JUNE 23, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
that needs to get done. The
immediate priority is Sunset
Park along the Willamette
continued from Page A1 River.
“We've got to do some
pruning,
brush removal and
to be almost entirely rebuilt
there
is
a
cottonwood that is
by the time we repair them,”
going to have to come down
he said.
The vast majority of the before it becomes a danger,”
refreshed parks budget is Johnson said.
Summer
months
are
already spoken for. The only
major project Johnson is actually some of the most
even planning right now is a hazardous for trees that are
repair effort at Carlson Skate on the bubble. After taking
Park behind the Keizer Civic on additional water to feed
branches and leaves, a summer
Center.
The Keizer Parks and wind storm can make them
Recreation Advisory Board easier to topple. Johnson
said
the
agreed
to
c o t t o n wo o d
suspend
a
in
question
matching
is
already
grant program
beginning
to
to help free
drop branches,
up $27,000 to
which is a bad
repair large and
sign.
growing cracks
O t h e r
throughout
major projects
the
park's
are going to
surface.
“It isn't a
— Robert Johnson have to wait
lot of money,
Keizer Parks yet again. After
fi xing Carlson,
but enough to
Supervisor
Johnson wants
keep it open
to
replace
and operating
the
play
structure
and
widen
and safe. It's not a remodel or
taking care of design fl aws,” paths at Meadows Park. Once
that is done, a sports court
Johnson said.
He hopes to start as soon at Bob Newton Park needs
as possible, but even fi nding resurfacing before it reaches
someone willing to do just the point of no return.
“All the resources are
the specialized repair work is
going
into the skate park and
diffi cult.
everything
else gets pushed
“I've talked to a lot of
people with different ideas out at least another year,”
and big costs, but my only Johnson said.
The Keizer City Council
focus is safety, safety, safety,”
is
expected
to host a public
he said.
Even now, Johnson is hearing on a potential fee to
waiting on next year's funding create a dedicated parks fund
to catch up on tree work at its July 16 meeting.
KFD budget grows by 12.2 percent PARKS,
District to add three employees
By DEREK WILEY
Of the Keizertimes
The Keizer Fire District Board of
Directors unanimously approved to adopt
its 2017-18 budget on Tuesday, June 20.
The budget calls for a 12.2 percent
increase of $764,113.
Most of the expansion, $695,388, comes
in personnel services, which includes three
new positions (fi refi ghter/paramedic,
information technology analyst and
volunteer coordinator), as well as PERS and
union costs.
The district has applied for a SAFER
Grant for the volunteer coordinator position
to help with recruitment and retention of
volunteer fi refi ghters.
Revenue is also up, a projected $367,354
from the previous year.
With $3.2 million in net working capital,
more than $4.2 million in taxes, and $1.3
million in ambulance revenue, KFD has
$9,293,830 in total resources.
According to the Marion County
Assessor’s offi ce, KFD will not receive most
of the revenue from new construction
projects, like Bonaventure, until future years
as construction projects are added to the
property tax rolls.
KFD’s budget has three funds—the
general fund, which consists of the four
organizational units (administration, fi re,
EMS and training), and the capital projects
and bond funds.
The general fund budget of $6,995,355
provides funding for 35.5 full time career
staff, up from 32.5, and approximately 20
volunteers. It also includes materials and
services as well as reserve/contingency.
The budget sets aside the usual $150,000
for contingency as well as an additional
$25,000 each for fi re and EMS to begin
building a reserve for future PERS expenses.
KFD responded to 4,685 service calls
in 2016 compared to 4,512 in 2015, a 3.9
percent increase. So far this year, call volume
has dramatically increased, running 1,756
calls as of May 4 compared to 1,485 for the
same period last year, which is an increase
of 18.2 percent.
Keizer Fire Chief Jeff Cowan said the
budget provides the community with
another year of programs and services at
improved staffi ng levels and the ability to
meet the district’s goal of arriving at an
emergency within six minutes or less 90
percent of the time. Throughout 2016, KFD
met that goal 93.6 percent of the time.
In other news, Candis Mediger was
appointed to the Civil Service Commission.
The district’s worker’s compensation
package was renewed and the board voted
to increase ambulance rates by 2.58 percent,
effective July 1.
During staff reports, operations chief
Brian Butler said that the district’s call
volume has been at its highest ever in each
of the fi rst fi ve months of the year and June
was heading in the same direction.
Cowan announced that public education
specialist Anne-Marie Storms has been
promoted to deputy fi re marshal.
“We couldn’t ask for a better person in
that position,” Cowan said. “She crushed
her competition. I’m very proud of her.”
Man arrested in teen sex sting
A Hubbard man is being
held without bail after attempt-
ing to lure an underage victim
to the Pilot Travel Center in
Brooks with the intent of trad-
ing money and marijuana for
sex acts.
Keizer Police detectives ar-
rested Joseph Ronald Ahre, 41,
for multiple counts of sexual
related crimes after foiling his
plan to meet a female victim.
Keizer police detectives ar-
rested Ahre at 12:41 a.m. Satur-
day, June 10, at the Pilot Travel
Center as he waited in a private
shower room for what he be-
lieved was a 16-year old girl.
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will have a fi nal charette to bring all the ideas together.”
Christopher hopes to begin design meetings in August and
continue through February 2018, and to select an artist for
the carving in late 2018. She said the process would resemble
The Big Toy planning more than the Iris Festival Mural
design process.
Project endorsements were also forthcoming from KPAC
and the Keizer Chamber of Commerce, Christopher said.
The city won't hear back on the Oregon Community
Foundation grant until late 2017 or early 2018. The actual
carving of the poles would not begin until March 2019,
according to the projected timeline.
“Everything
else gets
pushed out at
least another
year.”
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It's hard to incorporate that
sometimes
when
you're
teaching a content and we
want every single one of our
kids to have an emotional
attachment to McNary High
School. We just want to give
dedicated time. It's part of our
overall mission to provide a
world class education.”
Tom Cavanaugh has been
hired to replace Dallas Myers
as McNary's drama director.
Cavanaugh was the drama
teacher at Parkrose High
School in Portland for four
years and did his student
teaching at McKay.
Jespersen, band director
Jennifer Bell, choir director
Joshua Rist and orchestra
director
Sean
Williams
interviewed seven people for
the position.
“He (Cavanaugh) was
highly recommended by his
principal Molly Ouche, who
I've known for a while, just
highly relational with kids and
the faculty,” Jespersen said. “I
really feel, as everyone did, it
was an unanimous selection
to pick him, we just really
felt like he's going to be able
to take us to the next level.
We're really excited. Theatre
is a big deal in our school
and our community. That will
continue.”
Due to budget cuts,
McNary lost two full-time
equivalent positions. No one
lost their job but two teachers
were transferred within the
Salem-Keizer School District.
“It's not like it was in 2008-
09 when people were actually
losing their jobs,” Jespersen
said. “As people retire or move
on, that's where the spots
are fi lled. We are down two
teachers. Our class sizes will
go up a little bit next year.”