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Page 4 The INDEPENDENT, June 2, 2011 Council approves hiring process Report reveals basis of DPSST decision The Vernonia City Council held a special meeting on Tues- day, May 31, having to do with their City Administrator recruit- ment process. The council voted unani- mously to approve the interview process outlined. The process calls for interviews of adminis- trator candidates on June 24 by three panels. The panels will be composed of: • Council and mayor, • city department heads, and • a community panel made up of one person selected by each councilor and one by the mayor. The council also approved travel expense stipends of no more than $500 per applicant, payable upon submittal of re- ceipts for “legitimate travel ex- penses.” Following that vote, council recessed to executive session (not open to the public) to dis- cuss the “employment of an of- From page 1 placed on hold pending the out- come of the DPSST investiga- tion. 3) Kay was untruthful with the City of Vernonia by telling them he was a member of the Oregon Police Canine Associa- tion (OPCA). In November, Kay told the City of Vernonia that he was a member of OPCA. In his inter- view with King, Kay said he was a member of OPCA from 2004 to 2007. According to OPCA, Kay was never a member and did not even submit an applica- ficer, employee, staff member or agent,” and “to deliberate with persons designated to ne- gotiate real property transac- tions.” After coming out of execu- tive session, council gave Jen- nie Messmer, from the League of Oregon Cities, permission to go ahead with background checks on three candidates, prior to tours and receptions on June 23 and the interviews on June 24. The next regularly scheduled council meeting is June 6, at 7:00 p.m. at city hall. — CLARIFICATION — In the May 19 article on Ver- nonia City Council meetings, Scott Laird clarified that his apology to the council and may- or was not for disseminating public information to members of the community. He said, “At no time did I apologize for that.” Rather the apology was that, “…while a motion was on the floor and discussion was taking place concerning the termina- tion of the contract for Interim City Administrator Bill Haack. Voicing my opinion during the discussion was inappropriate.” tion for membership to them. 4) Kay knew, or should have known, when he retroactively sought and obtained 15 K9 cer- tifications from the American Council on Criminal Justice Training (ACCJT), that those certifications did not meet the industry standard as being comparable to OPCA certifica- tion. In his response, Kay assert- ed that ACCJT standards were equivalent to OPCA. Two K9 experts contacted by DPSST said, “No,” the standards were not equivalent. 5) Kay misrepresented a K9 evaluation conducted to see if his dog met equivalent K9 ex- pertise. Kay asked the evaluator to omit unsatisfactory results of the evaluation. 6) Kay knew or should have known that by contaminating or otherwise compromising the re- VPD Sergeant Mike Kay sults of the K9 evaluation, the results would be not good. Kay also said he “always wear latex gloves” while han- dling narcotics during the eval- uation, the evaluator said that was not so. 7) Kay misrepresented King’s suggestion that, be- cause the validity of the 15 K9 certifications were in question, he may wish to seek a See State on page 5 Community Calendar VERNONIA Alcoholics Anonymous Mondays 6:30 p.m., 410 North Street Alcoholics Anonymous Thursdays (Big Book Study) 7:00 p.m., 410 North Street American Legion Post #119 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., 627 Adams Avenue Booster Club 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., VHS Library Boy Scout Troop 201 Tuesdays 7:00 p.m., Scout Cabin Boy Scout Troop 860 Wednesdays 7:00 p.m., LDS Church Cemetery Beautification Comm. 2nd Thursday 6:30 p.m., Library CERT 4th Wednesday For Info Call 503-429-3018 Chamber of Commerce 2nd Wednesday For Info Call 503-429-6081 Community Coalition 2nd Monday 12:30 p.m. School District Ofc. Cub Scout Pack 