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2025 NORTH OREGON COAST PROVIDER DIRECTORY Serving Clatsop and Tillamook County
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 | Vol. 137, Issue
Garibaldi council delays rate increases
Home and Garden Show draws crowd
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aribaldi’s city council delayed action on proposed increases to the city’s water and sewer utility rates on April 21, electing to wait until their May meeting to give the city’s budget committee a chance to weigh in. The proposed water rate increase would see the city’s base water rate for customers with three-quarterinch pipes jump from $37.62 to $48.91 for 4,000 gallons and would be the third increase in as many years. The proposed sewer rate increase would see the base rate rise from $62.71 to $81.52. Council also delayed a decision on a proposed street maintenance fee of $19 per month per property. The proposed new fee and fee increases were brought forward by City Manager Jake Boone as part of the city’s budgeting process to match the projected costs to the city of each of the infrastructure systems. In the case of the proposed street maintenance fee, Boone explained that the city currently replenished its street maintenance fund from a franchise fee on the Tillamook Peoples’ Utility District and transient lodging tax revenues, but that the income was insufficient to meet the city’s needs. Boone said that historically, the city had relied on awards from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s small city allotment program, but that these grants were only awarded every few years to each city, and recent successes meant that Garibaldi was unlikely to see major funding from the program soon. The proposed fee increases were calculated based on the needs of the water and sewer systems, and Boone explained that failures to raise rates in the past had led to insufficient collections and deferred maintenance, making the large increases necessary. The city’s base water rate, for example, remained steady at $24.50 from 2010 until 2023, when it was increased to $36.14, before being increased again last year to $37.62. The proposed fee increases drew considerable concern from the public at the meeting, with former See DELAYS, Page A8
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Mark Harvey of Old House Dahlias sells dahlia tubers he grows locally to some customers at the Home and Garden Show.
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rowds amassed at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds on April 26 and 27, for the Tillamook Headlight Herald’s 37th annual Home and Garden Show. The show featured a wide assortment of vendors selling goods to prepare the home and garden for the summer, while other community organizations also took advantage of the event to spread their messages. Tillamook County Solid Waste, who cohosted the
show, was on hand to teach residents about forthcoming changes to the county’s recycling system and answer any questions about disposing of materials. The Tillamook Beekeepers hosted the 2025 Bee Days at the show, bringing their demonstration hive and raffling off a hive, while the Kiwanis Club of Tillamook hosted a raffle to support scholarships for local youths. Old House Dahlias and Monkey Business 101 brought plants to the show while Pacific Restaurant served food.
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illamook School District’s board of directors is asking voters to approve a $25.35-million extension to current bonds in this May’s election to support a slew of projects across the district. Superintendent Matt Ellis and Board Member Justin Aufdermauer said that top priority projects included upgrading safety around schools’ perimeters and at their entrances, expanding cafeteria and gymnasium space at East Elementary, adding restrooms at several schools and a new gym at Tillamook Junior High School and field house at Tillamook High School. Aufdermauer said that he believed the community would support the bond, which removed personal differences from the equation and focused attention on the students.
“It doesn’t’ really matter who’s sitting in any of the seats within the district other than the students sitting in their seats,” Aufdermauer said. “And with a bond, I think it’s easy to see that this money is used specifically on creating better schools for students and it really takes out any angst or belief of how different people are.” Tillamook School District has previously relied on bonds to support ongoing maintenance of facilities, and the current bond package, costing voters 69 cents per thousand dollars of assessed property value annually, is set to expire in July. In preparation for the expiration, the district’s board and staff worked with consultants from Soderstrom Architects to compile a long-range facilities plan, identifying needed repairs, upgrades and additions across the district, estimating their costs and priori-
tizing them. “What we try to do is capture all the range of things going on with the facilities, from maintenance buildings to schools to the district office, everywhere,” Ellis said. With this list in hand, the board next met with attorneys specializing in bonds to determine the amount that could be raised given different parameters, eventually deciding to seek voter approval for a 21-year bond at the current 69-cent rate. If approved, the district would sell $25.35 million in bonds, while also unlocking $6 million in state funding that requires a local match, yielding a total of $31.35 million for projects. A complete list of the projects that could be included depending on funding can be found on the district’s website, sorted into three See TSD9, Page A3
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illamook’s chapter of the Oregon Coastal Conservation Association hosted its annual fundraising banquet on April 19, at which Jerry Dove, administrator of the Loren E. Parks Trust, announced an additional $100,000 donation to the association. That donation will unlock a further $50,000 donation that was made by the trust last year to help establish a habitat committee that will fund projects to improve migratory fish habitat across the state. The banquet was hosted in the Tillamook Elks lodge and drew more than 80 attendees to support the work of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Oregon. Founded in 2007, Oregon’s branch of the CCA is one of 19 in different states across the nation that work to conserve, promote and enhance coastal resources around the country, while educating the public about those resources. Tillamook is one of nine chapters of CCA Oregon, was founded in 2007, the same year as the state organization, and began hosting its annual banquets the same year. The fundraiser featured a prime rib dinner, with meat donated by Dick Crossley, accompanied by carrots and baked potatoes. After the meal, CCA Oregon Board Chairman Dave Schamp discussed the organization’s efforts over the last year, focusing on lobbying efforts in the ongoing legislative session in Salem. Schamp said that the top priority for the CCA in this session was maintaining funding for the 33 fish hatcheries around the state of Oregon, which legislators have proposed cutting. Following Schamp’s speech, Tillamook CCA President Jerry Massey took the microphone to present an award to former President Jack Smith, who served in the position for 17 years, from the group’s inception until 2024. Massey praised Smith’s commitment to the cause and said that nobody was more passionate about fish than Jack Smith, before awarding him a commemorative plaque. Massey then auctioned off items donated by area businesses, before inviting CCA Oregon Executive Director Pat Hoglund to come to the stage. Hoglund first sold lifetime memberships in the CCA for $1,000, with two attendees signing up. Hoglund then asked for dona-
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