HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June22,2011
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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.
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court then approved a pro
fessional services agree
ment with Tara Proudfoot
to assist with the acquisi
tion o f backpacks for the
program . The agreem ent
begins on June 6, 2011 and
term inates on August 15,
2011 at a rate o f $21.60 per
hour. Camine then present
ed the court potential names
for appointment to LPSCC.
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.