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The INDEPENDENT, Jan. 25. 1990
Mueller will chair new district
Norman Mueller, Mist,
was elected chairperson of
the newly formed Columbia
County Emergency Commu
mcations District at the orga
niza,ion's firs, meeting on
November 30
IrmaDawn Brownlow will
fill the position of vice-chair
person, Addison "Bud" Harn
son was elected secretary
and William Goodwin, trea
surer The fifth member of
the board is Regina Cullison
Faced with a tight sched
ule and many responsibilities
before taking over emergen
cy communications from the
existing organization of user
agencies called C-COM, the
board first appointed a bud
get committee and a part-
time director
Named to the budget com
mittee were Marv Meyers,
M ichael W hite, Mary Pat
Smith, Jody Sandström and
Virginia Sallee Mike Derby
was appointed part time d i
rector
In May, a tax base will be
presented tor the approval of
the voters
The board selected the
third Tuesday of each month
for their regular meetings
The meetings will be held at
Rainier City Hall starting a,
County budget committee meets
Because Columbia Coun
ty, like 25 other counties in
Oregon, is lagging behind in
property appraisals, the
county budge, committee me,
January 16 to review prelimi
nary budgets for the county
assessor's and tax collector's
offices
A new law. H B 2338, al
lows counties to apply for
state funds to add personnel
or equipment needed to bring
the properly appraisal pro
cess into a 6 year cycle, and
budgets for assessment and
taxation must accompany the
application County Asses
sor Tom Linhares presented
his department's budge, pro
posal
Tax C ollector Jon
Blair explained the taxation
budge,
After some changes, the
budgets were approved con
tingen, on agreement with
24 Hour
lowing
data not yet available
The budge, committee is
composed of three lay people
Chairperson Nom Andersen
of Vernonia. Secretary Bon
me Evenson of Clatskanie.
Bob Skeans of Rainier, and
the three county commission
ers Jack Peterson, Sandy
D illard and Mike Sykes
Sykes is county Budget Otti
cer
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Register
to Vote
Today
7 30 p m
Directors also decided to
hold workshops in different
communities in the county in
order to give more residents
opportunity to communicate
directly with the board No
schedule has ye, been adopt
ed for the workshops
The Oregon Transporta
tion Commission has given
approval to a preliminary ver
sion of the state's Six-Year
Highway Improvement Pro
gram for 1991 96 The pro
gram outlines about $1 2 bil
lion m highway proiects
statewide
Council members
hear assignments
In February and March the
Highway Division will hold a
senes of 18 public hearings
across the state, to explain
the program and receive citi
zen input The final plan will
Vernonia M ayor Scott
Sword eliminated two council
committees by combining re
sponsibilities for fire and am
bulance services under one
committee, and by combining
streets along with water and
sewer service under a Public
Works committee
The following committee
appointments were made
F ire/A m bulance - Mark
Stevens, chairm an, Wells
Oviatt and Mario Leonetti,
Public Works Wells Ovi
an, chairman, Mario Leonetti
and Mark Stevens.
Police - Scott Sword and
Tony Hyde, co-chairmen, and
Mark Stevens,
Parks
Mario Leonetti,
chairman, Wells Oviatt and
Tony Hyde,
Cemetary - Wells Oviatt.
Planning Com m ission -
Tony Hyde,
Airport Scott Sword
C Com - Mark Stevens
be dratted after the series of
meetings Comments a, the
meetings will be recorded
and considered by the com
mission before final adoption
of the program in July
"The public meeting pro
cess is no, to validate or rub
ber stamp the prelim inary
program," said Cam Gilmour,
manager of the state High
way Division's Program Sec
tion "It's really to ge, a reac
tion from the public to tha,
program"
Gilmour said citizens who
attend the hearings can see
project by project in their
area wha, is possible with ex
isting funding The proposal
will cover projects from road
resurfacing and widening to
bndge replacement
March 8 is the date of the
public hearing in Columbia
County I, will be held in the
Lou Witt Room of St Helens
High School a, 7 p m
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