8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 28, 2018
BABY BOX HELP
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The First Presbyterian Church of Cottage Grove has made a $500 donation to the Welcome
Baby Box Project captained by the 90by30 Project. The donation was issued from the Deacon
fund, adding to the church’s previous $200 donation. The project has also been awarded a
$1,500 grant from the Bisbee Foundation which seeks to provide fi nancial support for local
programs and projects that aim to strengthen communities. 90by30 launched the baby box
program in late 2017 as a way to provide basic newborn essential to families in need. The
project falls under the organization’s guiding mission to reduce child abuse by 90 percent by
the year 2030.
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Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
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Chad (Hamilton) sitting there,
Garrett (Bridgens) not sitting
there and Kyle (Tucker) sitting
here and everybody else in the
district that has been present and
has lived through what’s going
on so that superintendent is not
sitting with us tonight but all
the rest of the district is sitting
with us.” Settelmeyer went on
to clarify that he supported staff
but felt the board had “healing”
to do in the district.
The word ‘healing’ was men-
tioned eight times in the fi rst 30
minutes of the meeting Monday
night with Kelley informing the
board it could include a desire
for candidates to take the need
into account when searching for
a new superintendent.
In two separate timelines,
Kelley presented search options
to the board. One option would
allow the board to search inter-
nally before reaching out to ex-
ternal candidates while the oth-
er option focused on garnering
candidates from both inside and
outside the district in one pro-
cess. Both the board and Kelley
expressed the complications of
navigating the process without
offending current acting super-
intendent Tucker as well as the
importance of involving the dis-
Dr. Bitner D.D.S., P.C.
trict staff.
In a timeline the board de-
scribed as “aggressive,” qualifi -
cations and qualities for candi-
dates would be approved at the
board’s March 5 meeting with
input from district staff and
community members. Reviews
of applicants and interviews
would take place during exec-
utive sessions and, because the
board has three budget meetings
scheduled in May, a fi nal deci-
sion on an interim superinten-
dent would be made by the end
of April or beginning of May.
Settelmeyer made three sep-
arate motions to search for an
interim superintendent with as-
sistance from OSBA at an ap-
proximate hourly rate of $120,
initiate a search for a permanent
superintendent and re-affi rm
Tucker as acting superintendent.
The district has to complete a
Request for Proposal to obtain
a fi rm to conduct the permanent
superintendent search. For the
service, OSBA charged $8,750.
While Oregon law defi nes
the work session as a public
meeting, the board did not take
notes for the fi rst 58 minutes
of the meeting. When asked by
Settelmeyer if the board needed
to take minutes, Kelley affi rmed
that it did under public meetings
law.
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Cottage Grove
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New patients welcome
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City Council Vacancy
The City of Cottage Grove is seeking interested applicants
who reside within the City limits, to fi ll a vacancy on
the Cottage Grove City Council for Councilor Ward 4.
Applicants must be a registered voter, reside within the
City for at least one year before appointment and reside
in Ward 4. The term for this position runs from the date of
appointment until the next general election, November 6,
2018. Applications are available at City Hall from 8am
to 5pm, Monday-Friday, or online at www.cottagegrove.
org . The deadline to apply is March 5, 2018 at 5:00 pm.
Interviews will be held on Monday, March 12, 2018.
Please submit completed applications to City Recorder,
Trudy Borrevik at City Hall. Any questions contact the
City Manager’s Offi ce at (541) 942-5501.
Benjamin R. Thornton, D.D.S., M.S.
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