Boardman city council appoints councilor vacancy

At the April 11th meeting, the Boardman City Council appointed Richard Rockwell to fill the vacant councilor seat. Mr. Rockwell is a 40-year resident of Boardman and owns a local business. He’s been involved in the community as a long-time wrestling coach and volunteer. He fills the councilor seat formerly held by Roy Drago, Jr., who was recently appointed to the Morrow County Board of Commissioners. Councilor Rockwell’s term expires December 31, 2026.

In other city business, Mayor Keefer presented Roy Drago, Jr. with a certificate of appreciation for his years serving on the city council. Councilors moved forward with establishing a timeline for the hiring of a new city manager. On April 27, 2023, the community will be able to attend a Meet and Greet with the candidates for the city manager’s position. This will be held at the SAGE Center from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.

The next regularly scheduled city council meeting will be Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm at Boardman City Hall.

Pictured Right Top L-R: MayorKeefer swears in Richard Rockwell to fill the vacant councilor seat.

Bottom L-R: Roy Drago, Jr. was presented a certificate of apperciation by Mayor Keefer for his service on the Boardman City Council.

Morrow County Board of Commissioners Notice of Public Hearings

To Update the County’s Ambulance Service Area Plan

The Morrow County Board of Commissioners will hold a series of Public Hearings to consult with and seek advice from each person, city, entity or rural fire protection district within the County that provides or desires to provide ambulance services and has notified the county of its desire to be consulted prior to the adoption of the update of the Ambulance Service Area Plan and the boundaries of any ambulance service areas to be established under the plan. In addition, the County will hear testimony from interested public citizens.

Oral and written comments will be accepted. Written comments must be received by Wednesday, May 10, 2023 and can be submitted either via email to r vanderwall@co.morrow.or.us or by mail to Morrow County, P.O. Box 788, Heppner, OR 97836.

The Board will consider the comments received to draft and adopt a new Ambulance Service Area Plan and designation of the boundaries of any ambulance service areas at a future meeting. The County is currently operating under the 1998 Ambulance Service Area Plan and Ordinance MC-C-4-98.

The Public Hearing detai ls are as follows:

1.3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 3rd – Bartholomew Building Upper Conference Room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner

2.6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 3rd – Bartholomew Building Upper Conference Room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner

3.3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 10th – Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, Riverfront Room, 2 East Marine Drive, Boardman

4.6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 10th – Morrow County Government Center, Courtroom, 215 N.E. Main Avenue, Irrigon

Oral comments from a person, city, entity or rural fire protection district within the County that provides or desires to provide ambulance services will be limited to 10 minutes, and comments from the public will be limited to three minutes.

Direct inquiries to: Roberta Vanderwall, Interim Administrator r vander wall@co.morrow.or.us 541-676-5613