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Accounting change adds $1M to budget
CONSTRUCTION
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
The Seaside School Dis-
trict approved next school
year’s budget last Wednes-
day night. The total of all
funds was $960,000 higher
than in the proposed bud-
get, following an adjustment
to account for principal and
interest for pension bonds.
After reviewing the bud-
get with the Northwest
Regional Education Service
District, the school district
made the change with the
goal of being as “as transpar-
ent as possible,” Superinten-
dent Susan Penrod said.
Total revenues and expen-
ditures of $49 million in the
revised budget are about $9
million lower than last year’s
$58.2 million requirements,
a result of reduced construc-
tion expenditures with the
completion of the new cam-
pus on Spruce Drive.
The budget includes rev-
enues of about $25 million
from property taxes and an
additional $23 million from
other sources, including fed-
eral and state grants designed
to support transition back to
full-time, on-site instruction,
Penrod said.
Instructional costs for
teachers and programs com-
prise the largest portion of
the general fund. At about
$13.9 million, the general
fund, the largest budget cat-
egory, is slightly higher than
last year’s $13.7 million.
Support services, includ-
ing executive administration,
transportation and operation
maintenance, are budgeted at
$8.5 million.
The amount budgeted for
Public Employees Retire-
ment System Debt Service
in 2021-22 is $960,000, of
which $670,000 is principal
and the remainder interest.
Andre Schellhaas, assis-
tant director of fi scal com-
pliance for the Northwest
Regional Education Service
District, joined the meet-
ing to explain a change in
accounting methodology for
the pension program. In pre-
vious years, when debt pay-
ments were due, they were
deducted from the school
district’s cash account. Per
guidelines from the Govern-
ment Accounting Standards
Board, debt service will now
be accounted for in a sepa-
rate fund.
The retirement fund is
counted twice in the budget
amendment, recognizing the
accumulation of resources
to pay the bond debt by a
charge against a payroll fund
and also a special revenue
fund. It also recognizes the
payment of bond principal
and interest in a debt service
fund in accordance with gen-
erally accepted practices and
Oregon law.
Despite the total bud-
get increase, the new fi gures
do not take away resources
from other school district
programs or services, Schell-
haas said.
School board mem-
bers unanimously voted to
approve the revised budget.
Adoption of the budget will
be discussed at the school
board’s June 15 meeting.
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Apartments: Planned for Holladay Drive
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two-bedroom and two
one-bedroom apartments.
Building B will provide
parking on the ground fl oor.
The second and third fl oors
will provide four one-bed-
room apartments.
Building C will provide
parking and two one-bed-
room ground fl oor apart-
ments. The second and third
fl oors will provide three
one-bedroom apartments.
River Run, Khan’s sec-
ond proposed apartment
development on S. Holla-
day Drive, would be located
between Riley’s Restau-
rant and the Red Lion Inn
& Suites. The proposed
59-unit development will
replace existing commer-
cial and residential build-
ings with three separate
apartment buildings and
one building dedicated to
offi ce space, a lobby and
housekeeping.
River Run is “a beautiful
location for an apartment,”
Khan said, sitting oppo-
site the Necanicum River
and close to downtown and
restaurants.
Building A will face the
water and will be a three-
story building with nine
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hotelier Masudur Khan aims to build apartments.
two-bedroom apartments
on each fl oor for a total of
27 units.
Building B, along the
south property line, will
be three stories, with eight
two-bedroom apartments
on each fl oor for a total of
24 units.
A mixed-use build-
ing will be three stories
with two 1,200-square-foot
offi ce spaces on the ground
fl oor. The second and third
fl oors will provide four
one-bedroom apartments
on each fl oor for a total of
eight units.
Seaside resident Pat-
rick Roshay said notice for
the meeting had come late.
He said that the Necanicum
River could be damaged or
wildlife threatened from
the proposed development.
Emergency vehicles would
have limited access to the
area. “It’s a safety concern,”
he said. “In the plans them-
selves, there isn’t a lot of
wiggle room.”
Scott Alderson, who
lives in Sandpiper Village,
echoed those concerns. “I
don’t think fi re trucks are
really great at 90 degree
turns, which means we no
longer have fi re protection,”
he said.
He also expressed con-
cerns about noise and
traffi c.
Planning commissioners
unanimously approved both
applications, setting con-
ditions that the developer
address parking spaces,
exterior lighting, drainage
and other issues.
Khan said he hopes to
start the projects in Sep-
tember and complete them
within a year.
With two developments
and the recent purchase of
a single-family home, Khan
has shown his confi dence
in the future of S. Holladay
Drive. “I like the river,” he
said. “I’ve always been a
water guy.”
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Gearhart: Fire department gets largest share
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geted in $10,000 in mari-
juana tax revenue.
Of budget appropriations,
the fi re department is bud-
geted for the largest share,
almost $628,000, includ-
ing personnel, materials and
services and capital outlay.
The total police department
budget is about $517,000.
The city’s portion of state
revenue sharing, $35,300,
was awarded after a public
hearing. Combined, orga-
nizations sought a total of
$47,600.
Of expenditures, the
administrative department
comprises the largest portion
of the proposed budget, at
$458,000, including person-
nel, materials and services,
capital and outlay.
A new item, called “Com-
munity Care,” budgeted at
$5,000, could be used by the
police department to assist
transients or help house peo-
ple for a short period of time,
usually one night.
Community Emergency
Response Team funds, pre-
viously part of revenue shar-
ing funds, are now budgeted
at $3,000 for the hazard mit-
igation fund.
The city has bud-
geted $8,000 for a poten-
tial November fi rehouse
bond vote, designed to cover
some of the work that has
to be done within for elec-
tion materials and services
should the city put the proj-
ect to a vote.
The city also approved
$203,000 to adopt the Gear-
hart Road District budget.
Resolutions 958 and 959
offi cially adopted the bud-
get. Resolutions 957 and
960 allowed the state reve-
nue piece of the budget, and
the offi cer salary piece of the
budget.
“There are a few blanks
to fi ll in, but we have all the
information we need,” City
Attorney Peter Watts said of
the new fi rehouse proposal.
“We’ll be proceeding to a
fi nal timeline.”
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Helicopters: Safety
is Turel’s priority
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property,” he said. “The per-
fect fi t is for the expansion in
some way or another of the
fun park. They’ve proven
themselves by what they’ve
done.”
Turel said there are a
lot of people interested in
keeping the helicopter aloft.
“But it takes somebody that
is going to be here all the
time, all the work that goes
into this to keep it safe. And
that’s the big thing about this
is keeping it safe. And that’s
what I want to fi nish this year
up with is a very, very safe
year.”
Turel fi gures he’s taken
over 100,000 people fl ying.
“So many people have
their fi rst helicopter ride
here,” he said. “They view
the beautiful colors, see the
contrast of the mountain
range and the coast. If the
weather changes, one day
looks diff erent than another
day. I especially get delight
out of the fi rst fl ight of the
day. And so I just feel very
blessed. And I hope that I’ve
been able to be somewhat of
a goodwill ambassador for
the city of Seaside and the
whole area.”
During the season, Sea-
side Helicopters opens at
11 a.m. Flights are fi rst-
come, fi rst-served; reserva-
tions are not accepted.
For visitors coming from
a distance, “Have a plan B,”
Turel said, as fl ights are liable
to cancellation for weather
conditions, fatigue, or if he
thinks something isn’t right
about the helicopter.
“Everybody seems to
understand, he said. “As a
matter of fact, they thank me
for being careful.”
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