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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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Green contract holds up to scrutiny
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — When
Nick Green resigned last
month as John Day’s city
manager and took on a
high-paid consulting role
for the city, some observers
cried foul. But an investiga-
tion by the Blue Mountain
Eagle found no evidence of
wrongdoing.
As reported earlier, Green
offi cially resigned from the
position of city manager
during the June 14 session
of the John Day City Coun-
cil. At the same meeting, the
council voted to bring Green
on as a consultant for the city.
Green is slated to make no
less than $150,00 a year as a
consultant with the possibil-
ity of earning up to $200,000
if additional service are
required. Green’s compensa-
tion as city manager was just
over $107,000 yearly, includ-
ing benefi ts.
Green’s duties will include
strategic fi nancial plan-
ning, capital asset manage-
ment, master planning, code
implementation and contract
administration.
Additional services pro-
vided by Green would likely
come in the form of grant
writing. An amended services
agreement between Green
and the city states that Green
will not perform any addi-
tional services unless the City
Council provides Green with a
written request.
Is it legal?
While the
timing might
seem abrupt
in this case,
transitioning
from a role as
Green
city manager
into a role as a
consultant for the same entity is
a common occurrence.
But is it legal?
The short answer is yes, the
transition is legal. Jack Orchard
is a Portland-based attorney who
advises newspapers within the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
Association about legal issues.
According to Orchard, there is
nothing illegal about the hire.
Is it ethical?
The question of whether
Green’s hire as a consultant for
the city is ethical isn’t as clear-
cut as simply citing Oregon
revised statutes. ORS 244.40
states that “a public offi cial
may not use or attempt to use
their offi cial position to obtain
fi nancial gain or avoidance of
fi nancial detriment ... if the
fi nancial gain or avoidance of
fi nancial detriment would not
otherwise be available but for
the public offi cial’s holding of
the offi cial position or offi ce.”
Green created his consult-
ing company, Catalyst Public
Policy Advisors, at the end of
March, prior to his offi cial res-
ignation as city manager.
However, by that time
Green had already announced
plans to step down. At the Jan.
25 meeting of the John Day
City Council, Green said he
intended to resign as city man-
ager by the end of June, cit-
ing long hours and job-related
stress, including verbal attacks
on himself and his family by
critics of his work for the city.
In public meetings over the
following weeks, several city
councilors expressed a desire
for Green to continue working
for the city in some capacity.
Some councilors raised
concerns that the various proj-
ects started during Green’s six-
year tenure as city manager
would either stall or fail outright
without his involvement.
Is Green overpaid?
A concern voiced by crit-
ics of the move is the cost of
the consulting contract. Green
1188 plan, downtown rezone move ahead
city in the 1980s that stated his home
would not be annexed into the city.
The vote to pass the motion ended in
a 3-3 tie. The motion will be continued
to the Aug. 23 John Day Planning Com-
mission meeting as a motion cannot end
in a tie and must pass or fail by at least
a single vote.
In other action, the planning com-
mission decided to push three agenda
items out until its next meeting on Aug.
23 due to unfamiliarity with the laws
and regulations that govern the agenda
items. The three agenda items deal with
land use proposals at the Grant County
Airport Industrial Park.
AMD 22-02 would’ve clarifi ed and
refi ned land use regulations pertain-
ing to residential dwellings in the gen-
eral industrial and airport industrial
park zones. CUP 22-02 was an appli-
cation by the Oregon Department of
Forestry for a conditional use permit to
conduct helipad operations within the
airport industrial park and the airport
safety and compatibility overlay zone.
AMD 22-03 would have amended land
uses within the airport industrial park
zone to allow for self-service storage
facilities.
All three proposals, as well as the
proposal to annex Pereira’s home into
the city, will be re-evaluated on Aug. 23.
By JUSTIN DAVIS
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Several items were
on the agenda during the John Day
Planning Commission’s Thursday, July
21, session, including Shannon Adair’s
development proposal for the Innova-
tion Gateway, plans to rezone sections
of downtown and an eff ort to annex
a residential property owned by Bob
Pereira into the city of John Day.
