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Banks City Council has ap
proved a water rate increase to
support payment of a loan
needed to improve the city wa
ter system.
At a public hearing before
the April 11 council meeting,
City Engineer Dale R. Merrell
presented figures from a study
showing how much residential
and commercial water rates
need to increase to cover the
cost of the $615,000 loan at
approximately 5.5 percent in
terest over 30 years.
The funds are needed for a
new chlorine contact chamber
at the Slow Sand Filter Water
Treatment Plant and to replace
the six-inch steel water distrib-
base rate of $12.01 per month,
as opposed to the current
$12.50/200 cubic feet. The
commodity surcharge (for use
above 400 cubic feet), howev
er, will increase from $1.04 to
$1.87 per 100 cubic feet for
residential users, and from
$1.00 to $1.65 for commercial
users.
Outside the city limits, the
base rate will be $18.01 and
the residential and commercial
surcharges will be $2.80 and
$2.47, respectively.
Merrell pointed out that the
cost of water in Banks is low at
$23, compared to the state av
erage of $36 per 1000 cubic
feet.
ution main from the Diversion
Structure to the Water Treat
ment Plant. The increasing
loss of water and water pres
sure will be alleviated by these
projects. Merrell stated that the
improvements will serve Banks
for years to come.
Residential rates will in
crease approximately 11 per
cent overall, with a typical
household
paying
about
$23.21 per month, instead of
the current $20.82 per month
for 7500 gallons.
Residential and low-volume
users will actually get a break.
Within city limits, the new rate
structure allows 400 cubic feet
of water (3000 gallons) at a
SOLV and OED will fund volunteer action training
A grant from the Oregon
Economic and Community De
velopment Department will
help train people in communi
ties around the state to man
age successful community en
hancement projects.
The $71,230 grant will be
used by SOLV, a non-profit vol
unteer action group, to provide
training to community groups.
In exchange for the free Volun
teer Action Training, partici
pants will agree to coordinate a
livability project in their com
munity within a year of the
training. The money will also
benefit SOLV’s small grant pro
gram, which provides up to
$250 for community organiza
tions to implement projects.
Projects may include commu-
members involved in the area’s
future, resulting in more com
plex economic and community
development projects that lead
to economic diversification as
well as the creation and reten
tion of jobs.”
SOLV is contributing $6,258
to the project and it is estimat
ed that nearly $21,000 worth of
time will be contributed by vol
unteers on local projects.
Community groups interest
ed in the volunteer training and
grants can call SOLV toll-free
at 1-800-322-3326. The Ore
gon Economic and Community
Development Department is a
state agency that invests lot
tery, federal and other funds to
help improve economic oppor
tunities for all Oregonians.
nity cleanup, enhancement or
restoration.
Volunteer Action Training is
a one-day seminar that covers
project coordination (including
logistics, site coordination and
budgeting), volunteer manage
ment, outreach and media
skills, and how to raise local
support for community en
hancement projects. The train
ing will be especially geared to
wards representatives of rural
and distressed areas of the
state.
“The training and implemen
tation grants are vital for small
and distressed communities,"
said Jack McGowan, executive
director of SOLV. “Small project
development is often the first
step in getting community
Pacific Wind Ensemble schedules final concert
The Pacific University Wind
Ensemble will present its final
concert of the 1999-2000 sea
son on Tuesday, April 25 at
7:30 pm in McCready Hall of
the Taylor-Meade Performing
Arts Center at Pacific Universi
ty. The program to be per
formed is in recognition of
“Asian/Pacific Heritage Month,”
and will include commentary by
members of the University’s
Asian Studies faculty.
Under the direction of Dr.
Michael Burch-Pesses, direc
tor of bands at Pacific Universi
ty, the program will open with
“Midway March” by John
Williams, and will continue with
Tetsunosuke Kushida’s “Ikaru-
ga," a compilation of Japanese
folk songs. Student conductor
Kellie Binney will make her in
strumental conducting debut
with “Chinese Folk Rhapsody,”
and the ensemble will also per
form highlights from the Broad
way musical Miss Saigon.
In a reprise of their famous
luau performance that was re
cently held on campus, the
University’s Hawaiian Club will
be featured in music and
dance from the Hawaiian Is
lands, and soloist Tricia Young,
a student from Hawaii, will per
form Camille Saint-Saëns’ fa
mous “Concertpiece” for solo’
French Horn.
The Wind Ensemble is com
prised of University students,
faculty, and staff, as well as lo
cal residents who wish to per
form in a concert band setting.
Thia concert is the ensemble’s
final performance of the acade
mic yeejr
Tickets are available at the
door o r in advance through the
University Box Office at 503-
359-2918. General admission
is $4 and $2 for sutdents and
senior citizens.
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Banks
Banks School District committee
approves proposed 2000/01 budget
Banks School District Bud
get Committee approved the
2000-2001 Proposed Budget
at a meeting on April 10. A pub
lic Budget Hearing will be held
May 8 and the district’s Board
of Directors will vote on adop
tion of the budget at its June
meeting. Copies of the pro
posed budget may be obtained
at the district office.
The proposed budget was
prepared and submitted by Su
perintendent Marilyn McGlas-
son and district Business Man
ager Tim Collier.
In the budget message, Mc-
Glasson said that the district’s
current budgeting process is
guided by the four-year state-
mandated
debt-repayment
process. A loan which allowed
the district to continue opera
tions despite its negative bal
ance in Fiscal Year 1998-99,
must be repaid over the next
four years. However, McGlas-
son said the board is “commit
ted to providing the critical
leadership that balances the
needs of students, both in
structional and co-curricular,
with other necessary services.”
The proposed budget re
flects a $600,000 revenue in
crease, due to increases in stu
dent enrollment, interest earn-
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