2000-982-Minutes for Meeting October 11,2000 Recorded 10/19/2000VOL: CJ2000 PAGE: 982
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STATE OF OREGON
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MARY SUE PENHOLLOW
DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK
KEY NC ED
0C 2000
i,CoUtIlY CLBK Board
1130 N.W. Harriman St., Bend, Oregon 97701-1947
(541) 388-6570 • Fax (541) 388-4752
www.co.deschutes.orus
Linda L. Swearingen
Dennis R. Luke
MINUTES Tom DeWoff
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2000
HELD AT REDMOND HIGH SCHOOL
Present were Commissioners Dennis Luke, Tom DeWolf and Linda Swearingen
Also present were Susie Penhollow, County Clerk; Candidates for Commissioner
Position #2 Larry Kimmel, Mike Daly and Randy Gordon; Candidates for Sheriff
Greg Brown (incumbent) and Les Stiles. Also in attendance were various school
administrators, approximately 70 students, and several citizens.
Chair Linda Swearingen opened the meeting at 9:35 a.m.
1. CITIZEN INPUT
None was offered.
2. Before the Board was Consideration of Signature of Resolution No.
2000-076, Concerning Ballot Measures 91, 93 and 8 on the 2000 General
Election Ballot.
DEWOLF: I move approval.
LUKE: I second.
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
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Redmond High School
Quality Services Performed with Pride
3. Before the Board was Consideration of Signature of Order No. 2000-
017, Appointing Citizens to Two Pools for the Board of Property Tax
Appeals (BOPTA).
DEWOLF: I move approval.
LUKE: I second.
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
BEFORE THE BOARD WAS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DEWOLF: I move approval.
LUKE: I second.
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:
4. Signature of a License Agreement Regarding the Use of County -Owned
Property for Driveway and Parking Lot Purposes
5. Signature of Three License Agreements with Homeowners, and Two License
Agreements with DEQ Installers for the La Pine National On-site
Demonstration Project
6. Signature of a Lease Agreement Allowing Patsy Ballard to Utilize County -
owned Property as an Adult Foster Home
7. Signature of Contract Extensions with Service Providers under the Oregon
Health Plan for Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services
8. Signature of the Annual Renewal of a 7 -County Interagency Agreement for
the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program
9. Signature of a Resolution to Approve the Transfer of Funds for Undertaking
of a Segregated Account for the Justice of Peace
10. Approval of Applications for Taylor Grazing Funds
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11. Signature of Order No. 2000-108, Transferring Cash Among Various Funds as
Budgeted in the Deschutes County Budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001, and
Directing Entries
12. Signature of Resolution No. 2000-072, Appropriations of New Grant Funds to
be Added to the Deschutes County Budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001, and
Directing Entries
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE EXTENSION/4-11
COUNTY SERVICE DISTRICT.
13. Before the Board was Approval of Weekly Accounts Payable Vouchers
for the Extension/4-11 County Service District in the Amount of
$1,588.75.
LUKE: I move approval, subject to review.
DEWOLF: I second.
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE 9-1-1 COUNTY
SERVICE DISTRICT.
14. Before the Board was Approval of Weekly Accounts Payable Vouchers
for the 9-1-1 County Service District in the Amount of $3,236.42.
LUKE: I move approval, subject to review.
DEWOLF: I second.
VOTE: LUKE:
DEWOLF:
SWEARINGEN:
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Aye.
Yes.
Chair votes aye.
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RECONVENE AS THE DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
15. Before the Board was Approval of Weekly Accounts Payable
Vouchers for Deschutes County in the Amount of $648,268.51.
LUKE: I move approval, subject to review.
DEWOLF: I second.
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
ADDITION TO THE AGENDA
SWEARINGEN:
I met with members of the Fair Board and Fair Association this morning, and there
was a very smooth transition at the Fairgrounds. We informed the employees that
their employer, the Deschutes County Fair Association, had terminated their
employment as of midnight last night, and that they would now work directly for
the County Fair Board as temporary employees, and would be meeting with
Express Personnel Services. What was guaranteed to them was their salaries plus
health insurance; their PERS will not be covered because they will be temporary
employees, and it is illegal for us to cover them.
