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OFF PAGE ONE Wallowa.com Wednesday, April 28, 2021 A7 Double rainbow Madeline Lau/Contributed Photo Progress is made on the new bowtie deck being built at the Wallowa Lake Lodge. General Manager Madeline Lau said the hope is for the deck to be completed by May 21, 2021, in time for the May 28 start to the season. Lodge: Continued from Page A1 widest variety of guests and customers, but also to see the community use the lodge more than they have before,” she said. “I want this to be a gather- ing place, I want the com- munity to feel very wel- come here. For a long time the lodge was set apart and felt almost inaccessible. We want to be a place that the community uses.” Among the adjustments this season, which will run through Oct. 31, are restau- rant hours being changed, and now being from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. It will have a happy hour from 3-5 p.m. on Tuesday through Sun- day, and a brunch from 8-11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant will have a “Scandanavian-inspired menu,” Lau said. There also is a plan to have live musicians on the deck from 5-7 p.m. Fri- day nights, and pianist Gail Swart will play Sundays from 6-9 p.m. in the dining room. With the deck coming in at about double the expected price due to a spike in lum- ber prices, the lodge has launched a gofundme.com page to help with the addi- tional expenses. The page has a goal of $15,000. “Initially, the cost of the deck was half of what it now is, so we can use com- munity support to get us there. Any little bit helps,” Lau said. COMPLETE LIQUIDATION ONLINE ONLY Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain AUCTION Leprechauns must have snatched the pot o’ gold at the end of these twin rainbows, as they weren’t there Monday evening, April 26, 2021, during a lull in a rainstorm south of Enterprise. Cove, Oregon BIDDING NOW OPEN Council: City council meets next on May 6 Continued from Page A1 Selling: tractors, 3 horse trailer, saddles and tack, livestock panels, gates, 100’s of shop tools, many vintage collectibles, and much more! This sale is for Lavonne Denning Register to bid and buy at cooteauction.com John Coote eomediagroup.com 541-786-2255 Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain Joseph City Council members discuss the city government’s future during an emergency council meeting Wednesday, April 21, 2021. From left are Councilwoman Kirsten Rohla, Councilwoman Tammy Jones, Councilman Stephen Bartlow, Mayor Belinda Buswell and Administrative Assistant Jamie Collier. contacted Wallowa County Planning Director Franz Goebel, who agreed to help. As for actually replac- ing Braden, the council is trying to fi nd an interim administrator until a per- manent one can be found. Some suggestions the coun- cil received from Mulvi- hill included fi nding some- one with city management experience — such as a retired city manager. Mul- vihill said there are people out there who regularly fi ll in on an interim basis. One of the suggestions Mulvihill made was to appoint a council member to the job. However, Baum said that suggestion is the “more unusual” of the sug- gestions Mulvihill made. He said he’d be wary of it “because of the separation of powers concerns.” The council agreed to table reviewing the job description they’d use to hire a new administra- tor until they can get input from the interim adminis- trator they hire. A meeting scheduled for April 26 to discuss the job description was canceled. One of the biggest gaps left by Braden’s departure is in preparing the annual budget that must be com- pleted by June 30. The council delegated Council- woman Kathy Bingham to meet with Deyette Perry, CPA, to prepare a draft of the budget and work toward SPACE RESERVATION for weekly advertising is 5pm Friday for the following week. Ad copy is due on Monday at 10am. Ads must be approved by Tuesday at 12pm. Spring has Sprung! To advertise call Jennifer Cooney at 541-805-9630 The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. 1703 Jasper Street, Cove, OR • Online Bidding closes May 6 • 209 NW First St. Enterprise, OR 97828 www.wallowa.com meeting the deadlines of having it ready for a pub- lic hearing and publishing prior to the council’s ear- ly-June meeting. This move was passed 6-1, with Lisa Collier being the lone no vote. The council also learned from Jones that city bud- gets cannot get extensions. This was one of the ques- tions posed during the April 16 meeting. The council’s next meet- ing — barring any more emergency sessions — will be Thursday, May 6. DYLAN JENNINGS a solid day for the Dylan Jennings had am on Friday, April te Enterprise boys golf lo Peak Invitational in ffa 23, winning the Bu a score of 79, and helped d ha gs in Union. Jenn the tournament. the Outlaw boys win at makes you this Way to go Dylan, th hlete of the Week! week’s At roudly P onsore d b y Sp OF THE boogeyman in the group? It’s unfortunate it’s that way. What concerns me is that you, as representatives of the electorate, go out and start soliciting people who would be interested in the job, I’d think this would be a negative hanging over you. I think it needs to be gotten out. I’m hoping all of these (accusations) are dismissed. That’d be the best thing in the world that somebody’s making false accusations. I think somebody’s got to take the leadership to put these to bed.” Braden has not been available for comment since his resignation. But the council did make progress fi lling the void left by his departure. City Administrative Assistant Jamie Collier, who worked closely with Braden, was authorized to handle most of the day-to- day administrator respon- sibilities until an interim administrator can be hired. The council placed limits on what Collier can do, largely based on recommendations from Patty Mulvihill, legal counsel for the League of Oregon Cities. Those lim- itations include requir- ing council assent for the expenditure of city funds exceeding $5,000, signing a contract valued at more than $10,000 and the hir- ing/fi ring or disciplining of city employees. The coun- cil did allow Collier to hire one person as a Main Street maintenance person, but others will have to wait for the interim administrator. Other elements of Bra- den’s job, for which out- side help will have to be sought for, include the details of zoning and land- use questions. The city has OVER 750 LOTS Preview, 8am-5pm • Sat. May 1, Sun. 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