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After meeting for the third night, the Ontario Budget Committee on Thursday approved the city of Ontarioâs proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year is $43.2 million. This is an increase over the approved budget for 2020-21, which was $33.1 million.Â
The Ontario City Council is slated to adopt the budget after a public hearing on April 20, with a published summary and notice of hearing slated to begin on April 1.
Getting to the final approval included several amendments to the proposed budget. The first of these which passed was a motion to remove a portion of the financing for the Ameresco Energy Saving Project. This project included items aimed to be energy-saving measures. These items were âautomated shut-off irrigationâ for $235,602, âinterior LED lightingâ for $104,413 and âexterior LED lightingâ $33,253. Also removed was $129,012 from the downtown street lighting project.
ONTARIO
The transitional homeless shelter in Ontario, located at 123 N.W. Third Ave., the collaborative partnership between local nonprofit housing assistance agency Community in Action, local faith-based organization, Origins Faith Community and the City of Ontario, has raised concern from a citizen.
The concerned citizen, Ingeborg Dickerson, owner of the Huey apartments at NW Third Ave., submitted a letter addressed to Chief of Police Steven Romero, Mayor Riley Hill, and all members of the Ontario City Council, saying that after speaking to the âthe lady who owns the Townhouse apartments,â the site where the shelters are and was âassuredâ that there would âa 6-foot fence to enclose the entire project.â
Eastern Oregon law enforcement officials denounce new law decriminalizing illicit drugs
The measure, passed by Oregon voters in November, decriminalizes possession of small amounts of illicit drugs, including heroin and cocaine. Author: Joey Prechtl Updated: 11:45 PM MST February 16, 2021
MALHEUR COUNTY, Ore. Possessing a small amount of drugs is no longer illegal in Oregon after 58% of voters backed Ballot Measure 110 in the November election.
Across the state, people will no longer go to jail for possessing small amounts of illicit substances, including hard drugs like cocaine and heroin. Instead, they could get a ticket, or they ll have to take a health assessment.