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Many Cannon Beach businesses opposed the sales tax on meals.
Vote count narrows on Cannon Beach food tax
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Astorian
CANNON BEACH — A
food tax that has divided the
community is hanging by a
thread.
The margin narrowed
signifi cantly since last Tues-
day night’s vote count. The
ballot measure was pass-
ing by 23 votes on election
night. Now the measure is
holding on by two votes —
369 to 367 — according to
an update released by Clat-
sop County last Thursday.
A gap that narrow —
50.14% to 49.86% —would
trigger an automatic recount.
Only 100 ballots remain
to be counted for the food
tax and a Knappa school
bond measure, accord-
ing to County Clerk Tracie
Krevanko.
Most of the remaining
ballots are ones that could
not be read by the county’s
voting machines because
they were damaged, among
other reasons. A few other
ballots did not pass the
county’s signature verifi ca-
tion process. Letters went
out to those voters and peo-
ple will have until Nov. 16
to cure their ballots.
Krevanko expects to cer-
tify the election results on
Nov. 22.
Besides the possibility of
an automatic recount, people
have until Dec. 7 to request
a recount of their own. They
just have to pay for it. The
cost comes to $15 per pre-
cinct, and Cannon Beach is
a single precinct. Anyone
demanding a recount would
also need to pay some addi-
tional fees associated with
county expenses, such as
bringing in workers to do
the recount.
On election night, with
the vote so close, Fire Chief
Marc Reckmann said he
expected the results will be
challenged.
The fi re district is con-
sidering a levy in May if
the food tax fails. Funded
through property tax dollars
and grants, the district is in
dire need of increased, stable
funding, Reckmann has said.
The food tax has been
controversial. The mea-
sure would levy a 5% tax
on prepared food purchased
at restaurants and similar
businesses and is expected
to raise an estimated $1.7
million annually. The reve-
nue would be split between
the fi re district and the city,
which intends to use its
share to fund a new City
Hall and police station and
other infrastructure.
Proponents say the tax is
a way to target visitor dol-
lars and spread the burden
of paying for city and emer-
gency services without rais-
ing property taxes for resi-
dents. Calls for emergency
services have increased in
the past two years, with
most of the calls generated
by visitors.
But opponents ques-
tioned the timing of the
ballot measure, saying it
will hurt businesses that
are already struggling to
recover amid the coronavi-
rus pandemic. Others have
expressed distrust with the
city and how it will spend
its cut of the revenue.
The City Council had
considered passing the mea-
sure as an ordinance, but a
majority moved to send it to
voters instead. City Coun-
cilor Brandon Ogilvie was
the deciding vote at that
meeting in July. He changed
his mind on the ordinance
and shifted to the ballot
measure.
Though he fully sup-
ported the food tax, Ogil-
vie said he ultimately felt it
would be best for the com-
munity to decide. It was
also possible that even if the
City Council had favored
an ordinance, citizens could
petition to force an election,
he noted.
He knows the tax has
been divisive, but he does
not regret changing his vote.
“I need to do the job that
I was elected to do,” he said.
“It’s a little diffi cult to bring
people together that com-
pletely disagree on an issue.
That it’s this divided doesn’t
make it any easier. But my
main goal is to try to get the
city’s business done.”
Man treated for burns after North Wahanna fi re
Seaside Signal
One man was trans-
ported to a burn unit and
two people were displaced
after an early morning fi re
at 525 North Wahanna
Road last Friday morning.
According to offi cials,
Seaside Fire and Rescue
responded to a report of a
structure fi re at 5:25 a.m.
Crews arrived on scene
a short time later. Gear-
hart and Cannon Beach
fi re
departments
also
responded. Hamlet Fire
Department covered with
mutual aid at U.S. High-
way 26.
The patient with burns
was taken to Columbia
Memorial Hospital before
being fl own to the Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center
burn unit in Portland.
The Red Cross is assist-
ing other tenants displaced
by the fi re.
The fi re is under inves-
tigation. Contact Seaside
Police at 503-738-6311
with information.
