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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian PENDLETON: This year’s proposed budget SURMHFWVWKHFLW\WREULQJLQPLOOLRQ Continued from 1A 1RW LQFOXGLQJ SDUWWLPH SRVLWLRQVWKHQHZMREZRXOG SXVK GHSDUWPHQW SHUVRQQHO WRHPSOR\HHV In other sections of the budget, the city allocated $27,500 for a new patrol YHKLFOH DQG IRU SROLFHODSWRSFRPSXWHUVDQG hardware. 7KH ¿UH GHSDUWPHQW DOVR will see a boost under the proposed budget. The budget calls for the hiring of three QHZ SDUDPHGLFV LQFUHDVLQJ WKHFLW\¶V¿UHDQGHPHUJHQF\ VHUYLFH HPSOR\HHV WR PRUH than 25. City Manager Robb Corbett said the request RULJLQDWHGIURPWKHUHVXOWVRI an analysis by Police Chief Stuart Roberts, who also acts as the city’s public safety director. “What’s happening is that these other neighboring DJHQFLHVDUHKDYLQJWRFRPH in and take the calls that we FDQ¶W WDNH´ &RUEHWW VDLG “Additionally, the calls that we’re passing on are those WKDW DUH PRVW OXFUDWLYH IRU EXVLQHVV´ The budget also allocates IRU KHDUW PRQLWRUV DQG IRU D ¿UH rescue truck. Corbett said he was opti- PLVWLFDERXWWKHFLW\¶VIXWXUH citing recent and future expansions at Rocky Moun- WDLQ &ROE\ 3LSH &R +LOO Meat Co., Newly Weds Food Inc. and Barhyte Specialty )RRGV ,QF DV H[DPSOHV RI 3HQGOHWRQ¶VHFRQRPLFDOOXUH But while a few industrial EXVLQHVVHV KDYH H[SDQGHG SURSHUW\WD[UHYHQXHVKDYHQ¶W expanded with it. The city EURXJKWLQRQO\PLOOLRQ ODVW\HDUDIWHUSURMHFWLQJ PLOOLRQLQWKHEXGJHW This year’s proposed EXGJHW SURMHFWV WKH FLW\ WR EULQJLQPLOOLRQ &RXQFLOPDQ $O 3OXWH pointed toward tax abate- PHQWVXQGHUWKHFLW\¶VHQWHU- SULVH]RQHSURJUDPDVEHLQJ WKH PDLQ FXOSULW EHKLQG WKH XQGHUSHUIRUPLQJUHYHQXHV ³:HKDYHDGLVFRQQHFWRI FUHDWLQJ MREV DQG FUHDWLQJ D UHYHQXHVWUHDPIRUWKHFLW\´ KH VDLG ³$V DQ H[DPSOH LI ZH KDYH D FRPSDQ\ FRPH LQ KHUH DQG FUHDWH MREV WKDWMREVGRHVDEVROXWHO\ QRWKLQJ WR JHQHUDWH LQFRPH for the city in itself. What happens is that it actually SXWV PRUH EXUGHQ RQ WKH city’s resources without UHYHQXH IURP WKRVH MREV´ Although the sections of the budget beyond the general fund were left to IXWXUH PHHWLQJV RWKHU KLJK- lights include: • Included in the nonde- SDUWPHQWDO EXGJHW DUH ZRUWK RI FDSLWDO LPSURYHPHQWV WKURXJKRXW the city. $PRQJ WKH EXGJHWHG LPSURYHPHQWV DUH D QHZ KHDWLQJ YHQWLODWLRQ DQG DLU FRQGLWLRQLQJV\VWHPIRUFLW\ hall, telephone upgrades and LPSURYHPHQWVWRWKHDTXDWLF FHQWHU&RPPXQLW\3DUNDQG basketball courts across four different parks. ,Q DQ LQWHUYLHZ DIWHU WKH PHHWLQJ &RUEHWW VDLG WKH DPRXQW VSHQW RQ FDSLWDO LPSURYHPHQWVZDV³OHVVWKDQ LGHDO´ Since city facilities are decaying faster than staff PHPEHUV FDQ PDNH UHSDLUV RU LPSURYHPHQWV &RUEHWW said a bond is still necessary WR DGGUHVV GHIHUUHG PDLQWH- nance. 7KH FLW\¶V PLOOLRQ VWUHHWIXQGLVRQO\DPRGHVW LQFUHDVH IURP WKH \HDU before. Most of that increase FRPHV IURP WKH PLOOLRQ FDSLWDOLPSURYHPHQWVHFWLRQ DLQFUHDVHIURPWKH \HDU EHIRUH 7KH LPSURYH- PHQWVZLOOFRYHUIRU pothole patching, $50,000 for crack sealing, $125,000 IRU D VWUHHWV PDVWHU SODQ DQG WR SUHVHUYH 3HQGOHWRQ¶V PRVW ZLGHO\ WUDYHOHGURDGV • An increase in funds IURP WKH 8PDWLOOD &RXQW\ Special Library District and state grants will help the “We have a disconnect of creating jobs and creating a revenue stream for the city.” — Al Plute, Pendleton city councilman Pendleton Public Library SD\ IRU VRPH QHZ LPSURYH- PHQWV LV VHW DVLGH IRU D UHQRYDWLRQ WR WKH WHHQ URRPDQGSXUFKDVHRID' printer. • The Eastern Oregon Regional Airport industrial DUHDZLOOGUDZIXQGLQJIURP DYDULHW\RIDUHDV PLOOLRQ ZLOO FRPH IURP WKH ZDWHU IXQG WR SURYLGH XSJUDGHV WR WKH airport’s booster station and the extension of a water- line for future industrial GHYHORSPHQW Last year, after a business inquired about a piece of property the city owns, FRXQFLO DSSURYHG to plan the waterline extension. The airport will draw IURP WKH VHZHU IXQG WR FRYHU WKH FRVW RI D sewer lift station and sewer lines near the airport. The airport fund itself will ULVHIURPPLOOLRQWR PLOOLRQ0RVWRIWKDWLQFUHDVH FRPHV IURP D )HGHUDO $YLDWLRQ $GPLQLVWUDWLRQ PDQGDWHGDLUSRUWPDVWHUSODQ DQGD¿QDQFLDOSDFNDJHIURP the state to build hangars for the test range. 7KH FRPPLWWHH ZLOO UHYLHZWKHUHVWRIWKHEXGJHW DW XSFRPLQJ PHHWLQJV$SULO 0D\DQG0D\DWWKH Vert Little Theater at Pend- OHWRQ &LW\ +DOO 6: 'RULRQ$YH The council is scheduled WRIRUPDOO\DGRSWWKHEXGJHW June 2. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0836. Wednesday, April 29, 2015 NURSERY: 3URJUDPQXUWXUHVFKLOGUHQDWDWLPH Continued from 1A IDPLO\FKLOGLQWHUYHQWLRQLVWV PDNHKRPHYLVLWVWREROVWHU SDUHQWV ZKR DOVR KDYH WKH chance to take parenting classes. Ceniga said the SURJUDP PHDQV EHWWHU OLYHV for children. ³6HYHQW\¿YH SHUFHQW RIWKHEUDLQGHYHORSVLQWKH ¿UVW GD\V´ &HQLJD said. “That’s why we run an HDUO\ LQWHUYHQWLRQ SURJUDP Children are absorbing HYHU\WKLQJ 1HXURQV DUH IRUPLQJSDWKZD\V´ 7KH WKHUDSHXWLF SURJUDP nurtures 27 children at a WLPHVL[\HDUVDQG\RXQJHU 7KHUH DUH PRUH WKDQ children on the waiting list. The nursery also offers respite care for the children and their siblings up to WKUHH WLPHV D PRQWK 7KH relief nursery has helped URXJKO\ IDPLOLHV LQ LWV eight years of existence. As Ceniga talked, the sounds RI VHYHUDO EDELHV GULIWHG LQ IURP DQRWKHU URRP (DFK baby was tucked into the DUPVRIDYROXQWHHURUVWDII PHPEHU IRU D IHZ KRXUV RI care. The infants couldn’t KDYH NQRZQ DERXW WKH $10,000 hole in the nurs- HU\¶V EXGJHW Ceniga said she feels sure WKHGURSZRQ¶WPHDQOD\RIIV 6WDWH DQG SULYDWH JUDQWV ZLOO VXSSRUW WKH QRQSUR¿W though 25 percent of the IXQGLQJPXVWFRPHIURPWKH FRPPXQLW\ DV D PDWFKLQJ UHTXLUHPHQW %RDUG PHPEHU 3DW 6XOOLYDQZKRKHOSHGIRXQG the center, said the Pioneer Relief Nursery is one of 16 such nurseries in the state DQG WKH ¿UVW UXUDO RQH 6KH praised local benefactors VXFKDV6W$QWKRQ\+RVSLWDO which owns the building and charges $1 a year rent, DQG 0LG&ROXPELD %XV &RPSDQ\ZKLFKEXVHVFKLO- GUHQ WR DQG IURP RXWO\LQJ FRPPXQLWLHVDWDGLVFRXQWHG UDWH6XOOLYDQUHIXVHVWRIUHW about the future. ³:H¶YHJRWWHQFRQVLVWHQW FRPPXQLW\ VXSSRUW ZKHQ ZH¶YHUHDFKHGRXW´6XOOLYDQ said. The nursery also helps SDUHQWV¿QGWKHVWUHQJWKDQG VNLOOV WR PDNH SRVLWLYH OLIH changes. Board Chair Annette Skinner recalled a father of three who walked in off the street shortly after his wife KDGEHHQWDNHQWRMDLO ³+H ZDV GHVSHUDWH´ 6NLQQHUVDLG³+HZDONHGLQ DQGVDLGµ,QHHGKHOS¶´ (YHQWXDOO\ WKH IDWKHU earned his GED and enrolled in college before Skinner ORVWWUDFNRIKLP ³+H MXVW QHHGHG VRPH FRSLQJVNLOOV´VKHVDLG³+H QHHGHGVRPHVXSSRUW´ Ceniga said she doesn’t begrudge United Way for not funding the nursery. The iconic United Way ther- PRPHWHU MXVW LVQ¶W VKRRWLQJ up as far these days. “In the past, that little UHG