North Morrow Volume XXIIII Number 7 February 5, 2016
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Umatilla Electric completes Boardman Operations Center
Umatilla Electric’s Boardman Operations Center has opened for business next to the Port of Morrow. The public is invited to tour the building from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 11. The address is 400 N.E. Eldrige Drive (formerly Puskarich Avenue). A three-man line crew has been assigned to the Boardman Operations Center. Two customer service representatives who worked at Umatilla Electric’s former Boardman office at 203 E. Boardman Ave. have relocated to the new building.
ALD Architects of Richland, Wash., designed the building; Chervenell Construction was general contractor. The facility includes a shop/warehouse of 12,625 square feet and business office of 11,345 square feet. Construction began in May 2015. The office opened for business on January 25. In addition to the business lobby and offices, there is a driveup window staffed during business hours, and a drive-up kiosk for 24hour payments. The complex has five truck bays, including room for two mo-
bile substations. The bays are drive-through to avoid the need for backing up large vehicles. Other spaces include warehouse, crew quarters, dispatch, a large meeting room and outside storage for poles and transformers. The Boardman Operations Center, built in response to ongoing expansion in the Boardman area, will not increase electric rates. Operating and fixed costs will be offset by increased revenue from load growth, as well as by efficiencies of decreasing transportation expenses, reducing wait times and increasing service availability.
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Chamber changes luncheon date this month to Monday, February 22, at Noon
Occasionally, it is necessary to change a long-established date to accommodate a special speaker. Such is the case for the February Boardman Chamber luncheon, which will be held Monday, February 22 at noon at the SAGE Center. The guest speaker is Chris Ensley - Executive Director, Northwest Region for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who promises to provide an interesting and entertaining presentation, so plan to attend! Lunch is $12. Please call 481-3014 to RSVP by Wednesday, February 17th! Thanks to Tillman Carr — Executive Director of the Greater Eastern Oregon Development
The public is invited to tour Umatilla Electric Cooperative’s new Operations Center from Noon to 1:30 pm on Thursday, February 11th. The shop/warehouse has 12,625 square feet while the business office has 11,345 square feet. All of Umatilla Electric’s Boardman employees moved into the newly completed structure the end of January.
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Corporation for being our January speaker, to Banner Bank for sponsoring, the SAGE Center for hosting, and Paradise Rose Chuckwagon for catering the
Mark your calendars! event! Congratulations to Kathy Street for winning the 50/50 drawing and to Karen Wolff for winning the door prize, donated by Banner Bank.