SEVEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 16, 2009
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Petitions must be filed with
the clerk o f the board or
postm arked not later than
December 31, 2009.
The board w ill meet at Morrow
County Courthouse in the city
o f Heppner.
A schedule o f hearings for
those who request to be present
will be posted 48 hours prior
to the meeting(s) in/on Morrow
C o u n ty C le r k W e b s ite :
Morrowcountyoregon.com
If you have requested to be
present at the hearing you w ill
be notified o f the date, time,
and place to appear. All other
hearings will be scheduled as
time allows. Contact the board
o f property tax appeals for
further information.
E xecu tive se ssio n s may be
held during the se ssio n as
authorized by ORS 192.660,
to con sid er docum ents and
information made confidential
under ORS 308.290( 10), ORS
308.411, and ORS 308.413.
It shall be the duty o f the
persons interested to appear at
the time and place appointed.
B o b b i C h ild e r s , C o u n ty
Clerk
Morrow County, Oregon
Dated at Heppner, Oregon this
14th day o f December, 2009.
Published: December 16, 23,
and 30, 2009
Affidavit
PU BLIC NO TIC E
REQUEST FOR QUALI
FICATIONS FOR quali
fied contractor to build and
construct an improvement
at the south Morrow Trans
fer station.
Morrow County Public
Works Projects - Morrow
County, Oregon
Morrow County, Oregon,
requests proposals for a
qualified contractor to
build and construct an im
provement at the South
Morrow Transfer station.
Contractors
submitting
qualifications shall be con
sidered based upon the fol
lowing general evaluation
criteria:
1.
Fee schedule.
2.
Experience.
3.
Method o f ap
proach.
4.
Availability of la
bor and equipment.
Copies of the Request for
Qualifications may be
obtained from Morrow
County Public Works, P.O.
Box 428, 365 W Hwy 74,
Lexington, Oregon 97839,
(541)989-9500. Complete
proposals will be accepted
at the same address no later
than 4:00 p.m. Decerpber
18, 2009 any questions or
concerns may be addressed
to Sandi Putman.
Published: December 2, 9
and 16, 2009
PUBLIC NOTICE
December 9, 2009
The Morrow County Sher
iffs Office has in its physi
cal possession the unclaimed
personal property described
below. If you have any own
ership interest in any of that
unclaimed property, you must
file a claim with the Morrow
County Sheriff s Office with
in 30 days from the date of
publication of this notice, or
you will lose your interest in
that property.
Bikes, Shoes, Watch, Tool,
Baseball hat. Cash Register,
Drill Bits, Wrenches, Volt
Meter, Toolbox, Screw Driv
ers, Set of Keys, Shotgun, Ga
rage Door Opener
Published: December 16 &
23, 2009
Sheriffs Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff s Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
-MCSO received
report that two Irrigon juve
niles, a five-year-old and a
nine-year-old were missing.
The mother o f the ju v e
niles was located and she
found the kids playing at
a house.
-MCSO received
report of a mother and three
teenagers w ith a truck w ith
HES November Students of the Month announced
Heppner Elementary School announces their November Students o f the Month. The character
trait was motivation and work ethic. Pictured top row (L-R): Claire Grieb, Emily Pappas,
Skyler Palmer, Sydney Qualls, Kacie Gray, Alex Lindsay, Logan Grieb, Patrick Collins, and
Demitra Schmidt. Bottom row (L-R): Kylie Boor, Alison Cecil, Evan Kollman, Marlee Mitchell,
Brett Jewett, Amelia Baker, Hayden Qualls, Hayden Hyatt, and Blane Mahoney. -C ontributed
Photo
SCHOOL DISTRICT
“It’s not a Demo
crat or Republican thing to
me,” said Kuhn. “We have
to look the staff in the eye
and say we did everything
we could.” He said that as
a school board member, his
main focus is to support
education. He said that if
the measures are defeated,
the Morrow County School
District would have to cut
teachers, programs and/
or instructional time. “If
we lose this money, the
legislature is not going to
back-fill it,” said Kuhn.
