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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 16,2011 AFFORDABLE FAM ILY C , EYEW EAR 1st frame 50% OFF 2nd Frame & Lenses FREE Combine prescription lenses, sunglasses, readers, computer glasses, etc. Same Day Service most prescriptions (Purchase of lenses required with 1 st frame 2nd frame & lenses of equal or less value Free, all sales final) 1 year w arranty on lenses Excellent Selection of Designer Frames Over 400 to Choose From 1045 N 1st St • Hermiston www affordablëfamilyeyewear com 888-567-3790 • 541-567-3790 PUBLIC NOTICE Morrow County Citizens A public m eeting o f the M orrow C ounty Special Transportation Committee will be held on February 28, 2011 at 5:00 pm at the Morrow County Court House Annex, 150 Rock Street, Heppner, Oregon. Gayle L. Gutierrez Morrow County Treasurer Published: February 16 and 23, 2010 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE M ORROW COUNTY LAND USE HEARING TH E M O R R O W C O U N TY CO U R T w ill hold the following hearing o f p u b lic i n te r e s t on Wednesday, March 2,2011, at 10:30 a.m., at the North Morrow Annex in Irrigon, Oregon Appeal on Planning C om m ission decision on C on d itio n al Use Perm it C U P -N -2 8 7 : H a rv e y C hilders, applicant, and Hermiston Rod & Gun Club, ow ner. The property is described as Tax Lot 700 of Assessor’s Map 4N 27 and is zoned EFU. The property is located at 77034 Gun Club Lane, about 4 miles west o f the 1-82 and 1-84 interchange. The request is to build a rifle and handgun range as part o f a private park. Criteria for approval include MCZO A rticle 6 Conditional Uses. O p p o r tu n ity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals or to ask questions w ill be provided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide su fficie n t s p e c ific ity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of A ppeals based on those issues. Copies o f the staff re p o rt and all re le v a n t documents will be available after February 18, 2011. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , please contact the Planning D epartm ent at 541-922- 4624 or 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 0 6 1 , extension 5503. DATED this 10th day of February 2011 M ORROW COUNTY P L A N N I N G DEPARTMENT Published: February 16, 2011 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE N O T IC E O F C IT Y MEASURE ELECTION SEL 802 REV 8/05 ORS 250. ORS 250.041 O R S 2 5 0 .2 7 5 O R S 250.285 ORS 254.095 ORS 254.465 City o f Irrigon Notice is hereby given that on May 17, 2011 A measure election will be held in the City o f Irrigon, Umatilla County, Oregon. The following is the true and complete ballot title of the measure to be submitted to the city's voters on this date: CAPTIONf 10 words): A Measure To Enact A New City Charter For Irrigon QUESTION (20 words): Shall the City o f Irrigon enact a new city charter? SUMMARY (175 words): The effect o f this measure, if approved, shall be to enact a new City Charter for the City o f Irrigon. It changes several aspects o f City government and City operations. The new Charter w ill have the follow ing significant changes from the current Charter: Ends mayor's responsibility for daily operations of the city, including personnel management, and transfers that responsibility to the city manager. Elim inates city recorder position, w ith recorder's duties absorbed by other City staff. Procedures for selecting or removing officials are clarified, and will require a supermajority vote, i.e., at lea st fo u r v o te s, by City Council to appoint or remove a mayor or other city officials such as city manager, city attorney, and mayor pro tern. The m ayor pro tern has authority to vote even when acting as mayor. P r o v is i o n s f o r th e appointment o f a municipal judge. There are no plans to appoint one. Candidates for mayor must have served at least 6 months on the council immediately prior to appointment. Does not increase taxes or c o s ts to th e C ity 's residents. The following authorized city officiai hereby certifies the above ballo t title is true and complete, which in clu d e s c o m p le tio n o f the ballot title challenge process. Gerald W. Breazeale Signature o f authorized city official (not required to be notarized) 2 / 8/2011 Date signed