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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
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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
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held on
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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
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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