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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM EOTEC approves leases and operations plan Contractors have made up for lost time on construction of EOTEC, which they report is on schedule By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer The Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center board approved an oper- ations plan and leases for the Umatilla County Fair and Farm-City Pro Rodeo at its Friday meeting. The operations plan, which will be vetted by the Hermiston City Coun- cil and Umatilla County Board of Commissioners during a joint meeting March 20, calls for the hir- ing of a general manager for EOTEC who would hire and supervise staff, oversee day-to-day oper- ations, market the center and perform other mana- gerial duties. The manager would oversee an administrative assistant and custodial staff, and would report to the EO- TEC board, which would in turn report to the Hermiston City Council and Umatilla County Board of Commis- sioners. Larry Givens, who rep- resents the county com- mission on the board, acknowledged questions that had been brought up recently by city councilor John Kirwan and commis- sioner George Murdock about whether the city of Hermiston should manage EOTEC more directly and whether the county should continue to be a partner. He said people “jumped the gun” on that conver- sation, but said sometime down the road there could end up being changes. “This is a good start,” he said. The project’s two an- chor tenants will be the Umatilla County Fair and Farm-City Pro Rodeo, and on Friday the board approved leases for both. The fair will pay $10,000 a year to lease the fair- grounds for six weeks each summer, including the three weeks before the fair and two weeks after. The lease agreement also includes storage space, an office in the event center and access to the board room for fair board meet- ings. The rodeo’s lease of the arena also runs at $10,000 per year, which covers a 90-day period. Included in that lease is naming the arena the Farm-City Pro Rodeo Arena, leaving open the possibility that with the rodeo board’s consent EO- TEC could add a corporate sponsor’s name. The fair and rodeo will pay for their own utilities GOVERNMENT MEETINGS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m. SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, Boardman (541-676-9061). UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m. Umatilla County Courthouse room 130, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton (Doug Olsen 541-278-6208). AG PAD/UAS SAFETY MEETING FOR STAKEHOLDERS, 10 a.m. Eastern Oregon Regional Airport terminal/old TSA room, 2016 Airport Road, Pendleton (Erica Stewart 541-276-7754). INTERMOUNTAIN EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT, 5 p.m. IMESD office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton (888-437-6892). BOARDMAN PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m. Boardman City Hall, 200 City Center Circle, Boardman (541-481-9252). PILOT ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock High School library, 101 N.E. Cherry St., Pilot Rock (541-443-8291). UMATILLA HOSPITAL DISTRICT, 7:30 p.m. Umatilla Medical Clinic, 1890 Seventh St., Umatilla (541- 922-3104). THURSDAY, MARCH 16 ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 4 p.m. Echo City Hall, 20 S. Bonanza St., Echo (541-376-8411). HERMISTON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 4 p.m. Hermiston Irrigation District office conference room, 366 E. Hurlburt Ave., Hermiston (541-567-3024). UMATILLA COUNTY SPECIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 5:15 p.m. Budget committee meeting will be followed by the regular meeting. Pendleton City Hall second floor jury room, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton (Dan Feil 541-276-6449). PENDLETON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m. Pendleton City Hall council chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton (541-966-0201). MONDAY, MARCH 20 UMATILLA-MORROW COUNTY HEAD START, 11:30 a.m. Head Start office, 110 N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston (Kerry Tassie 541- 564-6878). LOWER UMATILLA BASIN GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA COMMITTEE, 1-3 p.m. Stafford Hansell Government Center, 915 S.E. Columbia Drive, Hermiston SAFETY: continued from Page A5 $900 for a dog over the Iinternet, but the people have not given him the dog and are asking for more money. 9:38 p.m. — Caller at Northwest 12th Street, Hermiston, reported shots fired, possibly a rifle, east of their residence. 