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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 Executive session rules under review 5on %ersin, e[ecutiYe director of the (thics & om mission, plans to hire a neZ employee ne[t month to draft the rules and present a series of proposed rule chanJes to the commission for approval throuJhout . ³5eally, it¶s about clari fyinJ the biJJer issues that come before the commis sion,” Bersin said. )or e[ample, Bersin said public employees have ¿ led complaints alleJinJ that pub lic bodies such as city coun cils and county commissions violated the laZ by failinJ to provide adequate notice before holdinJ e[ecutive sessions to discipline public employees. 6tate laZ alloZs public bodies to hold closed door meetinJs to discipline or ¿ re employees, but the em ployees can also request the meetinJ be held in public. Public bodies are supposed By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 6A/(0 ² *oYernment of ¿ cials across 2reJon could Jet a clearer idea of Zhen they can meet behind closed doors ne[t year , Zhen the 2reJon *oYern ment (thics &ommission plans to beJin a process to clarify state laZ on e[ecutiYe sessions. The /eJislature passed a laZ earlier this year to JiYe the ( thics & ommission au thority to Zrite administra tiYe rules that Zill spell out hoZ the state should apply the laZ on e[ecutiYe sessions. 2reJon¶s open meetinJs laZ reTuires city councils, coun ty commission s and other JoYernment decisionmaNinJ bodies to conduct business in public sessions, Zith a feZ e[ceptions. These include dis cussions of litiJation, real es tate transactions and employ ee discipline. ‘Really, it’s about clarifying the bigger issues that come before the commission.’ Ron Bersin executive director of the Ethics Commission to provide suf¿ cient advance notice for the employee to request an open meetinJ, ac cordinJ to the attorney Jen eral¶s public meetinJs manu al. +oZever, Bersin said the vaJueness of the laZ on this issue maNes it dif¿ cult for the (thics &ommission to deter mine Zhether a city council or county commission provided enouJh notice to employees ahead of disciplinary meet inJs. Sensitive legal issues Another section of the laZ that JoverninJ boards and commissions often rely upon ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Clear to partly cloudy 46° Tuesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs The Dalles 44/84 Astoria 46/73 Portland 49/83 Corvallis 41/82 Eugene 44/82 Pendleton 43/76 Salem 45/83 Albany 42/81 Wednesday Burns 35/80 Medford 51/89 Mostly sunny Times of clouds and sun 73° 67° Klamath Falls 37/79 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 49° Thursday Friday Mostly cloudy 66° 50° 50° Mostly cloudy 67° 50° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 68° Low ............................................ 39° Normal high ............................... 66° Normal low ................................. 47° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 2.13" Normal month to date ............. 1.85" Year to date ........................... 31.24" Normal year to date .............. 39.95" Sunset tonight .................. 7:02 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday ............... 7:11 a.m. Moonrise today ................ 7:35 p.m. Moonset today ................. 7:47 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 77 33 s 69 38 s 67 51 s 77 44 s 68 52 s 81 37 s 89 51 s 65 47 s 66 49 s New First Full Oct 4 Oct 12 Oct 20 Oct 27 Under the Sky Tues. Hi Lo W 81 33 pc 76 41 pc 66 50 pc 82 47 s 67 53 s 79 35 pc 89 50 pc 64 49 s 66 51 s National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 75 69 c Boston 77 64 s Chicago 79 59 pc Denver 83 52 pc Des Moines 84 59 pc Detroit 80 63 pc El Paso 95 65 s Fairbanks 46 31 sh Honolulu 87 76 pc Indianapolis 83 66 pc Kansas City 84 63 s Las Vegas 100 75 s Los Angeles 88 65 pc Memphis 81 70 c Miami 89 77 t Nashville 81 68 pc New Orleans 83 73 t New York 80 70 c Oklahoma City 87 61 s Philadelphia 84 71 c St. Louis 84 67 pc Salt Lake City 83 62 pc San Francisco 72 56 pc Seattle 69 48 s Washington, DC 81 70 sh Last City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 71 39 s 72 43 s 80 49 s 85 50 s 79 45 s 69 48 s 71 42 s 78 45 s 76 38 s Tues. Hi Lo W 76 44 s 76 46 pc 83 52 s 85 51 s 83 49 s 68 51 s 73 45 s 81 49 s 79 42 s Tonight's Sky: The constellation Scutum the Shield is visible in the south this evening. Scutum is above the teapot-shaped constellation Sagit- tarius. