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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
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Hr»1 election Baker has worked on where a map reader
10 determine voter eligibility in fire
protection and cemetery maintenance districts
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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
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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
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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