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The INDEPENDENT, October 21, 2010
Banks council told city received A+ on 09-10 Annual Audit report
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minors were smoking on the
path behind the high school
during the lunch hour, and he
has cited three minors for MIP
Tobacco. There were 48 traffic
stops and 24 citations.
The Planning Commission
report was presented by Ray
Deeth. Deeth distributed a pho-
tocopy of the new dental office
plan and said he is looking for-
ward to having a dental office in
the city. Other than that, he re-
ported, not much happened at
the meeting.
Dennis R. Conner, CPA
briefed council on the 2009-
2010 Annual Audit report. Con-
ner directed council’s attention
to several places in the report,
letting them know that “this is
your report card”, in which he
gave the city an “A+”. Conner
credits City Recorder Jolynn
Becker and City Manager Jim
Hough for the city’s grade. At
the end of the presentation,
when Council President Pete
Edison asked how Banks
matches up to other cities,
Connor responded that the “ac-
counting is tops; the manage-
ment is tops”. Hough conclud-
ed the presentation by telling
council how much “we really
appreciate the work Dennis
Connor does…he is always
available and it is a real pleas-
ure to be audited by Dennis
Conner.”
A public hearing was held to
consider a recommendation
from the Planning Commission
for updating the city’s Park &
Recreation Master Plan. The
commission also requested
that city council consider
amending Goal 8 Recreation
Needs, in the Banks Compre-
hensive Plan, under a separate
land use hearing, including
consideration for additional
recreational land to be included
within the City’s Urban Growth
Boundary (UGB). Ellie Fiore
AICP, of Cogan Owens Cogan
LLC, presented the 2010 plan
update. At the conclusion of the
presentation council unani-
mously adopted the updated
Park & Recreation Master Plan,
and incorporated the updated
Park & Recreation Master Plan
as a statewide Goal 8 Recre-
ational Needs amendment with
the upcoming UGB legislative
comprehensive plan amend-
ment proposal, and included
the Quail Valley Golf Course
site as part of the UGB expan-
sion.
At the March 10, 2009, city
council meeting, city council
accepted a draft Water Man-
agement & Conservation Plan
that was sent to the Oregon
Water Resources Department
for review. Because of contin-
ued comments and responses,
Golder and Associates incorpo-
rated supplemental information
into the draft plan prior to for-
warding it to the city for adop-
tion. Council approved and
adopted Banks first Water Man-
agement and Conservation
Plan, with modifications incor-
porated as ordered by the Wa-
ter Resources Department.
Banks Chamber of Com-
merce requested that the city
support the Banks Chamber
2010 Holiday Lighting Contest,
donate supplemental funding
for expanded prize categories,
and insert a contest notification
with an accompanying applica-
tion flyer in the November wa-
ter bills. Council approved sup-
porting the 2010 Holiday Light-
ing Contest, and authorized
$300 funding support for
prizes.
A decision to stream month-
ly city council meetings on the
internet carried by a split deci-
sion. Funding and other consid-
ers need to be made prior de-
See Evers on page 20
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