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three patrol officers would run into
“morale issues” and burnout.
The department, according to
Durr, runs with two officers on each
shift, and inevitably vacations, sick
time and personal time off require
the other two officers to cover
shifts. He said cutting the force
from four to three officers would
make it hard to retain them. Ulti-
mately, he said, the city would lose
them to more lucrative, better-pay-
ing jobs.
Rookstool said that those sug-
gesting the city cut a patrol officer
position should consider that the
police officers are not off at 5 p.m.
She said they are required to take
late-night calls and that it would be
“irresponsible.” Rookstool told the
audience that the city would risk
putting the police force at risk of
getting hurt by expecting them to
work 16-hour shifts.
Close the city’s greenhouse
The concerned citizens argued
that the city should close the “failed
greenhouse” and cut its losses. They
write that, while the city would need
to continue paying off the green-
house construction loan, the city
could still keep its police force.
The group said shuttering the
greenhouse also does not fit the
city’s narrative.
John Day City Manager Nick
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McKinley said keeping
weeds, grass and brush from
piling up and stacking fire-
wood a reasonable distance
from buildings is wise.
“A lot of people don’t like
to have to pack their wood
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Attendees at the John Day town hall meeting on July 27.
Green told the Eagle that, if the city
shuttered the greenhouse, it would
not change the police department’s
financial situation as the funding for
the greenhouse came from the sewer
fund and it is not supported by the
city’s general fund, which funds
police.
However, Green said in a Mon-
day email that in the last fiscal year
from July 2020 to June 2021 the
greenhouse revenues were an “ane-
mic” $33,000 and the greenhouse is
running a $122,000 deficit.
Green said there may come a
time when John Day may need to
“divest” the asset. However, he said,
to eliminate the asset due to revenue
shortfalls resulting from the pan-
demic is “premature.”
Green said the city’s decision to
shift the greenhouse to a coopera-
tive formation should shore up the
very far,” he said, “but during
the Canyon Creek fire there
were actually a few structures
that burned down because of
their firewood piles being in
proximity.”
Forest Fire Supervisor Eric
Miller told the Eagle that peo-
ple should take the obvious
precautions in the forest, such
as not having a fire and stay-
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financial hiccups by allowing mem-
bers who get their produce from the
greenhouse to own and operate the
venture instead of the government.
He said going to a co-op model
would eliminate personnel costs
and slash fringe benefits for its lone
employee, including PERS retire-
ment accounts.
Under the co-op model, he said,
the city would structure other staff-
ing and how they want to oper-
ate it. This would including having
people seed, generate and harvest
in exchange for produce, which,
according to Green, would not
impact the city’s payroll.
He said the city is “triaging” and
coming up on the end of its sec-
ond year of operation. Green said
the greenhouse’s first two years
have been “weird years.” He said
18 months saw restaurants shuttered
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ing on paved roads. Miller said
other less obvious but essen-
tial measures include main-
taining the brakes on trailers
and ensuring they are working
correctly.
He said a fairly common
cause of fires is chains drag-
ging from trucks and trailers.
When coming out to the forest,
Miller said people need to be
aware of fire behavior, have an
alternate route out of an area,
be ready to go in a moment’s
notice and report any fires to
a dispatcher so fire crews can
help them.
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at certain points and unable to pur-
chase produce.
COVID-19 relief funds
Another criticism is that the city
earmarked pandemic relief fund-
ing for the greenhouse, a claim
that Green rejected last week. He
said $5,000 of its $180,000 allot-
ment from the federal government
went to the greenhouse. He said the
city had not made any further deci-
sions about how it would spend the
money.
The city’s approved budget does
list $180,000 in estimated COVID-
19 funding revenues for the Com-
munity Development Fund’s Agri-
business Department — i.e., the
greenhouse — for the 2020-2021
fiscal year. However, the amount
appears to have been transferred
to the Community Development
three levels in an evacuation,
ready, set and go.
Level 1: Get ready
Mckinley said the first
phase, get ready, is about
knowing danger exists in an
area. He said it’s important, as
Miller noted, to know entrance
and exit routes. This is a time
to begin preparing to evacuate
and taking precautionary mea-
sures, including taking care
of family with special needs,
moving pets and livestock.
