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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 31.2007 Change in tippage will have ‘huge impact' continued from page one H ow ever, later in February of 1993 the county passed an ordinance stating: “after reserving the costs of o p e ra tin g the tra n sfe r stations located within or near the m unicipal communities, the remaining revenues would be divided as follows: 50 percent to be divided between the Cities/ Towns in equal shares; 40 p ercen t to be d iv id ed between the Cities/Towns based upon p o p u latio n percentages; the remaining 10 percent to be reserved to the county as a discretionary fund.” Not long after that in July o f 1994 the county court suspended that disbursement form ula and deem ed all A view from the hill by Doris Brosnan Editors Note: The following paragraphs were accidentally left out o f last weeks edition. Wintry weather has continued in January, making the Terrace a w elcom e refuge from the cold, and celebrations and activities have continued to bring variety beyond the scheduled events each week. The Frisbee Toss attracted several residents during morning exercises on the 12,h. On the 17"', a fitting tribute to Ben Franklin's birthday and one of his scientific discoveries was a candlelight dinner. This followed a tribute earlier that day: cookies baked and delivered by staff to the maintenance workers on the hill and in Heppner, for keeping the icy roads to the Terrace so well graveled. Hat Day on the 19lh resulted in a profusion of styles and colors, as residents and staff sashayed and went about their routines in their best-looking headgear. The vast variety included French beret, stocking cap, beanie with propeller, visor, derby, and baseball cap. Always welcome at the Terrace, the Fiddlers returned for a jam session on the 21sl, and the local Book Worms returned for their monthly meeting with their two resident-members, Mary Goheen and Sylvia McDaniel, on the 23rd. Such good fortune for them that they met on what was also Pie Day! Young, local dancers plan to entertain the residents on the 26lh. Soon following, February will bring its own set of special occasions, so the Terrace residents and staff will surely be busy again. The month will also bring everyone closer to the coming of spring and nature's renewal of life and color. Residents have the warmer weather to look forward to, when they will begin soaking up the sun again on their patio. New- lawn furniture will be added for their pleasure, from the Heppner High School Class of 1964 in memory of classmate Don Majeske, who passed away last fall. The residents view this thoughtful kindness with appreciation, as they do the numerous donations of time and gifts that so many community members bestow upon the Willow Creek Terrace. funds would go directly into the county general fund. The court said the suspension was because o f a “cash carryover shortfall” in the co u n ty bud g et. The suspension was supposed to be only “tem p o rary ” for fiscal year 1993-94, but it w as n ev er re in stated . According to county records the c u rren t m ethods o f disbursing and using the funds was never w ritten down. Mayors of the cities want to re e sta b lish the sam e distribution formula laid out in the rescinded Feb. 1993 resolution, only this time based on 75 percent of the tippage fee, instead of the original 90 percent. The mayors, including Bruno and Heppner Mayor Les P au stian have said however, that if the county and cities cannot come to ag reem en t on a new d istrib u tio n system , the mayors plan to go around the county co u rt and put a distribution plan based on 90 percent of the tippage fee going to the cities, before the voters of Morrow County for approval. Tuesday Bruno said the mayors do not necessarily want a confrontation with the county, but instead want to work together and come up w ith an e q u ita b le solution. "We hope we can work som ething out by February 7 (before the open meeting with the county co u rt) that is fair and e q u itab le to us and the county,” Bruno said. He added how ever, that the cities would go to a voter referendum if necessary. While Tallman did not specifically name programs, funding or personnel that may be cut if the county loses even 75 percent o f the tippage fees to the cities, he did present a list of programs he said were funded by the county with tippage money. Tallman said the follow ing agencies and programs are budgeted in the coming year to receive money from the co u n ty : H eppner N eig h b o rh o o d C en ter $12.000, Fair Fund $30.000, Wildlife Services (wildlife co n tro l) $25,016. W ater m aster $7,035, Soil and Water Conservation District $35,000, Extension Service $94.929. He also p o in ted to additional Needs & Issues funds totaling $ 132, 839 that were distributed around the county the past year. 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In addition the county awards thousands of similar- dollars from tippage fees to groups and com m unities based on co u n ty court Discretionary Awards. M ayors B runo and Paustian both said the county should give the money to the c itie s for d isb u rsem en t R e a l E sta te D e a ls H E P P N E R E L K S 358 "M here Friends Wee/" $ 2 , 000 . because the cities know the needs of their citizens better than the county. “Cities feel we are best to give this money out,” said Bruno. The cities "are more accessible to their citizens and that they are in a better position to assess the needs o f their com m unities," H eppner’s resolution stated. Last week Paustian had told the Heppner Gazette he felt the county spent tippage cash as matching funds for grants to construct the OHV Park in the mountains south of Heppner. He said at that tim e he felt it was an inap p ro p riate use o f the funds. Later Paustian told the Gazette he was incorrect on that statement. If 75 p ercent o f the tippage money was given to the five cities in the county for distribution, how would the unincorporated areas of the county receive funds? Bruno said the 25 percent left could be used by the county to distribute for the benefit of those areas. In addition to the demand for 75 percent, Tallman said the city mayors also wanted 50 percent of the tippage cash carry o v er. The carryover may come to an ad d itio n a l $ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 - $300.000 Tallman said. C h e c k o u t t h e s e J a n u a ry /Make an offer7 676-9181 street repairs $16,000, City o f Boardman four basketball courts $12,500, Heppner Little League concessions building $5,000, Heppner Day care c u rricu lu m expansion $4,911, Irrigon co m m u n ity park sports co m p lex $13 ,0 0 0 , B oardm an b eautification $8,500, Sheriff's office dive/ rescue team $6,500. Inland d e v elo p m en t $ 8,800, C reativ e C are preschool $1,000, A ssisted Living $ 2 ,1 0 0 , H ep p n er L ittle League concession stand $ 5 ,0 0 0 , C ity o f Irrigon recycle bins $7,200, lone Community Ag & Biz park p ro ject $ 2 ,8 0 0 , H olly Rebekah com m unity hall $ 5 ,0 0 0 , C ity o f Irrigon Green Way $10,000, and C ity o f H ep p n er radios I want a parcel of raw land. Prefer a fairly level area that could be used to pasture horses. Residential Lot Ready to build on. Located in a greatneighborhood j on hill property with an excellent view. Heppner. $15,500 Owner/Broker David Sykes Have qualified buyers looking for a stick built home with land for horses in Heppner or Lexington area. Please contact me if you have property you would like to sell. Ask me about one-time listings. , Now a member oj Property listings are available at www.sykesrealestate.net Regional Multiple Listing Service I 188 W. Willow • P.0. Box 337 • Heppner. 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