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. These
included: City of Lexington
well alarm system $7,000,
C ity o f lone sid ew alk
$14,000, City o f Irrigon
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Since 1998 the county has
awarded a total of $854,926
in this manner. Distribution
of Needs and Issues money
is decided not by county
court but by a committee of
citizens from all areas of the
county.
In addition the county
awards thousands of similar-
dollars from tippage fees to
groups and com m unities
based on co u n ty court
Discretionary Awards.
M ayors B runo and
Paustian both said the county
should give the money to the
c itie s for d isb u rsem en t
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$ 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.
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co m m u n ity park sports
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$13 ,0 0 0 ,
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$8,500, Sheriff's office dive/
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$ 8,800,
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$1,000, A ssisted Living
$ 2 ,1 0 0 , H ep p n er L ittle
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$ 5 ,0 0 0 , C ity o f Irrigon
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