Gerald W. Breazeale Printed name of authorized city official City Manager Title Published: February 16, 2011 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Loan No: xxx7338 T.S. N o .: 1 2 8 9 4 0 6 -0 9 . Reference is made to that c e rta in d e e d m ad e by Donald R. Hinkley, As His Sole and Separate Self, as Grantor to M id-colum bia Title Company, as Trustee, in favor o f Banner Bank, as Beneficiary, dated June 14,2002, recorded June 19, 2002, in official records of Morrow, Oregon in book/ reel/volume No. xx at page No. xx, fee/file/Instrument/ m icrofilm /reception No. 2002-4553 covering the follow ing described real property situated in said County and State, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast c o rn e r o f s e c tio n 23, Township 5 North. Range 26, east of the Willamette M eridian, in the County o f M orrow and S tat, o f Oregon; thence West 220 feet; thence N orth 0 °2 2 ’ West 576.75 reel more or less to a point on the South tight of way (old) Highway 730; thence Northwesterly along the said southerly right of way of said Highway 7 W, 100 feet more o f Jess to the point o f beginning of this description: Thence South 280 feet; West 100 feet thence North 280 feet more or less to a point on the South right o f way of said Highway 730: thence Southw esterly along the said Highway right of way 102 feel more or less to the point o f beg in n in g . C o m m o n ly k n o w n as: 7 5 0 3 6 C o lu m b ia Lane Irrigon Or 97844. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been rec o rd e d p u rsuant to S ection 8 6.735(3) o f Oregon Revised Statutes: the default for which the foreclosure is made is the g ran to r’s: Failure to pay the monthly payment due april 1, 2010 of principal, interest and impounds and su b seq u en t installm en ts due thereafter; plus late charges; together with all subsequent sums advanced by beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said deed of trust. Monthly payment $605.09 Monthly Late Charge $23.07. By this reason o f said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Deed of Trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit; The sum o f $59,692.35 to g e th e r w ith in te r e s t th e re o n at 7.5 0 0 % per annum from March 01,2010 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advance by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms and conditions o f the said deed o f trust. Whereof, notice hereby is given th at, C al-W estern Reconveyance Corporation the undersigned trustee will on M ay 10, 2011 at the hour o f 1:00pm, Standard o f Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statutes, At the c o u rt street en tran ce to morrow county courthouse 100 C o u rt S tre e t C ity o f H ep p n er, C o u n ty o f Morrow, State o f Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property w hich the grantor had or had power to convey at the time o f the execution by him o f the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution o f said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expense of sale, including a reasonable c h a rg e by th e tru s te e . N o tice is fu rth e r given that any person named in Section 86.753 o f Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary o f the entire amount then due (other than such portion o f said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together w ith the costs, tru s te e ’s and a tto rn e y ’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice o f D efault by tendering the performance required u n d er the o b lig a tio n or tru s t d eed , at any tim e prior to five days before the date last set for sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any o th er persons ow ing an obligation, the performance o f w hich is secu red by said trust deed, the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: January 03, 2011. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation 525 East Main Street P.O. Box 22004 El C ajon Ca 92022-9004 Cal-Westem Reconveyance Corporation Signature/By: Tam my Laird R-362955 02/02, 02/09. 