SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
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Councilors expressed con-
cerns about the overall project
cost estimates increasing from
approximately $1.9 million to
$2.2 million
Mayor Joe Henry said, “In
my mind it is easier to justify
two separate projects. I can eas-
ily justify fixing the Justice
Center.”
City Manager Erin Reynolds
said that using the same archi-
tect for both the city hall and
Justice Center projects would
see some economy of scale sav-
ings.
She said the city could track
the costs of both projects inde-
pendently.
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Regarding the Justice Center,
Reynolds said, “It is really just
finishing that room.”
In other business, Public
Works Director Mike Miller
reported on the city’s progress
to clear iron buildup from the
13 production wells that supply
Florence with drinking water.
Miller said, “Our ground
water has naturally occurring
iron, six to nine parts per mil-
lion that does tend to foul or
clog the wells. It is also some-
thing we have to remove from
the water to make it nice and
clean.”
According to Miller, the city
has a program to rehabilitate
one to two wells per year. In
2016 three wells were cleaned.
Miller said the wells are
cleared by an impulse genera-
tion tool that uses vibrations to
remove the iron buildup from
the pipes and sediment screens.
He said the process success-
fully reduced the level of iron
in the well water and increased
water flow in the wells
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A $1.9 million remodel will add new features and update Florence City Hall, 250
Highway 101. The city is entering into the design phase now.
Interim Finance Director
Andy Parks reported on the
feasibility of the city moving
from annual to biannual budg-
eting.
“The budget committee
member terms would go from
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an aerial ladder truck with a
four-firefighter crew would
bill out at $150 per hour.
Lesser rates would apply for
other firefighting equipment.
In addition, a minimum $40
processing fee would be added
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would be every other year,”
Parks said. “The city is well
positioned to utilize biannual
budgeting.”
He said the city’s focus on
five-year forecasting has creat-
ed a cultural environment that
would facilitate moving to
biannual budgeting.
Reynolds said, “We have
found a lot of our city projects
end up being 18 to 24 months
long. We have been adminis-
tering and planning for that
long. Administratively, it feels
like we are doing it already.”
Henry asked, “What would
the timing be if we decided to
implement?”
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having a staff meeting tomor-
row morning and this could be
on the agenda.”
The consensus of the council
was to have city staff move
forward on establishing a bian-
nual budget program.
Before the meeting was
adjourned, Henry reported that
the application for Florence to
be designated a Coast Guard
City USA was close to being
approved.
“Coast
Guard
Station
Siuslaw River is so confident
that they are beginning to work
on their 100th anniversary cel-
ebration and they would like to
work with us in conjunction
with the Coast Guard City cel-
ebration,” Henry said.
fits within our ordinances,”
Langborg said. “Or we can
choose not to, depending on
what is going on.”
He added, “In the appeal
process, if people say, ‘we
have a hardship, we don’t feel
this is right,’ this hopefully
will come to the board for a
decision.”
The board agreed to have
the second reading and final
vote on the ordinance at the
Feb. 15 board meeting, pend-
ing any modifications or rec-
ommendations made by the
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(SOS) will receive a portion
of ticket sales to this event.
“There’s no better place to
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glamour of this awards show
than with friends and neigh-
bors, laughing, clapping, cry-
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Cinemas. “Watching it on the
big screen makes it an event.”
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favorite
Denny
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some of his favorite movie
themes live.
“We’re focusing on the fun-
and local non-profits” said
Michael Falter, cinema co-
owner. “We’ll have an award
for the Best Dressed (with an
award to be announced), and
we’ll have Oscar Ballots for
folks to fill out and win other
prizes.”
Advance tickets are avail-
able now and include your
first two glasses of wine and
light hors d’oeuvres from
Florence BoxLunch.
City Lights Members pay
$15 and regular tickets are
$20. Florence BoxLunch will
also be on-hand, serving a
special menu for the evening;
meals are not included with
tickets.
For more information, go to
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