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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 27, 2017 5A
Fire: Negotiations fail between districts Dallas
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“There may be some op-
erational gaps, and we
might not have identified
them all yet,” he said. “But
the customer is not going to
notice a difference.”
Neither side has given up
on coming to an agreement
at some point.
“If we can keep our fire
department out here, we will
do whatever,” Young said.
“We will train with them. We
can all be trained the same.
That’s no problem.”
Hertel said joint training
is where the two entities will
begin rebuilding their rela-
tionship.
“I think that we found a
way forward that we both
can agree on,” Hertel said.
“We are going to give that a
try and if that doesn’t work,
we will try something else.”
Southwest will send Falls
City $14,050 to honor the
service agreement.
“The Board did express
hope that this impasse will
be short-lived and the par-
ties will continue to discuss
options of a new agreement
in the near future,” Hertel
wrote in the Dec. 15 letter.
Falls City considers fire levy
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
FALLS CITY — The Falls
City City Council gave city
staff the nod Dec. 14 to pur-
sue putting a five-year levy
on the May 2018 primary
election ballot to support its
fire department.
It’s estimated to cost $1.04
per $1,000 of assessed value
on property and would raise
about $40,000 per year, with
a total of $200,000 over the
life of the levy.
Money would be used to
buy firefighting equip-
ment — including breathing
units required when work-
ing inside burning build-
ings — extrication tools and
gear to use during rescues at
the falls on the Little Luckia-
mute River.
Funding may also go to-
ward operating expenses,
saving a for new fire engine
and other vehicles and sta-
tion building repairs.
Acting City Manager Terry
Ungricht said because con-
tract negotiations with
Southwest Polk Rural Pro-
tection District failed, some
of the money from the levy
may be needed for fire de-
partment operations.
“We’ve talked about want-
ing to have an equipment
fund and stuff like that, so
we can start looking to up-
date our engines. Our one
pump truck is 1965. It would
be nice to update that,” Un-
gricht said during the coun-
cil’s meeting on Dec. 14.
“We’re going to need a duty
rig, but those are all longer
term wants, if we don’t need
to use part of this levy as op-
erating.”
The council needs to ap-
prove a resolution to place
the levy on the ballot by the
deadline of Feb. 24.
“This motion would in-
struct us to do the resolu-
tion, do the language, work
with our attorney and we
would have a resolution for
you guys to adopt and put it
onto the ballot in January,”
Ungricht said.
In other business:
• Councilor Dennis Sick-
les thanked the community
for supporting him and his
family after his house
burned down in November.
“It was very heartwarm-
ing. This community is a
wonderful place to live,”
Sickles said. “The amount of
people who reached out to
help and just give their well
wishes, was very humbling
and it made me feel really
good. I appreciate this com-
munity for that. It’s a good
community and when a ca-
tastrophe happens, people
step up.”
• Councilor Tony Meier
offered kudos to the Falls
City Fire Department for its
quick response to a medical
emergency involving his
grandson.
“In 73 years, we’ve never
used the fire department. We
used it a couple weeks ago
when my grandson went
into seizures,” Meier said.
Meier added that his
grandson is OK after the in-
cident.
“I just want to say how
impressed I was with this
fire department,” he said.
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He identified those projects as Grocery Outlet on the
commercial side and the industrial project as “Indigo,” es-
timated to be completed in 2020.
The council voted unanimously to make the changes.
Once the vote was taken, Councilor Kelly Gabliks sug-
gested the council turn its attention to beginning the
process of hiring a permanent city manager.
“I’m very happy that we have Greg, but I think that we
need to immediately start looking for a new city manag-
er,” she said. “It’s going to take us six to nine months, if
we’re lucky.”
Councilors Jim Fairchild and Bill Hahn said the search
process should start soon, but not until after the new year.
Councilors Micky Garus and Jackie Lawson said they
didn’t want to rush into the process — and might be
happy to have Ellis lead the city for up to two years.
“I think before we start the process we need to have
several meetings, most likely, to talk amongst each other
to decide exactly who it is, what it is we are looking for.
And be willing to look at several different options, options
that are outside of the box, that aren’t really the cookie-
cutter mold of a city manager that we’ve previously always
gone to,” Garus said.
He said the city should take advantage of Ellis’ willing-
ness to stick around.
“Rushing into something is irresponsible,” Garus said.
Lawson said she would be willing to wait up to year to
start looking for a replacement.
“I want to give him (Ellis) every opportunity for whatev-
er ideas that he might have to free up all of our staff with
new ideas and potential movement for our city that we
need desperately,” she said.
Gabliks asked if the search process could be put on the
agenda for the city’s next meeting.
“I really think we need to start this process, because I
think it’s going to take a long time to get the right person
to take this job,” she said.
Ellis recommended the council schedule a work session
with a representative from Mid-Valley Council of Govern-
ments, which conducts city manager searches. He said he
would try to have a COG representative at the Jan. 16
meeting.
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CHIROPRACTIC
GYNECOLOGY SERVICES
• JOYNT FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC - Dr. Brian
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COUNSELING
• CROSS AND CROWN COUNSELING ~ KATE
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HEARING HEALTH
• JOYFUL SOUND HEARING SERVICES, INC. Mark
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Providing Polk County with hearing solutions for 30
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protection. Hours: Monday - Thursday 9-4pm. (Fri-
days by appointment only)
ORTHODONTICS
• YENNE & SCHOFIELD - SPECIALISTS IN OR-
THODONTICS - 580 Main Street, Suite E, Dallas, 503-
623-5002. Providing Polk County with orthodontic
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PHYSICAL THERAPY/
REHABILITATION SERVICES
• PINNACLE PHYSICAL THERAPY is an orthopedic
physical therapy facility committed to getting great
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care, women’s health issues, sport rehab, vehicle
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right for you. Call us: 503-623-2433. We are conve-
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• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY offers a wide
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physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech ther-
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IMAGING SERVICES
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY offers state-
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• DR. CHARLES ESSEX, family medicine, is accept-
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Clinic, located at 512 Main St., Suite 300, Monmouth,
503-838-1182. With a proactive healthcare approach,
Dr. Essex provides care for the entire family and will
work with you to build a healthy lifestyle with annual
exams, immunizations, lifestyle counseling, sports
physicals, skin care, cancer screenings and more.
New patients are welcome.
• DR. JOHN HADLEY, family medicine, is accepting
new patients at the Salem Health West Valley Medical
Clinic at 555 SE Washington St., Dallas, 503-623-7301.
With a proactive healthcare approach, Dr. Hadley
provides offers family medicine for your entire family
from newborns to adults with annual exams, immu-
nizations, lifestyle counseling, sports physicals, skin
care, cancer screenings and more. New patients are
welcome.
LABORATORY SERVICES
• SALEM HEALTH WEST VALLEY provides lab
services at two convenient locations in Dallas and
Monmouth. Both labs are fully accredited, provid-
ing collections and testing with healthcare provider
referral. Employment and self-referral drug testing
is offered. The West Valley Hospital lab in Dallas is
open 24 hours, seven days a week, at 525 SE Washing-
ton St., 503-623-7303. The Monmouth lab is located
in the Monmouth Medical Center, 512 Main St., Suite
300, 503-838-1388. It is open Monday to Friday, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m., closed between noon and 1 p.m. Ap-
pointments are not required.
Call the Itemizer-Observer at 503-623-2373
to have your business listed in this directory.