Polk County News
2A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 14, 2015
FC talks‘ban’ on pot shops
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
JOLENE GUZMAN/ Itemizer-Observer file
Lucky Halcom of Black Rock BBQ takes can order during the lunch rush this summer.
Since then Dallas rules forced Black Rock to move every three months.
Food cart rules may shift
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The city of
Dallas is considering a
change to its code that
would make it easier to find
your favorite food cart ven-
dor.
A proposed ordinance
would allow food cart ven-
dors to apply for a renew-
able six-month permit to do
business at the same loca-
tion.
That doubles the length
of time under current “itin-
erant merchant” provisions
in the city’s code.
Itinerant merchants are
defined as selling from carts,
trailers or other vehicles.
City Manager Ron Foggin
said popular barbecue ven-
dor Black Rock BBQ ap-
proached the city about
changing the code because
it was forced to move to a
new location every three
months under the current
rules. Those rules specify
that an itinerant merchant
can remain in the same lo-
cation for no more than
three months out of a year.
“This is not an ideal busi-
ness model,” wrote Jason
Locke, the city’s community
development director in a
memo to the city’s adminis-
tration committee. “Many
jurisdictions have recog-
nized that food carts are a
business that can create vi-
brancy in an area and can
create activity in vacant or
underutilized locations.”
Revisions would allow
food carts to operate in the
same location for six
months and the owner to
apply to remain at the loca-
tion for successive six-
month periods. The permit
fee would be $100.
The council reviewed the
proposed ordinance at its
Oct. 5 meeting and moved
it forward for a “second
reading” and vote at its
Monday meeting.
Also on the agenda for a
vote on Monday is an ordi-
nance that would ban the
use of “inhalant delivery
systems,” aka e-cigarettes,
or “vaping” systems from all
public places where tradi-
tional cigarettes are banned
from use.
That means vaping
wouldn’t be allowed in work
places, public gathering
places or within 10 feet of
entrances of such locations;
within 25 feet of school fa-
cilities, public and school
bus shelters or stops; and in
all city parks, including the
Rickreall Creek Trail, except
for in the designated area in
Dallas City Park.
In other business, the
council:
• Approved a transfer of
money from the street,
water, and sewer funds to
the capital improvement
fund for a total of $81,000 to
purchase a new backhoe.
It will replace aging
equipment in frequent
need of repair, Foggin said.
The fund transfer also in-
cluded $20,000 from con-
tingency to the Community
Development Department
to pay for a consultant and
$9,000 from the sewer fund
to capital outlay to pay for a
farm loader.
FALLS CITY — The city of
Falls City will consider
changing its code to allow
marijuana dispensaries to
open, but there’s a catch.
If the Falls City City Coun-
cil approves restrictions it
appears to support, there
would be no place for one to
open.
Currently the city code re-
quires business to comply
with federal law, which does
not recognize marijuana as
legal. But Mayor Terry Un-
gricht suggested changing
the code to technically allow
a dispensary to open in the
city, but using its discretion in
restricting location to make it
virtually impossible to find a
place to operate one.
Under state law dispen-
saries are disallowed in resi-
dential areas or within a
1,000 feet of a school. In a
Falls City, that’s a significant
portion of the town.
“It leaves very few areas
for (dispensaries) to go,” Un-
gricht said.
He added state law allows
local jurisdictions to apply
further restrictions. He sug-
gested adding a provision
that would exclude dispen-
saries within a 1,000 feet of
parks.
GOVERNMENT
“There would be nowhere
in town you could put dis-
pensaries,” he said, “That
way we are allowing it, but
our development code would
have those restrictions.”
There’s another avenue to
keep dispensaries out — an
outright ban that requires a
vote of citizens.
Ungricht pointed out that,
if successful, a ban would
preclude the city from re-
ceiving revenue from state
taxes on marijuana. He said
while much about how the
taxes would be dispersed is
undetermined, he believes
the city could still receive
some taxes if it allows peo-
ple to grow marijuana.
“I noticed a lot of people
grow here,” Ungricht said.
He said it’s possible that
taxes could be given to cities
based on sales and manufac-
turing. The city would forgo
revenue from sales, but could
still receive taxes based on
population, similar to how
alcohol taxes are dispersed.
The majority of the coun-
cil agreed, saying the city
shouldn’t put a ban proposal
on the ballot.
“The negative to that is if
the citizens of Falls City
chooses to have a ban on
dispensaries then we would
not be able to share in the
taxes from the state,” said
Councilor Dennis Sickles.
The idea of disallowing
dispensaries by land use
codes did draw objection
from Councilor Tony Meier.
“I think putting a dispensa-
ry here, cost wise, might not
even be reasonable,” Meier
said. “But on the other hand,
why have the people here
that are going to be legal
about it go someplace else
and buy it and let them get
the tax money that we could
be getting?”
The rest of the council
didn’t share his point of
view, however.
“I think that the council
spoke on dispensaries in Falls
City and I would not be will-
ing to vote for dispensaries in
Falls City,” Dennis Sickles
said, referring to a previous
decision to ban dispensaries
through the city code.
Ungricht said he would
bring an official proposal,
reviewed by the city’s attor-
ney, at a future meeting.
Polk No. 1 to focus on safety
By Emily Mentzer
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Fire
Chief Al Alcalde is working
to make Polk County Fire
District No. 1’s firefighters
and volunteers safer through
training and practice.
Alcalde said the door of
one of the district’s trucks
was bent while it was being
backed out of the garage be-
cause the door was left open.
“The thought process is, if
(the door is) open, you can
get into it quicker,” he said
to the fire board of directors
at its Thursday meeting.
