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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
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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
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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
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ACCUWEATHER FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Areas of low clouds
50°
Wednesday
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commis-
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old 3ort of¿ ces, *ateZay
Ave.
Warm
Lotteries
Stationary
Showers
T-Storms
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20s
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40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
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Rain
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Ice
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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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