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Fair Board asks lottery %r funds for building
Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper
Thr H rppncr
School budget up
less than 7 %
VOL 105 NO 7 Wednesday, February 18. 1987 Heppner, Oregon 25*
Next year s proposed Morrow
( «Hints school budget is up less than
7 percent
I -ast week s Gazette I imes incur
rectly stated the percent increase to
be higher
I he budget is up $b 10.217. main
•y because of negotiated salary in
creases
and
benefits.
says
Superintendent Povle McCaslin
The total sc hool budget proposed
lor next year is up from $0.020.AI0
to $lJ.hA0.727. an increase of
$ b '0 ,2 l7 or b W percent
McCaslin said that the district is
working in several areas to K>ld
down the budget expenditures,
including
1 reduction o f requests for
staffing,
2 more efficient allixation of staff
lime.
1
elimination
of
“ cosmetic"
reimxleling. furnishings, furniture,
etc
4 placement o f energy savings
lighting
A elimination o f many improve
ment projects
6 repair rather than replace
busses, heat pumps, and typewriters
7 elimination o f most new pur
chases such as shop equipment,
grounds equipment maintenance
equipm ent, and in stru c tio n a l
equipment
8 no major repairs, including
nxifs "patch and nuke do will K ' the
order of the day
"T h is change tneands that our
focus w ill be on continuing all
educational and extra curricular pro
grams at present levels, setting the
priority on maintaining programs for
youngsters rather than on upkeep
and improvement of buildings,
grounds and equipment." McCaslin
said in his budget message
Property taxes needed to fund Ihe
propsed budget w ill be up 14 per
cent, says McCaslin. mostly due to
lower interest earnings by the
district, a lower collection rate of
previous year's taxes, and less
federal forest tees
Tax rales to fund the levy arc
estimated to be $1 10 higher next
year, from $8 01 to $»J ' I per thou
sand o f valuation
rhe total property lax levy is
estimated to be $ 7 ,2 '7 .hl<2 up
$ 8 ‘)A A(»j from last year
" I must emphasize that these arc
very rough estimates." McCaslin
said, adding that larger ending fund
balances may bring property taxes
down
McCaslin also pointed out that it
is necessary the budget be passed on
the first election "A s vou mav
recall, we are allowed on ly one
vote-one request to exceed the net
lax rale limitation bailing once
means that we arc in another mess
in not only determining how much
can be lev ied legally but also in ac
tually getting voter approval of
enough money to operate at or near
present levels." he said
The next meeting of the budget
committee w ill be held on February
21. 7 10 p m at Riverside High in
Hoardman
Supplemental
tax statements
will go out
Feb. 24
The Morrow County la x Codec
tor w ill K ‘ sending out the sup
plemcntal tax statements for the
Morrow County ScKxil District levy
that was passed on January I I
Phesc statement» w ill be mailed on
February 24 and w ill have a due date
of March IA They42‘ tax rale is the
i ate necessary to collect the addi
lional $166,716 for the Morrow
County Schtxil District This sup
plemcntal statement is entitled to the
JAf discount if paid by the due date
Once the due date has passed, the
amount remaining unpaid on the sup
plemcntal tax statement w ill be com
bined with the regular 1 ax Roll and
be treated as if it had been extended
on the November I A. 1^86 Tax Roll
12 Pages
I he Morrow Counts Court last
Wednesday lent its vupjxvrt u> a pro
posed l air Board protect to build a
bit \ IKO’ \teel building to provide
indoor annual exhibit \|'ave and
show n n t!' during the fair and to
provide the additional use tor sliows
v(vortin(! cventv. ami auction valev
during the remainder ot the vear
live clear span steel structure
would replace the existing sheep
Kirn on the east Kmndarv ot the
fairgrounds
No obievtKms to the protect were
raised at a public hearing held dur
mg the court meeting The la ir
Hoard w ill applv lot lotterv funds,
a portion o f which have K'cn
xpec itic allv
earm arked
tor
fairgrounds improvement Six oxin
tv fairs in ( >re*m were given giants
in |USb 87
The Ia n H urd estimates the
Kidding w ill sosi $72 MKK exs hiding
electrical and plumbing costs I his
Satisfied ( lis t o m e r s — Stormy Jo Howard
(left) daughter of Maureen Howard of Lexington sits
comfortably on the tractor tire while Melissa Pettyjohn
sear's la ir and Rodeo Hudget in
eludes Mb.IMD tor matvhing funds
it the grant should he received Die
vountv also approved $2.lXX> from
revenue shanng tor the building " In
kin d " matching w ill be used also, a
fair K urd sjx'koqx'rson said, to level
the ground and install plumbing and
wiring
In other business, the Court
drafted a final agreement with the
Morrow Counts Seighborfnxxl
Council to provide SI 'U lp e r month
through June '0 to K: used tor
operating expenses A temporary
funding agreement signed by
members of the council'* executive
K u rd was in effect until the coun
cil's no n p ro fit corporation status
was ratified by the stale
approved claims
discussed winter road conditions
with Koud Supervisor IV n Hall I V
Court and the road supervisor also
discussed possible longterm equip
merit investments either bv lease or
purchase agreements
learned that rock samples taken
from the Hoeing rock crusher site ap
pear to meet »pacifications with no
problems
"'T h e aggregate 1»
relatively durable ami suitable for
