SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
Florence seeks to fill
committee vacancies
Applications for Planning Commission,
FURA and EMAC due April 24
B Y C HANTELLE M EYER
Siuslaw News
The City of Florence is
seeking six volunteers to
serve in three committees
beginning May 1. The dead-
line to apply is April 24.
According to a city press
release, these positions offer
citizens an opportunity to vol-
unteer their services on sig-
nificant matters.
Florence Urban Renewal
Agency (FURA) Budget Co-
mmittee has three open posi-
tions. FURA works with the
Florence Downtown Preser-
vation and Renewal Plan to
propose and implement proj-
ects for construction and
repair of public infrastructure,
facilitate public and private
partnerships to revitalize and
preserve downtown proper-
ties, promote development
and rehabilitate the waterfront
for public and commercial
uses. FURA meets next on
April 22.
Planning Commission has
expanded to seven members,
so now it has two open
positions. The commission
reviews and makes recom-
mendations on subdivis-
ion and zoning ordinances as
well as other planning rules
and regulations. Its meetings
are held on the second and
fourth Tuesday of every
month at 7 p.m. Planning
Commission meets next on
April 14.
Environmental Manage-
ment Advisory Committee
(EMAC) has one open posi-
tion. EMAC serves to inform
the public and the city council
on
issues
concerning
solid waste management, fees
and service provider licens-
ing. EMAC also strives to
improve public knowledge on
conserving energy and mate-
rial resources, promoting
resource recovery and pro-
tecting the health of the envi-
ronment through public dis-
posal events and programs.
The committee meets on the
third Thursday every month.
Its next meeting is on April
16.
For more information on
FURA, the Planning Com-
mission and EMAC, or to
download an application, go
to
the
city’s
website
www.ci.florence.or.us.
Applications also are
available at City Hall, 250
Highway 101, during busi-
ness hours.
For details regarding the
duties and responsibilities of
these
bodies,
residency
requirements of applicants,
term lengths or any other
questions,
contact
City
Recorder Kelli Weese at 541-
997-3437.
Property tax deferrals
deadline approaches
SALEM — New appli-
cants, and those who need to
recertify their eligibility for
the disabled or senior citizen
property tax deferral pro-
grams, have until April 15 to
file paperwork to have tax
payments deferred until
November.
This applies to participants
who received recertification
forms by mail in February and
new applicants for deferral.
“If we don’t get their forms
by the deadline, they’ll be
responsible for paying their
property taxes this year,” said
Bronson Rueda, deferral pro-
gram
manager
at the
Department of Revenue.
The deferral program
allows eligible senior citizens
and people with disabilities to
have the state pay property
taxes on their behalf until
they move, sell their home or
die. A lien is placed on their
home and all taxes, interest
and fees must be repaid
before the lien is removed.
Oregon’s deferral programs
have approximately 6,300
active participants.
Program participants must
meet all of the following cri-
teria:
• Be either at least 62 years
old or a disabled citizen
receiving or eligible to re-
ceive federal Social Security
disability benefits.
• Own or be in the process
of buying the property, have a
recorded deed or sales con-
tract in their name, or have a
revocable trust, and have
lived on the property for at
least five years.
• May not have a life
estate interest, which enables
a person to reside on the prop-
erty,
but
automatically
transfers ownership upon
death.
• Carry homeowners insur-
ance.
• Have a household income
of less than $43,000.
This includes all taxable and
non-taxable income for
the
applicant(s)
and
spouse(s).
• Have a net worth of
$500,000 or less, not includ-
ing the value of the home in
the program or personal prop-
erty.
• Either have no reverse
mortgage, or, if they have a
reverse mortgage, they need
to have been in the deferral
program prior to 2011.
Recertification forms need
to be returned to the depart-
ment. New applications
should be sent to the asses-
sor’s office for the county in
which the property is located.
Applications are available
at oregon.gov/dor/deferral.
Questions about deferrals
can be emailed to deferral.
unit@oregon.gov.
Taxpayers can also call
503-945-8348 for more infor-
mation.
Visit www.oregon.gov /dor
to get tax information, check
the status of your refund, or
make payments.
You can also email ques-
tions .dor@oregon.gov or call
503-378-4988 or 800-356-
4222 (toll-free).
Annual Feed the Need
food drive begins April 1
Beginning
Wednesday,
April 1, and for the entire
month of April, the communi-
ty is encouraged to donate
nonperishable food items and/
or cash donations to partici-
pating local businesses during
the second annual Feed the
Need food drive for Florence
Food Share.
Be sure and pack a can or
two of food wherever you go
this April, so it can be dropped
off at any business where you
see a Food Share Barrel.
Any business that would
like to participate can call
541-997-9110 to have a food
barrel delivered to your place
of business before April 1.
BIRTHS
OBITUARY
GENTRY—Patricia
E.
Gentry, 79, of Florence, died
peacefully
at Regency
on March
19, 2015. At
her request,
no services
are planned.
She was
born Dec.
Patricia Gentry 26, 1935, in
Eugene to
Mike and Edwinyth Bolinger.
She married Charles Gentry
in July 1955, and together they
had three children.
Pat and Chuck moved their
family to Alaska in 1969,
residing in Petersberg, Vadez
and Fairbanks. In 1988 they
returned to Oregon and Gentry
Organic Farms, up the North
Fork, for several years before
retiring.
Pat was preceded in death
by her parents, Mike and
Winnie; her husband; and
daughter, Patty Jo Williams.
She is survived by her son,
Mike; her son John and his
wife, Patricia Gentry, of
Fairbanks; seven grandchil-
dren: Jayla, Ronnie, Evan and
Amy Gentry, Zak, Mat and
Sarah Williams; and a great-
grandson, Hayden Gentry.
At her request, private cre-
mational rites were held.
Burns’s Riverside Chapel
Florence Funeral Home is in
charge of all arrangements.
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born to Carlita Lynne
Thrall and Cameron Thomas
Thrall of Florence on
March 15, 2015, at 8:53 a.m.,
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