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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 6WDWHRI¿FLDOLQFKDUJHRIHQHUJ\WD[FUHGLWVUHVLJQV AJency¶s handlinJ of incentive proJram under scrutiny By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau 6A/(0 ² A top adminis trator at the 2reJon Department of (nerJy resiJned last ZeeN amid scrutiny of the aJency¶s handlinJ of ta[ incentives for reneZable enerJy and ef¿ ciency projects. &hief )inancial 2f¿ cer An thony %ucNley, Zho oversees ta[ incentive, enerJy Jrant and loan proJrams, Zill ZorN at the aJency throuJh )riday , accord inJ to his 6ept. letter of resiJ nation. The Department of (ner Jy faces criticism by current and former laZmaNers for alloZinJ enerJy ta[ credits to be sold at deeper discounts than alloZed under state price reJulations. /aZmaNers plan to taNe up the subject durinJ hearinJs in 6alem this ZeeN . Inconsistent interpretation The state offers the ta[ cred its to Jovernment and private orJani]ations to help offset the cost of ef¿ ciency and reneZable enerJy projects. 5ecipients can use the credits to reduce their ta[es, or sell them to raise cap ital. /aZmaNers passed a laZ in that reTuired the Depart ment of (nerJy to adopt a for mula to determine sales prices for ta[ credits. The Joal Zas to ensure that oZners of enerJy projects Zho opted to sell their ta[ credits received nearly the full face value. +oZever, %ucNley told ta[ credit recipients and broNers in they could iJnore the formula, accordinJ to public records and intervieZs. At the same time, other employees at the department told ta[ credit re cipients they had to folloZ state price Juidelines. %ucNley¶s resiJnation let ter did not provide a reason for his departure, but he heaped praise on the aJency. ³, cannot say enouJh Jreat thinJs about 2D2(, about all the people ,¶ve encountered in my years of ser vice here, and especially about you and all the others on the manaJement team,´ %ucNley Zrote in a letter to aJency direc tor 0ichael .aplan. TZo employees Zho ZorN in the division %ucNley oversees, loan manaJer 3aul =ollner and business enerJy incentive pro Jram specialist 1aNeia Daniels, also recently resiJned. An assis tant in the aJency¶s administra tive division, 0andee :ildinJ, resiJned around the same time. Another employee in the enerJy incentives division Zho handled enerJy ta[ credit sales, -oe &olello, resiJned in AuJust. &olello Zas one of the employ ees Zho told broNers and ta[ credit recipients they had to fol loZ state price reJulations. =ollner also did not provide a reason for his resiJnation in a letter to %ucNley. ³, appreciate the opportuni ties , have been Jiven Zhile at enerJy,´ =ollner Zrote in a 6ept. letter released by the aJency. High turnover 6tate auditors Zho Zere in vestiJatinJ a complaint about the enerJy department¶s handlinJ of the ta[ credits this summer heard that employee morale Zas loZ and turnover Zas hiJh, accord inJ to the auditors¶ notes from intervieZs Zith tZo aJency em ployees. AccordinJ to the aJen cy¶s statistics, turnover Zas at percent durinJ the biennium, percent durinJ the biennium and per cent in the biennium. AJency spoNesZoman 5a chel :ray said that since the de partment is small, some employ ees leave in order to advance their careers. ³:e¶re proud that many of our employees have Jotten the Nind of professional e[perience at 2D2( that maNes them Jreat candidates for jobs Zith more responsibility,´ :ray Zrote in an email on 0onday. ³As for proJram operations, Ze¶ve been ZorNinJ to improve these pro Jrams and our oversiJht of them, and it¶s our intention to maNe the proJrams stronJ and reliable enouJh to Zithstand dynamic situations liNe staff turnover.´ The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group. 6easide to hold second ZorNshop on Hood to &oast to iron out conÀ icts Don¶t ban event, councilor says, chanJe the date By .