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THESIUSLAWNEWS . COM ❘ / SIUSLAWNEWS ❘ @ SIUSLAWNEWS SATURDAY EDITION NEW HEAD COACH ❘ NOVEMBER 21, 2015 ❘ $1.00 Standing in solidarity SPORTS — B INSIDE — A3 SERVING WESTERN LANE COUNTY SINCE 1890 FLORENCE, OREGON Commissioners could not reach consensus on three finalists for the job B Y J ACK D AVIS Siuslaw News Port of Siuslaw commissioners met in executive session Nov. 18 to select a new port manager from the three finalists they had chosen. The process began in October with 10 people applying for the position. Six were selected to give PowerPoint presentations and answer a series of questions posed by the commission- ers. Three finalists were selected, one of which would be chosen to be the new port manager. That was the plan. In reality, the board could not agree on any of the three finalists. The con- sensus reached was: none of the above. After the executive session, board president Ron Caputo said, “We have come to a consensus that we would like to have more applicants and we are going to open the application process again for another 30 days. Then we will go through review process again.” Commissioner Nancy Rickard made a motion to “go through the process of ask- ing for applicants to begin, that it be pub- licized and that we review current appli- cations that we have that were not previ- ously opened.” Before the motion was seconded, commissioner Mike Buckwald cau- tioned the board that, “If we don’t sec- ond this, we’ve got a mess.” Caputo seconded the motion. Commissioner Terry Duman expressed his frustrations over not having reached a decision. “I feel like by doing this, any time we come to an impasse on who we are going to choose as manager, we are going to come back to this same argu- ment again. Let’s go back out,” Duman said. “We have board mem- bers that aren’t in agreement with each other over selections before we have even called for a vote on a manager and now we are going back out for new applications. “I feel that if it comes back the same way next time and you don’t have a general consensus, it will go back for applications again.” Caputo said, “Hopefully we will come up with someone we can have a consensus on. That is the plan.” See PORT 8A KETTLE KICK - OFF Ambulance, fire districts to share HR position Agreement helps streamline process, improve relationship between agencies B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Siuslaw News Officially starting Tuesday, Dec. 1, Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue (SVFR) finance and human resources manager Julie Brown will split her time equally between SVFR and Western Lane Ambulance District (WLAD). The fire district and the ambulance district decid- ed to share the human resource and finance position earlier this fall, when Fire Chief Jim Langborg said that he and WLAD Executive Director Brian Burright discussed ways “to improve relationships and create administrative and operational efficien- cies between organizations.” One way the districts decided to do this was to fill WLAD’s vacant office manager position part time with Brown’s expertise. Langborg and Burright looked at the following goals when making their decision: to save taxpayer money; find additional ways to create administra- tive efficiencies between the two districts; strength- en the relationship between the organizations; and reduce redundancies within both districts. Ultimately, they also hope to save staff time. Langborg said, “We came up with something we could all agree with. We understand that both districts and boards could be concerned, since she is an employee of both districts, with making sure we get equal value.” See DISTRICTS 8A NOTICE EARLY DEADLINES FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK INSIDE Siuslaw News is joining other area busi- nesses by being closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. Advertisements and news items should be submitted as soon as possible next week to accommodate early deadlines. All news articles and press releases must be submitted by Monday, Nov. 23, at noon, for both the Wednesday, Nov. 25, and Saturday, Nov. 28, issues. The deadline for display advertising in the Nov. 28 paper is Tuesday, Nov. 24, at noon. Line classifieds and legal notices for Saturday are due by Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m. Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . . A2 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B9 Coastal Events . . . . . . . . . . A10 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A4 PHOTOS BY CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS BELLS WILL RING T he Salvation Army will soon bring holiday cheer to locations in Florence, starting Thanksgiving Day. Geraldine Lucio and Old Town Barbershop hosted the Salvation Army’s Kettle Kick-off Thursday. C ITY FINALIZES B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Siuslaw News Florence City Council approved an ordinance concerning residency requirements for the Airport Advisory Committee at its Nov. 16 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A5 SideShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B8 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Word on the Street . . . . . . . A8 THIS WEEK ’ S Florence Mayor Joe Henry, Florence Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Cal Applebee and Grocery Outlet owner Woody Woodbury joined local pilot Sam Spayd in supporting the effort to raise money for western Lane County. Six locations in Florence will have kettles daily from Thursday, Nov. 26, to Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, including Fred Meyer, BiMart, Salvation Army kicks off first year in Florence B Y C HANTELLE M EYER Siuslaw News _________________________ Grocery Outlet, Safeway and Old Town Barbershop on Bay Street. Salvation Army volunteer coordinator Janet Snow and director of planned giving Bill Olson are working to get additional vol- unteers in the Florence area. Call Snow at 559-289-3063 or Olson at 503-880-0680 to volunteer or for more infor- mation about the Red Kettle Campaign. A IRPORT A DVISORY C OMMITTEE meeting. Florence Mayor Joe Henry also named the members of the committee. According to the staff report, “It became apparent that an expansion of the membership criteria for the committee was necessary to allow for maximum community involve- ment and to fit the needs of the community members who wished to participate in the committee.” Now, the city code establishing the committee includes residency in the City of Florence, business TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 53 38 55 42 55 43 48 37 WEATHER Full Forecast, A3 Community members gather Thursday to support the Red Kettle Campaign. ownership in the city and/or airport hangar ownership. All members should also have a common interest in the economic vitality of the Florence Municipal Airport. S IUSLAW N EWS 125 TH Y EAR ❘ I SSUE N O . 93 C OPYRIGHT 2015 See AIRPORT 8A CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK PORT MANAGER SEARCH STARTS OVER
