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REGION Wednesday, July 29, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3A Umatilla County picks dispatch advisory group of the following representatives: • Hermiston City Manager Byron Smith; • Hermiston police Capt. Travis Umatilla County now has an RI¿FLDO ERDUG WR DGYLVH WKH RSHUD- Eynon; • Hermiston Fire District Chief WLRQRIWKHVKHULII¶VRI¿FHGLVSDWFK Scott Stanton; center. • Pendleton Chief of Police The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday Stuart Roberts; • Pilot Rock Mayor Virginia at the county courthouse in Pend- leton to establish the Dispatch Carnes; 6WDQ¿HOG &LW\ 0DQDJHU %ODLU Advisory Committee. Local police DQG ¿UH GHSDUWPHQW KHDGV FDOOHG Larsen; • Umatilla Police Chief Darla for the creation of such a board since the dispatch center took over Huxel; • Sheriff Terry Rowan; communication duties for most 8QGHUVKHULII-LP/LWWOH¿HOG emergency agencies in the county. • Dispatch commander Lt. Kathy The initial membership consists By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Lieuallen; • and Umatilla County Commis- sioner Bill Elfering. There also is a spot for Pendle- WRQ¶VQH[W¿UHFKLHIZKRWKHFLW\LV working to hire. The order estab- lishing the committee also allows for more members. Commissioners also voted 3-0 to pay Sun Ridge Systems $55,397 for annual support of the software that runs on the dispatch center’s computer systems. Sheriff’s Lt. Kathy Lieuallen, the dispatch center FRPPDQGHUDQGRWKHUFRXQW\RI¿- cials have expressed concerns the software has not always worked or worked well. County counsel Doug Olsen said Sun Ridge has worked better as of late. The board heard from county tax assessor Paul Chalmers on House Bill 3492, which allows counties to create a property tax exemption for solar projects. Chalmers said the solar project at Madison Farms, Echo, would qualify for the exemp- tion, and he recommended the board create a policy to deal with new law. Commissioners took no action. The board also gave its approval for county emergency manager Jack Remillard to continue working on a new mutual aid agreement IRU ¿JKWLQJ ODUJH ¿UHV +H VDLG Umatilla, Morrow and Union coun- HERMISTON Find the treasure, get ice cream for the treasure. She said the event also brings neighbor- hoods together. The winner’s ice cream party, Sandoval Like a ninja in the dark, said, is always fun and Erica Sandoval, Hermiston people come out and talk to Police Department crime their neighbors. SUHYHQWLRQ RI¿FHU \RXWK The medallion is located RI¿FHU KLG D JROGHQ PHGDO- on public property. Although lion. not in plain view, searchers The treasure hunt is part ZRQ¶WKDYHWRGLJWR¿QGLW of the annual National Night Treasure hunt rules: Out festivities in Hermiston, •Participants must live in which includes block parties Hermiston. Employees and and Neighborhood Watch immediate family members, information. Sandoval hid or independent contractors, the golden medallion, which of the Hermiston Police is about 3 inches in diameter Department, East Oregonian and is attached to a red, white and Hermiston Herald are and blue ribbon, somewhere ineligible. within Hermiston. •The medallion is hidden Sandoval, who has been LQVLGH WKH FLW\ 7KH ¿QGHU in charge of hiding the will not have to leave prop- medallion for seven years, erty that is publicly owned or gets excited about the hunt controlled by a public agency because families, individuals WR¿QGLW and groups of friends look 7KHSHUVRQZKR¿QGVWKH forward to the yearly event. Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini medallion must immediately “It’s a great way to be in This golden medallion is hidden somewhere in Herm- touch with the community,” iston as part of the National Night Out festivities in take it to the Hermiston VKHVDLG³$VDSROLFHRI¿FHU Hermiston. The person who finds the treasure wins an Police Department, 330 S. we don’t always get to do ice cream social block party during National Night Out First St. If it’s found after 6 p.m., the person needs to family-friendly things and Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Hermiston. call 541-567-5519 and ask this is just one tradition that each other and encourages esandoval@hermiston.or.us. dispatch to contact Sandoval. keeps going.” The EO is publishing •The winner of the The city of Hermiston, the the development of Neigh- East Oregonian and Herm- borhood Watch areas. It also clues regarding the where- treasure hunt may keep the iston Herald will treat the provides an opportunity for abouts of the medallion. The medallion. •The winner acknowl- SHUVRQ ZKR ¿QGV WKH PHGDO- SROLFHDQG¿UH¿JKWHUVWRYLVLW ¿UVWFOXHLVEHORZDQGWKHEO lion to an ice cream social with citizens in a relaxed will print additional clues edges, by participating in GDLO\ XQWLO VRPHRQH ¿QGV LW the treasure hunt, the East block party Tuesday, Aug. 4 setting. There are currently about and takes it to the Hermiston Oregonian will publish his or from 6-8 p.m. City councilors, her name and picture, and the FLW\ RI¿FLDOV DQG HPHUJHQF\ 50 Neighborhood Watch Police Department. Sandoval encourages winner will participate in the responders will serve ice areas in Hermiston, Sandoval cream to those attending the said. Those who aren’t people to put on their thinking National Night Out activities. ——— winner’s party. In addition, the involved with the program caps. The clues sometimes representatives will stop in at can learn more about it and refer to Hermiston history, Clue No. 1 get one going in their neigh- song lyrics, books, movies or other parties. people. Do I know east and west Annual National Night borhood. As far as National Night “I think everyone wants or left to right? Out activities have been They say the treasure going on across the country Out, Sandoval said nine to be a detective with the for 32 years. This is Herm- Neighborhood Watch parties clues,” she said. “It taps into won’t be in plain sight. Grab a paper and read the iston’s 17th year of partici- DUH DOUHDG\ FRQ¿UPHG DQG everyone’s inner detective.” In addition, Sandoval