The fi rst item on the agenda was a
request for site design review and land
partition for mixed-use development
for 1188 Destinations. Shannon Adair is
looking to build an eating and drinking
establishment in the Innovation Gate-
way as an expansion of her current 1188
brewery and restaurant operation. The
development will also include an enter-
tainment venue and overnight lodging.
Land uses for the development are
categorized as retail sales and commer-
cial uses.
The motion to approve the request
for site design review passed the plan-
ning commission 5-1. The lone no vote
was due to concerns the development
would further strain the city’s sewer sys-
tem in the absence of a new wastewater
treatment plant.
The commission also considered a
Justin Davis/Blue Mountain Eagle
From left, 1188 Destinations business partners Julie Bowling, John Spencer,
Shannon Adair and Jeremy Adair sit outside 1188 Brewing in John Day on Mon-
day, June 20, 2022. The partners plan to build a distillery, restaurant and other
facilities as part of the Innovation Gateway development.
proposal to rezone a number of proper-
ties downtown from their current desig-
nation of general commercial or down-
town to residential commercial. The
rezoning covers 78 properties.
Properties on Northwest First and
Second avenues, North Canyon Boule-
vard, Northeast First and Second ave-
nues, Northeast Dayton Street, North-
east Elm Street and a single property on
East Main Street will be aff ected by the
rezoning.
The agenda item passed unani-
mously with an amendment to allow
tiny homes on the rezoned properties.
The proposal will head to the John Day
City Council for approval.
A motion to annex Bob Pereira’s
house into the city limits was also heard
at the planning commission session.
Pereria’s home is located at 373 Pat-
terson Bridge Road and is surrounded
by the corporate boundaries of the city
while still remaining outside city limits.
The motion proposed chang-
ing Pereira’s zoning designation from
county industrial general to city general
industrial.
Pereira opposed the annexation and
said he had made an agreement with the
is slated to make $150,000 a
year in base pay, plus $225 an
hour for services that are out-
side the scope of his duties as
the city’s consultant. Green’s
pay is capped at no more than
$200,000 a year.
While those fi gures might
seem high to some, they are
within the range of compen-
sation for urban planning
consultants.
Glassdoor.com lists urban
consultant pay as ranging
between $49,000 a year at
the low end to $467,000 a
year at the high end. Glass-
door also lists $66,000 a year
to $206,000 a year as the most
likely range of pay for urban
planning consultants. The
median pay for the position is
$104,149 a year.
Blue Mountain
Eagle to stream
governor
candidate debate
on Friday
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — The
three leading candidates
in the race to become Ore-
gon’s next governor will
appear live at a forum Fri-
day, July 29, hosted by the
Oregon Newspaper Pub-
lishers Association.
Republican
nominee
Christine Drazan, Demo-
cratic nominee Tina Kotek
and unaffi liated candi-
date Betsy Johnson are all
scheduled to debate starting
at 2 p.m. in Welches.
The forum is moder-
ated by Pamplin Media
Group President Mark Gar-
ber. Questions will come
from editors of newspapers
across Oregon.
The debate will be lives-
treamed on the Blue Moun-
tain Eagle’s website, begin-
ning at 2 p.m. July 29.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
THURSDAY, JULY 28
3 to 5 p.m., John Day Fire
Hall, 316 S. Canyon Blvd.
• Grant County Republican
Central Committee meeting
Grant County Republicans
will meet to discuss the 113th
Grant County Parade, Fair and
Rodeo and precinct committee
person appointments. The pub-
lic is welcome.
W HAT’S
HAPPENING
ly-friendly movies screened
outdoors on the football fi eld at
Grant Union. Tonight’s selec-
tion: “Bad Guys.”
FRIDAY, JULY 29
Prairie City Street Fair
• 4-8 p.m., downtown Prai-
rie City
Sponsored by Oregon RAIN,
this free event features music,
food, games and booths selling
the wares of Grant County arti-
sans. For more information, con-
tact Zach Denney at 541-589-
5565 or zach@oregonrain.org.