02/16, 02/23 Published: February 2,9,16 and 23,2011 Affidavit County School District, in M orrow County, Oregon was received on February 11,2011. The ballot title caption is: Morrow County School District Elimination of Certain School Committees. Pursuant to O R S 2 5 0 .0 3 5 , 2 5 5 .0 8 5 and 255.155. Any elector dissatisfied with the ballot title filed with the Morrow County Clerk may file a petition for review o f the ballot title with the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County no later than 5 p.m., February 22, 2011 . Bobbi Childers Morrow County Clerk Published: February 16, 2011 Affidavit SCH O O L D IS T R IC T -Continued from Page ONE 2011 p r o je c t^ ed re s o lu tio n s e rv ic e s based on budget ex p en d itu re s are as fo llo w s: $3,004,427-program s for children with special needs; $ 1 ,0 9 3 ,1 5 0 -te c h n o lo g y support; $714,312-school im p ro v e m e n t s e rv ic e s ; $449,664-administra- tive services for a total of $5,261,533, resulting in the $223,260 loss. U B E S D ’s 2 010- 2011 f u n d s i n c l u d e : $383,422 from local prop erty taxes and $1,750,038 from state school support for a total o f $2,133,460 with 90 percent dedicated to resolution services for a total o f $1,920,114 in total resolution services funding. U B E S D ’s 2 010- 2011 projected resolution services based on budget ex penditures are as fo l lows: $884,653-programs for children with special n e e d s; $ 2 0 ,1 0 0 -sc h o o l i m p r o v e m e n t s e rv ic e s ; $ 13,000-administrative ser vices; $232,860-allocation o f U B ESD PERS bond; $ 5 3 7 ,0 7 7 -flo w t hr ough to districts for a total o f $ 1,687,690 in total resolu tion services expenditures, with $232,424 in. unspent resolution funds. # The ESD also of fers com m unication ser vices including public re lations, marketing, media relations, community rela tions, graphic design, web site design and other ser vices. In addition they offer c o o p erativ e p u rchasing, technology services and printing services. Printing services are available not only for school districts, but for other entities, such as cities and counties. Ac cording to local service plan information, the print ing department offers print services to UMESD com ponent d istric ts w ithout a labor charge. D istricts outside the UMESD service umbrella, public entities and non-profit agencies do incur a labor charge for printing services. The printing fund ended with a $4,459 loss, with $96,350 for in-district revenue, $67,973 for out- of-district revenue, a begin ning fund o f $14,718 and $183,500 in expenditures. The com m unica tions fund ended the 2009- 10 year with a $4,791 bal ance for 2009-10. Coopera tive purchasing had a be ginning fund o f $142,182, re c e iv e d $ 2 ,0 3 1 ,6 7 2 in Local Education Authority revenue, $706,286 in other revenue and had $2,707,770 in expenditures for an end ing fond balance o f $172, 370. The t e c h n o l o gy fund had a beginning fund o f $10 4 ,8 8 1 , with $1,425,182 in LEA rev PUBLIC NOTICE enue, $1,759,616 in other Notice o f Receipt of Ballot re v e n u e , $ 3 ,6 7 3 ,1 2 6 in expenditures, and a transfer Title Notice is hereby given that of $540,000 for an ending a ballot title for a measure fond o f $156,481. In other business. referred by the M orrow I the board: -heard a report from Burrows on the “doom and g lo o m ” outlook for school funding, with a pro jected $5.56 billion in the governor’s budget for the 2011-12 year, down from $5.7 billion last year. Ac cording to a graph Burrows released which showed the education funding decline, in the 2003-05 biennium, education comprised 58.7 percent o f the state budget with 44.8 percent going to the kindergarten through grade 12 state school fond. For 2005-07, total education received 55.8 percent o f the budget with 42.7 percent going to K.-12; for 2007- 09, ed u catio n was 54.7 percent o f the state budget with 41.5 percent for K -12; and in 2009-11, education received 50.8 percent of the state budget with 38.8 per cent going to K-12. He also released a graph indicating that O regon’s per student spending on education has declined.from 15lh in the nation in 1997-98 to 29th in the nation in 2007-08. Ac cording to Burrows, Oregon spent only 92.9 percent o f the national average on K -12 education in 2007-08, compared to 103.7 percent o f the national average in 1997-98. -heard a presenta tion from Wi ndy Ri ver Elementary School teach ers on effective grading practices. -approved an up date o f annual organiza tional details for the new business m anager, Andy Fletcher: designation