Siuslaw County Project A New County for a Bright Future Today,
Tomorrow, and Beyond! Prepared and presented by: Chief Petitioner:
Keith Stanton Slide 2 Benefits to Siuslaw Residents 1) Voice in how
the County is administered 2) Reflect local values and attitudes 3)
Taxes collected locally are spent locally 4) Responsive +
Accountable to local problems 5) Encourage Personal Vitality
(Quality of Life) 6) Encourage Economic Vitality (Business/Jobs) 7)
Reduce waste, corruption, and incompetence 8) Eliminate need to
impose new onerous taxes Slide 3 Lane County > some Union States
Rhode Island is 1,212 square miles Delaware is 2,044 square miles
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Combined is only 3,256 square miles Lane County is 4,610 square
miles Connecticut is 5,018 square miles Hawaii is 6,470 square
miles New Jersey is 7,787 square miles Massachusetts is 8,284
square miles Slide 4 Subdividing Lane County Slide 5 History Of
Subdivisions 1818 Oregon Country joint use Britain & America
1846 N 49 th parallel boundary Britain & America 1847 Linn
subdivided out of Champooick District 1851 Lane subdivided out of
Linn County Oregon 1852 Douglas subdivided out of Lane County 1853
Washington/Idaho Territories subdivide out 1853 Lane County
extended to Pacific Ocean as County based on Siuslaw Watershed 1854
Wasco subdivided out of Lane and Linn resulting in Lane boundary in
use today 2006 Siuslaw subdivided out of Lane County (?) Slide 6
Township Range 7W + West Slide 7 Siuslaw County Coverage Slide 8
Eastern Boundary Line Alma - town and all west of it on Siuslaw
River Rd Blachly - town plus 2 miles further east on Hwy 36 Horton
- town including all Horton Road also the starting homes on High
Pass Rd Noti - 3 mi west town, roughly milepost 40 Hwy 126 Hwy 36
to approximately house number 21,300 Hwy 126 to approximately house
number 22,000 Penn Rd to approximately house number 22,000 Slide 9
TRS System SiuslawCounty.Org 17-07-25-00-00700 TTRR-SS-MM-LLLLL If
your xx-RR-xx is 07 or higher, you are Siuslaw County TRS chart
shown available on web: Slide 10 Comparing 36 Counties Landmass:
1,065 square miles 23 % of Lane Countys 4,620 sqmi 10 are smaller
and mostly healthy Population: 20,000 residents 6% of Lane Countys
329,400 souls 10 have fewer and most are healthy Density: 18.8
people per square mile Lane has 71.3 (Eugene/Springfield) 15 have
lower and still are healthy Slide 11 Real Estate Wealth Market
Value: $1,823,000 (adjusted 03) 7% of Lane Countys $26,749,000 12
have less and are mostly healthy Per Capita: $91,161 per person
112% of Lanes $81,205 average 17 have lower values and are healthy
And was it mentioned Siuslaw County is experiencing a growth in
spite of Lane Countys Public Works Dept? Slide 12 Conclusion of
Comparables More Natural Resources More Human Resources More Wealth
Resources More Tax/other Revenues Siuslaw County when compared has:
than 1/3rd of the 36 Oregon Counties! Siuslaw County is clearly
very possible! Slide 13 Information Sources Oregon Constitution
& Revised Statutes 2005-2006 Oregon Blue Book 2005-2006 Lane
County Budget (May 2005) 2005-2006 Lane County Tax Statements CD
Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) Lane County Staff (numerous
departments) Discussions with the other Oregon Counties Published
reports of investigative journalists Reports of personal
experiences with County Slide 14 Big Business of LC is Government
1Peace Harbor Medical4,162 workers 2University of Oregon3,600
workers 3Monaco Coach RV2,200 workers 4Weyerhaeuser Timber2,122
workers 5Eugene School District1,990 workers 6Country Coach RV1,600
workers 7Lane County Seat1,531 workers 8City of Eugene1,390 workers
9Lane Community College1,335 workers 10Springfield School
District1,300 workers 11Hynix {high tech / computers}1,037 workers
12Bethel School District 600 workers Slide 15 Lane County > some
Union States Rhode Island is 1,212 square miles Delaware is 2,044
square miles
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Combined is only 3,256 square miles Lane County is 4,610 square
miles Connecticut is 5,018 square miles Hawaii is 6,470 square
miles New Jersey is 7,787 square miles Massachusetts is 8,284
square miles Slide 16 Taxation With (?) Representation 217,000Lane
