Water and sewer rate changes in Creswell has been a hot topic lately, as city council has been mulling over a recommendation on whether to switch to a tiered water rate system as recommended by the Water Rate Advisory Committee (WRAC) for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The recommended rates, if[Read More…]
City & Government
Briefs from the City Administrator
Sprinkler spruce-up When it comes to a home’s irrigation system, a little maintenance goes a long way. Homes with clock timer-controlled irrigation systems use about 50 percent more water outdoors than homes without irrigation systems. Your system can waste even more if it’s programmed incorrectly, a sprinkler head is pointed[Read More…]
Does the City have a graffiti plight?
How much of a nuisance is graffiti to the Creswell community? That’s what City Hall wants to know, after a spree of graffiti showed up and stuck around for some time in the City. City Administrator Michelle Amberg said she was surprised when she noticed the graffiti wasn’t immediately removed[Read More…]
Water rate committee suggests new tiered rate design
IMAGE PROVIDED CORRECTION: In the March 8 edition of The Creswell Chronicle regarding the newly proposed tiered rate design for Creswell, City Administrator Michelle Amberg was regrettably misquoted stating, ”The hope is to offset cost to our planet….” Amberg was not talking about the planet, but rather the water plant.[Read More…]
Bald Knob now reads ‘No Trespass’
IMAGE PROVIDED As of this month, the 42-acre Bald Knob mill site property west of Interstate 5 – also known as Creswell’s nuisance property – had donned ”No Trespassing” signs, which means that the Lane County Sheriff’s Office can now patrol the area and enforce no trespassing on the property.[Read More…]
