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The INDEPENDENT, July 20, 2011
From the Sheriff’s Desk…
From page 19
In our jail, 16 deputies and five supervisors manage a 24-hour-
a-day, 7-day-a-week operation. The jail houses criminal violators
arrested by local agencies throughout the county, and those sen-
tenced by state and local courts for a period of one year or less.
It costs taxpayers between $20,000 and $25,000 a year (depend-
ing on total jail population) to provide one bed per year. In recent
years, the jail has been a $4 million-plus operation.
These are the services for which local taxpayers and those out-
side our county provide the revenue needed to perform them.
These are the services that – lacking sufficient revenue to perform
at optimum levels – must be cut in order to balance the budget.
As I stated in my last column, I do not blame the citizens for
their reticence to authorize new taxes, especially with the crazy
tax and spend climate we have at the federal government, and
the lack of prioritization we see at many levels of government. But
we still have to balance the budget, and so cuts in services must
be made.
We are planning a summit late this summer with our partners
and stakeholders, as we look to the future and what is a sustain-
able level of service for the next few years. I am NOT of a mind
to go back to voters with a new levy request. I believe that for
now, until the citizens themselves start calling for changes from
the grass roots, we will have to make do with the resources we
have.
It is for this reason that I ran for Sheriff. My greatest privilege is
to work through problems and search for solutions to even the
most difficult funding dilemmas. It might not be a popular decision
that has to be made. Sometimes there is no solution that will be
popular. Often, people don’t have all the information necessary,
neither do they have the perspective required to make educated
decisions that affect a wide variety of services, some mandated,
some essential to the peace of the communities we serve.
That’s where servant leadership comes in. It is my honor and
privilege to be able to lead (serve) during these difficult econom-
ic times. Whether or not you agree with the direction in which we
go, please understand that I am committed to serving the public
in the most efficient manner, doing the best I can with the re-
sources we have.
I love this job for that reason, and I am grateful to the citizens
in our county for giving me the opportunity to do it. Please be safe
out there!
Marine Board announces marina milestone reached
The Oregon State Marine
Board’s Clean Marina Program
reached a milestone on June
30, bringing the total number of
Oregon Clean Marinas to 50.
Newly certified Clean Mari-
nas include: Detroit Lake Mari-
na, certified June 8; Port of
Garibaldi, certified June 30;
and Garibaldi Marina, certified
June 30.
All three boating facilities
meet the pollution prevention
standards of the Oregon Clean
Marina program and voluntarily
adopt measures to control pol-
lution associated with marina
operations. The “Clean Marina”
designation is a testament to
these marinas’ efforts to do
their part in keeping Oregon’s
waterways pollution-free.
The first marina certified in
the Clean Marina program was
Rocky Point Marina, in Scap-
poose, in 2006. In Oregon,
there are approximately 200 el-
igible facilities for the Clean
July 6 solution
Marina Program.
To learn more, visit http://
www.boatoregon.com/OSMB/
Clean/clean_marina.shtml.
WEATHER REPORT
JUNE 2011
DATE
TEMPERATURE
HI
LO
PRECIP.
AMT.
1
57
40
.50
2
59
37
.17
3
73
39
T
4
82
37
--
5
77
48
--
6
69
44
T
7
58
43
.02
8
58
48
--
9
68
42
--
10
60
50
--
11
65
43
--
12
64
38
T
13
65
51
--
14
60
44
--
15
61
47
--
16
65
41
--
17
72
34
.01
18
60
50
.05
19
62
51
T
20
68
49
--
21
80
47
--
22
66
52
--
23
64
48
--
24
65
44
--
25
68
37
--
26
73
38
--
27
67
56
.05
28
66
55
.09
29
63
51
.02
30
61
49
.05
Temperature and precipitation
amounts are from the official U.S.
weather station at the Vernonia wa-
ter plant. Measurable precipitation in
June totalled .96 inches.
