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Page 20 The INDEPENDENT, May 21,1997 First a “practice” fire, then the real thing for Vernonia firefighters E-VRFPD hot dogs, rummage sale booth space. Good, saleable donations are still needed, as well. Call 755-2233 or 755- 2407 for more information. The fund raiser is being sponsored by the Elsie- Vinemaple Firefighters Asso ciation. A rummage sale and hot dog feed will be held over the Memorial Day weekend, May 23-26, at the Elsie-Vinemaple Fire Station on Highwy 26 across from Elderberry Inn. Anyone wishing to sell their own merchandise may rent Burn Permits needed A Burn Permit is required for anyone who wants to have a fire outdoors. Burn Permits are available from the Ver nonia Fire Department, 555 E. Bridge St., weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For Burn Day information, call 429-8004. All other busi ness should be directed to 429-8252. P ublic N otices MTC has funding to retrain a limited number of eligible people. You must apply for this training before June 2, 1997. MTC will be working with IITR (International Institute of Transportation Resource, INC.) to provide the training in the St. Helens area. If you have been working but are now out of work come to: Management & Training Corporation 500 N. Columbia River Hwy., Suite 300 St. Helens, Oregon 97051 503-397-6495 or TDD 503-325-6109 Find out more about a Career in Truck Driving MTC Is an Equal Opportunity Program with Ellgbllty Requirements. Auxiliary Aids and Services Available Upon Request. NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING U C ouncil o f the C ity o f Vernonia ot th e fi t y win be (Governing BoUyl 0 a .m . at Laid Off or are Out of Work Public N otices 5SS8ÌSS P u b lic N otices FORM LB-1 A m eeting who have been The rural addressing pro gram undertaken by the Ver nonia Volunteer Firefighters is almost complete. There are only a small number of roads not marked with the signs. If you do not have one of the reflective green signs with white numbers marking your address, please call the Fire Department at 429-8252 and let them know. They will be sure to get one to you. The volunteers also want to thank all who donated $10 per sign; it has helped make the program possible. Dona tions will be gratefully accept ed to help with the program. They may be mailed to Ver nonia Fire Department, P.O. Box 346, Vernonia 97064. Students, age 14 or under, are welcome to register bikes at the Rodeo. Bring your bike and your helmet! A Bicycle Rodeo will be held Saturday, May 31, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. behind Washington Grade School in Vernonia. There will be an obstacle course and instructions on safe bicycle handling. The Vernonia Police Department, which is sponsoring the Bike Rodeo, will register bicycles, provide safety inspections, and furnish “bicycle manu als.” Also available will be hel mets for students who do not have one (quantities limited), and free T-shirts, while they last. Truck Driving School for Columbia County Workers Address sign project nearing completion Vernonia PD hosts Bicycle Rodeo from M-B, and a Vernonia ambulance standing by. In addition, three Mist fire fighters and a pumper from M-BRFPD were stationed at the Vernonia fire hall in case another call came in. After returning from the fire, the volunteers still had to clean up the equipment and get it ready for the next call. They finished about 8:00 p.m. Sunday night. ers) on the job in a very real situation. In the 4-1/2 hours before the fire was extinguished, it burned approximately three acres and called on the skills of twenty-two firefighters, 18 from VRFPD and four from Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District. Equipment used included one pumper and two tenders (tankers) from Vernonia, two tenders portunity for those with less experience to practice enter ing a burning building while using breathing equipment. Training officers stay with the trainees at all times. The slow burn also means that a fire that could