THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Mayor Kindle holds first meeting
Dave Gunderson joins the council
By David Sykes
New Heppner mayor
Jim Kindle held his first
council meeting Monday
night, and Dave Gunder-
son was sworn in as a new
councilmember. Incum-
bents Dale Bates and Adam
Doherty also took their oath
of office to serve another
term on the council. Gun-
derson takes the place of
Joanne Burleson who chose
not run for another term.
Burleson and out-going
mayor Cody High were giv-
en awards in honor of their
service to the city.
Most of the city busi-
ness to come before the
council was ongoing issues
from previous meetings,
however, the city is now
without a manager as the
council fired Edie Ball last
Friday. (See related story
this issue). The council was
also informed the finance
officer had turned in her
two-week notice and would
be leaving. The council
will appoint an interim
manager and then start ad-
vertising for a permanent
replacement. The city has
already started advertising
for a new treasurer. It was
stressed that the treasurer
resignation and the city
manager firing were not
related.
The council heard re-
ports from several depart-
ments including Fire Chief
Rusty Estes who said his
department had the follow-
ing activity during 2018: 29
motor vehicle accidents, se-
cured the helicopter landing
52, wildland fires 19, five
structure fires, 14 ambu-
lance runs, one flood, eight
false alarms, two rescues,
two vehicle fires and one
haystack fire.
Public Works Director
Chad Doherty said the fol-
lowing work was done by
his department in the past
month:
Water Dept.
-Fix door at well #5.
-Fixed water leak on
South Court St.
-Fixed water leak on
Green St.
-Fixed water service
leak on Willow View Dr.
Sewer Dept.
-Cleaned contact basins
one time.
-Did four Septic dumps.
-Preformed routine
sewer cleaning on Rock
and Thompson Streets.
-Did emergency sewer
clean on N Main St.
-Installed new outside
lights at Wastewater Treat-
Outgoing Mayor Cody High (L) swears in new Mayor Jim
Kindle.
ment Plant.
-Did the outfall inspec-
tion report for DEQ. This
report is done every 5 years.
-Finished first draft of
Quality Assurance Labora-
tory manual for DEQ and
sent it in for editing.
Streets Dept.
-Serviced street sweep-
er. Repaired back engine,
had a bad solenoid.
-Changed light bulbs
on Lakeview Ct.
-Cleaned storm drain
line on Thompson St.
-Took down Christmas
wreaths and banners.
-Took down lights off
trees.
Parks Dept.
-Took down all Poplar
trees at Waterland Little
League field.
-Took out bleachers at
Waterland Little League
field per request of Corp of
Engineers.
-Took down all Christ-
mas lights from Heritage
Park.
The council also heard Council member John Bowles gives a special recognition award
to out-going council member Joanne Burleson.
from several citizens who
said they were having trou-
ble with barking dogs, and
neighbors property needing
clean up. It was reported
that several properties had
received citations for prop-
erty clean up.
In other business the
council approved a lease
agreement with Dicken-
son Chiropractic who rents
space from the city. The
rent is $450 per month and
Dickenson has been leasing
from the city since 2014.
Council President Corey Sweeney (L) gives out-going Mayor
Cody High an appreciation award for his service to the city
during High’s term as mayor.
Mayor Kindle (L) swears in re-elected council member Adam
Doherty.
Mayor Kindle (L) gives oath of office to council member Dale
Bates. Bates was re-elected to the council.
Boardman swears in new city
councilor members
Councilor Brenda Profitt, Councilor Roy Drago, Jr., Councilor
Brandon Hammond were sworn-in.
The City of Boardman
held a swearing-in ceremo-
ny during their city council
meeting Tuesday night.
Councilor Roy Drago, Jr.
was elected and Council-
ors Brandon Hammond
and Brenda Profitt were
re-elected to their seats in
the November election. All
three will serve a term end-
ing Dec. 31, 2022. Council-
or Hammond was elected to
serve as council president
for 2019.
The council also voted
to re-appoint Bill Ellis and
Sonja Neal to the bud-
get committee with terms
ending Dec. 31, 2021 and
appoint Delbert Turner to a
vacancy on the budget com-
mittee with a term ending
Dec. 31, 2019. Also re-ap-
pointed are Adam Cole
and Cynthia Navarro to the
planning commission with
terms ending Dec. 31, 2021.
The council appointed Mi-
chelle Seeley to a vacancy
on the planning commis-
sion with a term ending
Dec. 31, 2019.