County Voters (estimated) 11,000Siuslaw County voter component 5%
of the vote, of the voice NO EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION 11,000
Siuslaw County voters after transfer 11,000 Siuslaw County voting
component 100% of the vote, of the voice TRUE REPRESENTATION AFTER
100 YEARS Slide 17 County Reflects its Worker Base Lane County
employees live and work in: EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD Only when our county
workers: Live Locally Work Locally Play Locally Raise Families
Locally Retire/Vote Locally will County respect our Values and
Attitudes Slide 18 Home Rule Applies Since 1990 1913 first attempt
to form Siuslaw County, fails as it requires passing a Legislative
Act ???? every couple decades idea resurfaces, fails as no
Legislative Act or Lane gives offer 1975 Mapleton considers
Siuslaw, got suckered, Lane offers to return coastal services
(temp) 1984 last attempt using McCall name to get political pull,
fails to get Legislative passage Since Oregon Revised Statutes are
changed, extend Home Rule to forming new County Slide 19 The
Process of Formation Criteria 400+ sqmi and 1200+ residents
Petition signed by 50%+1 of voters in area have 1 year from
approval (27 Sept 05) Validation Lane County has 90 days for
signature validation and placing on ballot Election 50%+1 of votes
by voters in area Proclamation by Governor within 30 days Slide 20
Under New Management Board Gov apts Judge + 2 commissioners
Staffing Board apts sheriff, county clerk, county assessor, county
treasurer, county surveyor, elected/needful positions Transfer
Board meets with Lane County to determine what assets, revenue,
liabilities, staffing, codes, manuals, software, etc.. Elect At
next Nov election, all elected office apts replaced by elected
representatives Slide 21 Possible Transfer Scheme Funding for a
area-specific program goes there Funding related to voters means 5%
to Siuslaw Funding related to people means 6% to Siuslaw Funding
related to area means 23% to Siuslaw Funding divided by geographic
areas: examples 10% of property tax + 37% of timber receipts
Proration of facilities and equipment with that in Siuslaw County
transferred or compensated Proration $110-130M reserve account
(fund dep) Proration of liability related to Siuslaw area Potential
transfer/rehire of workers in Siuslaw Slide 22 Oregon Districting
System Districts overlap; but, responsibilities are separated. Also
separate funding & elected Board of Directors. Slide 23 County
Services Law & Order Courts, Sheriff, District
Attorney,Corrections, Jails/Prisons/Holdings, Animal Regulation
Public Services Land Use, Roads, Parks, Building/Safety,
Children/Family/Human Services, Waste Administration
Commissioners/Administrator, Personnel, Facilities, Data Proc, Tax
Assess/Collection Special Programs Business/Workforce Partnership,
Fair, etc Slide 24 Published Budget Not in Real $ Some have heard
the Lane County Budget as: $473,377,037FY05-06 Budget # used in
Public This number is for internal use for it is misleading to the
rest of us normal citizens. It must be adjusted: -- 7,080,350pass
through property tax to ESDs -- 7,536,000non-county obligations in
trust -- 30,158,947internal loan/transfers dept dept --
90,446,629double/triple/ dollar accounting -- 107,110,432continuing
reserve for future needs These are given in appendix B to finally
arrive at: $231,044,679REAL DOLLAR BUDGET FIGURE Slide 25 Smoke
& Mirrors (Real$ v Looney$) L$473,377,037FY05-06 Budget for use
in Public -- 7,080,350pass through property tax to ESDs --
7,536,000non-county obligations in trust -- 30,158,947internal
loan/transfers dept dept -- 90,446,629double/triple/ dollar
accounting -- 107,110,432continuing reserve for future needs
============48.8% X Looney$ = Real$ R$231,044,679THE REAL EXPENSE
FIGURE Slide 26 Lane Payroll Costs (Real$) Budget Exp FTE ave/emp
Department/Division/+ 4,328,461 59.0 73,364 Assessment &
Taxation 2,998,787 29.5 101,654 BCC, Admin, & Counsel 532,743
6.5 81,960 Children & Families 8,417,676 84.3 99,854 Data
Processing Svs 6,225,823 72.0 86,470 District Attorney 21,999,397
285.8 76,975 Health & Human Svs 6,288,572 81.8 76,877
Management Services 30,444,041 389.4 78,162 Public Works Dept.
