What's Salem Thinking?
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What's
Salem Thinking?
Q:
What is Oregon House Bill 3453 and how might it affect Curry
County Citizens?
A: House Bill 3453 allows the Governor to take control
of county public safety services in the event of a financial
emergency. These services include sheriff patrol, the jail,
911 services, criminal investigations, crime prevention,
search and rescue, marine patrol, civil process service,
juvenile detention services, traffic safety, school resource
programs, adult parole and probation, wildland fire and
tsunami evacuations, emergency services, and drug
enforcement, prevention and education, and others. The money
needed to continue these services will come from an income
tax assessment (increase) on residents of the county.
Q:
What is Oregon House Bill 2206 and how might it effect Curry
County Citizens?
A: House Bill 2206 allows Secretary of State to assume
control of essential county functions in counties for which
the Governor has declared a public safety services emergency
due to fiscal distress. These essential functions include
the country treasurer, elections, veterans services, tax
assessment and collections, and municipal code inspection
and enforcement. The money needed to continue these services
will come from existing county property tax revenues,
decreasing the amount of property tax monies received by
agencies and districts such as city governments, schools,
fire departments, and libraries.
Q:
What is Oregon House Bill 2168 and how might it effect Curry
County Citizens?
A: House Bill 2168 allocates to counties the proceeds
from the sale of tax-delinquent and foreclosed properties to
pay delinquent county general fund taxes. This bill would
give counties first priority in recovering property tax
revenues, potentially depriving other jurisdictions of
revenue from these sales. This bill was proposed by
Representative Wayne Krieger.
Q:
What is Oregon Senate Bill 173 and how might it effect Curry
County Citizens?
A: Senate Bill 173 would provide a “service
delivery technical assistance program” (what City
Manager Gary Milliman calls “advice”) that would
award “public bodies” – in this case, Curry
County – grants for service delivery innovation,
encourage municipalities to enter into public-private
ventures to provide technical assistance to the county and
convene task forces to advance those goals.