10:00 p.m. — Possible robbery WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 LOCAL NEWS reported at Circle K on North First Street, Hermiston. THURSDAY, MARCH 9 11:05 a.m. — A customer was out of control at Club 24, South Highway 395, Hermiston. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 11:49 a.m. — A case worker at Southwest Joshua Court, Hermiston, Commissioner says Hermiston should own, control EOTEC By PHIL WRIGHT EO Media Group and will be responsible for Umatilla County Com- custodial work and repairs missioner George Murdock caused by their events. said March 8 that the county During Friday’s meet- should consider handing full ing the board got good ownership of the Eastern news on the construction Oregon Trade and Event side as John Eckhardt of Center to the city of Herm- Knerr Construction report- iston. ed that the company had “I believe that in the long found some “value engi- run we need to be a tenant neering” opportunities to of EOTEC and neither an save money on construc- owner or a manager,” he tion, and with that in mind said during the board of had made the call to use commissioners meeting in overtime work to make up Pendleton. for the lost time caused by The county and city of snow storms in December Hermiston currently share and January. ownership of the event cen- “We have done that, ter. Murdock said the two and we are on schedule,” local governments are al- he said. ready working on an operat- Carl Hendon of Hendon ing agreement dealing with Construction also reported the future of EOTEC and his that the rodeo arena was ownership proposal should still on track to be com- be part of the discussion. pleted by mid-June. The city and county next The project’s overall meet March 20 to discuss manager is Frew Con- EOTEC management. struction Group, which The county’s primary has been subcontracting interest in the event center with Knerr Construction to be as the new 125 E. Beech Ave. continues • 567-3232 in recent months as its on- home for the annual fair, site partner. In an effort to Murdock said, while Herm- continue momentum on iston has broader interests Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am construction, the board of tourism and benefit to the approved Sun. new Worship agreements business community. Under Service..............11:00am on Friday transferring the his proposition, the coun- Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm Knerr subcontract directly ty would use the facility to EOTEC and Prayer reducing for the fair and pay a lease Wed. & Bible Study......6:00pm payments to Frew Devel- of $25,000 a year for five opment Group by $6,000 years, then renegotiate the per month. deal. He also suggested the ——— county could have a perma- Contact Jade McDow- nent storage area at the site ell at jmcdowell@eastore- and office space. gonian.com or 541-564- He said the county was at 4536. a crossroads with EOTEC, which “stands to be a won- derful addition to Umatilla County,” while also being a potential liability. The coun- (Janet Greenup 541-676-5452 ty and Hermiston are each ext. 109). MORROW COUNTY PARKS COMMITTEE, 1 p.m. Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op conference room, 171 W. Linden Way, Heppner (Kirsti Cason 541-989- 9500). NIXYAAWII COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m. Nixyaawii Community School, 73300 July Grounds Lane, Mission (541-966- 2680). ECHO SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6 p.m. Echo Community School, 600 Gerone St., Echo (541-376-8436). HERMISTON CITY COUNCIL/ UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JOINT MEETING, 6 p.m. Joint work session begins at 6 p.m. regarding EOTEC, followed by the regular council meeting at 7 p.m. EOTEC main building, 1705 E. Airport Road, Hermiston (541-567- 5521). HELIX CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m. Helix City Hall, 119 Columbia St., Helix (541-457-2521). PENDLETON YOUTH COMMISSION, 7 p.m. Intermountain ESD office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton (541-276-6711). reported allegations of physical abuse on a child. The child was across from the high school at Head Start. 4:03 p.m. — A caller at East Main Street, Hermiston, said one of her young dancers saw someone with a gun in their hand. 5:23 p.m. — There was a report of a suicidal subject at North McNary Street and East Cherry Avenue, Hermiston. 6:54 p.m. — A man at Club 24 on Hermiston City council rescheduled to March 20 at EOTEC HERMISTON — The Hermiston City Council meeting and work session scheduled for March 13 has been moved to March 20. The meeting will take place at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, 1705 E. Airport Road outside Hermiston, starting with a joint work session at 6 p.m. between the council and the Umatilla County Commission regarding EOTEC. The council’s regular session will begin at 7 p.m. South Highway 395 keeps looking into cars and begging people for money as they walk out the door. TUESDAY, MARCH 7 3:20 a.m. — A 19 year-old male on West Hartley Avenue, Hermiston, was destroying things. 