In other city business,
councilors scheduled a
workshop session to discuss
a buildable lands inventory
project. They will meet in a
workshop session on Tues-
day, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m.
The council also heard from
local farmer Dan McCarty
requesting permission to
allow goose hunting on
his agricultural fields lo-
cated within city limits.
The council requested staff
prepare a report with more
information to be brought
before the council for a
decision.
The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the
Boardman City Council is
Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at
Boardman City Hall.
BEO wrestling invitational
scheduled
The Bank of Eastern
Oregon 2019 Invitational
Wrestling tournament will
be held Saturday, Feb. 2
at Heppner High School.
Competition will begin at
10 a.m. and the public is
invited to come and watch
the athletes compete. Tick-
ets can be purchased at the
door and concessions will
be available.
Mark Lemmon, Bank
of Eastern Oregon’s chief
financial officer and Hep-
pner High School wrestling
coach, has been instru-
mental in organizing the
bank’s sponsorship of the
event. “The bank’s man-
agement has been very
involved in establishing
this annual tournament and
looks forward to the 2019
competition. The first ten
years of the event were
outstanding and we intend
Community awards Chamber Chatter
scheduled
The Heppner Cham-
ber ’s annual Town and
Country Community
Awards event will be held
Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Mor-
row County Fairgrounds
beginning with a no-host
bar provided by Bucknum’s
at 6 p.m. A buffet dinner
and the awards will follow
starting at 6:30.
Alvin Liu of the Gate-
way Café will be catering
the event, serving prime
rib with au jus, creamy
garlic mashed potatoes,
green beans in garlic sauce,
garden fresh salad, a dinner
roll with butter, dessert and
a beverage.
At the event, commu-
nity members who have
been nominated will be
Thursday, Jan. 17 from
noon to 1 p.m., Heppner
Chamber’s Annual lun-
cheon at the Senior Cen-
ter dining room. Lunch
of French dip, salad and
dessert will be catered by
Heppner Fresh Market for
$10 per person. RSVPs are
required. A tour of the Gil-
liam-Bisbee building will
follow the meeting.
Thursday, Feb. 7, Hep-
pner Chamber’s Annual
Town and Country Com-
munity Awards event to be
held at the Morrow County
Kindle (L) gives oath of office to new council member Dave
Gunderson.
Fairgrounds beginning at
6 p.m. The theme for the
event will be “An Evening
With the Stars.”
Thursday, Feb. 28 from
noon to 1 p.m.. Willow
Creek Valley Economic
Development Group Host-
ed Annual Luncheon in the
Senior Center dining room.
There will be an update on
the projects that Willow
Creek Valley Economic
Development Group has
been working on along with
plans for the future. RSVP
is required.
recognized for Man of the
Year, Woman of the Year,
Business of the Year, Youth,
Citizen-Educator of the
Year and Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award.
Tickets are $25 per per-
son prior to the week of the
event and can be purchased
at Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Chamber office, Heppner
city office, Community
Bank and Murray’s Drug.
Tickets purchased later will
be $30 per person.
For additional informa-
tion, to reserve tickets or to
Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Ann Spicer, has
reserve seating for a group released the following Justice Court report:
of six or more, contact the
-JD Lehn, 19, Lexington was convicted of driving
Heppner Chamber at 541- uninsured, fine $265.
676-5536 or email heppner-
-Hope J Butler, 25, Hermiston was convicted of vio-
chamber@centurytel.net. lation of basic rule, 72/55 mph, fine $165.
Justice Court Report
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Carson Brosnan competes in the 2018 BEO Invitational
the BEO Invitational to be
a can’t-miss tournament
on every school’s future
schedule,” said Lemmon.
“We appreciate bank staff
and local citizens who vol-
unteer to help at the event
or sponsor amenities; their
help makes the tournament
run smoothly.”
For additional infor-
mation contact Greg Grant,
HHS Athletic Director,
at 541-676-9138 or Mark
Lemmon at 541-676-0224.
Skiers enjoy spring-
like weather
Pictured (L-R) back row: Sandra and Dan VanLiew, Brandon
Houck, Kristy Crowell, Dave Fowler and Bryce Fowler. (L-R)
front row: Bill Ewing, Hunter Houck and Luanne and Steve
Brownfield.
Ten skiers enjoyed sunny skies and warm, spring-like
temperatures on Saturday, Jan. 12 for the Arbuckle Nordic
Clubs second outing of the season.
The group parked at the junction of the 21 and 2107
roads and skied past Ditch Creek cabin and into Martin
Prairie.
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