Planning Commission and workshop This month started with a Planning Commission meeting regarding needed revamping of the R/V portion of Ordinance 10-169, last updated in 2008. The purpose was to receive public input as to what the majority of the people wanted. A secondary reason was to bring light to all the misinformation being published [...]
Planning commission chairman Mattie Lane, moderated a workshop held after the adjournment of the regular planning commission meeting Thursday night. The council chambers were filled to the brim with concerned citizens. Lane started the meeting stating that Lakeside has had an ordinance for years, but has never enforced it until recently as the result of [...]
It has come to my attention that misinformation is being disseminated both in print and verbally regarding Lakeside’s hazard abatement ordinance. The Ordinance 10-269 civil violations and enforcement was recently updated by Lakeside’s City Attorney, Fredrick Carlton. Please read Attorney Carlton’s response given after I contacted him this morning. Watch for a fuller explanation after [...]
At the regular July Lakeside city council meeting it was decided to advantage of an opportunity to install energy saving lighting at the Lakeside Senior Center. The estimated energy saving is 6.134 KWh’s per year. Central Lincoln PUD’s commercial lighting program as described in the Bonneville Power Administration report: “Through this program, commercial customers in [...]
The majority of June was dedicated to passing a new Lakeside City budget for fiscal year 2010-2011. The budget included a two percent cost of living raise for our city employees along with some revamped numbers to operate the City of Lakeside in the coming year. The city of Lakeside is currently in good shape [...]
At the Tuesday Lakeside city council workshop discussion was exclusively reserved, to what if any, raise the city staff should get. Mayor Schilling began with Councilor Sherych, who suggested a three percent raise along with Councilor Swift. Councilor Kellison thought two percent along with Councilor Eubanks. Councilor Anderson was absent. Councilor Armstrong, had done some [...]
At the budget hearing and special council meeting held on June 17, it was agreed additional discussion was needed on Resolution 10-11 due to the fact that three council members were not able to attend the meeting. The resolution covers setting staff wages for the upcoming fiscal year. Mayor Rod Schilling commented, “As far as [...]
At the regular June city council meeting Lakeside Attorney Fred Carlton, in reference to ordinance o9-267, stated, an omnibus ordinance will take care of the multiple problems in the enforcement of Lakeside’s ordinances. Carlton will be recommending at the next regular city council meeting that Lakeside just go with a basic $750 violation fine for [...]
At the regular April city council meeting City administrator Charlie Hill, reported that Oscar Vega, the City County insurance risk management consultant offered an OSHA pre-inspection of the sewer plant and found only very small infractions, “in fact, said it was one of the cleanest plants on the coast.” A small grant request was submitted [...]
This past month lunch and a tour of Lakeside was given to the Sustainable Design Assessment Team from Washington D.C. for which Lakeside received a thank you letter. Watershed director Mike Mader, Chief sewer operator Ardith Lewis, DEQ Steve Nichols, and I met with Oregon State Representative Arnie Roblin regarding some anonymous complaints of the [...]
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