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 2:40 a.m. 8.7 ft. 2:50 p.m. 9.4 ft. Time 8:47 a.m. 9:25 p.m. Low -0.2 ft. -1.3 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 77 68 t 78 63 c 65 50 pc 74 52 pc 70 47 r 72 51 sh 94 67 s 33 28 sf 86 77 sh 77 55 t 73 54 c 100 75 s 87 66 pc 81 68 t 90 76 t 77 65 t 86 73 t 78 66 sh 87 62 s 83 66 sh 83 58 pc 85 63 pc 70 56 pc 74 51 s 80 70 sh Cold Stationary Showers Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Ha ve you w a ited u n til th e en d of th e yea r to u tilize you r in su ra n ce b en efits? Klemp Family Dentistry now offers C EREC b y Siro na ceram ic d ental resto ratio ns. Public meetings MONDAY Port of Astoria Commission, a.m., ZorNshop, /oJ &onference &enter (BuildinJ , & 5ilea, 5ilea 2reJon 5oad, Warrenton. Warrenton-Hammond School Board, p.m., board retreat, Warrenton +iJh 6chool li Typical restorations require uncomfortable temporaries and impression trays, and returning for a secondary appointment for fillings, veneers or full crowns. CEREC restorations are all color matched, metal free and highly durable. With 30 years of research and development backing this process, 28 million restorations placed worldwide and a success rate of 95%, you can rest assured that you’ve made the right decision to trust the CEREC system with your dental restoration needs. OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4 p.m.: 7 p.m.: 10 p.m.: Saturday’s Megabucks: (stimated jacNpot . million. Saturday’s Powerball: , PoZerball (stimated jacNpot million. Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4 p.m.: 7 p.m.: 10 p.m.: Friday’s Pick 4: 1006 West Marine Drive, Astoria (503) 468-0116 www.klempfamilydentistry.com 1 p.m.: 4 p.m.: 7 p.m.: 10 p.m.: WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: Sunday’s Keno: Sunday’s Match 4: Saturday’s Daily Game: Saturday’s Hit 5: (stimated jacNpot ,. Saturday’s Keno: Saturday’s Lotto: (stimated jacNpot . million. Saturday’s Match 4: Friday’s Daily Game: Friday’s Keno: Friday’s Match 4: Friday’s Mega Millions: , 0eJa Ball (stimated jacNpot million. The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, Ior Yeterans, a À aJ symbol at no charJe. The deadline Ior all obituaries is a.m. the business day prior. 2bituaries may be edited Ior spellinJ, proper punctuation and style. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103- 0210 www.dailyastorian.com MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KLEMP F A MILY D ENTISTRY TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, noon, special meetinJ, old Port of¿ ces, *ateZay Ave. OBITUARY POLICY Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) The restorations look and feel natural, which will give you the confidence to SHOW YOUR SMILE. brary, 6.(. 0ain Ave. Seaside City Council, p.m., &ity +all, BroadZay. Lotteries Y o u r new cro w ns can b e co m p leted in a sin gle a ppoin tm en t! quietly alloZ neJotiated sales iJnored the clear intent of the /eJislature to reJulate prices. AccordinJ to one person preparinJ for the hearinJs, *ov. .ate BroZn left the issue in the /eJislature¶s court earli er this month ² BroZn said in a statement the enerJy aJency Zould ZorN Zith the /eJisla ture to clarify handlinJ of the ta[ credits ² and “attention is movinJ aZay from hoZ did Ze Jet here to 2., Ze need to clarify Zhere Ze¶re JoinJ.” • Untested rape kits. 2r eJon received nearly mil lion earlier this month from the U.6. Bureau of -ustice and 0anhattan District Attorney &yrus 9ance -r. to help clear a bacNloJ of , untested rape Nits in the state. 