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The INDEPENDENT, February 20, 2002 Page 11 anks council officially adopts curfew, public safety ordinance Banks City Council, at their February 12 meeting, gave fi nal approval to a public safety Deadline near for Veterans ’ property tax exemptions The Oregon Department of Revenue application deadline for the veterans’ property tax exemption is April 1. Qualified veterans or th e ir surviving spouses may be entitled to ex empt either $9,570 or $12,750 of their property’s assessed value from property taxes. A p plications and information are available by calling the local county assessor’s office. The $9,570 exemption ap plies to w ar veterans with dis abilities of 40 percent or more and to w ar veterans’ surviving spouses who have not remar ried. The $12,750 exemption applies to w ar veterans with service-connected disabilities of 40 percent or more. It also applies to the surviving spous es of w ar veterans who died because of service-connected illness or injury or who had re ceived at least one year of the maximum exemption. For more information, con tact the local county tax asses sor’s office or visit the Depart ment of Revenue’s website at w w w .dor.state.or.us under Publications. ordinance that establishes reg ulations on damage to property, use of firew orks, disorderly conduct, w eapons, loitering and establishing a curfew. Un der the ordinance, children un der the age of fourteen are sub ject to curfew after 9:15 p.m. during the school year and 10:15 p.m. during the summer months. High school age chil dren are subject to curfew at 10:15 p.m. on school nights and at midnight on Fridays, Saturdays or prior to legal holi days. Exceptions to curfew re quirements are allowed for em ployment or school activities. Banks firefighters to host breakfast The annual breakfast of the Banks Volunteer Firefighter As sociation w ill be Sunday, March 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Banks High School Cafeteria. Tickets are available at the door. Breakfast will include pan cakes, ham or sausage, eggs, fruit, coffee, milk or orange juice. Firefighters will also offer free fire engine rides to chil dren and free blood pressure checks for adults. For more information, call 503-324-6262. Jim Long made a short pre sentation on the city’s centenni al celebration, which is being dated from Jan. 21,1902, when the Banks Post Office was offi cially named, rather than 1921, when the town was incorporat ed. Council expressed interest in developing events to recog nize the centennial. Moving council meetings to the com m unity room of the Banks Public Library was dis cussed, as was a request by city recorder Cindy Stanley to change the provider of the city’s payroll services. No decisions were made on either topic. Also discussed was proce dure for negotiations regarding the m aintenance agreem ent with Arbor Village Homeowners Association (AVHA). Because four of the six council members are also members of AVHA, re newal of the agreement will be handled by the city’s attorney. Council appointed, or ratified the appointment of the follow ing: • Ed Ohlman to the Banks Li brary Commission • Denise Holmes to the Co operative Library Advisory Board • Laurie Schlegel as alter nate to the Cooperative Library Advisory Board • Councilor Ryan Birr to the Please support our advertisers BANKS AUTO PARTS 101 N. MAIN STREET - 503-324-1060 Saw Shop Open M-F 8 am - 6 pm Sat. 8 am -1 2 pm W ashington County Trans portation Advisory Committee. A presentation by the Ore gon Downtown Developm ent Association, and a discussion of the solid waste management agreement were postponed to the March 12 meeting. Council approves property purchase for water protection Banks C ity C ouncil ap proved borrowing $415,000 in order to protect and enhance the city’s water supply, by buy ing the property surrounding the main water intake site. The council’s primary con cern is that logging proposed for the property above, and ad jacent to, the water intake will harm water quality or damage the spring that supplies most of Banks’ water. The property owner, who postponed the planned logging, is willing to sell and has been working with the City, though the two parties have not agreed on a purchase amount. According to an appraisal obtained by the City, $415,000 would be sufficient to purchase the property and pay closing costs. State law prohibits gov ernment agencies from paying more than the appraised value for real property. If the two parties cannot reach agreement, the City has said they will invoke condem nation procedure’s, rather than jeopardize the C ity’s water sup ply. Most of the loan would be re paid by logging some of the proposed acquisition, but not in the same configuration as the originally planned cut. Volunteers needed for committees Washington County is seek ing volunteers for the following boards and commissions: • Adult Behavioral Council • Aging and Veteran’s Ser vices Advisory Committee • Commission on Children and Families • Developmental Disabilities Council • Housing Advisory Commit- tee A pplication deadline is March 19, or until all vacancies are filled. Members must be W ashington County residents. A pplications and descrip tions of all the boards may be obtained by calling 503-846- 8685, or online at w w w .co. W ashington.or.us/cgi/boards/co mmis.pl See us for Quality and Frienaiy Service SUNSET LAUNDRY W ash...$1.00 D ry...250 180 S. 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