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CLASSIFIEDS/LOCAL Wallowa.com 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices OFFICIAL CALL FOR BIDS Wallowa County Event Center & Fairgrounds Generator System for Cloverleaf Hall Wallowa County Event Center & Fairgrounds is seeking bids for a back-up generator system at Cloverleaf Hall, 668 NW First St., Enterprise, OR 97828 as described below: A 100kw automatic transfer generator system with provision to turn off solar switch when the generator is running. Include all parts and labor to make this a complete and installed turn-key system. This will be a design build contract.The County will provide permits. Requirements for consideration of award of this project are as follows: A valid CCB# included with the bid, proof of liability insurance upon awarding, work is to begin immediately upon awarding. For additional information of specifications on this project, please call Todd Nash, County Commissioner, 101 S River Street, Enterprise, OR 97828, 541-426-4543 x 1132. Sealed bids will be received until 4:00 p.m., June 10, 2021. Bids will be opened for review at that time and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners for consideration of award on June 16, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.. Award will be based on recommendation of the Fair Board. Your bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners, 101 S. River St., Rm. 301, Enterprise, OR 97828, and should be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope “Bids for Cloverleaf Generator System – To be Opened June 10th, 2021 at 4:00 p.m..” NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE. Wallowa County reserves the right to reject any and all bids not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements. Wallowa County further reserves the right to reject for good cause any/all bids upon finding of the agency that is in the best interest to do so. Legal No. 244672 Published: May 19, June 2, 2021 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices Notice: Wallowa Union Railroad Budget Committee Meeting 2021-2022 The Budget meeting for the Wallowa Union Railroad will take place at 4:00 pm on June 3rd, 2021 at the Elgin Depot located at 300 Depot Street, Elgin, Oregon. The purpose of this meeting is for the Budget Committee to discuss and approve the Wallowa Union Railroad budget for the fiscal year 2021- 2022. Budget is attached. Call in number 1-888-520-8955 Code 89625# Publish: May 19, 26, 2021 Legal no. 244249 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices OFFICIAL CALL FOR BIDS Wallowa County Event Center & Fairgrounds Heating System Efficiency Upgrade for Cloverleaf Hall Wallowa County Event Center & Fairgrounds is seeking bids for a heating system efficiency upgrade for Cloverleaf Hall, 668 NW First St., Enterprise, OR 97828, as described below: Removal and disposal of current complete oil heating system. Install a heating system consisting of three units (front, mid, and back units with air filtration system, two of these would be heat pump systems with the third being a high-efficiency gas furnace). Installation would include connecting the system to the current well. Install a retractable divider wall in the main meeting room. All parts and labor to make this a complete operating and installed turn-key system including wiring and controls. This will be a design build contract. The County will provide permits. Requirements for consideration of award of this project are as follows: A valid CCB# included with the bid, proof of liability insurance upon awarding, work is to begin immediately upon awarding. Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Budget of nearly $6.7M on track for approval By BILL BRADSHAW Wallowa County Chieftain ENTERPRISE — A bud- get of nearly $6.7 million was approved by the Bud- get Committee for the city of Enterprise for fi scal year 2021-22 during a budget meeting held Wednesday, May 12, at City Hall. The new budget is up from last year’s budget of $6.25 million and will have more than $1.7 million des- ignated to the general fund. The committee is made up of Mayor Ashley Sulli- van, the six City Council members and seven mem- bers of the public at large. Committee member John Lawrence was appointed as chairman of the committee. A budget hearing is sched- uled for June 21. It must be approved by the council by June 30. The largest concern appeared in the sewer fund, said Lacey McQuead, city administrator and budget offi cer. The fund, which is funded solely by user fees, does have a 1.5% increase in rev- enues coming in July based on a February 2020 resolu- tion approved by the City Council. However, McQuead and Public Works Director Ron- nie Neil are concerned as the costs of materials and ser- vices are on the rise, in addi- tion to the extra plant oper- ator expected to be hired. It is expected the rate increase will not be suffi cient, as there is less than $315,000 for equipment replacement and plant improvements and the city still owes more than $4 million in loans for the plant. The city plans to hire a second person qualifi ed to operate the plant. McQuead said the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality requires someone with a high school diploma or its equiva- lent plus 16,640 hours (eight years) experience in order to receive a Level 3 Operating Certifi cate, as required for the Enterprise plant. After budget is approved, city plans to advertise for the new position. As McQuead stated in the budget proposal, the city’s current sewer plant opera- tor is years away from retire- ment, but it takes eight years for a person to be certifi ed to run the plant. “With our current sewer plant operator 20 years in, hiring at this point is the only option we have,” she said. McQuead asked the com- mittee for recommenda- tions on how to improve the Sewer Fund. “If we do not make some changes now, this fund will fail,” she said. In her budget message, McQuead also envisioned “encouraging changes” as the COVID-19 pandemic winds down. “While COVID-19 hit hard, we sustained with lim- ited interruptions and have successfully moved for- ward,” she said in her mes- sage. “We know there is more possibility for change, including implementation of more guidelines, all of which we will face as they come. In the meantime, we are excited for the 2021-22 fi scal year and the good that’s coming to the future of Enterprise.” Federal funds likely to help The federal funds expected from the Ameri- can Rescue Plan that Presi- dent Joe Biden signed March 11 are likely to help. The city was told it would receive $410,000 under the plan — half this year and half next year. But guidelines on how the money can be