“Most people who sponsor
these measures live in the
valley and it will come out
of their pockets. We have
an obligation to our kids.”
Kuhn also said that where
the money is obtained is
not as important as provid
ing a good education for
our children. “Our job is
to gather every penny we
can,” he said. He said that
the local economy would
also suffer if school dis
trict jobs are cut. He added
that the voters of Morrow
County supported a serial
levy, but “That serial levy
isn’t going to mean much
if we don’t support the leg
islature. How could we ask
for more money?”
Both M iles and
Kuhn said that they believe
they have been good stew
ards of the public dollars.
M orrow County
School District superinten
dent Mark Burrows told
the board that if the mea
sures are defeated, the State
School Fund for 2009-2011
would be under-funded
by around $285.5 million.
Burrows said this would
result in a devastating loss
of $1,236,035 for the Mor
row County School District,
which would amount to
cutting 20 teachers or 18
instructional days.
Also at the meet
ing, Burrows told the board
that the district had re
ceived a “clean audit”, but
had received several notes,
including a recommenda
tion that the district hire a
certified public accountant,
which is not mandatory.
Oster told the district that
an actuary is mandatory
to evaluate liabilities. Cost
is estimated to be around
$4,500.
T h e a u d it, by
the O ster P rofessional
Group, showed the dis
trict has total assets o f
$30,564,684 in 2009, com
pared to $30,959,173 in
2008; total liabilities of
$25,152,399 in 2009, com
pared to $25,445,140 in
2008; and total net assets
o f $5,412,285 in 2009,
compared to $5,514,033
in 2008.
Expenses include:
-In s tru c tio n :
$10,496,732 for regular
programs, $3,044,997 for
special programs, $15,030-
summer school programs.
-Supporting ser
vices: $302,986 for stu
dent su p p o rt serv ices;
$5 07,3 4 3 -in stru c tio n a l
staff, $428,532-general ad
ministration, $1,511,454-
school a d m in istratio n ,
$3,574,734-business ser
vices, $520,635-central
support services, $217,899-
supplemental retirem ent
program.
-E n te rp rise and
c o m m u n ity s e r v ic e s :
$959,292-food services;
$ 1,054-com m unity ser
vices.
-D e b t s e r v ic e :
$1,202,404.
- D e p r e c ia tio n :
$698,866.
Total government
activities: $23,481,958
General revenues
include:
-T ax es-p ro p erty
taxes levied for general
purposes-$4,030,224, prop
erty taxes levied for debt
service-$ 1,483,673.
-State school fund-
$12,271,124.
-Common school
fund-$142,175.
-Other unrestricted
funds-$ 175,995.
-U n re s tric te d
in v e s tm e n t e a rn in g s -
$149,221.
-S ale o f capital
assets-$ 129,766.
-M iscellan eo u s-
$633,415.
Total general rev
enues: $19,015,593 with
changes in net assets o f
-$101,748.
Net assets at the
beginning were $5,514,033;
net assets at the ending were
$5,412,285.
At the year end
ing June 2008, the net as
sets at the beginning were
$6,731,319; net assets at the
ending were $5,514,033.
The audit stated
that property tax revenues
increased by about a half a
million during the year; rev
enues from miscellaneous
sources decreased by about
$.4 million; other state, lo
cal and special programs
revenues decreased ap
proximately $.8 million and
expenditures for instruction
and support services de
creased by $.71 million.
In other business,
the board:
-heard reports from
board members, superin
tendent and assistant su
perintendent on the Oregon
School Board Association
co n v en tio n h ig h lig h ts.
From the sessions he at
tended. Miles said he would
like to put an emphasis on
the district’s grading stan
dards.
-viewed a presen
tation from Irrigon High
School FFA members on
their trip to the FFA con
vention.
-heard a presenta
tion from Irrigon Elemen
tary School teacher Ellen
Hendergart on the 1ES read
ing program.
