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V; E T Z E L L U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LI L u a t N t c R 5 7 CESS I E VOL. 1981-82 school budget up on expenses, down on expected revenues School district budget com mittee members were presen ted with the proposed 1981-82 budget Monday night a budget up on expenditures and down on revenues. The proposed budget to operate the schools next year is up 17 8 percent over this year, an increase of $983,839. The total proposed budget is $6,499,421. On the revenue side, com mittee members were told to expect less money from out side sources, and less money left over from this year. In a message to the commit tee, budget officer Matt Doherty said that federal d-sl fees paid to the district expected to be off next year, and that cash carrv-over Heppner hands as , ! i . it ;V. .-"-v AU" feV i 1 'l ; '''' - a" - -j Cliff Green (left) presents pUtque to ex-mayor Jerry Sueeney The reins of leadership in Heppner City government changed hands Monday niht when Heppner 's mayor for the lone Mayor LaRue, council members sworn in Monday lone's mayor and city court cilmeinbers received their oaths of office in a ceremony Monday night. Linda La Hue was given the mayor's oath of office, and Laurel Cannon, Cloo Childors and Dorothy Stefani were sworn in us councilmcmhcrs. After receiving her oath, the Farewell, roast Friends of Morrow County Extension Afjent Harold Kerr and his wife, Carol, are invited to a farewell party and "roast and toast" ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 15, at the Morrow County Fair pavilion in Heppner. A social hour will be held from 6 to 7 p.m., and a family potluck dessert will be from 7 to 9 p.m. The roast and toast ceremony will highlight some of the lighter moments of the Kerr's 12 years in Morrow County. A money tree will be Tl f FT7rrV mm w m mm mm m mm. mm m m m mm mmmikMamwrn Morrow County's Home-Owned M. NO. 2. Tlll'RSDAY. JANUARY K, I9HI 14 PAGES into the new budget would be drastically reduced also, Doherty said the district will most likely lose about $20,000 in forest fees because of depressed lumber market. He added that last year the district started with a cash balance of $507,'W8. but. be cause of repayment of taxes, under-real 1 7.at ion of basic school support, loss of forest money, some flood damage and heavy inflation this year's estimated cash carryover has been reduced to only I.KI.OOO. What this means. Doherty said, is that the loss of this revenue "will place a heavier burden on local taxes in order to provide revenue to balance the proposed budget." "Taxes required for the proposed budget and for the district's bonds and interest obligations would be $5,948. City management Green succeeds Sweeney past seven years. Jerry Sweeney, swore in Cliff Green. Green, a native of Heppner, has served on the city council mayor appointed committees for the coming year 1981: Water Garbage - Laurel Cannon, ("loo Childors and Kibe Akers; Street-City Elmer lloltz. Dorothy Stefani and Bill Rietmann; Health-Police Laurel Can non. Cleo Childors and Linda and toast to presented to the Kerrs after the dessert. Harold and Carol are mov ing to The Dalles so that he may assume a new position as head Extension agent for Wasco County in early Feb ruary. Prior to Harold's 12 years as Morrow County Extension agent, he was a 4 11 Extension agent In Crook County. For more information con cerning the event, contact Bob Jepsen. chairman of the Extension Advisory Commit The Heppner 233. ..This would require a tax rate of $10.30 per thousand of valuation. This is $2 18 per thousand more than the cur rent tax rate." Doherty point ed out. As proposed, the budget will require a vote by the people on both an A and B ballot. "The amount of money which the district can levy for the support of the budget ...within the A ballot (partially funded by the state) is $5,311,184. The total levy required for all funds includ ing bond debt is $5,948,233. This leaves $637,049 to be funded by the addition of a B ballott." Doherty said. A vote on the school budget is tentatively scheduled for March 31. On the expenditure side. for the past four and one half years He was elected to the mayor's spot unopposed in the November elections. LaRue: Budget Preparation - Bill Rietmann. Linda LaRue and Laurel Cannon; and Civil Defense - Elbe Akers. Bill Rietmann. Elinor Holtz and Kldon Tucker. The council also discussed the city's audit, which, after some changes, will be sent on to the state. honor Kerrs tee, or Betty Carlson, who is in charge of the money tree. 1st Baby no show The first baby of the year had not yet made his or her appearance at Pioneer Mem orial Hospital in Heppn r as of the Gazette-Times prosstime. Look (hopefully) in next week's issue for the first baby of 198t. Weekly Newspaper 20 CKXTS Doherty pointed to five major causes for an increase of nearly 18 percent. He said salary costs are up 15 percent, mainly because of more part time summer help required for building main tenance ($18,404). and the proposed addition of a gifted student program in the dis trict ($29,888). Employee benefits are up 21 percent next year, with the major cost here being addition of a dental plan for employees. Cost of utilities, mainten ance and repair, and