Lane County Elections has mailed ballots for the May 15 Primary Election. Voters who will receive ballots should have received their ballots in the mail. Voters who do not receive a ballot for the Primary Election can check on the status of their registration and ballot at www.oregonvotes.gov/MyVote. They may[Read More…]
City & Government
City Administrator gets pay raise
Creswell City Administrator – Michelle Amberg City Council approved a pay raise for Creswell City Administrator Michelle Amberg at their April regularly scheduled meeting. Administrator Amberg’s annual salary was $111,383.34. In April, council approved increasing Amberg’s salary to include an annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) of 2.75 percent, in[Read More…]
Briefs from the city administrator
Park restrooms to reopen With all the beautiful weather we have been having our parks are being used more and more. The question has come up as to why the bathrooms are locked. There are a few good reasons. First, the park bathrooms are locked during the months where it[Read More…]
Creswell Hobby Field seeks loan to sustain airport operations
At this month’s April work session, City Finance Director Jim Piper spoke to the Creswell City Council, requesting that an interfund loan be made for $52,800 to construct or purchase a hangar for Creswell Hobby Field Airport. This loan could help generate more revenue, Piper said, stating that operating income[Read More…]
What to expect with proposed water changes
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…]
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…]