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The suspect who fi red investigating whether the is asked to contact Det. Tim apartment resulted in a Lathrop at 503-390-3713. 20-year-old man being shot the shots was not identifi ed incident was gang-related. Saturday, March 7. A few minutes before 2 a.m., e us Ho Keizer Police offi cers were r’s ylo a T at dispatched to Evergreen Villa life er Apartments in the 700 block ntrol of h co for of Bever Drive Northeast on es rch a the report of a shooting. er teen se iz When they arrived, Ke offi cers located a male subject who was the victim of a non-life- threatening gunshot wound. He was treated on scene by medics and was transported to Salem Health for further treatment. A preliminary investigation indicated that a group of individuals were at a party in one of the apartments when an uninvited group arrived and an altercation occurred. One of the people involved fi red several shots at the original KEIZERTIMES/Andrew Jackson group from the apartment, The Evergreen Villa Apartment Complex was the site of a violent incident on Saturday, March 7. PAGE A3 By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The Keizer Charter Re- view Committee set a public forum on potential revisions to the Keizer city charter for Tuesday, April 21. During the forum, the committee will ask for input on four questions the group did not want to change in the charter without input from the public. What the precise questions are will be deter- mined in the coming weeks as members of the committee reach out to community and Please see FORUM, Page A8 CITY BUDGET PREVIEW: Police services fee could escalate quickly By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Members of the Keizer Budget Advisory Committee got a preview of what to expect when budgeting season begins in about 60 days. The biggest challenge the group can expect to grapple with is what to do about the monthly police services fee added to utility bills in November 2017. The group met under the title of the Keizer Long- Range Planning Committee Monday, March 9. The police fee pays for fi ve full-time offi cers at the Keizer Police Department (KPD), but a rash of retirements has kept the Keizer Police Department from maintaining a full roster of 42 offi cers and eight administrators. The glut of departures has strained the city budget as retiring employees collect payments for accrued time off and that has meant positions at the department are being held open while the city saves money to fi ll them. Currently, there at 47 full time positions fi lled at KPD and roughly half of a full time equivalent in paid part-time staff. To combat the backslide, city staff fl oated the idea of raising the the police services fee from $4 per month to $5.33 a month in the 2020- 21 fi scal year. The increase will generate an additional $226,000. “That would pay for another full-time offi cer and offset some of the expenses we expected would grow First case of COVID-19 Cuffed PAGE A5 New Volcanoes manager PAGE A10 File when we established the fee,” said Tim Wood, Keizer fi nance director. However, the fee growth would not stop there. In 2021, the fee would climb to $7.39 per month and, by 2025, the fee might nearly triple to $11.93 per month. City offi cials were aware that the fee would likely need to increase over time when it was services, City Manager Chris Eppley said, the park fee was the harder sell. “With police, we knew what we were buying – fi ve people. I think now the parks fee is easier to defi ne because we can see all the improvements that have been made where the police fee is the more diffi cult burden because a lot of it is philosophical. It’s selling how safe a person feels,” Eppley said. Keizer Police Chief John Teague said the fee becomes more of a sustainability fee for police services at the higher rates, but the difference can be seen in how the department put in place, but some at the meeting appeared caught off guard by the exponential fee growth projections. When the city put in place fees for police and parks Retirements crimp hiring abilities By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Possible increases to the police fee became one of the most discussed aspects of the coming city budget cycle, but it was far from the only news out of a meeting of the Keizer Long- Range Planning Committee on Monday, March 9. Overall, it was a mixed bag of status quo decisions and looming headaches. One bright spot is that the city is not expected to raise stormwater rates in the coming year. Typically, the increase is in the range of 50 cents per month. However, the delay of a capital improvement project that had been scheduled for this year means the city will forego the increase. The delayed project involves replacing stormwater infrastructure along Shoreline Drive North and Cummings Lane North. Keizer’s water rates are expected to increase by 4.5 percent and the money will be put toward continued capital improvements. Despite the State of the City S E N O D WIL Please see CRIMP, Page X Please see POLICE, Page A8 Keizer up for the challenge, says mayor has risen to meet challenges during the past year. She started with a proj- ect that is reaching the next stage of its development, a re- vision of the city charter that removes language marginal- izing LGBTQ people. The charter amendment, known as Section 44, was approved by Keizer voters in the 1990s. “I fi rmly believe that Sec- tion 44 will be eliminated in its entirety … and our charter will refl ect the welcoming city it is,” Clark said. By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark delivered her annual State of the City address during a Keizer Chamber of Com- merce luncheon Tuesday, March 10. Her theme this time around was demonstrat- ing the many ways Keizer Doutt leads McNary’s All-Conference recipients PAGE A14 Please see CITY, Page A8 $ 14,000 OFF MSRP!* 0%x60 * OR ** *MSRP $53,370, Sale price $39,370 after $5,000 Skyline Discount, $3,000 Retail Customer Cash, $1,500 Bonus Customer Cash, $750 Select Inventory Cash, $1,000 Special Package Bonus Cash, $250 Retail Bonus Cash, $1,250 NW Edition Cash, $500 Trade Assistance, $750 Ford Motor Credit, plus license, tax, title and doc fee. Must trade a ‘95 or newer. Must finance with Ford Motor Credit, on approved credit. 1 at this price. Subject to prior sale. Stk #6370P, VIN E07956. Art is for illustration only. Offer expires 3/31/2020. **0%x60=$48,370 to finance after Skyline Discount. Must trade 95 or newer. 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