesses, the rate would drop to $7-$8 per year – $1.35 per bill for one offi cer, $6.75 for all fi ve. “One of the challenges we face is that staffi ng costs aren’t static,” Wood said. “Cost of living increases, health insurance costs and PERS contributions all go up, and any fee will have to have some sort of escalation clause.” City Manager Chris Eppley said that contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) are scheduled to increase by $200,000 this year alone and similar increases can be expected every two years. “Right when you get to the point of thinking you can do this, PERS hits you with another increase,” Eppley said. Teague said the fi ve offi cers would fi ll voids in the current roster. One offi cer would be assigned to traffi c control, two would be added to patrol shifts in the evening and night, one would become a property crime detective and one would be added to the Community Response Unit, which specializes in longer term investigations. “The traffi c unit began in 1994 with four offi cers. There’s one now, and 11,000 more people. We also have the same number of detectives as we had in 1994,” Teague said. “We don’t have a property crime detective and, at any given time, there are 30 cases waiting to be worked.” Depending on who ends up fi lling the roles, recruits or lateral transfers, the timetable for getting a new offi cer on the street can range from one month to one year. Wood also addressed concerns about paying the fees for those living on fi xed incomes. At a city council meeting last week, resident Judy DeSpain urged the city to fi nd some other way to collect the needed revenue. Wood said the city has payment plans and works with a network of nonprofi ts to help those in need and that no one was likely to have their water cut off as a result of inability to afford the fees. The discussions about police funding are happening at the same time the city is considering adding fees to utility bills to improve parks through out the city. The work session was intended to be a primer for city councilors to spread the word based on the same set of facts, but Mayor Cathy Clark stressed that it is not a question of either/or. “This is not a debate of police vs. parks – both are livability issues, both are valid parts of our community – and I don’t want to set this up as adversarial,” Clark said. The eighth annual Salem- Keizer Education Founda- tion School Supply Drive kicked off Aug. 1 and runs through the end of the month. The drive goal is restock- ing the School Supply De- pot, a permanent, sustainable resource that provides year- round supplies to Salem- Keizer schools in need. Community members can donate school supplies at the more than 85 businesses and organizations in Salem and Keizer. The drive helps take pressure off local teach- ers who often pay for school supplies out of their own pockets. Items needed include: composition notebooks, alarm clocks, water color paints, dry erase markers, Sharp- ies, math graph paper, 9-volt batteries, baby wipes, glue sticks, colored pencils, scissors, staplers and sta- ples, paper clips, pencil sharp- eners, printer paper, scientifi c calculators, wooden dowels, dividers, Scotch tape, spiral notebooks, colored markers, highlighters, Post-It Notes, tissues, white glue, masking tape and duct tape. Drop-off sites in Keizer include: Keiz- ertimes, Court- house Athletic Club, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Kaiser Pe r m a n e n t e, Oregon State Credit Union, Starbucks and Town & Country Lanes. TRASH, continued from Page A1 to $22.31 per bill. For a commercial customer with a 95-gallon roll cart, rates would increase from $30.30 to $32.42. For a business with a three- yard, front-load container, rates would increase from $176.61 to $188.97. Residential, multi-family and commercial rates would all increase by 5 percent under the third plan. The average residential customer’s bill would increase to $22.52 per cycle. A business with a 95-gallon roll cart would pay $31.82. Three- yard container rates would increase to $185.44. The city of Keizer collects a franchise fee for contracted waste management services by Valley Recycling and Lorens (as well as electric, natural gas and cable television services), but the city council must approve all rate changes. 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