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Ad hoc committee recommends jail in county
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NEWSPAPER
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VOL 115______ NO 45______ 8 Pages Wednesday, November 6, 1996,______ Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
"Vital signs good" at MCGC
The Morrow County
wy Grain
Growers posted record profits
last Fiscal year, with each
department showing a good
bottom
line, the co-op
management told gathered
members at the annual
meeting Monday night, Nov.
4.
""All your vital signs are
good," accountant Steve Green
told the crowd who had just
year were just over $38
million.
In other business Mills also
announced expansion plans for
the co-op including a service
station convenience store in
Lexington, and expanded
repair services at its facilities
in Sherman County.
"We think the future looks
both bright and promising,"
Mills said.
enjoyed a beef dinner.
Co-op General Manager
Larry Mills said the good
health of the co-op was due to
increased sales and watching
expenses. "And we’re off to a
good start this year," Mills
added.
Profits for the co-op were
$892,144, up from $423,806
last year, this on sales o f over
$45 million. Total sales last
The defeat o f the Morrow
County tax base measure not
only left the county finances
somewhat insecure, but also
dashed county officials' plan to
use the six percent automatic
yearly increase over the tax
base to help fund a county
jail.
County officials held
meetings in all the towns in
Morrow County to discuss the
jail situation and promote
passage o f the county tax base.
Officials said the increase
could help fund a jail,
however, there is no guarantee
that the money would be used
for that purpose.
Morrow County Judge
Louis
Carlson
and
commissioner Ra> French told
an audience of around 20
people at a meeting at Heppner
High School Wednesday, Oct.
30, that the Jail Ad Hoc
Committee
recommended
building a Morrow County Jail
and that the committee favored
passage of the tax base to help
fund the jail.
They estimate that the cost
o f building a 35-bed facility,
which is recommended, would
be around $3.5 million or 25
cents per thousand of assessed
valuation. Operation costs for
a 35-bed jail are estimated
around $600 thousand a year
or 43 cents per thousand
assessed valuation. The tax
burden on a homeowner with a
$60,000 home would be
$40.80 a year.
Building a jail would create
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12 to 15 jobs in the county, but
French added that he did not
consider building a jail to be
economic development.
Residents have increasingly
become concerned about
setting prisoners free because
jail space is simply not
available.
The county currently
purchases jail bed space from
other counties, but the problem
is that space is dwindling.
French said that 75 percent of
all the criminals in the county
are released. Currently, only
three beds are available for
Morrow County in jails
located elsewhere. Morrow
County now spends around
district to build a y ail. This
option would cost tn< ie county
$2.7
million
for
jail
construction and $564,000.
line tax burden is estimated at
$36.60 ayear for a homeowner
with a $60,000 home.
Officials say this option
woul d
create
a
disproportionate tax burden on
county residents, compared to
the benefit received.
The third option discussed
was to continue to purchase
bed space from other counties
when it is available. The
estimate of annual operational
cost for this option for 35 beds
would be $702.000 a year-
$33.80 a year for a homeowner
$180,00 a year to house with a $60,000 home.
County officials stressed
prisoners at those jails.
that
if a jail is built, funds
Prisoners may only be housed
must
be
available
for
in adjoining counties.
operation.
If
the
tax
base
was
Morrow County Undersheriff
Verlin Denton said that the jail not passed, voters would have
situation now creates a vicious to pass a levy each year.
circle. Denton said that now, if Failure any one year would
someone is arrested, but there create major problems for the
is "no room at the inn", the county , they said and monies
criminal is cited and released. could not be earmarked for jail
If the criminal then fails to operation.
appear, a warrant is issued for
Another funding option is
his arrest. But, if there is still creation of a special jail
no jail space, then the criminal district with its own tax base.
is still on the street.
However, county officials say
"We could build a 35-bed that a special district would
jail and it would be filled in a "adversely impact other taxing
month," added Denton.
districts from compression.
Other options were They maintain that this option
considered and rejected by the could be detrimental to other
ad hoc committee. The county serv ices.
co m m ittee
considered
recommending that Morrow
County join a five-county
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(L-R) Ghouls Dot Halvorsen, Irene Swanson, Darrell Vinson, Sue Vinson and Rose Moe showed up
for a pre-Halloween lunch at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center meal site, Wednesday, Oct. 30
Prepare for the cold with
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