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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.
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TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commission, noon, special
meetinJ, old Port of¿ ces, *ateZay Ave.
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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.”
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