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CREZ II settles remaining disbursement
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needs in other parts of the
county.
Sykes added that only
thinking of each of the three
entities would also mean
that no other district ever
got any direct disburse-
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Sykes said. He mentioned
organizations like Willow
Creek Valley Economic
Development Group (WC-
VEDG) and Ione Commu-
nity Agribusiness Organiza-
tion (ICABO). “In order for
them to get funded for the
last 12 years, these people
did not think about just
themselves.”
Murray questioned
how a county-wide agen-
cy, which would also serve
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that plan.
Keefer responded that
a county agency should
go to the county for fund-
feared some districts might
lose funds because of the
personal feelings of coun-
cilors or commissioners in
that scenario.
Pettigrew disagreed,
saying the rise of assessed
values in the county should
provide all the taxing dis-
tricts with more than enough
funding, even without
CREZ.
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way?” Keefer spoke up. He
favor of increasing the pot
of public safety funds if that
would help.
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of entities that are county
entities, but we brought up
Lexington, Ione and Hep-
pner…How much do they
really deserve out of some
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Doherty responded.
Wenholz countered
that, if the CREZ were not
in place and the incoming
businesses were paying
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taxing districts would not
receive anything at all.
Morrow County Assessor
Mike Gorman mentioned
that only a “very few” of
the CREZ businesses were
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Heppner will contribute to courthouse
infrastructure if mill site is chosen
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to know about the city lines.
“They want to identify
even homeowners if they
have a lead line going to
their house,” he said.
Chad Doherty said that
there are 705-715 water
services in town, but a few
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without inspection. Those
include lines put in after
1985, lines two inches or
larger and irrigation meters
or other non-drinking uses.
Doherty said city work-
ers will have to dig up 20
percent of the remaining
water lines for inspection.
The city will use a vacuum
truck and avoid digging
up concrete as much as
possible. Those 20 percent
have to be selected totally at
random, and he said the city
will be sending out letters to
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summer.
The city must notify
OHA Drinking Water Ser-
vices of all lead lines by
Oct. 16 of this year.
Doherty also reported
that the city will be helping
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
with some Occupational
Safety and Health Adminis-
tration (OSHA) compliance
regarding crosswalks and
speeds around the hospital.
The city will be install-
ing 15 mph signs around
the hospital and new torch-
down crosswalk marks at
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Morrow County Health
District will pay for the
torch-down materials.
Assistant Fire Chief
Eric Chick reported that
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starting June off with a
bang.”
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Protection District respond-
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the month of May. Heppner
Fire Dept. responded to
six motor vehicle acci-
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zero lift assists or secure
landing zones.
Chick said they are
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Heppner, which is partly
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able for ground transport.
Overall, there have
been 72 total dispatched
calls in 2024, which is
down quite a bit from last
year, though Chick said he
expects things to pick up
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in Heppner during May.
Of that, 279 were patrol
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were investigations and
follow-ups, and 19.25 were
reports.
May incidents totaled
235 and included 12 dog
complaints, two death in-
vestigations, four juvenile
complaints, four thefts, six
trespasses and 10 traffic
stops. There was one mis-
demeanor arrest.
Braun also said MCSO
appreciated the community
response for the search and
rescue operation for the
missing child the previous
weekend.
“It was amazing,” he
said.
In his report, John
Doherty said he had met
with Jim Protiva of North-
west Playground Equip-
ment to review Heppner
City Park and discuss
options. He also worked
on grant applications and
reached out to Business
Oregon and the Howard and
Beth Bryant Foundation.
He also met with Blue
Mountain Networks regard-
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possible service for Hager
Park, spoke with several
residents regarding possible
housing projects and met
with the Morrow County
Planning Dept. and Mor-
row County Administrator
Matthew Jensen regard-
ing future Urban Growth
Boundary extension.
“There are a couple of
these state goals that have
to be addressed if we do
extend out there,” he said.
He noted that the meet-
al and that he is waiting
for more information from
Morrow County Planning
Director Tamra Mabbott.
He reported that the
Morrow County Board of
Commissioners had grant-
ed the city $110,000 in
American Rescue Plan Act
(ARPA) funds to assist with
the water telemetry project.
In other business, the
Heppner city council:
-appointed Corey
Sweeney, Ian Murray,
Joe Armato and Phillip
Sanfiorenzo to the new
Economic Development
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position still vacant. The
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for June 26 at 7 p.m.
-heard that the mayor
and council positions 1,
2 and 3, currently held
by Corey Sweeney, Ian
Murray, Ralph Klock and
Cody High, will be up for
election this fall. Members
of the public can apply to
be on the ballot for any of
the positions, and forms are
available at city hall.
-approved resolutions
to receive state funds, au-
thorize the county treasurer
to invest city funds, adopt
bonded debt resources and
requirements, and extend
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coverage to city volunteers.
The next meeting of
the Heppner City Council
will be July 8 at 7 p.m. at
Heppner City Hall.
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six Amazons and some of
the other enterprise zone
exemptions,” Gorman said.
Keefer pointed out that
that would also mean a
huge decrease in funding
to Boardman when CREZ
II ends.
Port of Morrow Exec-
utive Director Lisa Mittels-
dorf is not on the board but
was present at the meeting
and asked the board mem-
bers to keep things in per-
spective. She pointed out
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ago that the enterprise zone
sponsors started taking any
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impacting different parts
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she said. “Just remember
that.”
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good things, and hopefully
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