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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021
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City anticipates $3.6 million in federal stimulus funds
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
The Hermiston City
Council is holding off on
fi rm decisions about how
to spend the $3.6 million
the city anticipates from
the American Rescue Plan,
but city staff and council-
ors discussed a list of ideas
during their Monday, April
26, meeting.
The latest federal stim-
ulus package, designed to
speed recovery from the pan-
demic, includes direct pay-
ments to cities and counties
to help make up for lost rev-
enue and spur local recovery
programs. On Monday, City
Manager Byron Smith said
the city expects to get $3.6
million — half this summer,
and half the next.
The city has lost about
$800,000 in revenue from
the pandemic, mostly from
the early shutdown of the
aquatic center last summer
and loss of rental fees at
city-owned venues, includ-
ing park shelters and the
Eastern Oregon Trade and
Event Center. City Finance
Director Mark Krawczyk
said that department heads
have done a “yeoman’s job”
of only spending on “mis-
sion critical” items to try to
make up for it, but the losses
have still cost the city. Last
September and October, the
city’s general fund dipped
below the minimum reserve
level set by council.
“I’m not ready to say
we’re gonna be back to nor-
mal by the end of the fi s-
cal year or even going into
the fi rst part of fi scal 2022
in July, but the signs say, I
think, we have bottomed out
on our revenue (losses),”
Krawczyk said.
Smith told the council he
would recommend a part of
the ARP funds go into stabi-
lizing the city’s general fund
to make sure the balance
doesn’t go below the mini-
mum reserve again.
Another top recommen-
dation by staff was to work
with CAPECO to seed a per-
manent fund to help people
pay their utility bills if they
are struggling fi nancially.
Smith said when the city
provided funds to CAPECO
last year, using CARES Act
dollars, the regional non-
profi t did a good job of pro-
viding thorough reports to
the city on who received
help.
“I was very pleased with
how it went,” he said.
Smith also suggested set-
ting aside some money to
assist businesses that were
hardest hit by pandemic
restrictions.
Beyond that, he said,
there are a number of eco-
nomic development or liva-
bility projects the city could
put some money into. They
could launch the second
phase of improvements to
the South Hermiston Indus-
trial Park, for example, or
start early on a planned proj-
ect to pave and extend Gett-
man Road to Highway 395,
providing another alter-
nate route across town. The
money could also be put
toward building another
water tank, increasing
broadband access or starting
on the West Trails Project
that west Umatilla County
cities have been planning to
stretch along the Umatilla
River from the Columbia
River to Echo.
With all of those options,
however, Smith recom-
mended the council hold off
on a decision. The American
Rescue Plan has also pro-
vided a signifi cant amount
of money to various state
and federal agencies that
will likely be off ering up the
funds in the form of grants,
he said, and grants usually
require a local match. Smith
said if the city doesn’t rush
to spend all of the funds
immediately, it may be able
to leverage some of those
funds into a much larger
grant.
City Councilor Roy Bar-
ron said he agreed that it is
fi scally prudent to hold on
to some of the funds, as sug-
gested, to look for oppor-
tunities to apply for large
grants. Several councilors,
however, said they do want
to prioritize a portion of the
funds as soon as possible to
directly help local residents
who have been struggling.
Councilor Nancy Peter-
son pointed out that the
state’s eviction morato-
rium will expire this year,
and suggested looking at a
fund to help keep residents
in their homes. Councilor
Doug Primmer said a key to
getting back to normal will
be helping local businesses
recover. Councilor Jackie
Myers said she would like
to see money go to the food
bank at the Agape House,
to make it more visible and
accessible. And Councilor
Maria Duron suggested a
donation to the Warming
Station.
Transplant bank recognizes Good Shepherd Health Care System
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
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work staff did in facilitating Hope Award, given to hospitals that show outstanding work Camden said she is a living
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of her kidneys for her step-
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of the PNTB board of direc- ily agreed to do so before the and other advocates by their Vice President of Nursing
tors, said organ donations patient was removed from a side. Once the decision was Brian Patrick was overjoyed
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transplant, which can mean
years of waiting — time not
everyone on the list has.
Some organs can come
from living donors, such as
a kidney or a part of one’s
liver. Tissues, such as cor-
neas, can be donated in
many circumstances after
a patient has already died.
But other lifesaving organs,
such as a heart or lungs,
are only available in very
specifi c circumstances —
a patient must be declared
brain dead by two diff er-
ent doctors but still have
healthy organs that con-
tinue to work. According
to the PNTB website, less
than 1% of hospital deaths
meet the criteria for organ
donation.
The Hope Award pre-
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the tears of those who have
lost a loved one and doctors
who have lost a patient, but
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transplant recipients and
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about each other, either on
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and perhaps form an ongo-
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Thompson encouraged
everyone who would wish
their organs to be donated
in the event of their death to
register for the Donate Life
Northwest Donor Registry,
a legally binding authoriza-
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the registry, but are a can-
didate for organ donation,
the decision is made by the
deceased’s next of kin.
Whether people register
or not, Thompson said they
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