asphalt purposes." said Steve
Anderson ot Anderson Perry and
A svx . an engineering consulting
firm from I at ¡ramie Pie court last
week asked Anderson to draw
samples from Kith piles of n x k at
the Hoeing site, do laboratory tests,
and report his findings to the court
heard concerns o f Hoardman
l-M I Cheryl Ammons that tour
iirin K -rs ot the health care transit ion
tream met and discussed business
which concerned the entire team
without notifying the other three
members
Ihe Court said the
members were discussing possible
"ground rules and housekeeping"
matters in preparation of Ihe team's
first meeting and said it would ad
dress the nuttier appropnatelv
daughter of Kerry and Larry Pettyjohn of Heppner en
joys her breakfast at the Morrow County Gram
Growers appreciation breakfast held on February 14
County will require 9*£ property tax increase to balance budget
Morrow Counts proposes to levs
a total of $ '|0 .h 7 4 more projx-ftv
lax dollars this year than tor |0Hr>
a ‘J‘1 increase
Hie amount voters w ill see on the
M arch I I b a llo t a one veai
operating levv w ill be $2.710.t il I
An additional $428 4 7 ' w ill appear
as a separate measure on Ihe ballot
earmarked lor counts health care
Both ballot amounts total S '.I 10 088
and are included with the tax base
SAA1.120 when figuring the coun
ty s tax rale of S4 '4 jicr SI .O f) ot
assessed property tax value A tax
have iv an amount already voted on
w hich does not need v carls
approval
The county’ s total hudget a
balance sheet ot revenues and
expenses is down SAtll.188 from
last vear
The tax rale me reave i up 48- frxtnt
Hometown
contest
winner
Linda Fnglert. Heppner. correct
ly identified all the store pictures in
last weeks
Re Discover Your
Hometown" contest, to become the
first winner o f $100 in gift ecr
Hficates 1 mda’s entry was the first
correct entry drawn
To enter this week s contest just
look inside tor contest rules and en
try blank and you could be the lucks
winner o f $1(10 in gift certificates
Stores to enter this week are
Coast to Coast. Shoe Box Murravv
and Hank ot l ästern Oregon
Iasi years S ' 8tn leflects an expected
dei reave in die county s total a sse ss
ed value lor ihe coming scat from
-y XK40.if.A0 last vear to $8'0
m illio n for the coming vear
Assessor Greg Swcck said the
estimate is based on tluctualion in the
v alue ' U the counts s utilities sui h as
It il
Ihe budget committee, however
felt luirlv sate in using a figure ot
SHA0 m illion tor the counts 's v alua
tion.
Budget t »t lie or I oR.ivne
Bowman said I hev discussed the
estimated value decrease' with the
IH M M 0
department I salarv increases are has
conservative valuation lo r Ihe
ed on the negotiated contract in
county
creases lot the sheriff s department
It the county’ * total value should
Road IV pt employees and elected
officials (except Ihe ( ounlv Connf
come in tin September when
e slut cites are in the assessor s otliccf «Ur** were «nciwed Krod on
at less than the $8A0 m illion, the negotiated union o-mrac«
I he budget committee decided
county could not collect the entire
S ' 602.408(the counts wiperating
that the county judge's salary
am ount. $ 2 .7 |0 6 | | . p |UN |jtl. remain the same as las. yea. They
medical operating levv 1428.477.
also determined lhal the county com
and the SAX' t.’ o
, | jlt.s
missione! positions were not lurid
could only collect taxes which the
ed .nlcquuli'lv according to the
$4 '4 tax rate would raise
rcsjxinsibililv and amount ot time the
County employee (except ihe road
|ob required Commissioners this
vear received halt the salary ol other
elected officials Ihe hudget com
milice said commissioners should
receive hall the judge's salary
K'causc the fudge's position requires
a half time commissioner and halt
time juvenile court judge
Ihe
change w ill mean an additional
$2,772 annually pet commivsionci
('ominisMoners have been paid
$ I I.OAb eoe h vear and are |irojected
‘ Automatic 6 % increase
to receive $1V828
• ‘ Total amounts on ballot
Replacemcni ol road department
equipment iv the major item in
capital expenditures Much ol the
equipment is falling apart and
historiadly . the budget committee
has cut replacement of the equipment
from the budget when short on
money Ihe county needs a long
range replacement program lor
equipment, the judge sa id
A I Ileguaid serial approved two
years ago w ill not K- on the ballot
this year In its third year, the levy
w ill raise $28.141 tor operation ot
the I iteguard helicopter in Morrow
Counts
Weather Report
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February II 17
Holiday for Lovers
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Youngsters at I eddy Bears Workshop (aK>vc) and not so youngsters at
Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home U*>k lime out Friday to celebrate St
Valentine's Day
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Report
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Linda Englert
F.nlnes fur the 1 0 8 7 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo theme
contest arc due at the lair office
March A f he person Mibmittmg the
winning entry w ill receive a tree
pass to the 1087 fair and rodeo anil
another pri/c which w ill K- announc
cd later
F.ntrics should be mailed to Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo. I’ d
Box 464 Heppner. OR 07g'6
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