WKHUPRPHWHU ZRXOG JR XS XS XS´ VKH VDLG ³7KH world has changed. The LGHD RI FRPPXQLW\ JLYLQJ IURP \RXU ZRUNSODFH KDV FKDQJHG +RSHIXOO\ LW¶OO WXUQDURXQG,EHOLHYHWKDWLW ZLOO´ ,Q WKH PHDQWLPH WKH Pioneer Relief Nursery will stoke its budget with fund- UDLVHUVVXFKDVD&KULVWPDV GLQQHUDW9LUJLO¶VDW&LPP\- LRWWL¶V DQG D EHQH¿W FRQFHUW this week featuring Dakota Brown and Luke Basile at the Pendleton Center for the $UWV 7KH FRQFHUW LV IURP SP 7KXUVGD\ DQG IRUJXHVWVJHWPXVLFD light dinner and one pour of wine or beer. ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or call 541-966-0810. living with alzheimer’s an education program by the alzheimer’s association Living with Alzheimer’s: For Caregivers – Middle Stage VIOLENCE:2SSRQHQWVDUJXHPHDVXUHJRHVWRRIDUE\ LQFOXGLQJVLEOLQJVSDUHQWVFKLOGUHQLQWLPDWHSDUWQHUV Continued from 1A GHDWKVUHODWHGWRGRPHVWLF YLROHQFHLQ2UHJRQODVW\HDU 74 percent of those people ZHUH NLOOHG E\ D ¿UHDUP according to the Oregon Alli- ance to End Violence Against :RPHQ “Research shows that GRPHVWLF DEXVHUV ZKR possess guns tend to use WKHP DV SDUW RI WKHLU SDWWHUQ of abuse, as a ready threat to IXUWKHUYLROHQFHDQGDVDWRRO for psychological control and PLVWUHDWPHQW´VWDWH$WWRUQH\ *HQHUDO (OOHQ 5RVHQEOXP WROG WKH 6HQDWH &RPPLWWHH on Judiciary. 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Join the Alzheimer’s Association Oregon Chapter for this class and hear caregivers and professionals discuss helpful strategies to provide safe, effective and comfortable care in the middle stage of Alzheimer’s. This class is free, but registration is required. To register, call 800-272-3900. Offered in collaboration with: 24/7 helpline: 800-272-3900 GUN CLUB: $SSURYHGVSHQGLQJRQ UHSDLUVWRMXVWLFHGHSDUWPHQWYHKLFOH Continued from 1A gun club fought its expansion in 2014. The case ended up in the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which in )HEUXDU\ DI¿UPHG WKH JXQ club could operate, but also found the county needed to DGG UXOHV WR DOORZ ¿UHDUP training sites to expand. $ OHWWHU IURP WKH JXQ club’s attorney asked the ERDUG WR PDNH WKH DPHQG- PHQWVHIIHFWLYHLPPHGLDWHO\ &RPPLVVLRQHU %LOO (OIHULQJ asked why that was so LPSRUWDQW Mabbott replied spring LV D EXV\ WLPH IRU WKH FOXE which has been waiting a year already. 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County counsel Doug Olsen said the county would pursue legal action against WKHGULYHU7\OHU.REDVD 7KH ERDUG DSSURYHG DPHQGLQJ WKH PHPRUDQGXP of understanding with Idaho Power, the Bureau of Land 0DQDJHPHQW DQG RWKHU DJHQFLHV IRU WKH HQYLURQ- PHQWDO LPSDFW VWDWHPHQW RI WKH %RDUGPDQ+HPLQJZD\ WUDQVPLVVLRQ OLQH SURMHFW Mabbott said this ensures the county stays in the loop on WKHSURMHFW •And the board deter- PLQHG WKH FRXQW\ ZDV LQ GURXJKWDQGYRWHGWRVHQGD UHTXHVWWR*RY.DWH%URZQ WR GHFODUH D VWDWH RI HPHU- gency for the county. See 7XHVGD\¶VVWRU\IRUPRUHRQ the conditions and request. ——— Contact Phil Wright at pwright@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0833. 5K RUN, 5K WALK, 10K RUN, KID'S BUTTE SCOOT All races begin & end at Hermiston's Butte Park DRAWINGS • FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Online registration & race information at WWW.BUTTECHALLENGE.COM All proceeds benefit THE HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM Thank you for your support!