Polk County News
Polk county Itemizer-Observer • October 18, 2017 3A
Falls City hires new
city code enforcer
March for ‘Dreamers’
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Monmouth and Inde-
pendence residents
joined together to march
for the rights of immi-
grants and those affected
by Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals.
Central High School stu-
dents organized the
event, which attracted
more than 100 partici-
pants. The march showed
support for DREAMers
and urged Congress to
pass “a clean” Develop-
ment, Relief, and Educa-
tion for Alien Minors Act,
according to organizers.
The march went from
Western Oregon Univer-
sity in Monmouth to
Riverview Park in Inde-
pendence. A representa-
tive from Congressman
Kurt Schrader’s office,
Rep. Paul Evans, and Mon-
mouth and Independence
mayors Steve Milligan and
John McArdle spoke.
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FALLS CITY — Code en-
forcement in Falls City is
back on track.
Mayor Terry Ungricht said
new code enforcer Rose Ba-
jorins, a Falls City resident,
has finished her first case. It’s
under attorney review to
make sure all requirements
are met, he said.
“We are moving along,”
Ungricht said at Thursday’s
Falls City City Council
meeting. “After this one is
done, we are going to move
on to a bank-owned prop-
erty, because that is a differ-
ent process. What we are
basically doing is setting up
procedures so we can move
forward.”
The city has a contract
with the city of Independ-
ence to run its municipal
court, which enables a
code enforcer to write cita-
tions and take city code vi-
olators to court. That con-
tract was approved in April,
but the city struggled to
keep a code officer on staff.
Ungricht reported to the
council in September that
the city’s newly hired code
enforcer quit due to family
concerns. Bajorins volun-
teered to help with code
enforcement at that same
meeting after bringing a
code complaint to the
council.
The city took her up on
that offer.
“Rose seems to be doing
a pretty good job,” Un-
gricht said. “We’re coming
up with some ideas.”
Ungricht added that the
city and the Polk County
Sheriff’s Office is close to
completing a contract that
would allow the sheriff’s of-
fice to enforce the city ordi-
nances that it can’t now,
such as violations of park
rules.
Another new hire at-
tended Thursday’s meet-
ing: City Clerk Cody De
Camp.
De Camp, hired follow-
ing a search and interview
process in August, began
work in September and
joined the council for his
first meeting on Thursday.
Ungricht said he has put
De Camp in charge of over-
seeing the closing process
for the Wagner Community
Library.
In other business, the
council:
• Approved the Polk
County Law Enforcement
Use of Deadly Force plan.
• Began the process of
approving the city’s water
master plan.
Dallas murder mystery tickets on sale
Itemizer-Observer staff report
DALLAS — See if you can
crack the case on Oct. 28
when the Dallas Downtown
Association presents a mur-
der mystery.
A cast of potential suspects
will be placed around down-
town Dallas and it’s your job
to find the real killer.
Tickets are $10 and are
available a several downtown
businesses.
Registration is from 10 a.m.
to noon.
The mystery will run from
12:30 to 5 p.m.
For more information:
Facebook, Downtown Dallas
Murder Mystery.
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