be extin guished in an hour or less may take up to three hours. Just as the crew returned from the practice burn to the fire station, an out-of-control fire was reported near Pebble Creek Road, putting them (and other volunteer firefight- erately bums a structure that no longer has any value - that started about 8:00 a.m. on A Street. Practice burns are con trolled by experienced fire fighters manning the hoses to keep the structure from burn ing too fast. Among other things, this provides the op- Firefighters with the Ver nonia Rural Fire Protection District spent 12 hours on the job Sunday, May 18, with part of it planned and part of it not planned. Sunday morning was al ready scheduled for a prac tice burn - a training exercise where the department delib- Vernonia C ity L ib ra ry ¿ 4 3 0 a p m . at _________________ held on ^ une Republication 97 _______ (Data) 10. Total Resources Except Property Taxes 19 . T h e purpose ol this meeting is to discuss the budget tor Name of Fund (Location) the fiscal year beginning July 1, 19 Q7 as approved by th e __ C ity o f V e rn o n ia _______________________ 119,778 312,718 312.718 8. Total Unappropnated or Ending Fund Balance . 37 ,286 28 .611 17.521 119.803 Budget Committee (M u m c u al C o rp o rato r) 91° Bridne S tre e t_____ A sum mary of the budget is presented below A copy of the budget m ay be inspected or obtained at V e rno nia, OR 07064 . betw een th e hours of 8 (Stomi Addrtou) .V i__ and 5 PM . This certifies that the budget was prepared on a basis of accounting that is ^consistent □ n o t consistent with the basis of accounting used dunng the preceding year ,;.i wyr.- 7. Total All O ther Expenditures and Requirements . 8. Total Unappropriated or Ending Fund Balance . . Maior changes, if any. and their effect on the budget, are explained below County City Oat« Vernonia Columbia Chair parson ol Governing Body 10. Total R esources Except Property Tatapnona NumPar A rth u r M. Parrow 5 -1 9 -9 7 ¡03 -42 9-52 91 Name of Fund Taxjs . . . . . . . FINANCIAL SUMMARY Adopted Budget This Year— 19 9 6 - 1 9 TO TA L O F ALL F U N D S 1 Total Personal Services 3. Total Capital Outlay ................................................ 4 Total Debt Service ..................................... 5 Total Transfers 6 Total Contingencies....................................................... •*<-> /£ .•• - * * 7. Total All O ther Expenditures and Requirements 8. Total Unappropriated or Ending Fund Balance 10 Total Resources Except Properly Taxes 11 Total Property Taxes Required to Balance Budget 12 Total Resources — add lines 10 and 11 .................. 13 Total Property Taxes Required to Balance Budget (line 11) 0 2 8 .7 4 8 41 2.59 7 41 2.59 7 0 0 0 41 2,59 7 0 40.44.3 438.44.3 8 1 ,2 3 8 181,500 2 5 ,000 107,381 141,980 8 7 ,585 108,578 6 7 9 ,6 3 6 6 7 9 .6 3 6 106,796 589,500 589^00 Approved Budg- Next Yearl997-19 1 0 .000 13 2.70 0 26 ,192 148.200 Name of Fund *»*• •* >•- 7 3 .849 16.958 6 7 .7 4 6 11Q.R67 RK7 . 2 1 6.54 9 2 1 6.54 9 1 9 1 .35C 1 9 1 .35C Actual Data Last Year 1995-1996 . C em etery 9 ,6 7 3 Adopted Budget This Y ea rl9 96-1 99 7 Approved Bude Next Yearl 997-1 7,351 12 ,350 2 2 ,0 0 0 14 Plus Estimated Property Taxes Not to be Received Anticipated Tax Levy A Loss Due to Constitutional Lim its...................... B Discounts Allowed. Other Uncollected Amounts 15 Total Tax Levy — add lines 13 and 14 17 One-Year Levy Outside the Tax Base Tax Levies By Type 18 Senal and Continuing Levies ............................. 19 Levy for Payment of Bonded Debt ¿0. Total flf lines 16 through 19 (eouals line 1 5 ) ......................... 4 3 8 ,4 4 3 -ft n n 4 3 8 .4 4 3 o n Debt Outstanding e ¡ ¡ J As Summarized O □ As Summarized All Other Expenditures and Requirements Unappropnated or Ending Fund Balance R e q u ire m e n ts ...................................... Resources Except Property Taxes olish O N LY completed portion o, this page 46.996 56 .669 56 .669 19,646 8 3 ,9 9 6 8 3 ,9 9 6 Total Anticipated Requirements m ust equal Total Resources of Actual Data Last Year 1995-1996 Ambulance Adopted Budget This Year 1996-1997 .. 