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