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FIVE- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 14, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MORROW PROBATE DEPARTMENT In the matter of the Estate of RICHARD KEITH SK- OUBO, Deceased. CASE No: 22PB10146 NOTICE TO INTEREST- ED PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under- signed individual has been appointed personal rep- resentative of the estate of Richard Keith Skoubo, deceased. All personals having claims against the estate are required to pres- ent them, with vouchers at- tached, to the undersigned personal representative in care of the law office of Bendixsen Law, P.C., at- torneys for the personal representative at 245 E. Main St. Suite E, Herm- iston, OR 97838, within 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 pro- ceedings may obtain addi- tional information from the record of the court, the per- sonal representative, or the attorneys for the personal representative. Dates and first published on November 30, 2022. (s) Ella Skoubo Personal Representative c/o Cameron Bendixsen, Attorney for Personal Rep- resentative Bendixsen Law, P.C. 245 E. Main St. Suite E Hermiston, OR 97838 Tele: 541-567-5564 Published: November 30, December 7, 14, 2022 affid SWCD Annual Meeting The Morrow SWCD will hold the annual meeting for fiscal year 2021-2022 on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 beginning at 6:30 PM at the Ag Service Cen- ter in Heppner to report activities and give a finan- cial review for the year. To join via Zoom or confer- ence call, please contact the SWCD beforehand at 541-676-5452. Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the public. published: December 14, 21, 218, 2022 FENCING Fencing Lancaster Fencing LLC is looking to gain some local clientele. 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The Gar Swanson Rd agreement was finalized in 2020, and this is the first year of its exemption. Gorman said all three of these agreements have a payment schedule of $1 million per building or data center located at that site, with a minimum pay- ment of $2 million per year. There is also an additional payment calculation of $25 million times the property tax rate for that area in that year. The $25 million is indexed 3 percent per year, similar to the Community Service Fee related to the SIP Program. Morrow County Com- missioner Don Russell asked for clarification on whether there are additional payments for smaller build- ings at the site. Gorman said there are, and added that, at the Lewis and Clark II site, there is a smaller building pays $60,000 per Amazon’s agreement. “They’re miniscule in size to their normal build- ings, physically,” he said. “As far as what’s inside, I don’t know.” Gorman also said that standard enterprise zone exemptions of three to five years tend to have a larger exemption percentage than long term rural enterprise zone exemptions and that analyzing a particular com- pany’s percent of exemp- tion on a given year can be misleading due to each in- dividual payment structure. The percent of exemption will change from year to year, he said, and a full analysis should performed at the end of the exemption period to get the best picture of the total exemptions. “Not all the informa- tion is apples to apples,” he added. In general property taxes, Gorman said the combined total tax rate for properties inside the Board- man city limits is lower this year because the city levied a much lower bond amount, while the outer Boardman and Irrigon areas are a few cents lower than last year. Within the Heppner city limits, the tax rate decreased a little, he said, but market values increased a whopping 30 percent, resulting in many proper- ties having compression reduced due to the City of Heppner’s high tax rate. “Sale prices have just been increasing exorbi- tantly here in the south end of the county, mostly due to there’s no inventory, so if a decent house comes up for sale, it’s almost a bidding war to get to it,” Gorman told the commis- sioners. “Some properties saw significant tax increas- es even though nothing had changed on the property.” He said he is not aware of any appeals as yet, but that his office is working with at least one property owner to justify the increase and why the value on his property is what it should be. Gorman added that he didn’t want to pick on the local government, especial- ly the current government, which isn’t responsible for it, but Heppner’s tax rate is above the Measure 5 limit of $10 for local govern- ment. Meanwhile, properties within the Ione School District boundary have an increased tax rate of about $.42 due to an appeal by Pacific Gas Transmission, which is a major contributor of value for the school dis- trict. The tax rates for rural South Morrow are a few cents lower than last year. Gorman ended his pre- sentation by pointing out that the increase in Real Market Value (RMV) is mostly from new indus- trial and utility value and that the reason the taxable value increase (AV) is not proportional to RMV is because a number of the new industrial and utility properties have received a property tax exemption, ei- ther through the Enterprise Zone Program or the Stra- tegic Investment Program. Several food processing plants, ethanol producing plants and data centers have contributed to the industrial growth, with four major wind production projects and a large scale gas-fired power plant contributing to the utility component of value. Gorman added that there has been substantial residential and commercial value growth throughout the north end of the county, but not to the extent of the industrial and utility value growth. Gorman said he expects values to continue to in- crease due to new residen- tial, commercial and indus- trial development as well as expiring exemptions. “Even though inter- est rates have gone up, there are still people who need houses. And they’re still building houses and they’re still selling houses and people are still buying houses,” he said. “There’s still a large number of land development going on, with partition plats and subdivi- sion plats—a hundred-lot subdivision in Boardman. A hundred lots. That’s huge.” Morrow County Board of Commissioner Chair Jim Doherty addressed rising property values and pointed out that Morrow County was at one time in his tenure both third highest average income in the state and third highest in poverty level. “You talk about the home values going up, and we have that struggle,” he said, adding that the RMV had almost doubled during his time on the commission. “We also lead the state by a factor of 10x in trailer homes. “So, we still have that gap in the middle, right?” he added. “It’s tough to move into that middle hous- ing, and I don’t know how we get there, but we gotta make sure, as we celebrate our successes, that every- body comes along.” “Part of the problem in the south end of the county is available inven- tory, or lack thereof. There isn’t any,” Gorman replied, pointing out that the lack of housing often means a bid- ding war when something decent does come on the market. “And I’m not just picking Heppner. Ione and Lexington are facing the same issues, and all three communities are facing wastewater issues. Maybe with some of these enter- prise zone monies and SIP monies, we can help that, which would in turn help that middle range of people to be able to afford to have a home.” Doherty pointed out that there were also “waste- water issues” in north coun- ty. Gorman said he had received several phone calls from people around Board- man who had nitrate issues with their water and wanted to know why their property value had gone up. He said that market value is based on sales, and sales have not indicated that they are af- fected by the nitrate issues. “If you know some- thing I don’t, if you have some information and think it is affecting the market, come talk to me.” In other business, the board appoint Morrow County Planner Tamra Mabbott as an alternate to the Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) com- mittee. Morrow County Commission Vice Chair Melissa Lindsay recapped the history of the voting body for the LUBGWMA and said said she brought it up because there potentially was a meeting scheduled before swear-in of the com- missioners elect, “It being a little unknown what the governance will look like,” she added. She said she was fine with appointing a tempo- rary alternate and allowing the new commission to give a permanent assignment, but she thought it was im- portant to “at least get it in place should there be a meeting.” She recommend- ed Mabbott because she was already heavily involved in LUBGWMA and had been attending meetings and assisting Morrow and Uma- tilla county commissioners. “I’m happy to serve in an interim capacity, just to keep a Morrow County seat at the table, and further, if that’s what the new board chooses. 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