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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June22,2011 -FIV E County Court news The Morrow Coun ty Court met on June 1 in Heppner with Judge Tail- man and C om m issioners G rieb and Rea in a tte n dance. The court reviewed and approved the account payables in the net amount o f $39,510.58. The court re viewed and approved a pur chasing pre-authorization for the Public Health Dept, in the amount o f $729.58 to purchase an Epson Pow- erL ite 1750 M ultim edia Projector for PowerPoint presentations. R o ad R e p o rt: Road Master Burke O ’Brien provided the court with an update on the Chip Seal Project occurring on Wil low Creek Road. O ’Brien reported that on Monday May 23 the project started w ith 3.3 m iles (in both Pubic Hearing: despite bad w eather ev eryone seem ed to enjoy th em selv es. T here w ere approximately 70 individu als at Cutsforth Park, 100 at Anson Wright Park and 230 at the OHV Park. end use. The crew com pleted moving the crusher units from the W ilkerson Rock Pit to the Halverson Pit. The only equipm ent rem ain in g at W ilkerson Pit is a loader and D8. The crew also worked on a slide on Upper Rhea Creek Road. Tuesday May 31 the crew again w orked on Willow Creek Road and completed 4.5 miles (in both lanes) us ing 154.88 tons of oil. The plans are for W ednesday June 1 to do another 4.4 miles; if this happens there will only be two miles to finish on Thursday (weather permitting). The crew will then chip seal a driveway that a local farmer is paying to have done. That will end the chip seal season. Parks: The Parks were all well attended on M emorial Day Weekend; lanes) having been com pleted using 116.16 tons of oil at a cost o f $622.50 per ton including freight. The crew also used 274 tons of rock per mile at a cost o f $ 12 per ton. With oil, rock, equipment and manpower, the cost to chip seal is ap proxim ately $30,105 per mile. Tuesday May 24 the crew put down 4.4 miles (in both lanes) using 154.8 tons of oil. Wednesday May 25 2.7 miles was put down (in both lanes) using 95.04 tons o f oil. The crew was rained out in the afternoon. On Thursday May 26 the crew w orked on several other projects. Rem oved debris from both east and w est B aseline Road and swept it. Sand Hollow Road was swept. Removed some d rifts from the P enland Lake Road to allow week The court opened and due to an advertising error contin ued the hearing for the lone Library District Formation. The next hearing date is set for 10 a.m. June 22,2011 at the Heppner Court House. Fairgrounds: Local Public Safe W eather p e rm ittin g the fairgrounds roof should be ty Coordinating Coun cil: (L PSC C ) The court finished by June 6, 2011. C o u r t H o u s e : review ed and signed an General M aintenance Su amendment to the bylaws pervisor Tony Clement will for LPSCC. The changes be checking into and repair were in the areas o f mem ing the water issue on the bership, term s o f office comer o f the building and and quorum . The policy will put a security screen on o f no v o tin g by tem p o the computer room window rary proxy was continued. in the basement. There is Com m ission on Children also som e concern as to and Families director Kim paint beginning to peal on Camine informed the court the roof dormer. It has been that LPSCC has received a several years since the trim grant from the Ford Family around the ro o f has been Foundation in the amount painted, so those needs will o f $4,400 to be used for the backpack program. The be addressed. US SCHWAB S U M M E R TRAVEL PASSENGER CAR TIRES IIGHT TRUCK 8 SUV TIRES GREAT BUY! Ä _ i f T L 1 b e smart _ ... _ D T ID Q i l l M M N IINS - A l l C H IC K S -IIIA IIB N S 1 ^ M M I A / A l l • H A I Bf PANI W / y o u r S U M N ^ I O C I . 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The court approved the fol lowing members: Morrow Co. Judge Terry Tallman, Morrow Co. District Attor ney Justin Nelson, Morrow Co. Commissioner on Chil dren and Families Director Kim Camine, Morrow Co. Juvenile D epartm ent Di rector Tom Meier, Morrow Co. Sheriff Ken Matlack, Morrow Co. Public Health D irec to r S heree Sm ith, Um atilla-M orrow Circuit Court Judge the Honorable Eva Temple, Umatilla-Mor row Counties Trial Court Administrator Roy Blaine, Dept, o f Human Services C hild W elfare Program Supervisor Jyl Hobbs, Hep pner City Manager David DeMayo, M ayor o f Hep pner Les Paustian, Mayor o f the City o f Lexington Jean Brazell, Community Counseling Solutions Di rector Kim berly Lindsay and Court Operations Su pervisor Jackie Geier. C ontracts: T he C ourt review ed and ap proved the correction to the agreement between the county and Finley-Buttes Landfill Company regard ing the current adjusted rate per ton being $1.958; the rate will increase to $2.007 in November 2011. Community De velopment Block Grant (CDBG): At the c o u rt’s request GEODC executive director M elissa Drugge, GEODC economic devel opm ent specialist K aren Kendall and consultant for GEODC David VanDerlip a n sw ered q u e stio n s the court had regarding the applications and aw ards for the CDBG housing re habilitation program grant. K endall stated that they have already received 24 responses to the m aster mailing that went out ear lier. The court approved this process and requested a public notice be sent to the local newspapers and scheduled a public hear ing for 10 a.m. on June 15, 2011 at the Port o f M or row. A copy of the minutes from the June 15 meeting will need to be signed at the co u rt’s m eeting held June 22 and forwarded to GEODC so they are able to have a completed appli cation to submit before the end of June. The court conduct ed the following business: City o f Irrigon M anager Jerry Breazeale addressed the court regarding M or row County exercising it’s authority to take h a lf o f the county road funds that have historically gone to the five communities based on their assessed value, using these funds to balance the budget. The court explained that this action w as the result o f changes to state laws and county budget sh o rtfalls and inform ed Breazeale that next year the county would be retaining the entire am ount o f the county road funding. The court reviewed, approved and signed an order allow ing the M orrow C ounty treasurer to invest funds o f the county. The court reviewed and approved a request from the City o f lone to spend needs and issues money for items not designated in the original award. Reviewed misc. cor respondences and discussed upcoming meetings. If you would like to receive county minutes, please contact Karen Wolff at (541)676-5620.