201 Scout Cabin For Info Call 503-429-4250 Friends of the Library 1st Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Vernonia Library Girl Scouts, Neighborhood 4-2 For Info Call 503-819-0143 Izaak Walton League 3rd Thursday For location call 503-429-7193 Kiwanis Club 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 6:30 p.m., New Hong Kong Lions Club 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 6:30 p.m., New Hong Kong Municipal Airport Committee 1t Wednesday 6:30 p.m., City Hall Pioneer Museum For Info Call 503-429-3713 Public Works Committee 4th Tuesday 7:00 p.m., City Hall Vernonia Cares Directors For Info call 503-429-1414 Vernonia City Council 1st & 3rd Mondays 7:00 p.m., City Hall Vernonia Community PTA 2nd Wednesday 7:00 p.m., WGS Library Vernonia Garden Club 2nd Tuesday 1:30 p.m., Vernonia Library Vernonia Grange 3rd Monday 7:00 p.m., Grange Hall Vernonia Health Center 3rd Thursday 6:30 p.m., 510 Bridge St. Vernonia Learning Center 1st Wednesday 6:00 p.m., VLC Vernonia Parks Committee 3rd Wednesday 6:30 p.m., City Hall Vernonia Planning Comm. 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7:00 p.m., City Hall Vernonia Pride 2nd Thursday 1:00 p.m., City Hall Vernonia Ridge Riders Last Thursday 7:00 p.m., Senior Center Vernonia RFPD Board 2nd Tuesday 6:00 p.m., Fire Station Vernonia School Board 2nd Thursday 6:00 p.m., District Office Vernonia Sr. Center Board 2nd Friday 10:00 a.m., Senior Center Vernonia Transfer Station 2nd & 4th Saturdays, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Behind VHS Vern. Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. 1st Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Fire Station Vernonia Volunteer Firefighters 2nd Monday 7:00 p.m., Fire Station WOEC Directors 3rd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., WOEC MIST-BIRKENFELD M-BRFPD Board Business Mtg. 2nd Tuesday M-BRFPD Board Workshop 4th Tuesday M-B Ambulance Drill 1st & 2nd Thursdays M-B Fire Drill 1st & 2nd Wednesdays M-B Helping Circle 2nd Monday M-B SAR Drill 3rd Wednesday M-B Volunteer Assoc. 1st Tuesday Natal Grange 2nd Wednesday T.O.P.S. Mondays Upr Nehalem Watershed Council For date call 429-0869 BANKS Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous American Legion Post #90 Banks City Council Banks Fire District #13 Banks Library Commission Banks Planning Commission Banks School Board Banks Youth Group Chamber of Commerce CPO 14 Everybody’s Hometown Band Friends of the Library Lions Club Sunset Park Assoc. T.O.P.S. Friday Wednesday 2nd Tuesday 2nd Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 3rd Tuesday Last Tuesday 2nd Monday Sunday, Wednesday 1st Thursday 3rd Monday Tuesdays 2nd Tuesday 1st & 3rd Mondays 3rd Wednesday Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:30 p.m., Natal Grange Hall 9:00 a.m., Main Fire Station 7:00 p.m., Main Fire Station 7:30 p.m., Methodist Church 7:30 p.m., Methodist Church 7:30 p.m., Main Street Post 7:30 p.m., City Hall 7:00 p.m., Station 13 7:00 p.m., City Library 7:00 p.m., City Hall 7:30 p.m., Jr. High Library 7:00 p.m., UMC Youth Bldg. 12:30 p.m., Fire District Office 7:00 p.m., City Library 7:00 p.m., BHS Music Room 7:00 p.m., City Library 7:00 p.m., Brown Derby 8:00 p.m., Gun Club 7:00 p.m., Administration Bldg. COLUMBIA COUNTY (All meet in St. Helens unless otherwise noted.) Board of Commissioners Wednesday 10:00 a.m., Courthouse Citizens for Senior Justice 2nd Tuesday 7:00 p.m., Sunset Park Church Columbia Comm Mental Health 1st Tuesday 5”30 p.m., 58646 McNulty Way Columbia Soil & Water District 3rd Wednesday 7:30 p.m., NRCS , 2514 Sykes County Fair Board 2nd Monday 6:00 p.m., Fairgrounds 4-H Bldg. County Parks Commission 3rd Tuesday Times vary, 1054 Oregon St. Mental Health Advisory Comm. Quarterly For Info call 503-397-7211 Comm. on Children & Families 3rd Thursday 5:30 p.m. OSU Ext., 505 N. Hwy. 30 Local Alcohol & Drug Plann. Comm. Quarterly For Info call 503-397-7211 Organizations and meeting dates not listed may be included by calling 429-9410 or by mail to The INDEPENDENT, 725 Bridge Street, Vernonia, OR 97064.
