EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 3, 2013
PU B LIC N O T IC E
PU B LIC N O T IC E
The City o f Heppner will
hold a public hearing July
8, to accept testim ony
re g a rd in g p a ssa g e o f
AN ORDINANCE
ALLOWING THE CITY
COUNCIL TO SET BY
RESOLUTION A FLAT
FEE FOR LATE CHARGES
ON DELIQUENT WATER
BILLS. The proposed
ordinance would change the
existing ordinance 8-1 -11 -E
that reads “A delinquent
account shall bear interest
at a rate which shall be set
by resolution o f the city
council and shall accrue
from the first day o f the
delinquency.” The new
ordinance will read “ A
delinquent account shall
be charged a flat fee at
a rate which shall be set
by resolution o f the city
council and shall occur
on the first day o f the
delinquency.” The hearing
will be held July 8, at 7:00
PM, at Heppner City Hall,
111 N. Main Street at the
regular scheduled City
Council meeting. Copies
of the proposed ordinance
are available for viewing
at Heppner City Hall, 111
N. Main Street, between
the hours of 9:00 AM and
5:00 PM, Monday through
Friday.
Kim Cutsforth
City Manager
Published: June 26 and July
3, 2013
Affidavit
NOTICE TO
INTERESTED PERSONS
In the Circuit Court of
the State of Oregon for
the County of Morrow
No. I3PR024
E state of: V irginia L.
Wilkinson,
Deceased
Notice is hereby given that
the person named below has
been appointed personal
representative of the estate.
All persons having claims
a g a in st the e sta te are
required to present them to
the personal representative
at: P.O. Box 2 18, Pendleton,
OR 97801 w ithin four
months after the date of first
publication of this notice, or
the claims may be barred.
All persons whose rights
may be affected by the
proceedings may obtain
additional information
from the records of the court,
the personal representative
or the attorney.
Dated and first published:
July 3, 2013
Pamela L. Wunderlich
Pers. Rep.
P.O. Box 787
Heppner, OR 97836
Timothy P. O ’Rourke
Corey Byler Rew Lorenzen
& Hojem, LLP
222 SE Dorion Ave
Pendleton, OR 97801
541-276-3331
Published: July 3, 10, 17,
2013
Affidavit
IONE SCHOOL GRANTS
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the eight they already have
for grades kindergarten
through five; and six for
new students not already
counted.
The district also re
ceived an additional $69,000
from ICABO to increase
safety at the school, reno
vate ductwork and provide
shop equipment, and either
extend the school day or
add sum m er school for
middle-school and high-
school students.
The follow ing p ro
grams were funded:
-$15,000 for the Safe
Schools Project List, which
includes changing locks
so teachers can lock their
room s from the inside;
installing cameras on en-
tryways, halls and outside
parking lots; improving the
sound in gyms, shop and the
kitchen/cafeteria; adding
a three-foot window filter,
so that those inside can see
out, but those outside can
not see in; a radio system
update, which is already
com pleted; providing a
relocation spot if needed
(arrangements have been
made with the Legion Hall);
providing “Knox Box” of
ficer access; and incident
command training.
-$ 3 5 ,0 0 0 to update
equipment and duct work,
in c lu d in g $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 for
a plasm a cutter, $5,000
for ductwork repair and
$15,000 for a table saw,
band saw, miter saw, addi
tional ductwork repair and
$5,000 for materials.
-$ 19,000 to extend the
day or add summer school
for m id dle-school and
high-school students. “This
would help us reach our
goal of having 100 percent
o f our seniors graduate,”
said Archer. “This year it
would be used on a very
selected basis. The next two
years it would be expanded.
Money would be used for
salaries and programs.”
“They were extremely
supportive,” added Archer.
“And we’re very grateful.”
Also at the meeting, the
board adopted a $4,068,697
budget for the 2013-14
school year.
Included in the budget
are the following: General
Fund: $1,446,703 for in
struction, $1,092,625 for
support services, $57,000
in transfers and a $327,346
ending fund balance; Special
Revenue Fund: $488,925
for instruction, $ 107,974 for
support services, $139,933
for enterprise and com
munity service for a total
of $736,832; Debt Service
Fund: $265,600; Capital
Projects Fund: $136,991 for
facilities acquisition; Hous
ing: $5,600; Total appro
p r i a t i o n s ^ ^ 1,351; Total
unappropriated and reserve
amounts-$327,346.
The general fund re
sources include $2,417,674
in resources not including
property taxes and $506,000
in property taxes.
The board also imposed
a tax rate of $4.0342 per
$1,000 assessed value for
the permanent tax rate and
$245,886 for debt service on
general obligation bonds.
This meeting marked
the last for lone School
Principal Jerry Archer, who
was honored at the meeting,
along with long-time aide
Vicki Wagenblast. The dis
trict’s newly-hired principal
was in attendance and will
assume leadership by the
next meeting.
In other business, the
board:
-approved allowing free
admission to the lone pool,
since pool opening has been
delayed due to repairs still
underway.
-agreed to a one percent
increase for the classified
employees’ salaries. “Since
the state is now projecting
a least a $6.55 billion K-12
budget for the next bien
nium” and “the district and
the association agree that if
the state K-12 budget comes
in at $6.55 billion or more”
each cell of the pay scale for
classified employees shall
be adjusted by one percent
for each of the 2012-13 and
2013-14 school years.
-received the following
financial update: the general
fund collected $234,781 for
one month of basic school
support, $4,935 in property
taxes, $2,849 in revenue in
lieu of taxes and $4,412 in
miscellaneous revenue; oth
er revenues include $37,900
from the Morrow County
Unified Recreation District,
$8,546 for the food pro
gram; $5,195 for the pool
program from memorial
contributions ($5,000 Wil
low Creek Park District).
-set the July board
meeting for July 30, with
a 4 p.m. work session and
postponed setting a date for
the August retreat.
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project
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- Contributed photo
Lions Club elects
officers
■ The project will create 2,100 construction-related jobs and 1,000
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Tuesday, July 9 * 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Hermiston
ot:o
Sign up to speak at the public hearing
Blue M ountain C om m unity C ollege, Room 134
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Visit www. morrow pacific, com /support
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The Heppner Lions Club recently elected its 2013 officers.
Pictured (L-R) are Andrew Johnson, Lion Tamer; Steve Rhea,
Secretary/Treasurer; Dan Van Liew, Vice President; Jim
Fichter, Tail Twister; and Dean Robinson, President. -Photo
by David Sykes
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Morrow Pacific will create jobs, support schools and pay millions in property taxes
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Morrow Pacific Project Fact:
T h t project n p n u n t i a total capital Investment of S242 million
In Oregon. At full capacity, It win pay more than $4 million In taxes
annually to Colum bia and M orrow Counties.
Source EC ONorthwm t Econom ic Im pact A n a lytic, M ay 2012
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