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T W O - Ih r llrp|MM-r Gazette-Tinte», Ifippncr. Oregon W k I i iim I j ». M a n ti I I . W County leases tractor, a change from traditional purchase of equipment manager Fred loomhs reviewed bids for rebuilding the main power transmission line at a meeting in the co o p hoard room last Fridas Attorney Dennis Doherty, (from rinfili Columbia Basin Board Secretary Marold Riel manti, ami ( o op Power transmission line bids opened Bari Associates. Inc of Fairvicw Oregon, was apparent low bidder on the construction contract for replace ment of the (lower transmission line from the Bonneville point of delivery to Hcppner at a bid opening held on M arch V according to bred Toombs, Columbia Basin llectfic Cooperative. Inc manager "W e are anxiously awaiting com pletion of the Project. ” I oomhs ex phoned, "because of the rash of outages m recent years, including a 1 hour outage the same evening of the bid opening " Ihe line was designed by Ret Brown Lngineers of Vancouver Washington, and Mark laivgren System I ngineer for C B M along with the aid of Bill («entry I me Superintendent whose years of es prriemc were invaluable in location design and the acquiring of Rights of W as . Ioomhs said Ihe project is to l-cgm officially June I with the project to be com pitted by November I. loombscon turned it is probable that the con f V You can have the luck of the Irish LUCKY NUMBERS We have 5 gifts to give you if you match the number on the back of your St. Patricks Day button to our gift. Come in Mar. 14 and try your luck. B U Y YO UR B U T T O N S NOW! /« .> • goal this scar is to continue doing the same ankHint of work in the road department with less money in the budget which means we will have to be much more efficient, he said Jepsen. Hob Stevens of Hardman and Joe Tatone of Boardman represented the road committee in talk mg to the Ci«untv Court about die lease agreement Hcppner City Attorney Bill Kuhn told ihe counts that the IHrpariment of Environmental (Quality is putting pressure on the cits to re design the landfill There arc only fise years of use left in the current landfill Kuhn said that he thought the counts should still take an interest in the landfill since they operated it before the city tm>k over M orrow County ( o u t! last Wednesdav accepted a hid from Western Slates for lease of a DtiH tractor at $I9,(WH per year tor five years The tractor will replace a county owned D 7 tractor U'wd at the gravel quarry before it broke down The lease option is a departure trorti traditional purchase of equip merit tor the road department, coun ty road adviviry committee chair null Bob Jepsen said The lease will save the large amount of money needed for capital investment tor purchase of equipment, he con tinucd I Hiring the five vear term ot the lease, the tractor will be under warranty for repair of its motor, transmission, and drive tram Should anything happen to Ihe tracks or under carriage the counts would be responsible tor repairs. but we don’t look tor it to wear out in five years Al the end of that time, we w ill look to another contract, the committee chairman said Both John Deere and Caterpillar have special equipment lease rates tor government agencies lower rates than lor non government contras tors. Jepvn said Western Stales was the only company to submit a bid tor to the county at this time county will be allowed SI 900 foi trade in ol the 1969 UAD7 In the past Jepsen said, the road committee has looked over the road department budget and approved it during the budget process The Road Master and County Court would then oversee the purchase of equip ment W uh the new administration (County Judge loins Carlson), the committee was told dial we would be asked for more input about the road department, and told that we would be listened to ," he continued "< Hir tractor will begin work before Ihi* lime Ihe project will be funded by a loan from the Rural i Icctnticalion Administration and the National Rural < ‘ooperaiive * niance Corpora lion Apparent low hid on the pro ject was SI 2 I T M7 A | f mal costs including lahor and nuterial supplied bv t BTC will fv approcmutely $1 ' million liHimbs look this opportunity to thank all of those including the Board of Directors as well as the propertv owners along the right of wav tor their cooperation in putting this critic al protect together and also reminded all consumers ml he lone I cxmglon and Hcppncr areas that there will he some lengthy outages this summer in order to accom modale the construction process f he Port of Morrow has offered the services of their engineer to the ci tv Commissioner Jerry Peck as a member of the statewide advisory committee for solid waste landfills will sit on the city 's committee for a study In other business the court heard that lour light fixtures in stead of two had been ordered tor the fn>nt ot the Courthouse Expenses o f sending two of the fixtures back is prohibitive, the court said They will place two in front of the Courthouse and it the other two arc not needed there will consider putting them in