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8 A SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2017 Dunes City Because of that, options for robust law enforcement cov- erage in Dunes City is “fairly limited,” according to Forsythe. “If we wanted to hire a sheriff ourselves like several cities have done, it costs $170,000 a year to maintain that person, which obviously our budget couldn’t handle,” Forsythe said. While Forsythe stated he did not foresee any changes to the city’s law enforcement sit- uation in the immediate future, he encouraged people to call Lane County Sheriff’s Office when issues arise. “Those calls go on record, and start to build an aware- ness for them as to where things are happening,” Forsythe said. “If we all sit there and go, ‘Well, we know the sheriff isn’t going to come because it’s not a physical danger,’ and we don’t make that call and go on record for it, they will never come. “When the federal govern- ment looks at crime rates for Lane County on the West Coast. They think it’s an from 1A “I’ve caught a lot of perch,” Snow said. “We came here every year to catch perch and bring it home to Virginia.” Forsythe said, “I look for- ward to hearing your input, and it was already very help- ful today.” “It seems like a great group of gentlemen here and I look forward to working with them,” Snow said. In other news from the meeting, Forsythe reported on a meeting that he, Snow and Councilor Sheldon Meyer had with the Lane County Sheriff’s Office regarding law enforcement in Dunes City. Currently, the city does not have its own police force and must rely on Lane County, but the sheriffs cannot always be relied upon to provide consis- tent and timely law enforce- ment to the area. “You have a total of 25 sheriffs in Lane County, which is 55 miles wide and 100 miles long,” Forsythe said. excellent place to be because there’s no crime. And because we don’t make those calls and no one comes out, no record is ever given.” Along with security, com- munication between the coun- cil and the public was also discussed in Wednesday’s meeting. As of now, Dunes City Council’s meeting rules of order state that members of the public may give input dur- ing the public comment peri- od of a city council meeting, but the councilors cannot engage in a conversation dur- ing that period. They can only quietly listen, responding to the comments after the com- ment period is over. The oft-maligned rule pre- vents a give and take between the public and the city council during meetings. “It really feels ridiculous to sit here and hear it, and not be able to respond to it,” Forsythe said. “It seems kind of weird.” The mayor said that the council has been working on changing the meeting rules of order to allow back and forth conversation, and hopes to implement a change by February. In an interview Forsythe gave the previous month, he also stated the council was also looking into other ways to gain community input, with town halls being a possibility. Finally, the council decided to again postpone a vote on an agreement to issue South Coast Water District a permit to use water from Woahink Lake. At issue is 85 homes in the city that currently receive water from Siltcoos Lake. While the water levels at Siltcoos are steady, the quali- ty of water is poor, being described as “a big mud pud- dle” by South Coast Water (Served from 1:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.) ~ STARTERS receive guidance on the water rights they have to give. Meyer, who had been speaking with state officials on the matter, said the state was confident Woahink Lake would be more than able to support all Dunes City citi- zens. However, Meyer also wanted to give experts the chance to address these con- cerns directly to the residents through a public forum. “I think it would be best to wait until January to hear what the public’s concerns are on all sides of this issue,” he said. FOLLOW US FOR THE LATEST NEWS /S IUSLAW N EWS ❘ @S IUSLAW N EWS WWW .T HE S IUSLAW N EWS . COM S urfside Restaurant C hristmas Dinner Buffet Christmas Dinner District owner Randall Reitz. The plan is to provide water to the residents from Woahink Lake instead. But the plan is controver- sial, with some members of the public concerned that the addition of the 85 homes would put Woahink Lake’s water levels at risk. The council wanted to hear from state experts, including the regional watermaster, about the impact of the deci- sion on Woahink Lake, but the experts could not make the December meeting. The council also wanted to $27.00 Adults $14.00 Kids (under 10) You are cordially invited to... 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