EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 22, 1979
Rough waters predicted for House
tax plan now before the Senate
By
Senator
Ken Jernstedt
Irrigon news
Francis Rose
Wilson
922-3352
A proposed hard liquor
license application came up
for discussion at the March
city council session in Irrigon.
The application concerns a
motel-cafe to be built on the
south side of Highway 730 at
First Street. Four letters of
opposition from local citizens
were read, and although there
were some questions from
several people at the meeting,
none registered direct opposi
tion. The council decided to poll
community feeling on the
subject through a question
naire to be mailed to resi
dents. Also to be included in the
survey is the question of dog
control to determine council
action on the matter. A county
dog control program has been
suggested and city inclusion
would have to be authorized.
Expense of the program was
not discussed. Although it was
noted as a matter to be
considered.
A letter from the city to
DEQ was read detailing the
city's need for a sewer
system, financial level rela
tive to size, potential health
hazard status and general
circumstances placing it in a
position considered to demand
top priority for grant funds.
The letter was to be read into
the records of a hearing by the
department on March 6 in
Portland.
Vacation of an east west
alley in block :)4 was discussed
in connection with an adver
tised planning commission
hearing on annexation of the
property, to be held on March
26. The tract bordered by
Oregon Ave. and North Main
Ave on the north and south lies
between First and Second
streets just north of the old'
railroad right of way. This
was eliminated from a pre
vious annexation process be
cause the owners at that time
objected to the annexation.
It was noted that a petition
bearing 14 signatures of near
by property owners had been
presented to the planning
commission at a recent hear
ing. It was on a proposed
mobile home subdivision and
annexation of property, south
of Utah Avenue. The petition
opposed not only the proposed
development but annexation
of the property into the city.
The council voted to reacti
vate the municipal court since
officer Fitzpatrick is back on
duty after several weeks at
the police academy and cita
tions will need processing. The
court was given non-functioning
status during his absence,
under protest from municipal
Judge Diane Brownlee, who
contended that court related
duties were still being per
formed and budgeted funds
for the services should be
forthcoming. She requested
the council adopt an ordinance
detailing policy and remuner
ation for the elected position
as required by statute.
City manager Jack Baisden,
who was injured in an auto
accident two weeks ago is still
incapacitated and was absent
from the meeting as was
council member Warren
Prouty.
Warren and Frances McCoy
spent a week in Washington,
D C. They rented a car and
drove to Mount Vernon to visit
George Washington's birth
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that he had attended. Mrs.
McCoy said the grounds and
buildings had been kept up
and were beautiful.
Cent, on page 5
The spotlight on tax relief
has now shifted from the
House to the Senate.
The house approved plan
does provide property tax
relief it also bears a striking
resemblance to Measure 11,
but with less relief than that
proposal offered.
Its major problems have
been outlined by a member of
the House Revenue Commit
tee, which wrote the bill. In a
letter to the Governor he said :
"I agree that the things you
pointed out are weak areas of
the committee tax plan no
dollar limit on the 30 per cent
homeowner's exemption, too
many tries on the split ballot,
and too many people paying
no real estate tax at all. ..Other
weaknesses are no promise to
refund future surpluses and no
state expenditure limitation."
So while the House did
approve the measure in a
lopsided vote, some of those
who wrote the bill and
supported it still raise serious
questions about it.
Some say the Senate might
be intimidated by the large
approval given the measure in
the House. That is unlikely.
The House plan is liable to run
into rough waters in the
Senate. Many members of the
Senate leadership have their
own ideas about tax relief, and
most of them don't much
resemble the House program.
The Governor, meanwhile,
is pressing for a special
election this Spring some
thing which isn't provided for
in the House plan. He wants
the people to make the
decision and he wants them to
have that chance as soon as
possible.
If the Governor's program
isn't acceptable to the Legisla
ture he'd like to see the
Legislature's program, as
well as his own, placed on a
ballot to give the people a
choice as well as a voice, just
as it gave them a choice by
placing Measure 11 on the
ballot last fall.
It appears that what the
Governor is asking is reason
able, and there are those of us
who support him on this
question. It's way too early to
predict what kind of measure
or measures will emerge, but
I'll try to keep my constituents
informed on the progress
being made.
Personally, one aspect of
the House plan which I do not
like is that it does not speak to
the question of future Surplus
es in the state general fund. I
believe that this money should
be returned to the state
income taxpayers when it
reaches two per cent of the
total budget for a particular
biennium. I would like to see
this question settled once and
for all ! It should not be carried
over it should be returned to
those who paid it.
What do you think?
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