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10A | JULY 1, 2021 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL BUDGET from A1 that can happen here in our community with the prop- er help from these folks.” City Manager Richard Meyers further pointed out that there is a $25,000 grant which the Commu- nity Development Corpo- ration and the Chamber of Commerce have received as a commitment from the Woodard Family Founda- tion to support the pro- gram. Th e annual cost of the program is $33,000. With the adoption of the budget, the city’s perma- nent rate will continue at $7.2087 per $1,000 of as- sessed value, which is esti- mated to generate slightly more than $5 million of collectable tax revenue. As a separate agenda item Monday night, the coun- cil authorized an inter- fund loan from the storm drain reserve fund to the street fund in the amount of $63,880 as $1.2 million in grant funds for the Safe Routes to School project had been received that day. However, the grant funds cannot be included in the balance prior to the clos- ing of the project, which is nearly fi nished. Th e 2021-22 adopted budget also refl ects the repayment of that debt service in the next fi scal year of the same amount ($63,880). communities to encourage job growth and entrepre- neurialism by providing guidance for local busi- nesses. During the June 14 pub- lic hearing on the proposed budget, local developer Len Blackstone, Co-chair of the Community Devel- opment Corporation Matt Parsons and Chamber of Commerce CEO/President Shauna Neigh implored the council to consider bring- ing Oregon RAIN to Cot- tage Grove. During the city coun- cil’s discussion of the bud- get resolution on Monday, councilors praised the pro- gram. Councilor Greg Ervin said he spoke with oth- er cities who have been in partnership with Oregon RAIN and found their im- pressions to be positive. “I’m in support of doing this for an initial two years,” he said. “[I’m] very inter- ested to see how it turns out and possibly I’d like to be involved in it going for- ward.” Councilor Kenneth Rob- erts said that he, though initially skeptical, had a change of heart on the top- ic. “I was a ‘no’ vote on this. I thought it was gambling taxpayer money,” he said, but detailed talks he had with people close to the program. “[Now] I think this could be a really good thing – because one thing I remembered was that Mi- crosoft started in a garage. So maybe something like In other city council news: Amendment to Com- prehensive Fee Schedule Th e council offi cially amended the city’s com- prehensive fee schedule to refl ect the adopted fi ve- year fi nancial plan pro- posed by the city’s consult- ing fi rm FCS Group. From today, July 1, monthly wastewater rates are estimated to see an average increase of about $6.45. Th e FCS Group plan calls for an increase by 12 percent over the next three years, including this 2021- 22 fi scal year, in order to meet future demands of the wastewater system such as a capital improvement to one of the city’s clarifi ers which has stopped working. Th e Cottage Grove City Council adopted the fi ve- year utility rate fi nancial plan on April 12 this year. Monthly water and storm drainage rates remain un- changed according to the plan. Funds Reappropriated A total of $135,595 were approved Monday night to be reappropriated to vari- ous funds within the gen- eral fund and street fund ahead of the start of the new fi scal year. Th e money was moved from contingency line items due to unanticipat- ed costs associated with personnel, materials and services, and buildings and improvements in the var- ious funds, according to Monday night’s memoran- dum. In the general fund, $72,095 in reappropriations included funds moved to the municipal court, main- tenance department, devel- opment department and community promotions department. Within the street fund, $63,500 was reappropriat- ed to street maintenance and street capital and im- provements/purchases. Th e fund movement includes $57,900 for costs associat- ed with the Safe Routes to Schools project. As the funds are being reappropriated within the various funds and depart- ments, the net impact on the budget’s bottom line is zero. A link to the full ac- counting of the reappro- priations can be found on the agenda page of the city council’s June 28 meeting on the city’s website. Appeal to Reconsider Herbicides During public comment, resident Annie Odean ap- pealed to the city to recon- sider the use of herbicides around the Cottage Grove Armory. Odean pointed out that the South Lane School Dis- trict had called a morato- rium on herbicides in the past. “Th ere are a lot of options that are much better in- stead of using these chem- icals,” she said, expressing her concern about toxicity and its eff ects on children in the area. “I think it’s very important at this time that we are very careful about what we do.” Install, Service, and Replace Pumps and Water Filtration Systems Test Water Quality And Water Flow Rate Visit us on the web CGS ENTINEL . COM Free rides offered between Eugene and Roseburg Umpqua Public Trans- portation District (UPTD) has started a new bus route called the Lane-Douglas Connector (LDC). Th is new service off ers safe, reliable, accessible transportation to veter- ans and the general public in rural communities for better access to healthcare services and shopping op- portunities. 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