The INDEPENDENT, December 4, 2003
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Council told of changes at Providence
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Two mainstays at the Provi-
dence Family Clinic - Vernonia,
told the Vernonia City Council
last Monday that they were
leaving Vernonia.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Laura Nichols is retiring and
physician Mark Livingston is
leaving Providence to expand
his solo practice in St. Helens.
Providence had previously
closed their St. Helens clinic,
Livingston said and, because
he wants to stay in a semi-rural
area, he started his private
practice at that time. Another
nurse practitioner will be com-
ing to Vernonia to assist Judith
Hargis.
City Administrator Mike
Sykes told the council that a let-
ter has been sent to the Oregon
State University School of
Pharmacy, encouraging inter-
ested pharmacists to consider
locating in Vernonia.
The City has been dismissed
as a defendant in the the law-
suit filed by the county Histori-
cal Society against the Colum-
bia County Board of Commis-
sioners, Sykes reported. The
Vernonia Pioneer Museum as-
sociation was also dismissed
as a defendant, Enid Parrow
told the council.
Water Ordinance
changes discussed
Two landlords told the coun-
cil, one adamantly, that they
opposed a proposed change to
the city’s water ordinance
which would require them to be
responsible for any unpaid wa-
ter/sewer fees charged to their
tenants.
Alternative ideas suggested
to protect the city from exces-
sive unpaid bills included dou-
bling the deposit required for
service and shortening the time
period before water is turned
off.
When the topic was first dis-
cussed, at the Nov. 3 council
meeting, another landlord had
said she charged enough in the
rent to cover the cost of water
and sewer, but felt that exces-
sive deposits could make it dif-
ficult for renters to qualify.
Councilor Glen Purvee also
expressed concern about high
deposit requirements because
more than 50 percent of Ver-
nonia residents are “low in-
come,” as determined by the
U.S. Census.
Public Works Director Robyn
Bassett will return to the coun-
cil, January 20, with additional
information, including an analy-
sis of outstanding debt owed to
the city.
Vernonia After School
programs funded
Vernonia’s grant application
to the Columbia County Com-
mission on Children and Fami-
lies, to renew the After School
program, has been funded and
will receive $13,595 Sykes to
the council.
The program includes a
Head Start Activity Club, which
will serve 50 children ages 6-
11;
The Homework and Twilight
Clubs will serve 45 children,
ages 8-18;
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school district and the Vernonia
Public Library.
Vacation of G
Street approved
Prior to the Dec. 1 council
meeting, a public hearing was
held to take testimony regard-
ing a request by Jim Brunsman
for the city to vacate a portion
of G Street.
The part of G Street dis-
cussed for vacation is on the
west side of Rock Creek. It is
platted but has never been de-
veloped. Wetlands that will not
support development were in-
cluded in the original plat map.
Following
Brunsman’s
agreement to the access re-
quirements of the Vernonia
Rural Fire District, the Vernon-
ia Planning Commission ap-
proved his request and recom-
mended approval by the coun-
cil.
Staff also recommended ap-
proval and there was no testi-
mony in opposition to the vaca-
tion. Council unanimously ap-
proved Brunsman’s request.
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