35,395,078 385.9 91,721 Sheriffs Office 6,011,595 70.9 84,789 Youth
Correctional Svs 5,203,831 68.6 76,295 Fair, Justice Court, WP
========== ===== ====== 127,846,004 1533.7 83,357 Total + aver
cost/worker Slide 27 Manpower Budget Entries Example of Public
Works, 389.48 FTE staffing: 17,083,984 56.1% Hired Worker Salaries
11,542,372 37.9% Hiree Benefits (68% * salary) 550,116 1.8% Extra
Help & Unclas Temps 380,616 1.3% Overtime Pay 317,566 1.0%
Reduce Unfunded Vacation 176,808 0.6% Compensatory Time 104,741
0.3% Salary Offset 287,838 1.0% Risk Management Benefits =========
===== ($78,166+ payroll/worker) 30,444,041 100% Total PW Manpower
Cost Slide 28 Non-Working Paid Days Exempt worker - holiday, sick,
vacation, personal, working days month+week+day non-exempt Starting
32 = 1mon + 2wks + 2days 29 >1 year 36 = 1mon + 3wks + 1days 32
>2 years 40 = 2mon + 0wks + 0days 35 >4 years 44 = 2mon +
0wks + 4days 38 >9 years 48 = 2mon + 1wks + 3days 41 >14
years 52 = 2mon + 2wks + 2days 44 >19 years 56 = 2mon + 3wks +
1days 47 Slide 29 Lane County Manpower Dec05 Job Title Salary
Health PERS Other Total Probation Officer 1 9K 4K 2K 1K 15K Trash
Fee Collector 21K 15K 4K 2K 42K Custodian 29K 15K 6K 4K 54K Tire
Repairman 39K 15K 9K 5K 69K Deputy Sheriff 2 52K 16K 14K 25K 107K
Veg Coordinator 63K 17K 13K 7K 100K Sheriff Lieutenant 79K 17K 21K
30K 147K County Lobbyist 81K 18K 19K 17K 135K Uncl Professional 94K
18K 20K 9K 141K Health Center Off 120K 19K 26K 10K 175K Mental
Health Off 143K 21K 31K 10K 205K Slide 30 Entry Level Comparison
Private Flor-City Lane-C Siuslaw-C Days off 10 35 32 15 * $ Salary
15K 24K 15K 16K % Benefit ** 8% 56% 73% 20% $ Benefits 1K 14K 18K
3K $ Total 16K 38K 26K 19K Cost/Hr 8 21 14 10 * 15 days = 5
holidays, 5 vacation, and 5 sick ** benefits: health, pension, SS,
UnEmp, WC,... Slide 31 Average Worker Comparison Private Flor-City
Lane-C Siuslaw-C Days off 15 40 40 20 * $ Salary 25K 46K 50K 46K %
Benefit ** 12% 54% 66% 20% $ Benefits 3K 25K 33K 9K $ Total 28K 71K
83K 55K Cost/Hr 14 40 47 28 * 20 days = 5 holidays, 10 vacation,
and 5 sick ** benefits: health, pension, SS, UnEmp, WC,... Slide 32
Administrator Comparison Private Flor-City Lane-C Siuslaw-C Days
off n/a 40 40 30 $ Salary n/a 82K 114K 100K % Benefit n/a 52% 69%
20% $ Benefits n/a 43K 79K 20K Total (S&B) n/a 125K 193K 120K #
Workers n/a 53 1534 86 Slide 33 District Management Forms Common
form is elected stipend-paid Board with appointed full-time/paid
District Manager Works best with populations under 100,000 Basic
County is: 1 Judge and 2 Commissioners where Judge must be
full/part-time paid and remaining Commissioners can be either Lane
County has a full time paid Administrator, Judge, + 5 Commissioners
(aver $132K+ ea) Several Oregon counties have no Administrator
Slide 34 BOD/Councilman/Commissioner Charity Florence Lane-C
Siuslaw-C Days off 0 0 32 0 $ Salary 0 0 73K 0 % Benefit 0 0 69% 0
$ Benefits 0 0 50K 0 Total (S&B) 0 0 123K 0 # Commish ? 5 5 2 #
Citizens Ea ? 1.5K 66K 10K Slide 35 Siuslaw Manpower Adjustments
Use non-paid Commissioners like most Districts Reduce benefits 66%
X salary to private sec 20% Reduce average pd days off of 40 to
private 20 No need for as many costly managers (86 staff) Cost of
living in Mapleton area ?may? be a factor Rural communities have
high volunteerism; but, insufficient data to determine the affect
here For 6% services need 6% production workers Slide 36 Siuslaw
Payroll Costs (Real$) Lane County FTE Department Transfer Siuslaw
