The Gaulle-Times. Ileppner, Ore., Thursday, April 14, 1977 THRfc-fc,
Letter
City Council's disregard
To the Editor:
My letter is pertaining to the City Council's complete
disregard of public wishes. Twice last year, the city budget
was defeated, indicating that the people of Heppner did not
want a tax increase (on top of property evaluation increases)
and did not wish to pay for city excess.
The City Council then skirted the issue by increasing the
water and sewer rates in order to cover part of the money lost
in the budget defeats. To my mind, this is total disregard of
the mandate to cut the budget.
The water and sewer rates are nothing more than "indirect
taxes" when these funds are used deliberately to supplement
the general fund.
This year on April 4, the budget request was again
defeated. This time, because of low voter turnout combined
with a seven (7) vote defeat, I understand the council wishes
to put up the same request again. I feel the low voter turnout
indicates very little publicity on the request and the feeling
that a no vote means very little.
Will the council again receive the money they want by the
"indirect taxes" of water and sewer rate increases which do
not have to be put to a vote?
I also feel very put upon about having to vote 2 times in 3
weeks for 3 separate budget requests City of Heppner, April
4; Morrow County School, April 19 ; Blue Mountain
Community College, April 19. It appears that these were set
so as not to draw a very large vote and also to get in just
before the new property tax values arrive.
The people should make their feelings known on these
issues.
Thank you.
Ronald C. Jones
Sumner sees SB 430
as possible sleeper
A warning to self employed
persons is contained in Senate
Bill 430. At the present time
sole proprietors, partners and
officers of corporations are
exempt from workmen's com
pensation coverage. But the
above bill would require
coverage and of course pre
mium payments by the above
described individuals who
work on a job site with the
tools of a recognized trade,
craft or industrial occupation.
This one could be a sleeper if
passed and open up manda
tory coverage of the self
employed depending on the
interpretation of trade, craft
and industrial site. If you have
any feeling on this one, let me
know.
Last week, the Oregon
House of Representatives pas
sed House Bill 2040, the Home
owner and Renter Relief Pro
gram (HARRP). Because of
inflation, program eligibility
was extended to those with
adjusted gross incomes up to
$20,000. The size of the pay
ments was boosted also.
In addition, the Elderly
Rental Assistance program
was combined with HARRP
under specific instructions to
the Department of Revenue
that the elderly applicant
receive the highest refund
available from either pro
gram. The minimum age for
Elderly Rental Assistance
participation was lowered
from 65 to 58 years.
The direct relief provided
through the HARRP bill,
along with the indirect relief
from the state's Basic School
Support program, provides
the most massive taxpayer
relief program in the history
of Oregon. HB 2040 now is in
the Senate Revenue and
School Finance Committee for
consideration.
Democrats are holding to a
promise to keep government
in check. The Democratic
Caucus recently considered a
proposal from the House lead
ership to slash $118 million
from the Governor's budget.
About $30 million would come
from proposed increases in
existing programs. The re
mainder would result from not
funding or only partially fund
ing new programs. The feeling
is that this is just not the time
to get the state involved in a
bunch of new programs or to
greatly increase the size of
state agencies.
Students at colleges and
universities sometimes have
problems in deciding what
professor would best meet
their academic course needs.
The Oregon House of Rep
resentatives recently sought
to help students by passing HB
2702 which would allow the
publication of evaluations of
faculty for student informa
tion. The bill was referred to
by some as a student con
sumer bill.
This week continues the
rigorous committee schedule
on the House side. From
Monday through Friday of this
week more than 100 bills will
undergo public hearings or
work sessions in the different
House committees. Many of
the hearings begin at 8 a.m.,
while others are run in the
evenings starting at 7 p.m. It
makes a long day, but the
heavy scheduling should help
us finish up the more than
2,600 measures which already
have been introduced in the
Senate and House and adjourn
within the next 10 to 12 weeks.
If you wish further infor
mation about these or other
bills, please do not hesitate to
contact me. Jack Sumner, at
378-8815 or H276 State Capitol,
Salem, Oregon 97310.
Hermiston meet
to consider
transit plans
A public hearing on the
Umatilla-Morrow Transit Pro
ject has been scheduled at the
Hermiston Civic Recreation
Center Thursday, April 14, at
7:30 p.m., for the purpose of
considering alternative tran
sit proposals to meet the
transportation needs of work
ers in the region.
Federal Highway Adminis
tration funds totaling $79,130
have been granted, subject to
a public hearing and finalizing
of the grant application, to
assist in providing public
transportation services for
workers in Northern Morrow
and Umatilla Counties.
The principal purpose of the
project, developed by the East
Central Oregon Association of
Counties in conjunction with
local industries and agricul
tural employers, is to provide
an employee transit system
for daily round trips from
residential areas to job sites.
Board names
fair grounds
caretakers
Morrow County Fair Board
announced this week that new
caretakers are now living on
the Morrow County Fair
grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wallace have been named to
the post.
The Fair Board is request
ing that anyone or groups
wishing to use the facility
please call 676-5111.
With summer creeping up
rapidly, the board has urged
all groups to begin scheduling
their planned events now.
Jernstedt eyes legislative indecision
Work accomplished by the
regular daily Senate sessions
is moving at a very slow pace,
primarily because bills are
not being acted upon fast
enough in committees. While
committees appear to be
working hard, they just don't
seem to be making many
decisions. In my opinion, a
large percentage of the bills
under consideration should be
tabled and forgotten.
Governor Straub has asked
the federal government to
declare 21 Oregon counties
drought disaster areas. Six of
the 21 are in my nine-county
senatorial district and several
of the others are neighboring
counties, so I am well aware of
the problems they face.
Identifying the problems is
easier than solving them. I
was sorry to see one proposed
attempt at relief, cloud seed
ing, fail to pass the Senate. It
might not work, but if it
brought any additional mois
ture to any part of the state
this year, it would have been
worth the try.
I have commented previous
ly on SB 461, which would
allow a judge to issue an
administrative inspection
warrant to a public officer for
investigation and inspection if
there was a probable cause to
believe that a state or local
law was being broken. I
believe this bill is a fishing
license for every state agency
with regulatory functions. And
just about every state agency
has some regulatory function,
plus a list of all-purpose rules.
Every session of the legis
lature is cursed with some
very bad bills, but at least we
now have the use of some tools
which have the capability of
exposing some of them. One
such tool is a computer system
which has the text of all bills
introduced this session in data
storage banks. With a bill such
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as SB 461 around, I began to
wonder if there might be more
like it. So I asked the com
puter to look through more
than 2,600 bills introduced so
far this session, searching for
the phrases "administrative
inspection warrants" and "en
ter private property." I found
that at this writing there are
at least five bills which
include this language and
authorize state agencies to
find some excuse to come on
your property.
SB 249 gives the Director of
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Dinner
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Tuesday, April 19
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which might enter a body of
water. Members of the Senate
were so concerned about this
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defeat it, but unfortunately it
was reconsidered the next day
and passed. I hope it will be
defeated in the House.
SB 250 gives the DEQ
authority to investigate pos
sible solid waste and noise
violations.
SB 904 includes adminis
trative inspection warrants as
part of a major bill on drug
control.
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" HB 2158 maintains the priv
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various environmental quality
agencies as they are merged
into a single Department of
Resource Management.
I also found ten laws already
in existence giving various
persons and agencies the right
to come on your property and
do something. This is a dan
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