North Morrow
Volume XXXII
Number 6 November 1, 2024
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Growth in Boardman pays for new City Hall addition The State of Oregon is unique in that it requires any building and planning fees collected to only be spent on things for building or planning purposes. With all the new housing and commercial buildings that have been constructed around Boardman, there was quite a fund that had built up. F o u r t e e n months ago, the City began an Building Official Glenn McIntire conducts addition to the most of his business at his stand-up desk original building, which was com- ments. The addition, which cost pleted in 2002. This ad- $3.7 million, was entirely New entrance to Building and Planning dition was for 4,000 funded by building and inspecof room! In particular, the plan- square feet on the south end of tion fees, and not a dime of taxning and building departments City Hall, with an entrance for payer money! Boardman is the planning ran out of office space within those seeking to utilize the building and planning depart- and building center for the City City Hall. Although Boardman City Hall is still “new” to some of us who have lived in Boardman a number of years, they ran out
Photo of the rooftop showing the solar installation of Boardman, City of Irrigon ous to the new construction. and Morrow County. They also McIntire pointed out the 35 kw handle those jobs for Gilliam solar installation on the addiCounty. Boardman Planning tion, of which the city is proud. Department keeps all City Counselors: Mayor Paul Boardman fees and one-half of Keefer, Heather Baumgartner, Morrow and Gilliam County Brenda Profitt, Cristina fees. Cuevas, Karen Pettigrew, RichBuilding Official Glenn ard Rockwell and Ethan Salata McIntire and City Manager were all involved in the planBrandon Hammond gave the ning of the addition. North Morrow Times a tour of City Manager Brandon the new addition and provided Hammond invites anyone who photos. All decorative photo- is interested in the new addigraphs in the addition have tion to contact him and he’d be been taken by Boardman resi- happy to give a short tour! dents, and are lovely! McIntire stated that the addition now provides offices for him, Building Inspector Jose Fernandez, Planning Official Carla McLane, Principal Planner Stephanie Case, Assistant Planning Official Arely Cambero and Code Enforcement Chief Corpus. The departments had been severely understaffed previ- The new entry way. Photos Contributed by: Architects West