Author: North Coast BBQ

The Council, which claims to have not been involved in the decision to reject the bid, could have easily increased the project budget with General Fund Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) funds. The additional $400,000 would have amounted to approximately 3 months of TLT revenue. $3.7 million dollars of unappropriated General Fund revenue comprised of TLT collections was available and citizens would have undoubtedly supported this additional investment in the project. Why wasn’t this option brought before the Council and citizens for discussion before the City Manager rejected the bid proposal?

City officials tell us that visitor TLT revenue pays for City infrastructure yet once again by refusing to consider the use of any General Fund TLT funds for this project, proves that this statement is empty rhetoric and demonstrates the inability of City officials to understand how to effectively administer their own Budget to fund infrastructure construction.

 Consequences of rejecting  the low construction bid in May:
Spending approximately $475,000 in engineering design and consulting fees and then ignoring the recommendations. 

The section of Classic Street that will be most heavily used by pedestrians has unnecessarily been compromised by placing those pedestrians between an 8 foot high retaining wall on the east side of the pedestrian path and direct contact with narrowed vehicle travel lanes on the other side. 

Splitting the project into two separate time frames resulting in additional cost and street closure time.

Legal expenses to date in excess of $111,000. The majority of these costs were associated with work connected to the rejected bid. Approximately $50,000 of those costs have been spent on the second bid of the project and attorney costs to defend charges of irregular bidding practices by the City Manager during the rebid process. 

Loss of the retaining wall on the west side of Classic Street which was recommended to: a) arrest the movement of the street base that is currently contributing to the street failure and will now likely continue into the future. b) prevents the ability to construct the wider street section providing a safer 8 foot wide pedestrian/bike path, safer 11 foot vehicle travel lanes and the 2 foot wide landscape buffer to provide additional separation between vehicles and pedestrians.

What the Council did find funding for at their November meeting was hiring of yet another City Hall employee at a total cost of approximately $85,000 to $102,000 per year which will be substantially paid for with TLT revenue. We now have 8 City Hall employee positions and 5 Police officers but still can’t open City Hall on Fridays because the City Manager claims staff are too busy.
 
The Council seems to have no problem finding TLT dollars to hire more City Hall staff. It’s unfortunate that they lacked the same motivation to use available TLT funding to ensure the construction of a safer and structurally improved design for Classic Street. Randy Kugler

Please check it out and give generously–sowing your own seeds of love.

Not every organization can afford a paid profile, which pays for the production. So there is a list of contact information for all in the back.

The Giving Guide and detailed directories of the organizations can be found at www.northcoastbbq.com/local-resources/

Here are descriptions of 3 of those organizations:
211INFO
A Cause for Paws Tillamook
Adventist Health

211INFO
Mission Statement: 211info empowers Oregon and Southwest Washington communities by helping people identify, navigate, and connect with the local resources they need.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
211info has been around for 20 years and connects people all over the state of Oregon to local health and social resources. It is free, confidential, and available Monday – Friday 8am-6pm. It is a one stop shop for resources. The resources can be texted or emailed to the caller.

Dial 211 or 1-866-698-6155; Text zip code to 898211
Oregon Statewide and SW Washington help@211info.org
www.211info.org
Instagram: www.instagram.com/211info/#
Facebook: www.facebook.com/211info/
X/ Twitter: x.com/211info

A Cause for Paws Tillamook
503-842-1515
9980 South Prairie Rd
Tillamook, OR 97141
acauseforpawstillamook@gmail.com
www.acauseforpawstillamook.com

Adventist Health
Mission Statement: Living God’s love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Serving Tillamook County since 1973, Adventist Health Tillamook is proudly celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2023! We are a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization employing more than 550 associates who inspire health and healing through a 25-bed critical access medical center located in Tillamook, Oregon; the largest hospital-based ambulance service in the state of Oregon; and rural health clinics and urgent care medical offices serving 71 miles of the northern Oregon coast. Services offered include 24-hour ambulance and emergency services, imaging, laboratory, medical and surgical services, intensive care, family birthing center, clinical outpatient therapy, rehabilitation (physical therapy) services, home health and hospice, audiology, behavioral health, ear nose and throat, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, pediatrics, podiatry, urgent care and urology. Contributions to our healing ministry help advance programs and technology that save lives and promote best possible well-being.

Adventist Health Tillamook Medical Center and Medical Offices Dial 911 for emergencies
General information 503- 842-4444
Scheduling 503-815-2292
AHTMinfo@ah.org

Medical Center
1000 Third Street, Tillamook www.adventisthealth.org/tillamook/

Medical Office – Manzanita
10445 Neahkahnie Creek Road, Manzanita www.adventisthealth.org/tillamook/locations/family-medicine-adventist-health-4365

Medical Office – Plaza
1100 Third Street, Tillamook www.adventisthealth.org/tillamook/locations/family-medicine-adventist-health-tillamook

Women’s and Family Health
1011 Third Street, Tillamook www.adventisthealth.org/tillamook/locations/womens-health-adventist-health-tillamook

Medical Office – Pacific City
38505 Brooten Road, Suite A, Pacific City www.adventisthealth.org/tillamook/locations/primary-and-specialty-care-adventist-health-4353

The pair has been cared for in a loving home and both are happy and healthy, but sadly their owner must relocate and cannot bring these beauties.

We are seeking a special family that can nurture these beauties in a safe and patient environment. A forever family would be ideal, but a long-term foster situation will also be a life-saver. To learn more, please email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com.

To help us keep a loose head count for supplies, text Hannah at (503) 457-7475 if you plan on attending.

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