However, with so many
staff members and volun-
teers, the person who drives
the truck into the garage isn’t
always the one who backs it
out to respond to an incident.
The person backing out
may not know to look for an
open door, Alcalde noted.
With training and process,
accidents such as the bent
door can be prevented, he
said.
Additionally, Alcalde pre-
sented a new code of ethics.
“It’s a national program
that’s been going on for a
couple of years,” Alcalde
said. “Fire departments are
pledging to read the code of
ethics and sign that they are
going to maintain the code.”
Alcalde said it is impor-
tant for firefighters and vol-
unteers to keep a high ethi-
cal standard in public.
“By doing this, it’s a re-
minder to us that we’re here
for the public,” he said.
Board member Joost Van-
derhave asked Alcalde if the
code should also apply to
board members.
“I would encourage each
of us to think about what
Joost is saying and consider
signing it,” board chairman
Tom Snair agreed.
Board member Joe Franko
said board members need to
be “above reproach out in
the public.”
In other business, the
board decided to let Alcalde
handle an agreement for
service from Albany Fire De-
partment.
Heard updates on the es-
timates to have the parking
lot at Station 90 repaved,
ranging from $9,700 to
$15,000, depending on the
area and thickness of the as-
phalt.
Approved purchasing
equipment for the new fire
engines that will be arriving
soon. The purchase will like-
ly cost $60,000 or less.
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THE INTERN (Digital) (PG13)
THE WALK (Digital 2D) (PG)
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Digital 2D) (PG)
CRIMSON PEAK (Digital) (R)
GOOSEBUMPS (Digital 2D) (PG)
GOOSEBUMPS (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG)
THE MARTIAN (Digital 2D) (PG13)
BRIDGE OF SPIES (Digital) (PG13)
SICARIO (Digital) (R)
PAN (Digital 2D) (PG)
(4:30)
(1:45)
(12:20 2:35 4:50)
(1:40 4:25)
(11:45 4:45)
(2:15)
(12:20 3:25)
(12:20 3:25)
(1:30 4:15)
(11:30 2:00 4:35)
7:10
9:40*
7:05 9:05*
7:20 9:30*
7:15
9:50*
6:30 9:20*
6:30 9:25*
7:20 9:55*
7:10 9:30*
Monday - Wednesday October 19 - 21
THE INTERN (Digital) (PG13) NOT PLAYING WEDNESDAY (4:30) 7:10
THE WALK (Digital 2D) (PG)
(1:45)
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Digital 2D) (PG)
(2:35 4:50) 7:05 9:05**
CRIMSON PEAK (Digital) (R)
(1:40 4:25) 7:20 9:30**
GOOSEBUMPS (Digital 2D) (PG)
(4:45) 7:15
GOOSEBUMPS (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG)
(2:15)
9:50**
THE MARTIAN (Digital 2D) (PG13)
(3:25) 6:30 9:20**
BRIDGE OF SPIES (Digital) (PG13)
(3:25) 6:30 9:25**
SICARIO (Digital) (R)
(1:30 4:15) 7:20 9:55**
PAN (Digital 2D) (PG)
(2:00 4:35) 7:10 9:30**
BACK TO THE FUTURE 1 (1985 Digital Trilogy) (PG)
(4:30**)
BACK TO THE FUTURE 2 (1989 Digital Trilogy) (PG)
7:00**
BACK TO THE FUTURE 3 (1990 Digital Trilogy) (PG)
9:15**
Thursday October 22
THE INTERN (Digital) (PG13)
(4:30)
THE WALK (Digital 2D) (PG)
(1:45)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION (R)
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Digital 2D) (PG)
(2:35 4:50)
CRIMSON PEAK (Digital) (R)
(1:40 4:25)
GOOSEBUMPS (Digital 2D) (PG)
(4:45)
GOOSEBUMPS (NEC Dolby 3D) (PG)
(2:15)
THE MARTIAN (Digital 2D) (PG13)
(3:25)
BRIDGE OF SPIES (Digital) (PG13)
(3:25)
SICARIO (Digital) (R)
(1:30 4:15)
PAN (Digital 2D) (PG)
(2:00 4:35)
* Not showing Sunday, October 18
** Only showing Wednesday October 21
7:00
7:05
7:20
7:15
6:30
6:30
7:20
7:10
Solution on Page 14A
Kicker will be on
2016 tax returns
SALEM — There will be a
“kicker” issued for this year, but
won’t be any kicker checks is-
sued as there have been in the
past.
A more than $402 million tax
surplus was conirmed by the
Oice of Economic Analysis
during the irst week of Octo-
ber.
The surplus triggered a tax
surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the
2014 tax year.
To claim the kicker, you must
ile a 2015 tax return. To calcu-
late the amount of credit, multi-
ply your 2014 tax liability before
any credits, except credits for
taxes paid to other states, by 5.6
percent.
Detailed information on how
to claim your credit will be in
the 2015 Oregon personal in-
come tax return instructions.
Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n :
www.oregon.gov/dor.
AT&T upgrades
service to Dallas
DALLAS — AT&T has com-
pleted an upgrade to mobile In-
ternet service in the Dallas area,
bringing an increase in speed to
customers at no additional cost.
AT&T customers with a data
plan and LTE-capable device
will see an immediate and auto-
matic increase in speed when
using the mobile internet, two-
way video calling, streaming
music and movies, download-
ing apps and iles, and sharing
pictures via email, multimedia
messaging or social networks
from their smart phone or
tablet.
T he upgrade is part of a
multi-billion dollar planned in-
vestment to expand and en-
hance our wireless and wireline
broadband services, improving
Internet service quality, speed,
and reliability. AT&T invested
nearly $375 million in its Ore-
gon network during the past
three years.