as custodian of funds, set fidel ity bond at $75,000, desig nated facsimile signatures on checks and designation to apply for and sign on grants and contracts. -approved the first reading o f policies on em ployee attendance and un authorized leave. - a c c e p te d the 2009-10 audit conducted by the Oster Professional Group, CPAs, John Day and Bums. Burrows said that the district received a “good audit”, but the audit included three comm ents about the district’s financial practices. The auditor rec ommended that the district have a certified public ac countant to provide finan cial statem ents. Burrows said that since the district has hired Andy Fletcher as its business manager this issue will be resolved as he is a CPA. “I think he will be a really big asset," Burrows said. To resolve the second comment. Burrows said that the district has budgeted $10,000 to hire an actuary as recommended to provide an analysis o f the district’s retirement funds. The third comment dealt with segre gation o f duties, however, Burrows said that the dis trict cannot hire additional personnel to comply with this recommendation. -named the licensed negotiations board team as follow s: Pat Mc Na me e , C raig M iles and Barney Lindsay, with Bill Kuhn as an alternate. It is not yet certain, however, if Miles will file for another term. -received the fol lowing attendance report: A.C. H oughton E lem en tary, Irrigon-250; Heppner Elem entary-184; Heppner High School-211; Irrigon E lem entary-220; Irrigon High School-314; River side High School, Board- man-400; Sam Boardman E lem entary-288; Windy River Elementary-223; to tal-2179. -approved the fol l owi ng empl oyme nt ac tion: resignation o f Naomi Matheson, half time Irrigon Elementary education assis tant; employment of Linda Pedro as Irrigon Junior/Se- nior High School, replacing Amy Tolar; employment of Andy Fletcher as business manager, replacing Rhonda Lorenz; extra duty contracts for Bryan Snyder, Irrigon Junior High head wrestling coach, Gerald Turner, Riv erside High School drama advisor, and Kristen Ander son, RHS assistant softball coach. -heard the follow ing announcements: Mon day, Feb. 2 1-P resident’s D ay h ol i da y; Monda y, March 14, 7 p.m.-regular meeting, A.C. Houghton El ementary School, Irrigon. Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? Email to editor@rapidserve.net INVITATION TO BID FOR MOftROW COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS 23 Portable toilet self contained free standing units Sealed bids for twenty three (23) portable restroom units (Porta Potty's) will be received by Morrow County, Public Works Office, P.O. Box 428, 365 West Highway 74, Lexington, Oregon, 97839. Until the bid closing time of 4:00 p.m., on the 22rd day of February 2011. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the bid opening time of 9:30 a.m. On the 23rd. day of February 2011. At the Morrow County Court house, 100 Court St., Heppner, OR. Morrow County Public Works requires the units to be serviced on a mid week schedule on a weekly basis. Units are located at various locations in Morrow County, locations and numbers of units are as follows. •1 Unit South end transfer station 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR 97830 •1 ADA Unit North end transfer station 69900 Frontage Ln, Boardman, OR. 97818 •2 Units Cutsforth Park 58430 Willow Cr. Rd„ Heppner, OR. 97836 •1 Unit Ansonwright Park 47500 Hwy 207-Spray, Heppner, OR. 97836 •16 Units OHV Park 71000 FS Rd. 21, Heppner, OR. 97836 3 of 13 units at remote locations Harrington Creek, Day use (Grant Co. Portion) and Rock Pit (lake). •1 ADA Unit OHV Park 71000 FS Rd. 21, Heppner, OR. 97836 •1 Portable wheeled Unit Various road project locations Bids shall be bid by monthly basis. Morrow County reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to postpone the award of bids for thirty (30) days from the date of opening. The County will award the yearly contract with in twenty (20) calendar days of the bid opening at that time units will need to be readily available and in place. Morrow County does not discriminate on the basis of age, religion, race national origin, sex or handicapped status in hiring or the provision of services. For additional information and concerns please contact Morrow County Public Works (541) 989-9500. 2 -2 -3 C 4