Level 2: Get set
In this phase, emergency
personnel notify people in the
community that fire danger is
significant and residents vol-
untarily relocate to shelter
with family and friends out-
side of the area. While peo-
ple might have time to gather
necessary items, they do so at
“their own risk.”
Level 3: Go
Under level 3 evacu-
ation, people must leave
immediately, McKinley’s
document states. This phase
means a fire is rapidly
approaching, and if people
ignore the warning, emer-
gency crews will likely not
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needs and disrupting the
pack’s behavior so they don’t
associate livestock with an
easy meal.”
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Fund’s Administration Department,
where it shows up as net working
capital in the 2021-2022 budget.
The people opposed to the levy
argued the $180,000 could have
funded the department for two years.
Green said the Budget Commit-
tee in the spring decided to place
the relief dollars into the Commu-
nity Development Fund. At the time,
he said, interim federal guidelines
directed that the money was to go
to community development projects
for water, sewer, infrastructure and
broadband. He said the funds could
only be used if local governments
could show budget holes directly
resulting from the pandemic.
However, in late June, Green
said he heard President Joe Biden’s
administration announced that fund-
ing could be used for public safety.
Still, as of last week, he said he had
not been able to verify that. None-
theless, Green said that he would
recommend the council appropriate
a portion of the grant money to fill
holes in the budget.
“I value the department, and I
think they (city council) do too,” he
said.
Green said it is essential to
remember that the city would only
have the grant funding for two
years, and then it is gone.
“We haven’t addressed the fun-
damentals yet,” Green said. “We
need more housing, we need more
employment and we need growth
to fund basic services, whether it’s
police or fire, or general operations
of the government.”
be available to assist them.
“Do not delay leaving
to gather any belongings or
make efforts to protect your
home,” a document provided
by McKinley states.
Creating an evacuation
checklist
McKinley said peo-
ple should take the time to
get essential items together
before receiving an evacua-
tion order, including medi-
cations, documents and irre-
placeable items.
McKinley said documents
could take longer to replace in
the pandemic era while medi-
cations, though important, are
not as difficult to replace.
Medications
Prescription medications,
over-the-counter painkillers,
allergy medications, first-aid
kits, glasses, hearing aids and
dentures.
Clothing
A change of clothing for
everyone for up to a week:
sweaters, coats, hats, gloves,
shoes, boots and supplies for
infants (formula, diapers and
pacifiers).
Toiletries
Shaving devices, tooth-
brush, toothpaste, feminine
products, soap and towels.
Sentimental items
Photos, home videos,
slides, family heirlooms,
awards, trophies and awards
for military service and any-
thing else that cannot be
replaced.
Pets
Pet ID tags, leashes and pet
medications, food and water
bowls. (If given advance
warning, take pet to an
approved shelter.)
Documents
Birth certificates, pass-
ports, marriage license, tax
papers, computers including
back-up discs, chargers (cell-
phone and computer), house
deed, health insurance, car title
and other legal documents.
Money, checks financial
information
Cash, blank checks, credit
cards, savings book with
account information.
Jewelry
Valuable jewelry, family
heirlooms, decorations, pins
and awards.
after the Lookout Mountain
pack’s latest, and so far larg-
est, litter of pups was born.
“Killing pups is not some-
thing we want to be doing,”
Dennehy wrote to the Her-
ald. “But in this case, despite
nonlethal measures, chronic
depredation continues which
we have a responsibility to
address. We hope to avoid
killing the breeding male and
female, so that the pack per-
sists and the remaining pups
still have two experienced
hunters to provision them.
Killing the breeding male or
female increases the chance
that the pack will break up.
“Reducing the caloric
needs of the pack reduces the
amount of killing they need to
do in order to feed the pups.
The Lookout Pack had at least
seven pups this spring and
late summer is a lean time
for wolves. With two pups
removed there is less need for
meat for the pups.”
Baker County Commis-
sioner Mark Bennett requested
the kill permit July 27. Bennett,
who is chairman of the coun-
ty’s wolf committee, included
with his request to ODFW a
letter from the Thompsons.
They wrote that the attacks on
their cattle started this spring
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