-accepted a $3,000
grant from the Muzak Heart
& Soul Foundation.
-declined to cast
a vote on the 2009 OSBA
officers.
-voted against an
issue regarding the election
of OSBA officers.
-voted against add
ing two new OSBA board
positions.
-accepted the 2008-
09 audit.
-selected the fol
lowing bargaining team for
classified negotiations as
follows: Thad Killingbeck,
Bill Kuhn and Barney Lind
say, alternate.
-selected the fol
lowing certified negotiat
ing team: Barney Lindsay,
Pat McNamee, Berto Her
nandez and Dan Daltoso,
alternate.
-ap p ro v ed s u p
porting the acquisition
o f Umatilla Army Depot
acreage for a land lab for
the school district’s FFA
program “to provide agri
cultural field experience to
MCSD students in the north
end schools.
-approved the fol
lowing employment action:
resignations/retirem ents
for Troy Morgan as Hep
pner High School assis
tant baseball coach, Judy
Woody, Riverside High
School special education
assistant; employment for
Shelly Dun, A.C. Houghton
Elementary School Title I
ed assistant; extra duty con
tracts for Jessica Lehmann,
Irrigon Junior High School
head girls’ basketball coach,
Andrew Timpy, IJH assis
tant boys’ basketball coach,
Breena Tolar, IJH assistant
girls’ basketball coach.
-received the fol
lowing enrollment infor
mation as o f Decem ber
1: A C H -265; H eppner
Elementary School-195;
H HS-225; IES-200; Ir
rigon High School-331;
RHS-414; Sam Boardman
Elementary School-313;
Windy River Elementary,
Boardm an-21 8; Morrow
Education Center-MCSD-
47; MEC-Umatilla School
District-23; Total 2231.
-heard the follow
ing announcements: De
cember 17, last school day
before Christmas break;
Dec. 19-Jan. 3, winter break;
Jan. 4, school resumes; Jan.
11, next board meeting,
Heppner Elementary; Jan.
14, end of semester.
-held an executive
session concerning person
nel.
a damaged tire. She said
her husband was try ing to
locate a tire.
-MCSO received
report that Umatilla County
Sheriff's Office arrested
Joseph Rogers on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Pay Fine/Driving
While Suspended. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with $952 bail in full.
He was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail.
-Boardman Police
Department cited Victor
Manuel Atilano, 25, for
Failure to Obey a Traffic
Control Device.
-BPD officer made
contact with a subject whose
vehicle had a broken out
w indow and advised it was
Criminal Mischief KK.
-BPD officer re
ported he w as flagged dow n
by Boardman Lock and Key
where a subject reported
that someone scraped off
the license plate stickers on
his work van.
-BPD received re
port of a community service
worker picking up trash.
-BPD received re
port received report of a
CITY COUNCIL
Baird said the study
should be completed by Oc
tober, 2010 to complete and
he will be meeting in a work
session Jan. 19 with the city
council to discuss the sewer
system planning.
The council heard
a report from a sheriff’s
deputy who said there has
been a small rise in thefts
in the area. The Victorian
Rose reported several item
missing from the store. A
student at Heppner High
school reported that they
had $100 stolen from a
locker. Both cases are un
der investigation. A person
also reported their iPod was
stolen, but the item was
recovered and the suspect
was cited for theft II. A
vehicle was broken into in
from of the motel, and this
happened during daylight
hours. Several items were
taken.
The deputy told the
council that another person
reported getting a phone
call from Canada saying
a relative was injured and
they needed to send money
to help out. No m oney
was sent. Another person
reported that he had pur
chased a vehicle and when
the money was transferred
it turned out to be a scam.
It was reported that
the city purchased a used
truck from the State of Or
egon surplus property. The
truck is a 1998 Chevy 4X4
extended cab with 133,000
miles that the city bought
for $5,500. The comment
was made about good deals
to be had at the surplus and
the city plans to go back and
also purchase some office
furniture.