travel are up 15 0 percent. Supply costs are up 22 percent because of general inflation, and the cost of capital outlay is up 16 8 percent. Doherty concluded. "In summary, the proposed budget request reflects a changes Ordinance needed for flood insurance 'ed'on "the" ... . i . , , .. . . .... . - -V Sweeney, who serv council from 1967-73 before being elected mayor, announ ced last summer he would not seek re-election. "I enjoyed it and there was a great deal of satisfaction in it." said Sweeney of his tenure. "We haven't always agreed on how, but we always agreed on why," Green said when presenting Sweeney with a plaque of appreciation Mon day for his service to the city. Sweeney said one of the major accomplishments he feels the city achieved during his term was the city's taking over the county water system. This allowed quite a bit of development in Heppner, he says. He also cites two new bridges and three new subdi visions in Heppner over the past seven years. Green. 38. has lived in Heppner all his life and is owner-operator of the Hepp ner Garbage Disposal Service. Livestock Growers elect '81 officers The Morrow County Live stock Growers have announ ced officers for 1981. Elected 1981 president was Wayne Evans. Jim Ward was elected vice-president, John Nordheim, secretary, and Tom Currin, treasurer. Other directors for 1981 are: Ned Clark, Don Bennett, Ray French, Dwight Bailey, Mark Rietmann. Bob VanSchoiack, Merlin Hughes, and Eddie Brosnan. Six area men register for selective service Heppner Postmaster Ken Nairn said Tuesday that six area young men registered for the Selective Service Monday. Teenagers born in 19(i2 are to register through this Satur December precipitation wan .74. HEPPNER, OREGON considerable increase over the previous year, while at the same time the proposed avail able revenue from sources other than local taxes repre sents a significant decrease," he told the committee. "It remains the task of the budget committee to deter mine how much of this difference is to be passed on to the district's taxpayers and how much is to be reduced by reducing the budget re quests." he added. The budget committee took no action on the budget Monday night, but members did elect Judy Currin of Butter Creek as budget chairman. The next meeting of the committee will be next Mon day. Jan. 12. at Riverside High in Boardman. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Heppner City Council Monday received a proposed floodplain ordinance that may '"frday govern construction in parts of Heppner and insure the continuance of low-cost national flood insurance. In order for Heppner resi dents to continue having national flood insurance, it will be necessary for the city to enact a floodplain ordin ance, attorney Bill Kuhn told the council. The ordinance would set uown guidelines for the con struction of houses and build ings in those areas of Heppner in the flood plain. The city has been operating under a resolution governing construction. Kuhn said, but an ordinance is now needed. Without the ordinance there would be no flood insurance available, and consequently no lending institutions, the Veteran's Administration or the FHA would loan money for home mortgages, Kuhn added. Anything we can do for the people of Heppner to make it easier for them to build, we want to do," said newly elected Mayor Clifford Green. He said it would be almost impossible to replace an old, burned or decrepit house if no flood ordinance is adopted. The council did not take action, but decided to study the proposed ordinance and present it to the planning commission for review. In other business. Green made the following committee appointments on the city council : Joyce Winter - General Government Revenue Sharing and Budget; Joe Miller - Streets: Jim Ackley - Police and Fire: Robert Laughlin - Water and Sewer: and day for a possible future military draft. After this week, males are required to register within 30 days of their 18th birthdays. Weather by Don Gilliam Is 1.38. December 1979 precipitation 1 1 ! 1 I & . ..X !r-l! j School budget committee begins deliberations Ron Forrar - Parks and Pool. In other business, the coun cil voted Warren Plocharsky as council chairman; an -J k T-"-, J v. ' .1.. " - ' ..." 7 An H i!nifTlin High ,1-aw Tue.. Dec. 30 55 4 Wed.. Dee. 31 44 VI Thur.. .'fan. I 41 41 Fri.. Jan. 2 45 41 Sat.. .Ian. .1 4.1 25 Sun.. .Ian. 4 45 34) Man.. Jan. 5 41 30 For the year lK. the compared to a normal Precipitation for the year announcement was made that work on the Willow Creek Dam road would begin Jan. 12: and discussion on painting the Heppner pool was held. i T( UK Among the ruins Morrow County Treasurer Margo Sherer stands amid rubble of the future home of the treasurer's and tax collector's office. A wall is in the process of being torn down so that the two offices may be housed together. Once the remodeling is complete, the county planner's office (now located on the other side of the wall) will be moved across the hall, where the treasurer and tax collector are now located. Preclp. toUl precipitation was H.25, year's precipitation of 13.28. I97t was 15.24. It was estimated that it would cost $700 to paint the pool, and city officials said no money ' was included In this year's budget for the job. .5. -1 6
