SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 4,2011
Morrow County Court news
The Morrow Coun­
ty Court met on April 6 in
Heppner with Judge Tail-
man and Commissioners
Ken Grieb and Leann Rea
in attendance.
The court reviewed
and approved the account
payables in the net total
amount of $70,445.57.
Also reviewed were payroll
payables, payroll monthlies
and Dike final payroll.
Giant Cane: Dave
Pranger, Weed Control Su­
pervisor provided the court
with pictures and a report
regarding the arrival of the
first root stock for Arundo
Donax (Giant Cane). The
root stock arrived on April
4 in totes, being hauled into
the area from California
in an enclosed van. Plant­
ing was started on a 32
acre circle of land farmed
by Frederickson Brothers.
There will also be planting
at Three Mile Farms under
a circle and at Greenwood
using drip irrigation. This
crop is being grown on a
test basis as a possible al­
ternative fuel source at the
PGE Boardman Coal Fire
Plant. Mr. Pranger stated
that he is still working on
the final details for the
“Control Bond” with PGE
regarding assurance of the
eradication of the cane if
the experiment is not suc­
cessful.
Budget Informa­
tion: Greg Sweek, assessor
provided the court with
information regarding ORS
368.710 Apportionment of
certain local option taxes;
compression. This explains
how local option tax im­
posed for road improve­
ment, repair or mainte­
nance must be apportioned.
Sweek stated that the coun­
ty does not have a “local
option tax” so the method
of determining apportion­
ment to the five local com­
munities is not obligated
to follow the formula that
has been used in the past
several years. This past
year (2010-2011) the cit­
ies received the following:
Boardman-$266,188.3 1,
H e p p n e r-$ 3 3 ,9 2 4 .2 3 ,
lone-$8,632 .7 8 , lrrig-
on-$26,069.98 and Lex­
ington -$6,080.98. The
amounts were determined
by the assessed values in
each city. There was dis­
cussion regarding how the
county might want to pro­
ceed with their budget plans
with this new knowledge.
The court will have further
discussions regarding how
the money is distributed to
the cities.
Road R eport:
Several employees from
the road dept, provided the
court a report regarding
the recent truck accident
on Ely Canyon Road that
resulted in a spill of diesel
and hydraulic oil. It was de­
cided that an environmental
recovery procedure will be
developed that will assist
the local rural fire depts.,
sheriff’s office and other
agencies regarding the pro­
tocol for handling such
incidents. Graders: The
graders are currently grad­
ing roads in the Brenner
Canyon Road, Hardman/
Hale Ridge Lane, Shobe
Canyon Road and Beach
Lane areas. The Sunflower
Flat Road is drying out and
firming up and will prob­
ably be gradable by next
week. Tupper Lane will
be opened up by the 7lh,
but it will still have weight
restriction until it firms up.
Lexington Grange Road
& Baseline Lane: The
work at the intersection has
been completed with the
paving to be done this sum­
mer. Bridge: The crew has
been working on the bridge
project on McNab Lane.
They have excavated out
each end of the bridge and
built new retaining walls
out of concrete blocks.
Currently they are work­
ing on the wing walls on
the west end of the bridge.
Willow Creek Road: Con­
ducted emergency repair
work when it was discov­
ered that a bank was wash­
ing away and the pavement
was in jeopardy. When the
emergency repairs are fin­
ished the crew'will to back
to the McNab Lane bridge
repair. Permits: On the
recommendation of Burke
O ’Brien, roadmaster, the
court approved the follow­
ing permits: An approach
permit # 166 onto Depot
Lane for Cleaver Land,
LLC and Permit # OIG with
Century Link for a buried
line along Fairview Road
near Cecil Road.
Sheriff’s Report:
Kenneth Matlack, sheriff
provided the following re­
port to the court: Assisted
the OSP with a two vehicle
accident near Mile Post
(MP) 177 east bound on
1-84. They conducted a wel­
fare check on a female that
had become separated from
her caregiver. Responded
to a report of a wrong w ay
driver on 1-84, with a stop
of the vehicle near the 165
MP and issued a citation
to a gentleman born in
1923. The dept, assisted the
Boardman Police that were
responding to a report of
gun shots fired in the area of
the Sandpiper Apartments.
The dept, responded to a
traffic hazard in the area
of Hwy. 207 and Bomb­
ing Range Road. The dept,
cited a driver with reckless
driving and criminal mis­
chief III for an incident at
Jordan Elevator. The sher­
iff discussed the need for
“transitional housing” for
individuals being released
into the area when there are
no family members to as­
sist with the transition. The
Parole and Probation Dept,
was supervising 92 offend­
ers at the end of March.
There was a crew of seven
that performed clean-up
work at the fairgrounds.
Juvenile Dept.
Quarterly Report: Tom
Meier, director, provided
the court with his quar­
terly update. The number
of offenders continues to
Open House
Gas Transmission Northwest LLC
You are invited to attend an open house to
learn more about the proposed Catty Lateral
Project in Morrow County. Gas Transmission
Northwest LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
TransCanada (a leading North American energy
infrastructure company) proposes to build a 20-
to 25-mile natural gas pipeline lateral to serve
an electric generating facility being proposed
by Portland General Electric.
The proposed pipeline lateral would extend from
GTN's existing mainline near lone northward
to the PGE plant site. The lateral as prpposed
would be capable of transporting approximately
200 million cubic feet a day (MMcf/d) of natural
gas to make electricity to serve PGE's 800,000
customers. The natural gas could come from
Canada and the U.S. Rockies.
GTN is committed to working
with those who live and work
along the potential pipeline
routes. This open house is an
opportunity for you to learn
more about the project, the
potential routes, schedule,
environmental fieldwork and
design and to gather your
feedback.