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PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
SEASIDE POLICE DEPT.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
Oct. 30
12:45 a.m., 2100 block S.
Edgewood: A disturbance is
reported.
11:07 a.m., 1600 block Huck-
leberry: A deceased person is
reported.
Oct. 31
9:27 a.m., Avenue G and Hol-
laday: An intoxicated male is
given a courtesy ride home.
4:26 p.m., 700 block S. Lin-
coln: Police responding to a
reported disturbance say the
parties had already separated;
one man is warned not to
drive or be arrested for DUII.
8:14 p.m., Avenue E and
Edgewood: A caller reports
his car was stolen; he is ad-
vised it was towed after being
marked as abandoned.
Nov. 1
7:48 a.m., 10th and Ne-
canicum: A disturbance is
reported.
3:05 p.m., 2200 block N. Wah-
anna: An assault is reported.
4:50 p.m., Police headquar-
ters: A person came in to
registers as a sex off ender.
6:48 p.m., 1100 block Avenue
E: A caller wants to report her
daughter as a runaway.
Nov. 2
11:00 p.m., 400 block S.
Roosevelt: A disturbance is
reported.
Nov. 3
SEASIDE FIRE & RESCUE
PUBLIC SAFETY
LOG
1:09 a.m., 500 block S. Edge-
wood: Structure fi re.
6:35 a.m., 800 block Neca-
nicum: A transient reported
sleeping in a laundry room is
advised they can’t sleep there.
12:05 p.m., Clatsop Spit: Water
rescue.
11:23 a.m., Avenue C and
Roosevelt: A person reported
having a lot of trash around
his parked vehicle says he will
clean it up.
Nov. 2
11:26 p.m., Avenue G: Caller
reports a tenant across the
street seen crawling under
the reporting party’s car and
the tenant’s room. The behav-
ior is reported suspicious.
Nov. 4
9:09 a.m., 800 block Fif-
teenth Avenue: Caller wants
to report windows of their
residence being shot out by a
BB gun.
3:06 p.m., N. Holladay: Caller
is upset a customer is calling
her and insulting her and
leaving bad reviews about her
business on websites.
2:11 p.m., Avenue G: Sex
crimes are reported.
9:31 p.m., S. Jackson and Av-
enue K: A person is arrested
on a warrant.
11:54 p.m., Forest Drive: EMS
call.
9:12 a.m., 1200 block Avenue A:
EMS call.
9:13 a.m., 300 block N. Prom:
EMS call; an assault is also re-
ported and an offi cer requested.
5:18 p.m., 1900 block S. Roos-
evelt: EMS call.
Nov. 3
9:44 a.m., 900 block Fourth
Avenue: Fire investigation.
2:04 p.m., 1800 Spruce Drive:
EMS call.
Nov. 4
10:08 a.m., 400 block First
Avenue: EMS call.
OREGON STATE
POLICE
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
Injury crash
A crash with injuries was re-
ported Nov. 3 at 6:15 p.m. on
U.S. Highway 101, milepost
18 southbound. Investiga-
tion ascertained a white van
traveling north failed to yield
right of way and turned into
a tan SUV traveling south;
the SUV crashed into the van
and the driver of the van was
taken to the hospital for pos-
sible injuries. Both cars were
towed from the scene.
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Hit-and-run
A hit-and-run was reported
Nov. 3 at 7:22 p.m. on U.S.
Highway 26 at milepost 6.5
westbound. Troopers say it
was reported as a pedestrian/
vehicle incident but on ar-
rival the reporting party said
they were not struck by a car.
The person was taken to the
hospital by ambulance but
no injuries were discovered.
The 50-year-old Warrenton
man was given food and
resource information before
being released from the
hospital.
Crash report
Troopers responded to a
crash reported Nov. 4 at
12:11 a.m. on U.S. Highway
26 in the vicinity of milepost
8. On arrival the described
vehicle was gone. The caller
said a man and a woman
were removing items from
a silver Buick. Police saw a
burning road flare and mud-
dy tire tracks.
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