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Audit lists concerns about fiscal management by City of Banks
Management for the City of
Banks must be “vigilant” in
maintaining good accounting
practices, the Banks City
Council was told in the 1999-
2000 audit report discussed at
their December 12 meeting.
The audit comments were en
gendered by the City’s size,
because small staff size does
not allow separation of check
writing and fund accounting
processes. The auditor also
commented that police depart
ment impound/towing fees
should be properly accounted
for. Mayor Bob Orlowski noted
that the city started the fiscal
year with a deficit of approxi
mately $139,000 and, by the
fiscal year’s end, had made up
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approximately $67,000 of that
deficit.
The council had intended to
fill the vacancy left by Orlows-
ki’s move to mayor, but the in
tended appointee, Ryan Birr,
was not able to attend the
meeting. Birr will be appointed
at the January meeting, when
newly elected councilors Teri
Branstitre and Kathleen Mur
doch are sworn in. Birr also ran
for election to the council, plac
ing third behind Branstitre and
Murdoch. Councilors Norma
Steward and Dana Campbell
did not seek re-election and
have completed their terms.
The Banks Planning Com
mission asked that the council
allow non-voting commission
members to vote in the ab
sence of a quorum. The non
voting members are not resi
dents of the city. The Planning
Commission has been unable
to conduct business for two
months due to lack of a quo
rum. City attorney Jim Lucas
said that the planning commis
sion sometimes acts as an offi
cer of the city when making de
cisions and that case law does
not support having non-resi
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dents vote on city business.
The council referred the pro
posal back to the planning
commission.
Council accepted Planner
K.J. Won’s work program for
the periodic review of the city’s
comprehensive plan. The pro
gram will be submitted to the
state Department of Land Con
servation and Development
along with notification that the
city will need grant funding in
order to accomplish the work
The Oregon Arts Commis
sion has released four new
publications which document
and describe how local arts
and cultural resources can as
sist
Oregon
communities
through the Arts Build Commu
nities program.
Arts Build Communities pro
vides services and assistance
in two ways - through matching
grants to support local arts and
cultural planning and projects,
and technical assistance from
its community development
staff and a team of profession
al consultants.
“The program has connec
tions to almost every communi
ty issue facing Oregon cities
and towns - growth, downtown
design and revitalization, the
arts as an economic develop
ment strategy, youth at risk,
and others,” said Bill Flood, the
commission’s community de
velopment coordinator. “Our
new publications document
what’s occurred across the
state so other communities can
learn from the experiences.”
The publications include:
Arts Build Communities
Technical Assistance Report -
P ro g ra m
support of the arts. The Arts
Commission became part of
the Economic Development in
1993, in recognition of the ex
panding role the arts play in the
broader social, economic and
educational arenas of Oregon
communities.
The Arts Build Communities
grants program is funded by
the National Endowment for
the Arts and the U.S.D.A. For
est Service Rural Community
Assistance Program.
For copies of the publica
tions or more information on
the Arts Build Communities
program, call the Oregon Arts
Commission in Salem at 503-
986-0082 or visit the commis
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Web
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at:
http://art.econ.state.or.us.
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Report on the 1998-99 Arts
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that the raw water line project
will be ready for bid in February
or March.
- Heard from Police Chief
Daryl Crandall that the police
department and the F.B.I. are
investigating counterfeit money
received from the high school
and local business.
- Reviewed a letter from
Marilyn Senko and other resi
dents expressing concern
about the placement of a cellu
lar phone tower.
Studies illustrate how arts can improve community
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Mayor Orlowski will hold
regular office hours in City Hall,
from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
In other business, the coun
cil:
- Approved $700 for Christ
mas gifts for employees.
- Were told that the park
cabin project and the Wilkes
Street improvement project are
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