news. pating in the event. Sandoval others can still be organized. But be sure to catch the said National Night Out To schedule a party, contact enjoys seeing people of all helps introduce neighbors to Sandoval at 541-667-5112 or ages participate in searching next clues! By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian HERMISTON Hotel-booking websites will pay tourism tax the site would keep a $20 commission and then pass $80 on to the hotelier, who Online booking of a hotel would then pay an 8 percent room in Hermiston could get transient room tax on the $80 a little more expensive after and a $1 tourism promotion the city council passed an assessment. Morgan said if 10 percent ordinance requiring booking websites like Expedia to pay of hotel stays in Hermiston the city’s Transient Room are booked online, that means Tax and Tourism Promotion the city has been losing out on about $11,000 a year from Assessment. The move will increase not taxing the websites’ 20 revenue for the city and percent commission. Under the ordinance EHQH¿W ORFDO KRWHOLHUV ZKR will no longer have to front the money for the $1 tourism promotion assessment on rooms when customers paid a booking website instead of the hotel. “Talking to hoteliers, a lot of them are frustrated,” assistant city manager Mark Morgan said of the old system. Under that system, if a booking website like Expedia sold a customer a $100 room By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Parking lot sale EHQH¿WV$JDSH+RXVH HERMISTON — Bargains on furniture, clothing, knick-knacks, books and more can be found at the Agape House parking lot sale. Clothing is priced at three items for $1, furniture is as marked and knick-knacks are you name the price. The sale is Saturday from 8:30- 11:30 a.m. at 500 Harper Road, Hermiston. Donations are accepted through Friday. Agape House serves the needs of low income residents in the community. For more information, call 541-567-8774. passed Monday, if a website sold a customer a $100 room, the website would be respon- sible for paying the 8 percent tax on the entire $100 — plus the $1 tourism promotion assessment — before passing on $80 to the hotelier. Morgan said to compen- sate booking websites might charge $109 for a $100 room, then pass on about $9 to the city and $80 to the hotel before retaining their customary $20 cut. The ordinance passed Monday would not take effect until October 1 because hoteliers only pay the city quarterly. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. ties have an agreement already, but ¿UHGLVWULFWVFUHDWHGLWDQGLWGLGQRW require the approval of commis- sioners. He said he would like to see an agreement that involves commissioners. And in other business, the board of commissioners: •Approved spending $29,000 for a 2013 street sweeper for the road department. •Approved paying $16,720 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for funding of wildlife services. •Approved paying $8,400 to Eastern Oregon Business Source for professional development programs in June and July. HERMISTON Council still debating taxi license ban for criminal convictions By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Would-be taxi drivers in Hermiston with a criminal record will have to wait another two weeks to see if they will be able to return to work. The city council considered an amendment Monday to its new taxi driver licensing system, which currently bars anyone with convictions for crimes of “moral turpitude” in their past. The amendment before the council Monday would allow drivers with minor convictions that happened more than 10 years ago to drive taxis. It would still allow the police chief to consider “person felonies,” such as robbery and sexual assault, no matter how long ago they happened. But an ordinance can only be passed DW WKH VDPH PHHWLQJ DV LWV ¿UVW UHDGLQJ LI FRXQFLORUV vote unanimously to approve two readings. Councilor Doug Primmer voted against a second reading of the ordinance. “There is an implicit trust we place on these people,” he said, arguing that crimes like identity theft didn’t rise to the level of a “person felony” but were still concerning for someone frequently handling money from Hermiston’s disabled and elderly citizens. The council will take up the issue at its next meeting, but in the meantime it did approve a license for a taxi driver who would qualify under the amendment in question. Nancy Gomez of Hermiston Transit Services gave a tearful appeal to the council to allow her to resume her job as a taxi driver even though she was convicted of theft in her younger days. “I have convictions from 32 years ago,” she said. “They have dogged me my entire life. ... I don’t have an excuse for it. I did it. But I have paid my debt to society. I have paid my debt to the court.” She said she needed her job to feed the grandchildren she is raising and it was embarrassing to have to stand up in front of the city council and go through a public appeals process. “I’m ashamed of what I did, but why should I be up here, a 58-year-old woman in tears, begging for my job?” she asked. The council declined to grant a license to a second driver who appealed, however, because she had convictions for delivery of a controlled substance that were less than 10 years old. Not everyone in the taxi business is in favor of an amend- ment allowing taxi drivers with some criminal convictions. Sundi Marquez, owner of Umatilla Cab Company, sent a letter to the city council urging it to not only keep its ban on taxi drivers with any criminal convictions but to also institute drug testing to catch those who are participating in illicit activities and have evaded the law. “It seems a responsible stance when our community’s most vulnerable members, the elderly and disabled, have the most to lose,” she wrote. The council had previously discussed the issue at its July 13 meeting but put off voting on it after there were ques- tions about whether a conviction that had been expunged would count. 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