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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL October 26, 2016 three to six cents per gallon to fund road repairs. The City of Coburg is consider- ing an identical hike in its gas tax, as is the City of Springfi eld. The Cities of Florence and Eugene are also consider- ing a recreational marijuana tax not to exceed three percent. Clearly, Grovers aren’t the only ones making decisions that could affect their communities in this election. The follow- ing is a rundown of local measures that could have impact in nearby municipali- ties: Ballot Box From beyond Analyzing decisions facing voters in nearby communities City of Creswell, Measure 20-238 Ballots for the Nov. 8 election have ar- rived in the mailboxes of local voters. In Cottage Grove, voters will make a deci- sion to support one of four candidates for the City Council’s Ward II position, two candidates for an at-large council seat and three candidates for Mayor. Local voters will also weigh the merits of a three-percent tax on recreational mari- juana purchases in the City, in addition to a doubling of the City gas tax from Question: Shall the City of Creswell prohibit medical and recreational “pro- cessors,” “dispensaries,” “producers,” “wholesalers” and “retailers?” Summary: The City Council referred this measure to voters pursuant to state law. Approving this measure prohib- its medical marijuana processors and distributors in the City. Approving this measure also prohibits medical marijuana producers, processors, wholesalers and retailers within the City. Approval will not prohibit registered medical marijuana growers. If approved, the City would not be eligible to receive state distributions of state marijuana tax revenues under current state law. City of Creswell, Measure 20-257 Question: Shall Creswell impose $1.85 per assessed $1000 of assessed value for fi ve years for police operations beginning fi scal year 2017-18? This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent. Summary: Passage of this measure would fund police services within the City of Creswell. If adopted, the City Council would remove the public safety fee from city utility bills. The measure would provide funding for additional police coverage compared to current services by allowing the City to increase the number of law enforcement offi cers working within the City. The funding would be used to improve police response times and improve overall protection within the City. The request would raise approxi- mately $624,737 in fi scal year 2017-18. Please see MEASURES, Page 10A LORANE COUNTRY NEWS BY LIL THOMPSON For the Sentinel T his Wednesday, Oct. 26, Siuslaw Watershed Coun- cil meets at Lorane Grange. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the meeting takes place from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. On Friday, Oct. 28, a fun barn dance is scheduled at Lorane Grange from 7-10 p.m. There is a suggested donation per family, and all proceeds will go to help the Bowman fam- ily, who lost their young girl in the accident on CG-Lorane Road. Roberta Miller or Pam Kersgaard can be contacted for more information. On Saturday, Oct. 29, there is a celebration of life with potluck for Ray Annett at Lorane Grange at noon. Also Thursday evening, the Applegate Elementary Hal- loween Carnival is back in the gym. There are costume con- tests, a haunted house and many more activities. For more information, call Jen McNutt- Bloom at 541-250-4868. Bags of candy are much appreciated and may be sent to the school with students or dropped off at the offi ce. The event should be a great, safe way for the stu- dents to have a fun evening from 4-8 p.m. Halloween, Oct. 31, follows with the annual Trunk’nTreat in the church parking lot. The Lo- rane Fire Department will also hand out goodies. If lights are on at the Rebekah Lodge, stop by too. Everyone, please be safe, watch for all those out and about. Trick or treaters, be sure to watch for cars and use a fl ashlight. Just a reminder that Lorane Grange meets on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. 9A Property tax statements will arrive soon L ane County taxpayers will receive their 2016-2017 property tax statements begin- ning on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Tax statements and other property tax information are also avail- able online at www.lanecounty. org/at. The fi rst payment is due on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The Lane County tax collector collects property tax on behalf of 83 separate taxing districts, including cities, schools, edu- cation service districts, water districts, rural fi re districts, ur- ban renewal districts and other taxing districts such as park and recreation, library and ambu- lance districts. The total property tax certi- fi ed to collect for all tax levies combined in 2016 is $495.7 million. This is approximately 3.7 percent more than in 2015. The total amount of taxes billed changes each year as a result of the addition of new or renewed local option and bond levies, the expiration of local option and bond levies, the three-percent statutory increase in Maximum Assessed Values (MAV), the ad- dition of new properties to the tax roll, the number of exemp- tions granted and the number of properties being taxed on their lower market values instead of their Measure 50 MAV. Lane County’s Jan. 1, 2016 Real Market Value (RMV) in- creased to $52.8 billion from $50.8 billion. This is an overall increase of approximately 3.9 percent from January 1, 2015. The total taxable value for all properties combined in Lane County increased by 3.3 percent over last year, from $30.5 bil- lion in 2015 to $31.5 billion in 2016. Additionally, 7.7 percent of residential properties in Lane County now have a market value below their Measure 50 MAV which is down from 9.6 percent in 2015. Most properties will continue to see the three-percent statutory increase in their MAV. On aver- age, residential property owners will pay tax on 79 percent of their RMV in 2016. There are over 177,000 tax- able properties in Lane County consisting of: 66 percent Resi- dential/Tract; 12 percent Com- mercial; seven percent Indus- trial; fi ve percent Farm/Forest; fi ve percent Multi-Family and fi ve percent Business Personal Property, Utilities and Other. Voters in the past year have approved changes to the tax levies and bond rates which are then applied to a property’s AV. However Oregon’s constitution limits the total tax rate that can be billed to an individual prop- erty to no more than $10 per $1,000 of market value for gov- ernment and $5 per $1,000 of market value for schools (Ballot Measure 5). $500 S HOPPING S PREE ✁ ✁ ✁ ✁ 20% OFF 50% OFF any one regular priced HALLOWEEN GIFT MERCHANDISE ✁ Purchased October 26-31 item from our ✁ ALL at any of the following businesses. Use all or part at one or several businesses Contest Runs October 5 - October 26 BOUTIQUE Winner will be announced in the November 2 Cottage Grove Sentinel CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES To enter cut out the entry form and drop them off at the businesses for the drawing. Purchased October 26-31 one discount per customer The Flower Basket and Gift Boutique Name: ___________________________________ Address: _________________________________ ________________________________________ Phone: __________________________________ One Entry per family per business per week. 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