The council heard
a report that the restrooms
at Hager Park are coming
close to being installed.
The company that sells the
prefab restrooms recently
had a sales rep at the park
looking things over.
Morrow County Court
weekly meeting held
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on December 2
in Heppner with Judge Tail-
man, Commissioner Grieb,
and Commission Rea in
attendance. Following is
a summary of the meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts
payable in the amount of
$43,068.32 plus the $300
that had been withheld for
additional research.
The court reviewed
and approved the minutes
of November 25, 2009.
R oad R e p o r t:
Bombing Range Road and
Highway 207 intersection
- work on the Intersection
Im provem ent Project is
ramping up. Currently have
an eight foot of the needed
cut moved. Have defined
and outlined the new inter
section locations. Discov
ered a major fiber optics
line that passes through the
project on the Kilkennny
Road side of the project
and it is being lowered by
Quest. These is also another
phone line that run’s paral
lel with the other line and it
is also being lowered. It will
take at least a six foot deep
trench to accomplish this
task. Discussed the detour
that will be needed in this
area and how it will impact
travel from the north end of
the county as well as travel
tow ard the Hermiston area.
All travelers will need to
watch news outlets for in
formation regarding detours
around this work area in the
near future. Miscellaneous
- Have removed several
unneeded cattle guards on
Immigrant and Baker Lanes
as well as Morgan Road.
Snow plowing and sanding
continues on Coal Mine
Hill. Currently there is not
enough snow to cause the
closure of that road.
Sheriff’s Report:
Reported on an incident in
the Heppner, lone, and Lex
ington area where a hunter
had fired across a road way
endangering a passing auto.
In the Irrigon area arrested
a suspect in the house that
he was attempting to bur
glarize; responded to a 911
hang-up call; assisted with
a call regarding an oven
fire. In the Boardman area
assisted with an accident
involving a car and a semi
truck, with four individu-
als being transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital;
responded to a rollover
accident; a vehicle fire inci
dent; responded to an indi
vidual whose car was stolen
while it was being warmed
up. Both the vehicle and
suspect were located with
in minutes; received a call
regarding a boat stuck in the
Columbia River with motor
trouble; responded to an
attempted suicide.
Health Depart
ment Report: Received a
report regarding the HINI
vaccine status as well as
the status on the seasonal
vaccine. It was reported that
the new refrigerator/freezer
for the Boardman site has
arrived.
The co u rt c o n
ducted the following busi
ness: Approved a return
of duplicate payments of
property taxes in a total
amount of $ 4,587.65. An
extension of the w arranty
on the county’s file server
until June 28, 2012 was
approved. An order for
the formation of the Radio
District was reviewed and
signed. The Intergovern
mental Agreement for the
Umatilla Basin Water Com
mission was reviewed and
signed. The financial report
for the county’s three parks
was reviewed. Inform a
tion regarding the Scenic
Bikeway Management Plan
was reviewed and the court
offered their support for
this proposal. There are
two different plans being
proposed, one is for an
approximate loop o f 106
miles, which would include
using the Western Route
to Ukiah and back down
Franklin Grade. The other
proposal would be a one
way ride to the same area.
Final plans on the route
are yet to be determined.
Two public hearings for
the Planning Department
were held. One hearing
was to amend language in
the Hardship Ordinance and
the other was some minor
amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance. Reviewed sev
eral correspondences an up
coming meeting notices.
Any one wishing
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes,
please contact Karen Wolff
at (541)676-5620.
white Mustang traveling at
speeds of 100-plus on 1-84.
BPD was unable to locate
the vehicle.
-BPD received re
port of an audible alarm at a
residence. The homeowner
set off the alarm.
-BPD received re
port of an alarm at the shop
building. BPD and MCSO
responded and found the
building secure.
-Heppner Ambu
lance received request for
an ambulance for an 88-
year-old female with un
known medical problems
in Heppner.
-Boardman Ambu
lance received report of a
semi-conscious male w ith a
possible heart attack. There
was no transport.