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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1985)
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On*K<in March March M ai. h March March March March 1» 20 21 22 23 M 25 High Low 63 62 50 53 61 50 46 32 33 28 36 33 28 26 Prrclp T Hi Oil 03 33 03 0 Snow V had t)> ih r ( it> of M i'ppnrr Z.1* Solid Waste Advisory Committee finishes task Morrow County may I h * mil ol thr landfill husim-HS and Ihr City »I Hcppm-r in. if the t'ounly • miri and the Heppner City Council an <*pf Ihc recommendation »f ihr ad hex Solid Waste Committer At thr committee s second meet mi; Thursday March it thev passed a motion that the county court lease to the city of Heppner the 11 4 tractor used at Ihr landfill (or the rental fee of $l per sear and that the counts year Since the county s lo sear lease at the Turner Sanitary landfill expires this month and I Sail Turner owner of the land has expressed a desire to Ihe counts not lo renew the lease a six month extension was negotiated foi J.’ am hut as ol September, the counts would tie without a landfill sersice The committee tiegan with Ihc following four options 1> creation of a new landfill site to he operated privately J operation of Ihe Turner landfill by a private enterprise, 1i community based collection and drop I mix system and 4> a central drop Nix s s stem Next they heard the findings of ihe stall I Morrow County budget committee did not budget funds to continue operation of Ihe Turner l^iullill or any other disposal sys tern Morrow Counts did budget adequate funds to close tfie Turner Dindfill i Morrow Counts owns a site near la-xmgton (flat is set up to receive tires appliances, car bodies, etc and 4 There are no currently permitted landfill sites other than the Turner laindfill I'.ml Jones chairman of the com inittee explained Turner's terms for extension of the current lease which expires September 15 to.out per year rent Tenant (>ay Ihe property taxes Hoad to landfill is oiled No tunning allowed Wood brush shredder used 1 alter control. Kye control Itrgular water lestmg in springs and wells speed control on access road Tight restrictions per DKQ and laindlord ( food valid operational plan ap proved by D Ky and l.andlord Having met with their respective councils the mayors reported the idtlnwuig recommendations to Ihe ( ommitlee previde (ree trenching sersice viith its fin trai tur and Ihal thè counlv place in an escruss accounl (or iulureusetiy thè city of lleppner Ihe Vi i « » i liudgclrd lor dosine thè land fili site during (he currenl fiscal Election Board awaits voters Lexington election board members had seen 17 people come in to vofe hv « a m Tuesday While waiting for the next voter lo arrive, board members posed for their pictures Chairman Carol Baker (hen explained that 4 «t Allyn Idls a new position on me board I m* is Hie Hr»1 election Baker has worked on where a map reader 10 determine voter eligibility in fire protection and cemetery maintenance districts M a rc h 26, 1 9 8 ,5 M o rro w lleppner mayor Cara Costa said that the city stronglv urges and recommends that the counts keep the present landfill open and to help them do s o the city was allocating $1 ii.lj from its federal revenue sharing funds to help the county keep it open Lexington mayor John Hippie re ported that Lexington opposes d o sure of the Turner Landfill and feels that the county should operate a landfill lone mayor Wayne llams reported that lone is no longer directly involved with Ihe landfill because 7tl percent of the residents use llcrmts Ion Sanitary Disposal Service how ever, lone feels there should be a place for Ihe .Hipercent who haul their own garbage and supports keeping the landfill open Irrigon mayor Don Kppcnbach reported that the Irrigon council fell that the location of the Turner landfill didn't benefit the north end of the county That Ihe county needed lo locate a landfill closer lo the north end if they were asking for county wide tax supjiorl The conn cil. he said, fell that they were well served by present private contrac lor but they could see a future need for a centrally located landfill lloardman mayor Dale (¡rill re purled that Ihe Roardinan council expressed no opinion on the Turner Dindfdl but didn't want to lie part of a county wide subsidy for a landfill that only servisl part of the county Jones also statist that the fo r t of Morrow would lie needing a disposal site for lU.UUO T of solid waste per year Jones (hen asked if Ihe county would consider negotiating an exten sion on the lease at the Turner site The county is not negotiating with Turner because the current rent on the property is Stkki (ier year with the current six month extension on Ihe lease coaling SI.Duo lludgel com C o u n ty i f ? Election Results Dana L. H e id e m a n 108 visory nit tee 1 • mu • •-* Ion* le«.nylon Position No 3 > c - C - HZ > e Kedh Rea WON ^ r c ^ 1 Iona texmgton Position No 3 W W r- « £ c r « W M a rc ia Ke m p 281 WON 587 Meppnarlaxmgton