Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 15, 2022 -- SEVEN
Council hears from
‘concerned citizens’
of Chase St.
PUBLIC NOTICE
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T o t a l R e q u i r e m e n t s
Total FTE
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25,580
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76,333
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1,812,887
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96,603
1.0
631,049
3.0
2,437,303
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5,496
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1,341,805
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2,956,382
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25,687,434
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1 2 3 . 0
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89,351
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101,885
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1,672,351
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546,036
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942,006
3.0
2,450,694
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87,500
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101,885
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1,661,000
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1,054,777
1.0
840,100
5.0
3,503,500
23,760
19,000
2,073,720
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141,619
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13,254,518
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7,241,387
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2,430,000
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154,850
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9,400,000
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11,186,548
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S T A T E M E N T O F C H A N G E S I N A C T I V I T I E S a n d S O U R C E S O F F I N A N C I N G *
For Fiscal Year 2022-23, management and staff will continue to monitor operations in response to current economic conditions. Costs are rising quickly due to inflation,
gas prices, supply shortages, and increases in personnel costs. Property taxes collections continue to increase due to growth in Morrow County.
Permanent Rate Levy
(rate limit 4.1347 per $1,000)
Local Option Levy
Levy For General Obligation Bonds
Residents of Chase wonder when work will be completed on
their sidewalks and other areas of the street
By David Sykes
The Heppner City
Council Monday heard
from a group of concerned
citizens on Chase St. who
are not satisfied with the
work done during the recent
street renovations around
town.
Eight residents told the
council their sidewalks are
still gravel and work needs
to still be completed on
retaining walls and other
areas. They wanted to know
if and when the contractor
who did the work was com-
ing back.
As an example, Eric
Cayce and his wife Rosa
of 215 S Chase were at
the meeting, and although
their side of Chase did have
its sidewalks completed,
there was still work left to
be done leading up from
the street to his property.
He said there is a 20-inch
gap between the street and
the edge of his property,
making it a very steep gap
and drop of that needs to
be fixed. As with some of
the other property owners
on the street, Cayce said he
appreciated the work, effort
and money put in to make
the town look better, but
thinks that if the city paid
for the work to be done, then
the contractor should come
back and finish it. He said
he feels the contractor left
town with the homeowners
on that street “holding the
bag.” “And you don’t have
to be a civil engineer to
see it wasn’t done right,”
he added. “We are pleased
with the attempt; the work
is just unsatisfactory, “he
told the council.
Betty and Don Carter
of 160 S Chase were at
the meeting and said the
contractor did not finish the
sidewalks which are still
gravel, and when it rains,
water now pours into their
yard. Don said he had to
raise the gate by 4 inches
since construction to get it
open and shut. Betty says
with the gravel out in front
of their house, now she
has to constantly go out
and pull weeds where she
didn’t use to. “When is the
job going to be finished
or do we have to live with
what we got?” they wanted
to know. “When is it going
to be done? One year? Two
years?”
Doug and Kelly Hol-
land live at 240 S Chase,
and they also said there was
work not done correctly in
front of their house, includ-
ing the water meter box not
being put in professionally.
Kelly said she went out to
the street during construc-
tion to talk to the contractor
and ask questions about
the substandard work, but
“never got an answer.”
Mike Hann, who lives
at 265 S Chase, said the
contractor left behind prob-
lems with his retaining wall
and that there was also
“substandard” work done.
Cayce reiterated he
appreciated the work be-
ing done to make the city
look better, but felt what
people on the street were
asking for was just to have
the job done right. “We
aren’t asking for anything
we shouldn’t have,” he
said, reiterating what all
the residents said, that the
contractor needs to be held
accountable.
Councilmember Corey
Sweeney, who was filling
in for absent Mayor Jim
Kindle told the citizens the
city would have to look
into the situation, includ-
ing reviewing the city’s
specifications and contract
with the road construction
company to see if they are
out of compliance. The
property owners were not
given a timeline when the
work might be done but
were told the contractor
is coming back to town in
July to work on Jones and
another street in Heppner.
Water and sewer rates
going up
In other business the
council approved an in-
crease in sewer and water
fees. Effective July 1 base
sewer fees will go up $2.99
per month from $39.84
to $42.83. Water will go
up $1.93 from $25.78 to
$27.71. There will also be
automatic increases over
the next five years based on
the Consumer Price Index,
or CPI which measures
inflation.
