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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Home Show
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“We have a whole bunch of new
products this year,” Laurel Bay owner
Lisa Walter Sedlacek said. “People
will learn about growing vegetables in
Vegepods, self-sustained growing sys-
tems that can go on your patio.”
There will also be an international
flair, with Italian style pottery and
fountains and hammered metal
yardart from a fair-trade coop in Haiti.
“We’re very excited to show what
we have this year,” Walter Sedlacek
said.
A total of 38 exhibitors will be at
Districts
from 1A
The chief then updated
directors on the two bids
received for seismic upgrades
to SVFR Station No. 4 near
Sutton Lake, informing the
group that a contractor had
been awarded the contract.
“We received two bids, and
they were well under what we
had put in for the grants,”
Langborg said. “We awarded
the contract to Partney
Construction and they started
work at Sutton Lake Feb. 22
… doing some drilling to
determine the potential for
liquefaction out there.”
Partney Construction has
agreed to a project completion
timeline of 115 days.
Building permits for the
seismic construction have
been submitted and Langborg
believes work should begin on
that project in six to seven
weeks, after the preliminary
work is done off site.
Langborg finished his
report by updating the direc-
tors on positive developments
in Medicare and Medicaid
reimbursement that may
increase the amount the dis-
trict receives for transporta-
tion services.
SVFR Operations Chief
Jim Dickerson’s report indi-
cated that the district respond-
ed to three fire and 13 med-
ical assistance calls in
January, totalling 53 calls of
all types during the month.
the show, both indoors and out front.
Thompson said, “We have a couple
of new vendors that will have very
interesting
booths,”
including
Willamette Custom Woodworks,
Siuslaw Broadband and ReVision
Design Build.”
The home and garden show regu-
larly features businesses and products
from the Siuslaw region, as well as
from further into the Willamette
Valley and beyond.
“The home show gives businesses
outside of the area that want to do
business in Florence the chance to
come here and bring their products
and services,” Thompson said.
Dickerson
also
gave
updates on training and equip-
ment. He asked the SVFR
directors for approval of an
unbudgeted,
unexpected
equipment expenditure total-
ing approximately $8,500.
“On Engine 7, we had an
estimate for $5,500 to have
everything replaced on it ... so
it would be ready to run,”
Dickerson said. “We sent it to
Oregon Apparatus Repair and
they asked if they could do an
NFPA
(National
Fire
Protection Association) check
at the same time. I thought
that was a good idea … unfor-
tunately, the labor hours went
to 110 hours at $100 an hour,
so it blew our estimate ... and
the total bill came to
$14,283.”
However, Dickerson added
that the work done on Engine
7 would allow for additional
training and possibly extend
the life of the vehicle.
Following this report, the
board convened an executive
session to discuss matters of
payroll and the upcoming
labor negations with union
representatives for SVFR and
WLAD.
After nearly an hour in
executive session reconven-
ing, the directors resumed the
regular meeting and approved
the unexpected expenditure
for the repair for Engine 7, as
well as the payment of
$169,796 for January’s bills.
The WLAD board meeting
was held the following day,
Let me Showcase your property.
Some of this year’s product ven-
dors include Kitchen Craft, a regular
at the Florence Home and Garden
Show, CJames Nursery and special
Down Under Pots, Cedar Works Spa
and
Sauna,
N-Hance
Wood
Refinishing, Sand Ranch and Scentsy.
In addition, Beach House Gifts,
Polished Boutique and Salon and
Word of Mouth Home Décor will
have a variety of products for the
home.
Roby’s Furniture & Appliance and
The Mattress Shoppe is one of the
biggest exhibitors at this year’s show.
“We got Roby’s in for the first time
in quite a few years,” Thompson said.
“Since Bob (Sneddon) came from
Coast Radio, he knew how important
it was to be involved in Florence’s
only home show. They have three
booths going.”
Laurel Bay and exhibitors such as
C James Nursery, Winter Green
Farms and the Siuslaw Chapter of the
American Rhododendron Society will
show attendees the kinds of plants,
vegetables, fruits and flowers grow
best on the Oregon coast. A variety of
vendors including Celia’s Gourmet
Foods, Kimo’s Dips and Spiritopia
will offer tasty samples.
Interior vendors feature kitchen and
home products, landscaping services,
health care alternatives and more to
facilitate spring home and garden to-
do lists. Contractors and services will
also be on hand to help plan for those
projects outside of the do-it-yourself
range.
The Florence Home and Garden
Show is sponsored by Three Rivers
Casino Resort, Bi-Mart and Central
Lincoln PUD. It is presented by Coast
Radio and the Siuslaw News.
It will run three days this weekend,
Friday, March 2, to Sunday, March 4,
at the Florence Events Center.
Tickets are $2, or free admission on
Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.
One issue that required more
discussion was the upgrade
costs associated with planning
for a new structure to house the
district’s vehicles.
According to Langborg, the
bids were well over the bud-
geted amount. He suggested
that WLAD re-examine the
needs of the district and mod-
ify the structure to reduce the
total costs.
EMS Operations Chief
Matt House recapped the
monthly call outs for directors
and told the board of an unex-
pected, nonbudgeted expense
for the installation of a power
loader in one of the district’s
ambulances.
The additional expenditure
MARK BRENNAN/SIUSLAW NEWS
was for $21,000 and was
Siuslaw Valley firefighters Oaren Wraye and Holly Lais receive certificates for the suc- approved by the three direc-
cessful completion of EMT Basic training at the SVFR Feb. 21 board meeting.
tors in attendance. The direc-
Feb. 22, with only three board
The letter requested that similar to the information tors also approved the pay-
members in attendance. There members of Union 851 be given to SVFR. He also nom- ment of January’s bills.
The final topic at WLAD’s
was still a quorum in atten- present at all meetings and inated two new members for
dance.
planning sessions regarding the openings on the budget board meeting was a brief dis-
Public comments were lim- labor issues and a new con- committee, Casey Farm and cussion as to adapting
WLAD’s strategic plan to
ited, with WLAD Paramedic tract between the district and Jodi O’Mara.
Darrek Mullins addressing the its employees.
These nominations were reflect the possibility of a
the board with a letter he
Langborg then made a brief accepted and approved by the consolidation of functions
with SVFR in the future.
entered into the record.
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