By Anne Scheck
CITY HITS DEQ BENCHMARKS
It’s on track, hitting milestones and will meet a pressing community need, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. It’s the city’s comprehensive project for recycling and managing water, aimed at increasing capacity for the growing municipal population of Independence.
About $49,000 was approved for system-and-integration services by the Independence City Council last week – services that are needed now as the capital improvements continue. New construction and upgrades are estimated to cost $9.5 million. The Automation Group, based in Eugene, was awarded the contract for system integration and programming; Westech Engineering, Inc., of Salem, is responsible for most of the infrastructure, as well as other work.
(Please note: the city council meeting for August 11 has been canceled.)
COUNTY AGREES TO ‘CARES’ FUND
In a reluctant reversal, the Polk County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to enter into a grant agreement with the state for $915,000 of reimbursable expenses from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. All three members of the commission expressed reservations, but they determined that the money was needed to cover costs required for coronavirus-control measures taken by the county.
So far, the money provided is for two phases of the pandemic: $503,000 for phase 1; $412,000 for phase 2. The sum for the second phase will be calculated into the cap of money placed on the county for CARES funds, which is just under $2.36 million. Previously, there were objections about the agreement that Polk County Administrator Greg Hansen was asked to sign on behalf of the county.
The strings attached to the funds were cumbersome and unnecessary in the opinion of the board, as well as the views of Mr. Hansen and County Counsel Morgan Smith. An email from Trammart News to Gov. Kate Brown’s press secretary, which sought a comment at the time the issue first was discussed, hasn’t been acknowledged.
CITY HITS DEQ BENCHMARKS
It’s on track, hitting milestones and will meet a pressing community need, according to the Department of Environmental Quality. It’s the city’s comprehensive project for recycling and managing water, aimed at increasing capacity for the growing municipal population of Independence.
About $49,000 was approved for system-and-integration services by the Independence City Council last week – services that are needed now as the capital improvements continue. New construction and upgrades are estimated to cost $9.5 million. The Automation Group, based in Eugene, was awarded the contract for system integration and programming; Westech Engineering, Inc., of Salem, is responsible for most of the infrastructure, as well as other work.
(Please note: the city council meeting for August 11 has been canceled.)
COUNTY AGREES TO ‘CARES’ FUND
In a reluctant reversal, the Polk County Board of Commissioners decided Tuesday to enter into a grant agreement with the state for $915,000 of reimbursable expenses from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. All three members of the commission expressed reservations, but they determined that the money was needed to cover costs required for coronavirus-control measures taken by the county.
So far, the money provided is for two phases of the pandemic: $503,000 for phase 1; $412,000 for phase 2. The sum for the second phase will be calculated into the cap of money placed on the county for CARES funds, which is just under $2.36 million. Previously, there were objections about the agreement that Polk County Administrator Greg Hansen was asked to sign on behalf of the county.
The strings attached to the funds were cumbersome and unnecessary in the opinion of the board, as well as the views of Mr. Hansen and County Counsel Morgan Smith. An email from Trammart News to Gov. Kate Brown’s press secretary, which sought a comment at the time the issue first was discussed, hasn’t been acknowledged.
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