spent are still uncertain. In the water fund, by the end of April, the city had only spent 77.2% of the antici- pated expenditures, so there is a considerable increase in the available cash on hand. The proposed budget is des- ignating $75,000 for the water fund that is expected from the ARP money. No solid plans exist to spend the ARP funds, so a resolution will be required to do so. Also, the city is budget- ing $50,000 in the general fund for the anticipated ARP funding. There are currently no plans to spend these funds, so a resolution will be required before processing any payments. In the state street tax, the pandemic has aff ected driv- ing behavior, with high- way revenues for the 2019- 20 fi scal year coming in about 5% below projections. The estimates for the 2020- 21 were revised downward by slightly more than 12%. The 2021-22 projections are based on assumptions by the Oregon Department of Transportation that a vaccine will get more widespread distribution this summer and fall, which will encourage more people to travel. In the Motel Tax Fund, the city receives a 3% motel tax directly from motels, bed & breakfasts, and Airbnbs. The city also receives a per- centage of Wallowa Coun- ty’s 5% motel tax. The city transfers funds to the general fund for tour- ism-related activities, park maintenance, police detail for events and fi re depart- ment services for increased motor vehicle accidents in the summer months. This year, the city will transfer $30,000 to the general fund. Of that amount, $15,000 will go toward Police Depart- ment overtime/event cover- age, $5,000 will go toward Fire Department response and $10,000 will be allo- cated to park maintenance and improvements. For additional information of specifications on this project, please call Todd Nash, County Commis- sioner, 101 S River Street, Enterprise, OR 97828, 541-426-4543 x 1132. Sealed bids will be received until 4:10 p.m., June 10, 2021. Bids will be opened for review at that time and will be presented to the Board of Commissioners for consideration of award on June 16, 2021 at 9:05 a.m. Your bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners, 101 S. River St., Rm. 301, Enterprise, OR 97828, and should be clearly marked on the outside of the envelope “Bids for Cloverleaf Heating System – To be Opened June 10th, 2021 at 4:10 p.m..” NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FACSIMILE OR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE. Wallowa County reserves the right to reject any and all bids not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and requirements. Wallowa County further reserves the right to reject for good cause any/all bids upon finding of the agency that is in the best interest to do so. Legal No. 244675 Published: May 19, June 2, 2021 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices 101 Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Preliminary Determination for Water Right Transfer T-13459 T-13459 filed by Erl McLaughlin, 65708 Sunrise Road, Enterprise, OR 97828, proposes a change in point of diversion and place of use under Certificate 7716, and a change in place of use under Certificates 9045, 9046, 9311, and 48403. Certificate 7716 allows the use of not to exceed 1.5 acre feet per acre during any period of thirty days prior to July 31st of each year, and thereafter not to exceed 1.0 acre foot per acre during the entire remainder of the irrigation season from the Wallowa River in Sec. 31, T2S, R45E, WM, and Sec. 5, T3S, R45E, WM for irrigation in Sec. 29, T2S, R45E, WM. The applicant proposes to move the points of diversion to Sec. 24, T2S, R44E, WM and to change the place of use to Sects. 32 and 33, T1S, R44E, WM. Certificate 9045 allows the use of 0.04 cubic foot per second (cfs) from Hurricane Creek and numerous springs, and spring creeks including Scotch Creek, being all waters of any nature intercepted by canal for irrigation in Sec. 5, T2S, R44E, WM. The applicant proposes to change the place of use to Sec. 33, T1S, R44E, WM. Certificate 9046 allows the use of 0.04 cfs of water from the Wallowa River in Sec. 24, T2S, R44E, WM for supplemental irrigation in Sec. 5, T2S, R44E, WM. The applicant proposes to change the place of use to Sec. 33, T1S, R44E, WM. Certificate 9311 allows the use of 0.13 cfs of water from Eagle Cap Reservoir in Sec. 5, T3S, R45E, WM for supplemental irrigation and domestic in Sec. 29, T2S, R45E, WM. The applicant proposes to change the place of use to Sects. 32 and 33, T1S, R44E, WM. Certificate 48403 al- lows the use of not to exceed 1.5 acre feet per acre during any period of 30 days prior to July 31st of each year, and thereafter not to exceed 1 acre foot per acre during the entire remainder of the irrigation season from Hurricane Creek in Sec. 3, T3S, R44E, WM for irrigation in Sec. 5, T2S, R44E, WM. The applicant proposes to change the place of use to Sec. 33, T1S, R44E, WM. The Water Resources Department proposes to approve the transfer, based on the requirements of ORS Chapter 540 and OAR 690-380-5000. Any person may file, jointly or severally, a protest or standing statement within 30 days after the last date of newspaper publication of this notice, 05/19/2021. Call (503) 986-0815 to obtain additional information. If no protests are filed, the Department will issue a final order consistent with the preliminary determination. IMPORTANT: Due to COVID-19, the Department’s office is closed to walk-in services. The Department encourages the submission of protests by U.S. mail. Please consider mailing early to ensure the Department receives the protest by the deadline specified above. Legal No. 243636 Published: May 12, 19, 2021 The Wallowa County Health Care District Board of Direc- tors will hold its regular board meeting on Monday, May 24, 2021 at 11:30am. The Budget Committee for Wallowa County Health Care District will meet at 11:00am, just prior to the Board meet- ing, to review the budget for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021 and make recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve said budget at their regular board meeting on June 28, 2021. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after May 10, 2021 from the administration Office of Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A copy of the Board agenda will be available from the office of the Wallowa County Chieftain, KWVR or the Administration Office at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. This meeting is open to the public by phone. Due to a limited number of phone lines available, please contact the Wallowa Memorial Hospital Administration Office at 541- 426-5301 for call-in informa- tion. 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