Action Ads ~ Call 503-429-9410 to place your ad
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Request for Bid
ed to, furnish and installation of
the Landscaping for the new Ver-
nonia K-12 School in Vernonia
Oregon. It is anticipated that part
of this work on site will com-
mence in September 2011 and
must reach Final Completion no
later than April 12th, 2012.
Beginning on July 12th, 2011,
bid documents may be examined
at the offices of P&C or obtained
electronically by contacting
Rosanna Williamson at P&C
Construction (503.665-0165 or
rosanna@builtbypandc.com).
Bidders must ask specifically for
documents titled “VERNONIA K-
12 SCHOOL – ADDENDUM#13
CONSTRUCTION
DOCU-
MENTS”. The landscaping bid
should not include any of the irri-
gation shown on sheets L501,
L502, L503 & L504. There will be
no irrigation on this project. The
bid shall include two separate
pricing line items. The first pricing
line item will include sheets L400
thru L404 which covers the entire
project. The second pricing line
item will cover Alternate #5
sheets L405 thru L408 which is a
portion of the entire project. Bid-
ders will be responsible for bid-
ding sheets L600 thru L605 that
are applicable to your scope of
work. All bidders shall include the
placement of topsoil from the on-
site stockpile. Include soil
amendments as called for in the
project specifications.
All bidders must be able to fur-
nish payment and performance
bonds covering the faithful per-
formance of the subcontract and
the payment for all obligations
arising hereunder should such
bonds be requested by P&C.
P&C reserves the right to reject
any proposer not capable of se-
curing said bonds.
This is Davis-Bacon Job.
Subcontractor will pay weekly (no
exceptions) and will pay the high-
er labor rate between BOLI (April,
2010),
or
Davis-Bacon
(OR100038 MOD 7 REVISED
08/27/10 OR38). Therefore, sub-
contractor agrees to meet all
guidelines and regulations set
forth and in accordance with gov-
erning authorities. NOTE: Certi-
fied payroll reports must be sub-
mitted to contractor as a condi-
tion for payment. Subcontractor
is required to submit originally
signed (ink signature) certified
payroll. All bidders must be regis-
tered with the Construction Con-
tractors Board and in compliance
with all other licensing require-
ments at the time of submission
of their bids.
P&C Construction, on behalf
of the School District, reserves
the right to: reject any and all pro-
posals; reject any proposal not in
compliance with the bidding pro-
cedures and requirements; reject
for good cause any proposal that
would be in the public’s best in-
terest to do so; and waive minor
irregularities in any or all propos-
als. There will be no public open-
ing of bids.
P&C Construction is an equal
opportunity employer and is ac-
tively seeking proposals from mi-
nority, women, disadvantaged,
and emerging small business en-
terprises.
A sample P&C subcontract is
included in the bid documents.
Therefore, subcontractors must
clearly make note of any excep-
tions to the subcontract prior to
bid due date and time. P&C will
consider and exceptions taken to
the P&C subcontract when ana-
lyzing bids and making a selec-
tion for the firm that will perform
the work outlined in the bid pack-
age.
P&C Construction
New Vernonia K-12 School
Bid Package Six (BP-6):
Landscaping
Bids Due 2:00 pm PST, Au-
gust 4th, 2011
Bids for the “VERNONIA
SCHOOL DISTRICT – LAND-
SCAPING: BID PACKAGE SIX
(BP-6)” will be received by the
Construction Manager/General
Contractor (CM/GC), P&C Con-
struction, 2133 NW York St , Port-
land, Oregon 97210 by the time
and date listed above. Faxed
bids will be accepted. Questions
regarding the proposal shall be in
writing and directed to Kevin Mc-
Call at P&C Construction by fax
(503.667.2565) or e-mail (kmc-
call@builtbypandc.com). Late
bids will not be accepted.
The scope of work for this bid
package includes, but is not limit-
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