8:05 a.m. — There was a report of a suicidal subject on South Highway 395, Hermiston. on the hook for three years to cover shortfalls in EO- TEC’s operational expenses. He emphasized the break from EOTEC is a long-term goal and a notion he con- sidered long before Herm- iston city councilor John Kirwan suggested earlier this month that the coun- cil take over as EOTEC’s acting board until after the end of construction and the 2017 fair and rodeo. “This is a position I’ve held for some time relative to the ultimate future of EO- TEC,” Murdock told fellow commissioners Larry Giv- ens and Bill Elfering. “It’s a position I have shared open- ly ... it’s a matter of record... it’s simply making clear that’s ultimately where we need to move.” Givens and Elfering re- sponded with caution. “Turbulence comes up in a marriage from time to time,” Elfering said. “And I’m not ready to divorce yet from the proposal we’ve had.” Elfering said Hermiston taking over the event center makes about as much sense as the county taking it over and that the parties need to hold more discussions. Givens said EOTEC is about to move from a con- struction phase into opera- tions. Finding the best man- agement style is the crux of the issue, according to Giv- ens. “I agree,” Murdock said. “But I don’t know of any successful business that would give their checkbook to someone else.” Don Miller serves on the EOTEC and the fair boards and urged the county to stay on as a co-owner. Pulling out at this juncture is prema- ture, he said, and could harm economic opportunities. Murdock said his propos- al was just a matter of dis- cussion and not for action. He also said he support- ed the EOTEC board and would not agree with Herm- iston City Council taking over the project. Worship Community NEW BEGINNINGS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Worship Service 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Pastor J.C. Barnett Children’s Church & Nursery Available 700 West Orchard Avenue P.O. Box 933 Hermiston, Oregon 541-567-8441 St. Johns Episcopal Church Join Us On Our Journey With Jesus. First Christian Church “Proclaiming the Message of Hope, Living the Gospel of Love” Scripture, Tradition and Reason Family service 9am Sunday N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672 We are an all inclusive Church who welcomes all. Bible School: 9:15am Worship Gathering: 10:30am 567-3013 775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston Echo Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church 21 N. Bonanza Street, Echo OR Phone: (541) 376-8108 565 W. HERMISTON AVE. Community Church Sunday School • 9:30am Worship • 10:45am Children’s Church • 11:15am Potluck & Communion ~ First Sunday of the Month DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday ...............................English 7:00 am Thursday...............Spanish 6:00 pm SATURDAY:.........English 5:00 pm ...............................Spanish 7:00 pm SUNDAY:..............English 9:00 am ..........................Bilingual 11:00 am ..............................Spanish 1:00 pm Offi ce..............................567-5812 The Full Gospel Home Church LANDMARK BAPTIST CHURCH 235 SW 3rd Phone 567-7678 Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker Sunday: Sunday School........10:00 am Worship...................11:00 am Evening Service........7:00 pm Wednesday Service..7:00 pm “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 1 Pet. 5:7 Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm Wed. 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Proudly Sponsored by Send resume and letter of interest to EO Media Group PO Box 2048 Salem, OR 97308-2048 by fax to 503-371-2935 or e-mail hr@eomediagroup.com Seventh-day Adventist Church Grace Baptist Church 555 SW 11th, Hermiston 567-9497 Saturdays Nursery provided for all services Sunday School - 9:30 AM Sabbath School........9:30 a.m. Worship - 10:45 AM Worship Service......11:00 a.m. PM English & Spanish Services Wed Prayer & 6:00 Worship - 7:00 PM 567-8241 855 W. Highland • Hermiston “Proclaiming God’s word, growing in God’s grace” Base wage plus commissions, benefits and mileage reimbursement. Benefits include Paid Time Off (PTO), insurances and a 401(k)/Roth 401(k) retirement plan. To share your worship times call 2801 St. Anthony Way, Pendleton, OR • 541-276-5121 Terri Briggs 541-278-2678
