CJ Council passes $3.1 million 2009-10 budget
From our weekly issue dated June 24, 2009
In another of its harmonious meetings, the Cave Junction City Council voted 3-0 to pass a $3.1 million budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Approximately 18 members of the public were present for the meeting Monday night, June 22 in city hall. No comments were received during a public hearing regarding the budget.
It includes a $931,000 general fund, a $127,500 allocation for law enforcement services through the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office and $183,684 in debt service. It is based on a tax rate of $1.89 per $1,000 in assessed property value, the same as for the current fiscal year that will end Tuesday, June 30.
Councilor Margaret Miller moved to adopt the budget; Councilman Carl Jacobson seconded; and they and Mayor Don Moore voted approval. Council members Dan Fiske and Trisha Arias were absent.
Also discussed by councilors was a request by Wells Drive resident Heidi Kleve about keeping chickens.
In a June 5 form filed with the city, Kleve asked that Ordinance 8.08.030 be amended. It reads that “except for household pets and as otherwise permitted by ordinance, no person shall keep or maintain livestock, swine, poultry, ruminant or pseudo-ruminant animals within the city.”
Kleve is asking that the ordinance be changed to allow no more than five laying hens within city limits for personal egg production. She stated that her intention is not to sell eggs, slaughter the hens for food or introduce any roosters.
Moore said that he is open to the suggestion. He offered the idea that a committee be formed to examine the issue.
“I think there are really a lot of beneficial things we can do with this,” Moore said.
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The council also held a public hearing regarding a Local Improvement District (LID) for a portion of Redwood Hwy. at the north end of the city. It included widening of Hwy. 199, and there is a question about payment.
Petitioner Dan Hughes, an attorney based in Grants Pass, expressed his support for the LID. River Street resident Daniel Dalegowski spoke against it, stating that he is “rather displeased” with how the LID has been presented.
Dalegowski said he is dissatisfied with the work. He said that the LID is for the benefit of the project developers.
“I don’t agree with their point of view,” he said.
The public hearing was continued to a second reading, scheduled for the council’s July 13 meeting.
Councilors also held public hearings on the city’s use of state revenue-sharing funds and the city’s 2009-10 budget. No testimony was offered by residents on those two matters.
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