LONG TERM DEBT
P R O P E R T Y T A X L E V I E S
Rate or Amount Imposed
4.13470
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S T A TE M E N T O F I ND E B TE D N E S S
Estimated Debt Outstanding
on July 1.
General Obligation Bonds
Other Bonds
Other Borrowings - Capital Leases
Other Borrowings - Construction Loan
T o t a l
150-504-073-2 (Rev. 11-11)
Rate or Amount Imposed
4.13470
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Rate or Amount Approved
4.13470
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Estimated Debt Authorized, But
Not Incurred on July 1
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6,860,000
236,001
354,180
7,450,181
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Published June 15, 2022 Affidavit
School district receives $2 million gift
The Morrow County
School District, at their
Monday night meeting in
Irrigon, announced that the
district has received over $2
million as a gift from Am-
azon. The $2,545,582.79
gift, donated to the district
through the Morrow Ed-
ucation Foundation, was
especially good news, since
voters rejected the dis-
trict’s bid to remodel all the
schools in the district.
Outgoing long-time su-
perintendent and educator
Dirk Dirksen, commented
on what he termed “a fan-
tastic year.” Dirksen has
worked for the district for
41 years as a teacher, coach,
assistant principal, prin-
cipal and superintendent.
(See related story in this
week’s Gazette.)
Also at the meeting,
the MCSD Board approved
anticipated revenues of
$29,040,748 for the 2021-
22 year with $28,715,639
in anticipated expenditures,
with $325,109 over ex-
penditures, a $4,508,248
beginning fund balance
and a $4,833,357 projected
ending fund balance.
In other business, the
board:
-approved changes
to the 2022-23 licensed
(teaching) salary schedule
with a seven percent cost-
of-living increase, rang-
ing from Bachelor of Arts/
sciences with zero credits
($273 per day)- $47,798
to Master of Arts/sciences
plus 45 credits- ($491 per
day)-$85,857.
-approved changes in
longevity pay to the fol-
lowing: beginning of 10 th
year-14 th year-$333; 15 th
- 19 th -$531; 20 th year-24 th
year-$731; 25 th year-29 th
year-$929; 30 th year & each
year thereafter-$1,131.
-approved changes to
the extra duty pay sched-
ule from step zero, A to F,
starting at $4,506, to step
four, A-F, ending at $2,056
Father’s Day Specials
10% off Georgia Boots
10% off
Jeans
20% off
Shirts
- Nursery Sale -
20% off all Weeks Roses
Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed
Heppner - 242 W Linden Way - 541-676-9422
(SPED coordinator, Talent-
ed and Gifted coordinator,
music/band, DART Ell site
coordinator, plus Outdoor
Education Advisors-$375/
year; ELL/ESOL endorse-
ment-$1,605 over a three-
year period; Spanish speak-
er-$1,605 over a three-year
period.
-approved changes to
the 2022-23 coaches’ sala-
ries as follows (depending
on steps zero through four
and position): high school
athletic director: $4,770 to
$5,782; high school head
coaches-$4,483 to $5,636;
high school JV coach-
es-$3,469-$4,047; high
school third assistant or
“C-team”-$2,312-$2,890;
junior high athletic direc-
tor-$2,312-$2,890; junior
high head coach-$1,581 to
$2,345; junior high assis-
tant coach-$1,192-$1,669.
In addition to an “excessive
mileage stipend” from $100
to $800.
-accepted and appro-
priated the following unan-
ticipated revenues: Irrigon
Elementary-$120.65 Com-
munity Impact Fund, ASB,
from Lamb Weston-Benev-
ity; IJSHS-$1,750 from the
Boardman Kiwanis Club;
RJSHS-$1,750 from the
Boardman Kiwanis Club;
MCSO-$2,545,582.79 from
Amazon.
-approved a revised
MCSD 2022-23 school
calendar with the first day
of school for teachers Mon-
day, August 22 with a dis-
trict wide in-service day;
the first day of school for
students Monday, August
29; no school on Friday,
September 2- Monday, Sep-
tember 5 for the Labor
Day holiday; no school on
Fridays, Sept. 16, Sept. 30,
October 21, November 11
for Veteran’s Day holiday;
Thursday and Friday Nov.
24-25 Thanksgiving; Friday
December 9, 16; Monday
Dec. 19-30, winter break.
-received the follow-
ing enrollment figures for
June: A.C. Houghton Ele-
mentary, Irrigon-216; Sam
Boardman Elementary,
Boardman-346; Heppner
Elementary-185; Irrigon
Elementary-192; Windy
River Elementary, Board-
man-250; Heppner Jr./Sr.