SATURDAY, JULY 30
Grant County Farmers
Market
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South
Washington Street, Canyon City
Locally-grown produce and
other items for sale in an open-
air setting every Saturday from
mid-June through mid-October.
SUNDAY, JULY 31
Silvies Sunday Slam
• 11:30 a.m., The Retreat and
Links at Silvies Valley Ranch,
11 miles south of Seneca on For-
est Road 3930
Couples date: Any two peo-
ple play for $50 apiece (hus-
band/wife, boyfriend girlfriend,
father/daughter,
mother/son,
etc.). Sunday Slams, open to
all Grant and Harney County
residents, include golf, cart,
range balls and a hotdog lunch.
Check-in at the gatehouse starts
at 11:30 a.m., with the fi rst tee
time at 1 p.m. Call 800-SIL-
VIES to sign up.
SATURDAY, AUG. 6
Grant County Farmers
Market
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South
Washington Street, Canyon City
Locally-grown produce and
other items for sale in an open-
air setting every Saturday from
mid-June through mid-October.
Family Movie Night
• Dusk, Grant Union Junior/
Senior High School, 911 S. Can-
yon Blvd., John Day
A free series of fami-
SUNDAY, AUG. 7
Silvies Sunday Slam
• 11:30 a.m., The Retreat and
Links at Silvies Valley Ranch,
11 miles south of Seneca on For-
est Road 3930
Couples date: Any two peo-
ple play for $50 each (hus-
band/wife, boyfriend girlfriend,
father/daughter,
mother/son,
etc.). Sunday Slams, open to
all Grant and Harney County
residents, include golf, cart,
range balls and a hotdog lunch.
Check-in at the gatehouse starts
at 11:30 a.m., with the fi rst tee
time at 1 p.m. Call 800-SIL-
VIES to sign up.
SATURDAY, AUG. 13
Grant County Farmers
Market
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South
Washington Street, Canyon City
Locally-grown produce and
other items for sale in an open-
air setting every Saturday from
mid-June through mid-October.
SATURDAY, AUG. 20
Grant County Farmers
Market
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., South
Washington Street, Canyon City
Locally-grown produce and
other items for sale in an open-
air setting every Saturday from
mid-June through mid-October.
Family Movie Night
• Dusk, Grant Union Junior/
Senior High School, 911 S. Can-
yon Blvd., John Day
A free series of fami-
ly-friendly movies screened
outdoors on the football fi eld at
Grant Union. Tonight’s selec-
tion: “Cliff ord the Big Red
Dog.”
SUNDAY, AUG. 28
Silvies Sunday Slam
• 11:30 a.m., The Retreat and
Links at Silvies Valley Ranch,
11 miles south of Seneca on For-
est Road 3930
Couples date: Any two peo-
ple play for $50 each (hus-
band/wife, boyfriend girlfriend,
father/daughter,
mother/son,
etc.). Sunday Slams, open to
all Grant and Harney County
residents, include golf, cart,
range balls and a hotdog lunch.
Check-in at the gatehouse starts
at 11:30 a.m., with the fi rst tee
time at 1 p.m. Call 800-SIL-
VIES to sign up.
and Harney County residents,
include golf, cart, range balls and
a hotdog lunch. Check-in at the
gatehouse starts at 11:30 a.m.,
with the fi rst tee time at 1 p.m.
Call 800-SILVIES to sign up.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
Silvies Sunday Slam
• 11:30 a.m., The Retreat and
Links at Silvies Valley Ranch,
11 miles south of Seneca on For-
est Road 3930
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Ken & Shirly Kindig
are RETIRING!
After many years of working
their assets off, Ken and Shirly
have made the calculated
decision to retire.
Celebration will be held July 30th
For more information contact
Alyse at 541-821-4884.
On Saturday
30 July we will
be Celebrating
45 years of
Marriage. Has it
really been 45
years? The time
went so fast.
You have been
the best
partner a guy could ever ask for.
Thanks for sticking it out
with me. Dave
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event you’d like to publicize?
Email information to editor@
bmeagle.com. The deadline is
noon Friday for publication the
following Wednesday.
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