4,328,461 59.0 Assess & Tax 3.2 157,320 2,998,787 29.5
Admin+Counsel 3.0 201,318 532,743 6.5 Child & Family 1.0 54,079
8,417,676 84.3 Data Proc Svs 4.7 306,547 6,225,823 72.0 District
Attorney 4.0 227,075 21,999,397 285.8 Health&Human 15.8 800,859
6,288,572 81.8 Management 4.5 228,768 30,444,041 389.4 Public Works
21.5 1,108,861 35,395,078 385.9 Sheriff Office 21.3 1,289,215
6,011,595 70.9 Youth Correct 3.9 218,654 5,203,831 68.6 Court &
WP 3.8 189,251 127,846,004 1533.7 (SC cost 3.7%) 86.7 4,781,947
Slide 37 Siuslaw Expenses (Real$) Lane County Define Transfer
Siuslaw gets 127,846,004 Payroll (S&B) 3.7% 4,781,947
60,300,818 Mat & Services 6.0? 3,618,049 33,520,788 Capital
Costs 6.0? 2,011,247 9,377,069 Fiscal Transfer 6.0? 562,624
========== ========= 231,044,679 average x 4.7% = 10,973,867 Slide
38 Siuslaw Revenues (Real$) Lane County Define Transfer Siuslaw
gets 34,326,806 Property Tax 9.8% 3,364,027 26,690,506 Federal Fund
6.0? 1,601,430 41,600,000 (timber O&C) 37.0% 15,392,000
85,084,934 State Funds 6.0? 5,105,096 5,544,861 Local G/R 6.0?
332,692 3,266,198 License/Permit 6.0? 195,972 3,736,539
Fines/Penalties 6.0? 224,192 89,478,270 Fees/Charges 6.0? 5,368,696
-84,065,839 Internal Adjust 6.0? -5,043,950 ========= =========
205,662,275 average x 12.1% = 26,540,155 Slide 39 Siuslaw Budget
(Real$) From SC Revenue Slide (12.1%): 26,540,155 From SC Expense
Slide (4.7%): -- 10,973,867 ----------------- Surplus revenue
(after 11M in bills ): 15,566,288 Slide 40 Siuslaw Budget (Real$)
From SC Revenue Slide (12.1%): 26,540,155 From SC Expense Slide
(4.7%): -- 10,973,867 ----------------- Surplus revenue (after 11M
in bills ): 15,566,288 If O&C timber funding cut in half: --
7,696,000 ----------------- Surplus revenue (after 11M in bills):
7,870,288 Slide 41 Siuslaw Budget (Real$) From SC Revenue Slide
(12.1%): 26,540,155 From SC Expense Slide (4.7%): -- 10,973,867
----------------- Surplus revenue (after 11M in bills ): 15,566,288
If O&C timber funding cut in half: -- 7,696,000
----------------- Surplus revenue (after 11M in bills): 7,870,288
DONT FORGET SHARE OF THE RESERVE Reserve Fund (6% of 132,492,836):
+7,949,570 Slide 42 Other County Boards Lake Crook Mulheur Clatsop
Coos Pop 7,400 20,300 32,000 36,300 63,000 Area 8,359 2,991 9,926
843 1,629 Judge FT 67,265 52,416 FT 57,000 Com1 24,450 29,619
15,976 9,000 same Com2 same same same 6,000 same Com? Just2 Just2
Just2 Five Just2 Admin none 67,265 55,731 92,251 none Employ 109
195 185 238 425 Budget 34M 144M 24M 50M 135M Healthy No Yes Yes Yes
Yes Slide 43 Oregon Districting System Districts overlap; but,
responsibilities are separated. Also separate funding & elected
Board of Directors. Slide 44 County Services Law & Order
Courts, Sheriff, District Attorney,Corrections,
Jails/Prisons/Holdings, Animal Regulation Public Services Land Use,
Roads, Parks, Building/Safety, Children/Family/Human Services,
Waste Administration Commissioners/Administrator, Personnel,
Facilities, Data Proc, Tax Assess/Collection Special Programs
Business/Workforce Partnership, Fair, etc Slide 45 Siuslaw County
Facilities Siuslaw County residents have paid through taxes to
build various facilities throughout Lane County of which the
transfer will include either take-over, lease, anor compensation
for. Administrative/Sheriff Offices (initially lease) Court House
(lease Florence Justice Center?) Jails/Prisons (lease LCs unused
capacity +?) 911 Dispatch (existing facility in Florence) Road Crew