$7+(5,1(/$&$=( EO Media Group 6(A6,D( ² Discussion about 6easide¶s participation as the ¿ nish line for +ood to &oast Zill be bacN on the table durinJ a second ZorN session ne[t 0onday niJht . The 6easide &ity &ouncil held a preliminary ZorN ses sion last ZeeN after local businesses submitted a letter to the council relayinJ their con cerns Zith the annual event. %usiness oZners said the race disrupts Zhat could be a siJni¿ cantly pro¿ table late AuJust ZeeNend for small businesses, at little to no bene ¿ t to the city. (vent orJani]ers said they contributed , to the 6easide &hamber of &om merce, , to 3rovidence 6easide +ospital and , to the 6unset (mpire 3arN 5ecreation District this year, despite a disastrous ¿ nale that Zas marred by a storm. &ity &ouncilor 5andy )ranN, Zho moderated the ZorN session last ZeeN, said he believes the timinJ of the event is bad for the city. He does not Zant to ban Hood to &oast from 6easide, but Zants some chanJes made. ³,¶m not tryinJ to Jet rid of the event,´ he said. ³, just thinN that they need to consid er chanJinJ Zhen they have it. ,t¶s just too biJ of a burden on our toZn and resources at that time of the year.´ Hood to &oast &hief 2p eratinJ 2f¿ cer Dan )loyd had said last ZeeN that he and race founder %ob )oote Zould at tend the &ity &ouncil meetinJ 0onday and respond to com plaints, but race orJani]ers may noZ attend the ZorN ses sion ne[t 0onday niJht. ,n an intervieZ Zith the 6easide 6iJnal last ZeeN, )loyd said he is considerinJ bacNup options for a ¿ nish line location. ³:e love 6easide and Ze¶d love to be bacN, but it Zould be smart of us to alZays have a bacNup plan for 6easide and ® ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Areas of low clouds 50° Wednesday $QJHOD%RGLH(OOHQEXUJ %UDLQHUG0LQQHVRWD $XJ²6HSW The Dalles 49/83 Astoria 50/65 Portland 52/76 Corvallis 44/73 Eugene 46/75 Pendleton 46/77 Salem 48/76 Albany 45/73 Ontario 46/84 Bend 40/73 Thursday Burns 36/78 Medford 50/82 Times of clouds and sun Mostly cloudy 65° 67° Klamath Falls 35/75 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 49° Friday Saturday Mostly cloudy, a shower in the afternoon 66° 49° 48° Mostly sunny with a shower in places 67° 50° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High ........................................... 76° Low ............................................ 44° Normal high ............................... 66° Normal low ................................. 47° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 2.13" Normal month to date ............. 1.94" Year to date ........................... 31.24" Normal year to date .............. 40.04" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Wednesday ......... Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 82 35 s 77 40 s 64 51 s 81 46 s 67 54 s 79 35 s 88 50 s 62 51 s 63 50 s National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 77 68 t Boston 78 65 c Chicago 63 51 sh Denver 77 53 pc Des Moines 70 46 r Detroit 74 54 sh El Paso 93 67 s Fairbanks 35 28 sn Honolulu 86 77 sh Indianapolis 76 57 t Kansas City 75 52 c Las Vegas 100 75 s Los Angeles 88 65 pc Memphis 84 69 t Miami 88 77 t Nashville 77 67 t New Orleans 86 73 t New York 81 68 sh Oklahoma City 87 62 s Philadelphia 81 70 sh St. Louis 82 58 c Salt Lake City 85 64 pc San Francisco 69 56 pc Seattle 73 51 s Washington, DC 82 72 sh 7:00 p.m. 7:12 a.m. 8:12 p.m. 9:05 a.m. Last New First Full Oct 4 Oct 12 Oct 20 Oct 27 Under the Sky Wed. Hi Lo W 82 38 s 73 40 s 63 50 s 75 45 s 62 53 pc 75 35 s 82 48 s 61 49 pc 64 50 pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 76 44 s 76 46 s 83 52 s 84 50 s 82 48 s 69 53 s 74 46 s 79 48 s 80 43 s Wed. Hi Lo W 72 45 s 77 49 s 76 51 s 78 50 s 76 46 s 63 52 pc 78 48 s 73 50 s 82 46 s Tonight's Sky: The constellations of autumn: Pegasus, Andromeda, Perseus, Cassiopeia and Cepheus, all stand high overhead mid-evening. