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Heppner council
-Continued from PAGE ONE pet and for an increase in
for so many animals.
“It does seem like it
would be a fairly small area
for having two horses,”
Doherty agreed, reiterating
that the resident only had a
permit for one horse and no
other livestock.
The owner of the an-
imals had not responded
before October’s meeting
and was not in attendance.
Another residence on
Water St. had been con-
tacted regarding a code
violation for an unsightly
yard. A letter had been sent
in August, Doherty said,
but no cleanup had begun,
and no response had been
received as of Oct. 5.
Among the code viola-
tions were abandoned ve-
hicles, appliances, bagged
refuse left in the yard, and
various items of refuse
around the property.
Doherty said he had
sent another letter giving
the property owner 15 days
to clean up the property
before the city took other
action.
In other business, the
Heppner City Council:
-Awarded the contract
for a crack seal project
to Friends and Neighbors
Services of Hermiston. The
$22,359 bid was the least
expensive, and Doherty
said the company was also
the only one to visit the
project site before bidding.
They were also recom-
mended by Hermiston and
Stanfield.
-Heard that the Hep-
pner Planning Commission
had denied a variance for a
new shop due to a lack of
specifics in the application.
-Approved an animal
permit for a miniature
pot-bellied pig kept as a
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the number of hens kept
at a residence, contingent
on making the yard chick-
en-proof.
-Heard from Heppner
Assistant Fire Chief Eric
Chick that the majority of
the volunteer fire depart-
ment’s calls in September
were for EMS lift assists.
Aside from those five calls,
they also secured the land-
ing zone once, responded
to several mutual aid calls,
worked a rural fire protec-
tion district call on Balm
Fork, responded to a motor
vehicle accident in which a
patient was airlifted and put
out a vegetation fire within
the city limits. Chick also
reported that the fire depart-
ment conducted a recruiting
program at the high school
for students ages 16-plus
interested in fire science
and/or EMS careers and
had recruited several junior
firefighters.
-Learned from Hep-
pner Public Works Direc-
tor Chad Doherty that the
city painted fire hydrants
on Main Street, started
training new personnel on
the sewer plant, repaired
a major break and plug on
irrigation lines on Main
St., made a list of things
not finished or completed
acceptably on the recent
ODOT sidewalk project,
met with the county regard-
ing vandalism at Heppner
City Park, installed a new
door lock on the Hager Park
Restroom and had Silver
Creek install a new metal
door at the Thomson Square
food court restroom, among
other September projects.
The next meeting of
the Heppner City Council
is scheduled for Nov. 13 at
7 p.m. at Heppner City Hall.
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applications for financial as-
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distribution of funds from the
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There are two categories of
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Please note that missing claims
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