(existing facility north of Florence) Parks (existing facilities
throughout Siuslaw) Slide 46 Cost Saving Suggestions Pay for an
administrator and not commissioners Have functions compete with
private providers Make jobs competitive, stop lavish benefit progs
Make PW code enforcement not revenue collect Move toward user fee
versus general tax funding Seriously consider eliminating
non-funded progs Facilitate/enable volunteer involvement/services
Focus living within means not revenue expansion Encourage cost
saving suggestions from citizens Slide 47 PC Survey Questions Rate
Lane County as relates to you Bad Good Sheriff coverage + fighting
crime: 17.4 of 100 Build & maintain public facilities: 33.2 of
100 Protect your rights (eg pvt prop): 15.2 of 100 Improve public
safety (hom/bus): 10.3 of 100 On formation of Siuslaw County No Yes
County offices closer to people? 90.2 of 100 Should coastal area
break away? 95.1 of 100 Would you sign a petition for it? 93.5 of
100 Would you vote for it if on ballot? 94.6 of 100 Slide 48
Petition Approved (27 Sep 05) Slide 49 Direct Mail Fact Sheet Slide
50 What Can I Do To Help? Sign the petition tonight (if in doubt
sign) Take blank petitions home to gather signatures Spread the
word by talking to family & friends Visit SiuslawCounty.Org for
updates/contacts Offer your expertise as a consultant Offer your
time as a volunteer (need all levels) Offer your dollars to help
offset our expenses Write Letters to the Editor giving your views
Line up presentations at your club meetings Slide 51 Benefits to
Siuslaw Residents 1) Voice in how our County is administered 2)
Reflect local values and attitudes 3) Taxes collected locally are
spent locally 4) Responsive + Accountable to local problems 5)
Encourage Personal Vitality (Quality of Life) 6) Encourage Economic
Vitality (Business/Jobs) 7) Reduce waste, corruption, and
incompetence 8) Eliminate need to impose new onerous taxes Slide 52
Conclusion of Comparables More Natural Resources More Human
Resources More Wealth Resources More Tax/other Revenues Siuslaw
County when compared has: than 1/3rd of the 36 Oregon Counties!
Siuslaw County is clearly very possible! Slide 53 Siuslaw Watershed
(most of) Slide 54 CQ: Why Call It Siuslaw? Westerner Names:
Coastal County Dune County Florence County Haceta County Western
County Easterner Names: Forestal County Cedar County Walton County
Badger County Mapleton County Siuslaw is historical, is
geographical, is native, is unique, is commonly used, &
encompasses Slide 55 CQ: Where Locate County Seat? Driving time
roughly same for all residents (E+W) Outside of any incorporated
city (avoid extortion) Available & inexpensive suitable &
buildable land Relatively clear of potential natural disasters
Available & existing roads, utilities, etc. services Available,
inexpensive, & capable labor force Conforms/beneficial to long
term considerations Slide 56 Siuslaw County Seat Slide 57 Police
Tax District County Sheriff conducts: Policing (criminal activities
in progress) Investigations (solving recent/past crimes) Court
Order enforcements (civil/criminal) County Police could be set up
to: Policing (same) Investigations (same) but, only Sheriff may
enforce Court Orders Implementation mechanism: New taxes and
elected Board of Directors Like cities, another police force to
deal with Another District wanting more every year Slide 58 ? ? ?
Questions ? ? ? SiuslawCounty.Org - VISIT - LaneCounty.Org Slide 59
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