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The INDEPENDENT, September 21, 2011
Mayor Kinsky gives certificates of appreciation to Girl Scouts
by Jodi Boylan
After Girl Scout Olivia, from
Troop 41283 lead the Banks
City Council in the Pledge of Al-
legiance at their September 13
meeting, Mayor John Kinsky
presented Certificates of Ap-
preciation to Dick and Shirley
Dinger, Larissa Ushriya, Lori
Godfrey, Raymond Deeth, Ang-
ie Lanter, and Girl Scout Troop
41283 in recognition of their
community support by assist-
ing the Northwest Bicycle Safe-
ty Council with the Beaverton,
Banks and Beyond fund raising
event on August 27. Tony
Montes, representing the Bicy-
cle Safety Council, expressed
the group’s appreciation and
said they are looking forward to
next year.
Washington County Sheriff
Deputy Todd Hanlon, contract
police officer for the City of
Banks reporting on August ac-
tivity told Council that, since
deputies on the graveyard shift
started hitting the Greenville
Park pretty hard at night, there
have not been any issues
there. Other issues have in-
cluded run away youth, and
trespass/UUMV issues at Sun-
set Speedway. Crimes in the
city,
included
an
ID
Theft/Fraud, menacing, DUII, a
theft of about 100 gallons of
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diesel that was siphoned from
a dump truck, criminal mis-
chief, theft of a bicycle that was
returned two days later, an
egging, and a neighborhood
disturbance.
Hanlon
and
Deputy Wormington partnered
up for the Banks BBQ, which
went really well, he reported,
was quiet and security did a
great job. After council added
that it seemed really busy in
the city, City Manager Jim
Hough noted that Banks is get-
ting community policing, which
is outside the city’s contract,
and he expressed hope that
voters remember this in No-
vember.
Roberta Sommer updated
council on the City of Banks
Sustainability Strategy and
Sustainability Advisory commit-
tee. Sommer commented that
the updates are have included
definition and consistency
throughout the report.
Planning Commissioner Li-
aison Janet Towne reported
that that the Planning Commis-
sion held a public hearing that
they recommended be moved
on to council, approved four
sets of solar panels for city
buildings, were debriefed on
the pre-mediation progress of
the boundaries, and that the
commission had some training
on chapter 7, zoning changes.
In appreciation, Towne passed
on that “Jim [Hough City Man-
ager] and KJ [Won City Plan-
ner] are a lot of help in keeping
us up to speed.”
City Manager Hough report-
ed:
• The Banks Green Team is
working on a project to conduct
two E-waste collection events
per year, one on the first Satur-
day of April, and the other on
the first Saturday of October.
• As part of the city’s project
to standardize all of the street
lights in the City of Banks, the
city has taken over the single
street light on the north side of
Banks Road. It will be an Op-
tion A light. When the transfer
has occurred, all of the street
lights in the city will be Option A
and all will be High Pressure
Sodium ( with the exception as
noted below). This is a safety
enhancement project.
• Last year several citizens
on Banks Road solicited the
Council to enhance street light-
ing on Banks Road (inside the
city limits). The city has been
working with PGE to add light-
ing and has also been trying to
become a pilot project for LED
street lights. Hough was
pleased to say that the city is
about to achieve both goals.
The light (along the south side
of Banks Road) will be in-
creased with the addition of
more cobra heads. In addition,
the city will be signing an
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