By Nicole Montesano • Staff Writer • 

Final county budget hearing set for Thursday

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Vineyard

In other words the BOC is going to try to tell the Sheriff how to do his job. They need to listen to him and follow his lead, get out of his way and give him what he needs to do his job. Sheriff Svenson knows exactly what he's doing. BTW, there are other major issues that also need attention that are not even part of the discussion right now.

McMoniker

"The county Parks Committee has been discussing whether to sell Crabtree Park outside of Dundee, rather than pay for an expensive culvert replacement needed on the entrance road. The park is being managed by the Chehalem Park & Recreation District, and some committee members have suggested selling it to the district. Commissioner Kit Johnston has suggested it could be sold to a private party."

Seriously? Sell a county park to a private party?

No.

Megan

Elect people who don't think Government works, and you get government that doesn't work. The decisions the Board of Commissioners are making are going to cause problems down the road, and only Johnston will be left to blame for it.

Hibb

Vineyard... It seems to me that the BOC has oversight of the Sheriff's Department!

Vineyard

Hibb - The Sheriff is accountable to the citizens directly. The BOC does not have oversight of the Sheriff. He does not report to them. They do have control of the money though for the most part. The Sheriff is an elected official and accountable directly to the citizens.

Culbert

The last paragraph regarding the sale of Crabtree Park is inflammatory misinformation promulgated by the News-Register, which does not reflect the full perspectives of either the Parks Board, county staff, or the BOC in this matter. The Park is deed restricted, and must remain a public park, or the descendants of the donor, Neva Crabtree, have the right to recover possession should that status change. If the park were sold to a private party to continue to be managed as public park, it would likely take a legal opinion to determine if that was possible. A private sale for some other use would make no sense, as the buyer would have violated the deed restriction, and would likely lose the property to the Crabtree descendants. Selling it to the CPRD would only work if the CPRD has the funds and interest to do that. But this is not likely, as they have already invested in the park's development, and also in planning for the culvert replacement. So, we are left with the question of determining who will pay for the culvert replacement?

sbagwell

Not so, Mr. Culbert. The county has formally presented, in written form, four options for the parks board and board of commissioners to consider. One of them is sale of the park.
No one made that up, and no one is being inflammatory in listing the four options under formal consideration. If sale is off the table, then it should not be listed. In that case, the story would not have to include it in the interest of full disclosure to the county's citizens and taxpayers.
You identified the options, not us.
Steve

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