Position No 6 M ic h a e l B V eira ska r* m i v»W C J C 0 u cd 0 CC a ) c u o M o r r o w C o . O p e r a t in g L e v y 269 as "3 Jo h n T. Je n se n Kedh 1. N e lso n Le e 85 843 970 330 272 69 \o 956 PA SSED 83 29 9 864 86 7 9 29 335 1 13 94 202 34 122 565 44 65 37 87 279 512 41 65 5 21 128 260 217 122 207 1 04 414 1064 134 182 28 18 65 427 220 239 17 0 88 401 1118 68 92 93 60 277 59 0 303 151 52 24 11 2 642 86 80 11 5 71 223 57 5 204 Pad be rg 80 214 188 w S — V 176 170 H Ni1 241 79 248 13 4—> O N . B No 67 1 76 22 8 F A ILE D Ve« N.. Cß c S O h H H Q h l— cd Vet No 134 c cd X ffi Ses No 225 School B u d get SL y rs 85 Heppner leimgton Position No 6 • S3 o *-> b£ G • »N X 0> ! mittee member Terry Thompson explained that Turner wants the rent increased because after locking him into a Hi year contract for use of the landlill at a set rent of Vaai Ihc county re zoned the land which resulted in increased taxes at the landfill site Thompson emphasized that the county is losing approximately lin. txaiper year now for operation of the landfill and they would t>c losing l.n inxi per year with Ihe increased rent He theorized Ihal the city of Heppner could, however, operate the landfill on a break even basis bv increasing its city tax support and hv taking advantage of the $1 pet year rental for equipment which normally rents for tio.ixki The county wants out of the landfill business Thompson told the committee "It's not a matter of cost to the county per I nisi pounds of disposal, but that county wide tax dollars are used to support a landlill which serves only the south end ol the county which is not right In response, former Heppner may or and owner of Heppner Garbage Disposal Service. Cliff Green, oh served that the current county ad ministration seems to have a policy of matching one dollar s|>cnt in the north end of the county with one dollar spent in the south end of the county There are two parts of the county. different parts not good and had just different Therefore, he said "The county has an obligation to meet tile needs ol tioth ends ot the county recognizing that they are different and have different needs Thompson agreed that the county had an obligation lo ils citizens and said that the county was willing lo lease a county owned tractor for $1 per year and lo turn the la*xington laindftll site for white goods over to a private operator who would make te landfill self supporting He con eluded with the advice Ihal Heppner would probably find it just us cheap to have Hermiston Sanitary Dispos al Service haul Iheir garbage as to operute a landlill Moth Green and Merle Jewell, owner of Hermiston Sanitary Dis posal Service, reported Ihal they had been usked by the county lo look al Ihe feasibility of operating the landfill Kach had come lo the conclusion th.it liability and lack of volume would prevent a private owner from making Ihe landfill pay for itself Jewett added that he would like lo see a landfill remain in south Morrow County Hob Brown, representative from Ihe I'ortland office of the Depart mcnl of Knvironinenlal (Quality re ported Ihal the IKII legislature had said il would pros ide no more grants for establishing landfills I’ relitnin ary costs for determining the accep lability of a stir range from $20 non to $50,0110 (ill Hargreaves of Ihe Pendleton DKij office cautioned that although with minor adjustments, the Turner (.undid! site would probably meet renewal requirements for the D Ky permit when it expires this fall, there is no way lo guarantee Ihe life of Ihe site Based on the amount of room at Ihe site, when it liegins lo fill up we are hesitant to guarantee III years Also, says Brown there is no guarantee that the regulations would lie Ihe same Id years from now Heppner Councilman Marvin Dine reported lo the committee that allhough tie hud tried. Turner refus ed lo negotiate with the city of Heppner lieeause he was dealing with Ihe county l o tie resonable, ' summarized Green, We need lo develop a solid waste disposal district an idea which was discarded with Ihe solid waste study of IH74' But Ihe city of Heppner will have lo run it to get it started 1 o Cß Douglas R a th b u n A Lo u is S X. D a n ie l p U- 0 M att D ohe rty Paul W fc S' - C 0 'Z* "x. _ c £ - E - o 0 m s J A C a rlso n C re a m e r WON Jo n e s W illia m P Pa ul Ta y lo r H WON Sharkey WON j Courthouse officially listed The Morrow County Courthouse has been officially enetered into the National Begister of Historic Place* announced a recent news release from the Park* and Recreation Division of Ihe Oregon Dept of Transportation The properly was nominated to the National Register al Ihe recom mendation of Ihe Slate Advisory Committee on Historic Preserva lion Word of Ihe recent action taken in Washington D C . was received by Stale Historic P reservation officer David G Talbot The National Register is maintain ed by the National Park Service. C S Department of the Interior under authnrily of the National Historic Preservation Act of IHMi