High School-160; Irrigon
Jr./Sr. High School-365;
Riverside Jr./Sr. High
School, Boardman-484;
Morrow Education Center,
Irrigon-77; Total-2,275.
-received the following
report of enrollment by
community: Boardman,
plus 35, from 1,045 in June
2021 to 1,080 in June 2022;
Heppner, plus 34, from 311
in June 2021 to 345 in June
2022; Irrigon, minus 11,
from 784 to 773; Morrow
Ed. Center, minus 58, from
135 to 77; district totals,
steady over two years at
2,275.
-approved the list of
fall coaches recommend-
ed to rehire for 2022-23:
(Heppner Jr./Sr. High listed
only) Greg Grant-athlet-
ic director, head football;
Aymee Wilson-1/2 time
head cheerleading coach,
fall HJSHS; Les Payne,
assistant football coach;
Robert Wilson, assistant
high school football; Mindy
Wilson, head high school
volleyball; Russ Nichols,
head high school cross
country; Antonia Nichols,
assistant high school cross
country; Chad Doherty, ju-
nior high head football; Joe
Armato, junior high assis-
tant football; Petra Payne,
junior high head volleyball;
Darcee Mitchell, junior
high assistant volleyball.
-approved the follow-
ing employment action for
June: Resignations-Jason
Dunten, IJSHS high school
boys’ wrestling coach;
Crystal Kirk, RJSHS social
studies teacher; Dan Locey,
IJSHS junior high assistant
football coach; Jordan Mit-
telsdorf, RJSHS head high
school softball coach; Edith
Velasco, WRE/RJSHS
fourth grade teacher and
junior high assistant track
and junior high assistant
volleyball coach; Sarah
Wagoner, Irrigon Elementa-
ry behavior tech, and Stacey
Wainwright, Title I teacher.
-approved the follow-
ing employment, promo-
tions and transfers: Jason
Dunten, IJSHS vice prin-
cipal; July Hamilton, SBE
K-3 Title 1 teacher; Jolene
O’Neal, RJSHS Language
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Arts teacher; Daniel Puer-
ta, RJSHS social studies
teacher; Eddy Ramos Bau-
tista, RJSHS humanities
teacher; Charly Sturgeon,
MEC K-5 online/hybrid
teacher; Megan Wilson,
RN, MCSD nurse; Mark
Wyant-IJSHS health and
physical ed teacher.
-approved the follow-
ing extra duty contracts:
Judit Casteneda, RJSHS
high school assistant cheer
coach; Myka Davis, IJSHS
junior high head volley-
ball coach; Dan Locey,
IJSHS high school assistant
volleyball coach; Darcee
Mitchell, HJSHS junior
high assistant volleyball
coach; Nathaniel Verley,
IJSHS high school assis-
tant football coach; and
Edith Velasco, IJSHS high
school assistant girls’ soc-
cer coach.\
-approved the follow-
ing organizational details
for the district: Matt Combe,
superintendent/clerk, custo-
dian of funds, facsimile
signatures-checks, budget
officer, designate facsimile
signatures-checks; Marie
Shimer, director of edu-
cational services; Gabriel
Hansen, deputy clerk/busi-
ness manager, custodian
of funds, designate fac-
simile signatures-checks;
Erin Stocker, human re-
sources executive director;
Barbara Phillips, human
resources assistant/exec-
utive secretary; Heppner
Gazette-Times and East
Oregonian-newspapers of
record; OSBA/PACE-dis-
trict legal counsel; Nancy
Snider, Wheatland Insur-
ance-insurance agent of
record; depositories for dis-
trict funds-State Investment
Pool, Bank of Eastern Or-
egon, Banner Bank, Wells
Fargo, U.S. National Bank,
Bank of New York; auditors
for 2022-23-Dickey and
Tremper, Pendleton.
-authorized the Mor-
row County Treasurer to
invest district funds.
-approved a resolution
for a committed fund bal-
ance.
-approved the follow-
ing board calendar: July
2022-no meeting; August
8 work session and board
meeting-Morrow Education
Center, Irrigon; September
12-Heppner Elementary;
October 10-RJSHS; No-
vember 14-Irrigon Elemen-
tary; December 12-SBE;
January 9-work session
and board meeting, North
District Office, MEC; Feb.
13-HJSHS; March 13-
ACH; April 10-WRE; May
9, Tuesday-IJSHS; June
121-South District Office,
HES.