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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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Executive session rules under review
By Hillary Borrud
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Government
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get a clearer idea of when they
can meet behind closed doors
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Government Ethics Commis-
sion plans to begin a process to
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sessions.
The Legislature passed a
law earlier this year to give
the ethics commission au-
thority to write administrative
rules that will spell out how
the state should apply the law
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open meeting law requires city
councils, county commission-
ers and other government deci-
sion-making bodies to conduct
business in public sessions,
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include discussions of litiga-
tion, real estate transactions
and employee discipline.
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rector of the commission, plans
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month to draft the rules and
present a series of proposed
rule changes to the commission
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“Really, it’s about clarifying
the bigger issues that come be-
fore the commission,” Bersin
said.
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complaints alleging that pub-
lic bodies such as city coun-
cils and county commissions
violated the law by failing to
provide adequate notice before
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discipline the public employ-
ees. State law allows public
bodies to hold closed-door
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employees, but the employees
can also request the meeting be
held in public.
Public bodies are supposed
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notice for the employee to re-
quest an open meeting, accord-
ing to attorney general’s public
meetings manual. However,
Bersin said the vagueness of
the law on this issue makes it
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ernment Ethics Commission
to determine whether a city
council or county commission
provided enough notice to em-
ployees ahead of disciplinary
meetings.
Another section of the law
that governing boards and
commissions often rely upon
to hold closed-door meetings
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their attorneys about “current
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concern sensitive or controver-
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Bersin said there are also
questions about whether public
bodies can construe consulting
with their lawyers to apply to
meetings in which they read a
document from the lawyer, but
the lawyer is not present.
“These are the things that
the statutes don’t give great
clarity to, and the (attorney
general) tries to give some
clarity through its publication,”
Bersin said. “But we hope to
give better clarity so that peo-
ple don’t run afoul with us.
This rule making is really an
educational effort. It’s not an
enforcement effort.”
One controversial proposal
that never made it into the leg-
islation that authorized the new
rules, Senate Bill 294, would
have tasked the ethics com-
mission with writing rules on
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Oregon, at least as it pertains to
public meeting law.
Oregon’s unique law allows
members of the media to at-
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and during the last decade, city
councilors and other public
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low bloggers into closed-door
meetings. In most states, jour-
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utive sessions along with other
members of the public.
During the legislative ses-
sion, the Association of Ore-
gon Counties also proposed an
amendment that would have
allowed cities and counties
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tives of the media. However,
lawmakers did not adopt that
amendment and the bill the
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ics commission from adopting
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Tyler John Gifford,
John Day, was convicted of
probation violation for fail-
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tions and complete commu-
nity service. His probation
was revoked, and he was
sentenced to 30 days in jail,
consecutive to any Circuit
Court sentence.
Matthew Dogali,
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of MIP-marijuana/violation,
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license was suspended for
one year.
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Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle
are taken from the logs of
law enforcement agencies.
Every effort is made to re-
port the court disposition of
arrest cases.
Circuit Court
CANYON CITY – The
Grant County Circuit Court
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and judgments:
Jessica Hunt failed to
complete inpatient treat-
ment. Her sentence was
revoked and reinstated, and
she was ordered to report
daily to the Grant County
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Jeffrey Lutey, Edge-
wood, Wash., was cited for
driving uninsured and fail-
ure to signal for turn, lane
change or stop. He was
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guilty to driving under the
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was sentenced to jail for 15
days and bench probation
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was suspended for one year.
The court dismissed one
count for recklessly endan-
gering another person.
Cory Alan Grabeel, 42, was
found guilty by jury verdict and
sentenced on several counts. For
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18 months bench probation and
80 hours community service,
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license was suspended for one
year. On each of two counts of
recklessly endangering another
person, he was sentenced to 18
months bench probation and 40
hours community service, and
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he was sentenced to 18 months
bench probation and 20 hours
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suspended for 90 days, to be
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He was found guilty by court
verdict of driver failure to report
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Scott Steele, 50, Prairie City,
on several charges: eight for
possession of meth, eight
for delivery of meth, two for
manufacture of meth, men-
acing and harassment. He
was lodged in Grant County
Jail.
Oct. 1: Trespassing re-
ported in Monument.
Oct. 2: Arrested a Day-
ville man for assault.
Oct. 3: Cited a Canyon
City driver for no proof of
insurance.
John Day ambulance:
Sept. 28: Dispatched for
Grant County Sheriff
an elderly man with chest
CANYON CITY – The pain.
Grant County Sheriff’s Of-
Oct. 5: Responded for a
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for the week of Sept. 25- responded for a 49-year-old
Oct. 1:
man with chest pain.
Concealed handgun li-
censes: 10
Justice Court
Average inmates: 13
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Bookings: 10
Grant County Justice Court
Releases: 8
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Arrests: 1
and judgments:
Citations: 1
Violation of the basic
Fingerprints: 9
rule: Eileen Annette Evan,
Civil papers: 12
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Warrants processed: 7
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worked 120 calls during
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the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 5. Jean Mallonee-Taylor, 43,
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plaints, these calls included:
John Day Police:
Violation of the speed
Oct. 1: Theft reported at limit: Michelle J. March-
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driving while suspended.
Charles Jeremiah Roth, 40,
Oct. 3: Report of shots Aptos, Calif., 54/45 zone,
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Following too close-
Oct. 4: Cited a Halfway ly: Israel Charles Jeremi-
man for speeding.
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Sept. 28: Trespassing re-
Pass in a no-passing
port in Granite.
zone: Israel Charles Jeremi-
Sept. 29: Theft report in ah Roth, 40, Aptos, Calif.,
Granite.
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Oregon State Police
Sept. 24: At about 8:10
p.m., cited Shelby Michael
Pickenpaugh, 23, Mt. Ver-
non, for DUII-controlled
substances, reckless driving
and possession of metham-
phetamine.
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p.m., investigated a single
motorcycle injury crash ver-
sus deer on Highway 395
at Meadowbrook Pass. The
driver, Scott Edward Clark
of Bend, was taken to Blue
Mountain Hospital.
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p.m., arrested Anthony
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Driving while suspend-
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John Botond Cook,
Prairie City was convicted
of minor-in-possession of
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His driver’s license was sus-
pended for one year.
Hayden John Young,
Canyon City, was convicted
of MIP-alcohol/violation,
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license was suspended for
one year.
Jason Wayne Wain-
wright, Long Creek, was
convicted of driving while
suspended/misdemeanor.
He was sentenced to 18
months probation and 40
october is
domestic violence
awareness month
An average of
three women in
America die
each day as a
result of
domestic
violence. One in
four women, and
one in thirteen
men, will
experience
domestic violence
in their lifetime.
If you or someone you know is the victim
of domestic violence, the Heart of
Grant County at 541-575-4335 or the
24 Hot Line at 541-620-1342.
Services are free and confidential.
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