This "come-and-go" format of
the open house will allow you
to spend as little or as much
time as you like talking with
our project experts - one-on-
one or in small groups.
Questions?
Visit the project Web site
by going to
www.gastransmissionnw.com
and clicking on the Catty
Lateral Project Link. You can
also call, toll-free,
1.855.21CARTY (855.212.2789).
You can email us at
carty@transcanada.com.
We look forward to meeting
you at the open house.
Location
Port of Morrow
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
increase, with 12 new ad­
mits in the third quarter.
The 2009-2010 year saw a
total of 16 admissions and
the current 2010-2011 has a
total of 27 admissions with
three months to go before
the reporting period ends.
Planning Dept.
Update: Carla McLane,
planning director, provided
the court with an update of
planning actions. McLane
stated there will be a work
session on the Transporta­
tion Plan update April 27
following the regularly
scheduled planning com­
mission meeting at the Port
of Morrow. McLane provid­
ed an update on the status of
Senate Bill 195, which has
been referred to the House
Transportation and Eco­
nomic Development Com­
mittee. Senate Bill 195 will
ease some of the restriction
on the land that was zoned
for the Space Age Industrial
area west of Boardman.
McLane reported on the
EIS scoping status for the
Cascade Crossing power
line.
The court conduct­
ed the following business:
Signed the order in the
matter of over- turning the
planning commission’s de­
cision regarding the permit
to use rifles and handguns at
the Hermiston Rod and Gun
Club; Authorized the settle­
ment of $3,605 from the
insurance company and the
disposal of the 2005 Ford
that was wrecked during
one of the winter storms;
Authorized the disposal
First Fridays
ministry ends
for summer
Springer wins Methodist
Church raffle
Congratulations to Claudia Springer, who won the barbecue
raffle from the Heppner United Methodist Church kitchen
remodel project. -Contributedphoto
at the state surplus of the
1954 Cadillac ambulance.
The court authorized the
payment of $200.00 from
the court’s discretionary
fund for the fishing der­
by to be held at Cutsforth
Park on Saturday, May
21; Appointed the follow­
ing to a four-year term on
the Morrow County Parks
Committee: Betty Gray,
Sheryll Bates ( with John
Edmundson as an alter­
nate), Burke O’Brien, Bob
Naims, Sandi Putman, Tony
Clement, Kirsti Cason, Al­
len Anderson, Dean Rob­
inson, Don Stroeber, Todd
Buchholz, Lori Seitz, Tom
Wolff, Les Paustian, Dan
Brosnan, Karen Wolff, Ken
Grieb, Dave and Roberta
Jones, also appointed Jerry
Breazeale and Rudy Berg­
strom to two year terms;
Approved the request to join
the Oregon Public Property
Managers Association with
the annual dues of $50;
Approved and signed the
amendment to agreement
the Finley-Buttes Landfill
Company contract. The pri­
mary change to the contract
is for disposal of tonnage
in excess of 1,000,000 tons
per operational year;
V a r i o u s
correspondences
and
upcoming meeting notices
were
reviewed
and
discussed.
Anyone who would
like to be placed on the list
to receive county minutes,
please contact Karen Wolff
at (541)676-5620.
BPD arrests Boardman man
after confrontation
The Boardman Po­ Disorderly Conduct II and
lice Department arrested Menacing. Bozarth refused
51 -year-old Daniel Bozarth to exit the building and
The next session
of Boardman on April 27, threw a claw hammer at the
of First Fridays Friends
after a standoff of
officers through a
of Jesus, sponsored by the
nearly 12 hours.
window.
Shared Ministry of Hope
On A p ri)
D ep u ties
Lutheran and All Saints
26
around
7
,p.m.,
from
the
Morrow
Episcopal churches, will be
the BPD responded
County
Sheriff’s
held on May 6 at All Saints
to a call concern­ Daniel
Office arrived to
from 8 a.m. until noon. All
ing a mental subject Bozarth
assist the BPD in
children ages four through
walking down the
securing the scene.
12 are invited to a morning
road and yelling at
N
egotiators and
filled with Bible stories,
people while carrying a members of the Pendleton
crafts, games and music.
hammer or ax.
Crisis Response Unit also
A free lunch is
When
the
respond­
responded and used a drop
served, and there is no
ing
officer
arrived
to
the
phone to attempt to contact
cost to attend. Although
area
of
126
Columbia
Ave.
Bozarth. Bozarth would not
this will be the last session
NW, the subject approached communicate with the ne­
until September, newcom­
ers are always welcome. the officer in the roadway gotiator, who tried to com­
and yelled at him. When municate with the man until
May would be an especially
the officer got out of his car, approximately midnight.
good month to attend, so
the subject ran into p nearby At that time, they removed
parents and children can
residence.
the drop phone from the
see what it’s all about and
The subject was residence.
build First Fridays into their
identified as Daniel Bozarth
The BPD continued
fall plans.
of Boardman. Officers at­ to secure the scene and ap­
More information
tempted to contact Bozarth plied for a search warrant.
is available by calling the
Shared Ministry office at at his residence in order to Bozarth then exited the resi­
take him into custody for dence around 8:15 a.m. and
541-676-9970.
refused to obey an officer’s
verbal commands. Bozarth
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was taken into custody by
the
officers, who had to use
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tasers to subdue him.
Bozarth was trans­
ported
to the Umatilla
Thursday
County Jail, where he was
5 - 5-11
lodged on Disorderly Con­
duct II, Menacing, Attempt­
Beef Stroganoff with
ed Assault II and Interfering
Caesar and fruit salads,
with a Peace Officer.
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