LUKE:
I understand their current PERS check bounced.
SWEARINGEN:
That's correct. We have instructed them to go directly to Elton Gregory of the Fair
Association to deal with that as well as their overtime and vacation pay issues. All
of that is between the employees and the Fair Association; this was made clear. As
we speak, we are setting up a cash management system; we're going to have petty
cash available; we certainly have expenses right now that need to be addressed.
We have also instructed them to only accept checks made out to the Deschutes
County Fair Board.
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SWEARINGEN:
We did discover this morning a whole stack of checks made out to the Fair
Association that have not been deposited, and we also found some other cash.
What we're going to do is match those checks to the existing contracts, as we don't
want to cash these checks and lead these people to believe we are going to honor
their contracts. We'll go through them and decide which ones should be honored.
DEWOLF:
We have Marty Wynne and Jeanine Faria from Finance on their way; Debbie Legg
is on her way from Personnel; Mike Maier is on his way, too, as is Connie Worrell
of Express Personnel and one of her key managers. They will try to make this
transition as smooth and efficient as possible. Our resources are there.
SWEARINGEN:
Their employees assured both me and David Bishop that they are on board with us,
and it will be a smooth transition. They will also begin developing job descriptions
for each position this morning, because right now we don't have anything to
review.
DEWOLF:
Was there anything in writing from the Fair Association terminating their
employment?
SWEARINGEN:
No. What we're going to do is have each and every employee sign a letter stating
they understand they have been terminated by the Deschutes County Fair
Association, and as of today at 10:00 a.m., once they sign, they become employees
of Express Personnel. We have also asked them to refer all creditors directly to the
Deschutes County Fair Association, as those bills belong to them. We hope to
begin signing contracts for new business as soon as the new CEO is on board later
this week, if we all approve of that.
DEWOLF:
And we've done interviews with two interim managers, and have been very frank
with both of them, explaining that what we're talking about is probably a 90 -day
period while the Fair Board and the County Commissioners determine what
direction we are going, whether it's with a permanent individual or with a firm that
manages this sort of facility. We could have that interim individual in place by the
end of this week, according to Mike Maier.
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LUKE:
Did Mike Skeils and Ron Nelson express support for this action?
DEWOLF:
In fact, we have been told that the vote of the Fair Association last night was
unanimous; with the one condition is that Ron and Mike be the two people who
make the proposal for operating the annual Fair.
SWEARINGEN:
We did mention to the existing staff that the Fair Association may want to retain
one or more of this staff, so that they have an understanding that they are working
for Express Personnel right now, in the future they may end up with the Fair
Association to run the Fair. We've told them we will be open and forthright with
everything that we do, and that we'll let them know where we're at financially; and
we expect the same from them.
I went away feeling very good about the process and what is now happening, and
had some really good suggestions from the employees. One of the things that
David told them was that we understand they have had to do some things without
proper financing and equipment. He told them to let us know, as we don't want
them to continue on doing things in a haphazard manner because they don't have
money.
LUKE:
The one-page agreement deals with the signing over of any potential interest?
DEWOLF:
Yes. Actually there are two agreements. One is a termination agreement that just
clears up anything from the past, and the other is an assumption agreement, which
does deal with the assets and the liabilities.
SWEARINGEN:
I think we are making progress. What the Fair Board would like us to do, subject
to their ratifying this tomorrow at their regular meeting, is for us to hire and agree
to pay for the CEO. They would technically hire him, and we would provide the
funds. The interviewing has been done, and they have someone ready to be hired.
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DEWOLF:
I would make a motion that we approve the hiring of an interim manager for the
Fairgrounds, subject to the approval by the Fair Board and subject to our approval
and legal review of the contract, which we would be drafting.
LUKE: Second
VOTE: LUKE: Aye.
DEWOLF: Yes.
SWEARINGEN: Chair votes aye.
Being no further discussion, Chair Linda Swearingen adjourned the meeting at
9:50 a.m.
Dated this 11 th Day of October 2000 for the Deschutes County Boar of
Commissioners.
ATTEST:
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L.
Dbnnis R. Luke, Commissioner
Tom DeWolf, Commi ner
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