County board announces lease, union agreements
From our weekly issue dated July 29, 2009
Thanks to a new tenant, the Josephine County Bldg. on Redwood Hwy. in Downtown Cave Junction is one step closer to paying for itself.
A tentative lease agreement between the county and Illinois Valley Baptist Church was announced during a county commission administrative meeting at the courthouse in Grants Pass on Tuesday, July 21. The issue also was raised when the board visited the county building Monday night, July 27.
Commissioner Dave Toler said that the church will rent the four to five offices formerly used by the sheriff’s office, which has since moved to the basement of Cave Junction City Hall. Toler said that the church will use the building’s large meeting room on Sundays and Wednesday nights.
“That will come a long ways towards closing the gap” between the building’s costs and revenues, he said.
Also discussed during the board’s visit to Cave Junction was a series of collective bargaining agreements between the county and some employee unions.
Agreements with Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees were to be ratified by the board during its Wednesday, July 29 weekly business session at Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass. Agreements are to run through June 30, 2012.
A separate agreement with the Federation of Oregon Parole and Probation Officers (FOPPO) also was slated for approval by the board on July 29. That agreement will expire June 30, 2011.
Commissioners described the agreements as “status quo.” Vice Chairman Sandi Cassanelli said that some FOPPO employees will be given Cost Of Living Adjustments of 1 or 2 percent, based on their certifications.
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