1oZ, laZmaN ers are also interested in poten tially draftinJ leJislation to ad dress the problem in the future. Sept. 25, 2015 B58T21, &liffton 6cott, , of Astoria, died in Astoria. &aldZell¶s /uce/ayton 0ortuary in Astoria is in charJe of the arranJements. Warm Rain 2reJon laZmaNers Zill return to 6alem to hold inter im meetinJs today throuJh Wednesday and althouJh a con troversial hearinJ on Planned Parenthood has been canceled, people involved still e[pect several political hot topics to come up for discussion. +ere are a feZ of the po tential hiJhliJhts • Child welfare and fos- ter care. /aZmaNers Zill hear from former employees of the foster care aJency *ive Us Day, after a recent story in Willamette WeeN about problems at the company¶s facilities. • Medicaid reim- bursement rates. 2reJon¶s reimbursement rates for orJa ni]ations that serve the state¶s loZincome 0edicaid pop ulation Zill drop sliJhtly on averaJe this year, and one of the orJani]ations has already ¿ led a laZsuit aJainst the state over the rate chanJes. There¶s a lot of money in volved, and laZmaNers Zant the 2reJon +ealth Authority to e[plain the rate chanJes. • Energy tax credits. 1eZs reports this summer found the 2reJon Department of (nerJy Zas alloZinJ enerJy ta[ cred its to be sold at deep discounts, despite laZmaNers¶ attempts to reJulate prices throuJh leJis lation. /aZmaNers have tZo hearinJs on the ta[ credits scheduled ne[t ZeeN. 6tate 5ep. Phil Barnhart, D6prinJ¿ eld, the chairman of the +ouse Interim & ommittee on 5evenue, has critici]ed the Department of (nerJy¶s han dlinJ of the ta[ credits, say inJ the aJency¶s decision to Death Fronts T-Storms News media access 2ne controversial propos al that never made it into the leJislation that authori]ed the neZ rules ² 6enate Bill ² Zould have tasNed the ( th ics & ommission Zith ZritinJ rules on Zho quali¿ es as a Mournalist in 2reJon, at least as it pertains to the public meetinJs laZ. 2reJon¶s unique laZ al loZs members of the me dia to attend most e[ecutive sessions and durinJ the p ast decade, city councilors and other public of¿ cials in 2r eJon struJJled to ¿ Jure out Zhether to alloZ bloJJers into closeddoor meetinJs. In most states, journalists are e[cluded from e[ecutive ses sions alonJ Zith other mem bers of the public. DurinJ the leJislative ses sion, the Association of 2re Jon &ounties also proposed an amendment that Zould have alloZed cities and coun ties to adopt ordinances to de¿ ne Zho quali¿ ed as rep resentatives of the media. +oZever, laZmaNers did not adopt that amendment and the bill the /eJislature eventually passed speci¿ cally prohibited the ( thics & ommission from adoptinJ rules to de¿ ne Zho quali¿ es as the neZs media. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. /eJislators bacN in 6alem to hold interim meetinJs By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau Ontario 44/84 Bend 38/76 to hold closeddoor meetinJs alloZs e[ecutive sessions so the of¿ cials can consult Zith their attorneys about “current litiJation or litiJation liNely to be ¿ led.” 2ften, these meetinJs con cern sensitive or controversial issues on Zhich the boards or commissions miJht e[pect a laZsuit in the future, but no one has yet ¿ led or Jiven no tice of intent to ¿ le a laZsuit. Bersin said there are also questions about Zhether public bodies can construe consultinJ Zith their laZyers to apply to meetinJs in Zhich they read a document from the laZyer, but the laZyer is not present. “These are the thinJs that the statutes don¶t Jive Jreat clarity to, and the (attorney Jeneral tries to Jive some clarity throuJh its publica tion,” Bersin said. “But Ze hope to Jive better clarity so that people don¶t run afoul Zith us. This rule maNinJ is re ally an educational effort. ,t¶s not an enforcement effort.” The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. 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