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI AnJela (llenburJ, , of %rainerd, 0inne lenburJs time to enjoy the outdoors and share sota, and formerly of Astoria, 2re their love of nature Zith their tZo children. AnJela Zas a lovinJ Zife, Jon, passed aZay on )riday, 6ept. mother, sister, dauJhter and Zill be , , at her home in %rainerd. Jreatly missed. 6he Zas born to David and 9icNi AnJela is survived by her hus %odie on AuJ. , , in Astoria, band, 1icN sons, 5udy and 3orter 2reJon. mother, 9icNi %odie sister, -ennifer )rom a younJ aJe, AnJela Zas /onJ 5ich and brother, (ric %odie alZays a hiJh enerJy person Zho .erry. loved music, beinJ outdoors, family 6he Zas preceded in death by her and friends. father. 6he found her soul mate and part Angela 0emorial services Zill be p.m. ner for life at the aJe of , Zhen she Ellenburg Tuesday, 6ept. , at /ivinJ :ord married 1icN (llenburJ. ToJether, 1orth in %rainerd, 0innesota. Ar they had many successful business adventures, ZorNinJ toJether and raisinJ a ranJements are Zith .line )uneral +ome, 3e family. Their success in business Jave the (l Tuot /aNes, 0innesota. 2QWKHUHFRUG 0HQDFLQJ At p.m. 6aturday, &latsop &ounty 6heriff¶s 2f ¿ ce arrested Donald 5ussell .emmerer, , :arrenton, for tZo counts of menacinJ, three counts of unlaZful pos session of a Zeapon and re sistinJ arrest after a domestic dispute at .emmerer¶s home on the blocN of 6mith /aNe 5oad in :arrenton. DUII arrest At p.m. 6unday, Astoria 3olice arrested )red ericN &harles 6mith, , Astoria, for drivinJ under the inÀ uence of into[icants, recNless drivinJ and tZo counts of hit and run. 6mith reportedly crashed into tZo vehicles near the *ateZay &inema and À ed before beinJ arrested for D8,,. THURSDAY Northwest Oregon Hous- LQJ $XWKRULW\ %RDUG a.m., annual meetinJ, fol loZed by reJular monthly meetinJ, 12+A of¿ ce, 6. 0ain Ave., :arrenton. 6HDVLGH 3DUNV $GYLVRU\ &RPPLWWHH p.m., &ity +all, %roadZay. lion. 0RQGD\¶V /RWWR (VWLPDWHG MDFNSRW . million. 0RQGD\¶V 0DWFK 3XEOLFPHHWLQJV Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 3:32 a.m. 8.4 ft. 3:31 p.m. 9.4 ft. Time 9:30 a.m. 10:14 p.m. Low 0.3 ft. -1.2 ft. Tomorrow’s National Weather Wed. Hi Lo W 78 65 t 70 52 r 63 49 s 81 53 pc 67 45 pc 67 46 s 91 65 s 35 27 sf 87 75 s 71 49 pc 70 49 pc 102 75 s 88 67 pc 77 60 pc 90 76 t 75 60 sh 87 71 pc 74 56 r 83 59 s 76 60 r 72 52 pc 85 62 s 69 56 pc 70 51 s 78 61 r ¿ nali]e plans for ne[t year¶s event. &ity &ouncilor Tita 0onte ro said she perceives the second ZorN session as an opportunity for collaboration betZeen local residents and Hood to &oast or Jani]ers, includinJ )oote or his dauJhter, )elicia Hubber, Zho noZ serves as president. (ven if they don¶t attend, &ity & ouncilor Dana 3hillips said, the city can record vari ous opinions and concerns e[ pressed by citi]ens and pass on that information to Hood to &oast orJani]ers. OBITUARIES Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs every other location on our race course,´ he said. The problem Zith chanJ inJ the venue, or even just the date, )loyd said, is that the race is about miles lonJ. Any chanJe Zould impact not only 6easide but every juris diction that provides a start or e[chanJe location on the route. %ecause of time con straints, it is important to hold a second ZorN session as soon as possible, )ranN said. The city needs to maNe a decision so orJani]ers can Fronts Cold TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commis- VLRQ noon, special meetinJ, old 3ort of¿ ces, *ateZay Ave. Warm Lotteries Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice 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. APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS O VER RS 3 0 YEA IN S SINES BU Mattresses, Furniture & More! 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