March, 2020 - Issue 8

City Manager Update

2023 has brought a lot of change to City Hall. In February, Steve Sagmiller, Public Works Director, retired after 14 years with the City and Patty Ringnalda, City Recorder, retires soon with twenty-three years in total service.

Josh Bilodeau, Public Works Supervisor, will lead the Public Works team and Melissa York has transitioned into the City Recorder role. We also have hired two new maintenance workers, Jake Taijala and Conor Culp. John Lindow recently promoted to Maintenance Operator I after completing his level one state waste water certifications. We will round out our team in June with the hiring of a Tourism/Economic Development Director.

We are very excited about the Footbridge work starting soon. The City has been working on this project since 2018 when its condition was downgraded to poor due to severe woodpecker damage in the A-frames which support the bridge and the utility lines. The City Council awarded the construction contract to Stellar J Corporation. They will start mobilizing their team to the project sight in early May to begin constructing a work bridge along side the current bridge. The City has secured a loan through the Department of Environmental Quality to be matched with a $1,000,000 grant from Yamhill County’s ARPA grant program. We are seeking additional grant funding through the State of Oregon legislature through Senator Boquist. Senator Boquist will be visiting Dayton on March 20th to view the project site and hear about our project. Total project cost: $7.5 million.

The City applied for and was awarded a $250,000 grant through ODOT’s Small City Allotment program to resurface/ overlay 7th Street from Ferry to Ash and a portion of 9th Street between Ferry and Ash that was not completed with previous school upgrades. We are hoping to complete this project this summer.

A new sewer lift station will be going in near the HWY 221 bridge headed towards Grand Island. This is a $1.2 million project funded fully through grants from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The City received a $511k grant through Yamhill County’s ARPA Grant program which has been matched with

Dayton’s direct allocation of ARPA funds from the Federal government.

In May, the second annual Dayton City-Wide Spring Clean-up Week with begin with a citywide garage sale on May 12th and 13th. If you are interested in having a garage sale at your home, please call City Hall at 503-864-2221 to sign up. We will provide a map for visitors and advertising of the event in the News Register and online. Following the garage sale, the Dayton Community Free Swap begins at the Community Center (Palmer Creek Lodge) parking lot. The big white tent will be up. You are welcome to bring any items you did not sell at your garage sale to the swap. We’ll be accepting second hand items that are still useful. We are not accepting clothing at the tent this year (washed clothing can be donated at the Baptist Church). The Free Swap will run through Friday, May 19th followed by the City-Wide Clean Up on Saturday, May 20th from 8 am to Noon at Dayton City Hall. This is free for Dayton residents. For more information on what items are accepted for the Free Swap and the Clean Up Day, please visit the events page at www.daytonoregon.gov.

As always, please feel free to contact me for any questions or concerns. I can be reached at 503-864-2221 or via email at rroaden@daytonoregon.gov.

Thank you,

Rochelle

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