back of (he C ourthouse discussed new computer pro grams available to counties through (he Oregon Counties Computer consortium signed an agreement with the Oregon Counties Com puter ci wsortium approved a request from County Accountant Cindce Henderson tor a rev ision in the accounting program rhi I he t .uniti I ourt and thè Poti ot M irrow now know ihev meati thè sanie ihmg when they lalk ahoul a lead .igeile v Rcprcscntativce ol thè two ugelli ies mcl lavi Tnduy loelcar up some mieundct tundings wlm h hud dcielojvd lOiHcrtung negotia tions w ufi Boeing ( orp / ed to talk with someone at Boeing, thev hud to go through the Port of Morrow because the Port is the lead agency in dealing with B**eing Port Manager Bob M iller pointed out that the port deals with Boeing as ii docs with other potential clients, that’s why w e’ve been "successful < ontusion ficcarne obv ious to thè court wlicn a gale was huilt aerose a to.id on Boeing s property near Boardman and thè ( ’ountv was not notified li was mi undcrsianding." Mor row fo m iti Commissioncr Jerry Pcck said. "that il thè corniti need M.C t . t ." G A T E Morrow County [Groin Growers«« f. O Boo 367 X 1KM, 6 Rail J Ê U rx G A LV A N IZ E D G A R B AG E CAN 30 Gal X \ 1 'iliiil T 1 1— i }l {: Rpnlpm » I I : • • Î ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 STOCKADE PANELS CO MBO PANEL 'Mil l i u n iv e r s a l 12’ Ph 989-6221 • 1 (6 0 0 ) *52-7390 Loxlngton. Oregon 97639 Í S T O C K 2 FT. X X $1 6 95 Pressure Treated T A N K S 2 FT. 20-year reunion planned Ihe David Douglas High School class ot IR67 is planning a 20 year class reunion for August of IU87. Any graduates desiring information should contact D D H S 1 ^ 7 Reunion, t i l l S.E Eastwood Ct . Milwaukie. Oregon. ‘J7J67, or call 2 »8 0059 County Court, Port of M orrow clear the air Tubular Steel $8 95 heard an explanation of the fund cash balance sheet by Treasurer and Tax Collector Margo Sherer heard from County Planner Deane Seegcr regarding a proposed plan to deactivate nerve gas stored at the Cmatilla Depot discussed access to property on (Juaid St in Hcppner dec ided to give a sheriff s depart ment car with a blown motor to the city o f Boardman accepted deeds tor right of way along W ilson Road in Boardman approved claims discussed bv laws for the v im to be appointed county health board appointed Eric Anderson and Stan Kemp as inspectors of the le x ington Blow Control approved transfer o f operating contingency funds tor ihe purjxtse ot additional office space appointed Ernest Jorgenson and Sharon Biddle Justice of the Peace pro tem appointed Charlotte Gray juvenile ludge pro tern tor March R 11 directed Val Doherty to draw up the Skouho contracts tor cone retc ir rigation structures directed Doherty to draw up a new contract for crushing rock with Mabhott with provisions for qualitv control o f the crushed rock SIERRA WOOD POSTS 4 FT. 4" X 7 FT 1 :r - \ y i \ .• 1 ?■ R ;lf HELD 1 wwfgi F E N C E $Q69 w lliii P Tr*1'! ■ in locating businesses in the Board man area," he said "Because we can get supfxirt trupm the fham her. the development office and city managers, in most every case, we can get a potential business to where they arc willing to locate here.” M iller said The Port is looking to he a facilitator because we recognize the potential Boeing has tor Ihe long term interests of the county, and because communication between the court and Boeing was not very good tor awhile. M iller continued " I have no problem with the Port acting as a lead agency for everyone as lar as economic development is concerned." Commissioner Peck agreed The state has designated that as the Port's function “ I think Boc mg feels that because the Port is the contact agency that relieves them 1 Boeing) of the responsibility for contacting anyone else,” he said We were not notified that the gate had been built nor were we in solved in Ihe process," M iller said "T he local Boeing representative told me he didn’t know about the gate before it was built " "Oregon building laws are con fusing for out of state agencies, M iller said Morrow County makes it easier than most places in Oregon lor development, hut planning is i county responsibility." M iller said "W hat happens if Boeing has a problem which the port doesn’t recognize and later Ihe county decides the problem exists’ I ’m n«it sure the port wants that degree of re s p o n s ib ility P e c k said Because of the Port s Irequent contact with the Boeing Corp , if they choose to act as a conduit for infornsition. we «an continue work ing as we are as long as all concern ed are informed. Commissioner Peck said 39 * 330 % S5995 J'rcvcur DURABLE DENIM by Dakota («<0 Stilt Mer.s Sl2.95-8oys 910.99 ELECTRIC FUEL FILTER j $ 1 9 95 i'n i S-| 99 CENEX COUNTRY-FRESH LAUNDRY ) DETERGENT i • FREE s 1 3 " 3 RR Tuft* Socks vv tn Purcnaxe ELECTRIC FENCE POSTS V MUD *12 HiLift 95 w - Jack s4 4 " 95 79C ELECTRIC FENCE KEYSTONE WIRE ÊÊ'Yè" Flaps m S 3 9 CHARGER Check Our Low Prices cM --- 9 WD-40 fence DOG FOOD J t Mile 17 GA L \ b $7 95 1 J Red Snap'r WOOD POST a OR T POST A l INSULATOR W Choleé M 95 i