72;n0' 2 2 ,no I I Republication Approved Budget Next Y e a rl9 9 7 -1998 Total M atenals and S e rv ic e s ................................. July 1. 19 9 7 - 19 9 § Approved Budget Year ---------------------------------------- c ............................................... Total Debt Service ............................................ Total Transfers ............................................. , Total Contingencies 0 Total All Other Expenditures and Requirements Total Unappropriated or Ending Fund Balance 1,609,775 u Total Requirements ............................................ Total Resources Except Property T a x e s ........... ame of und R e s o ra tio n □ Republu 32.009 ........................................ 1 ,4 9 6 ,2 9 7 113,479 FUNDS NOT REQUIRING A PROPERTY TAX TO BE LEVIED FORM LB-2 Total Total Total Total Tolal Capital Outlay Other TotalIndebtedness.... . 14 ,65i Total Personal S e rv ice s .......................................... Estimated Debt Authonzed. Not Incurred at the Beginning of the Budget Year July 1. 1 9 .9 7 - '9 98Approved Budget Year Bonds 7 8 9 t0 md None Estimated Debt Outstanding at the Beginning of the Budget Y e a r Interest Bearing Warrants 1 Debt Authonzed. Not Incurred PUBLISH BELOW ONLY IF COMPLETED Long-Term Debt 3 0 ,0 0 0 6. Total C o n tin g e n c ie s ...................................................... im e STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS □ N 5 3 ,8 9 5 146,605 120,000 108,578 . 3 6 5 ,1 6 2 127.844 4 .0 4 3 .8 2 2 3 .6 4 5 .8 2 2 3 9 8.00 0 4.04.3.822 3 9 8.00 0 Approved Budg« Next Year 1997-1' 4, Total Debt S e rv ic e ......................................................... 1 .0 7 4 .9 2 8 128.464 168.865 3 .6 0 9 .5 5 1 3 .2 2 5 .7 0 2 38 3.84 9 3 .6 0 9 .5 5 1 383,849 ¿ y i , Jbu 3. Total C apital O u t la y ...................................................... 6 3 8 ,2 6 2 1,709,162 119 8 Total Unappropnated or Ending Fund Balance 9 Tolal Requirements — add lines 1 through 8 2 9 1 ,JBU 353,439 Adopted Budget This Y e a rl9 9 6 -1997 4 3 ,2 2 0 7 Total All Other Expenditures and Requirements Anticipated Resources 391.615 594.836 594.836 8.9 0 1 Approved Budget Next Year— 19 3 .7 - 1 9 .9 8 708,581 1 ,1 1 6 ,8 8 6 1 .0 1 0 .1 1 8 129,748 6 0 ,0 0 0 4 1 5,35 3 ............................. 2. Total Material and Services Anticipated Requirements 97 .«.4 Actual Data Last Year 1995-1996 S tr e e ts -------------7T7J40 353,4 3 9 Adopted Budget This Year 1996-1997 Actual Data Last Year 1 9 9 5 -199K Sewer ----------------- 2 C 7 5 3 0 102 S in k in g Fund T^tal Personal Services ............ 32,009 ■32toQQ2. Actual Data Last Year 1995-1996 Adopted Budget This Year 1996-T9 97 ............ Total M atenals and S e rv ic e s ................................. N am e Fund of Actual Data Last Year 1995-1996 Water 1. Total Personal S e rv ic e s .......................... 2 Total Materials and Services 3. Total C apital Outlay 4 ............................... Total D ebt S e r v ic e ......................................... Adopted Budget This Year 1996-1997 133.072 8 6 ,0 0 0 8 ,0 2 8 2 1 ,1 7 0 9(1,57? 73 .412 8 .0 2 6 2 0 .9 3 0 Approved Budgr Next Year 1997-1 7 8 ,2 3 8 9 4 ,8 0 0 ----------------n t ü 7 5 - 21,083 5. Total T ra n s fe rs .................................... 6 8 4 ,6 3 9 Total C o n tin g e n c ie s ...................................................... ■ r .* * -■ . * Total Debt Service Total Transfers Total Contingencies ............................................ 408 1,880 500 ..................... .............................. 1,480 ................................... Total All Other Expenditures and Requirements Total Unappropnated or Ending Fund Balancd Total Requirements ................................................. Total Rg?ourcej_Excepi Property Taxes 1,9 33 2,3 41 533 JTT 2.4 13 1,980 ..1.980 577T53 - 7. Total Aft O ther Expenditures and Requirements Total Capital Outlay Please see page 21
