Rainier’s ‘A’ Community partnerships Street Project: make for successful Caution, limited parking National Night Out Page A10 Page A3 Opinions A4 • Out & About A5 • Obituaries A6 • TV Guide A7 • Classified Ads A8 • Public Notices A9 • Blotters A9 • Wings & Wheels A11 • Sports A12 Wednesday, August 14, 2019 $1 TheThe ChronicleChronicle thechronicleonline.com Serving Columbia County since 1881 City council approves $2 Community Recreation Ahoy, mateys! and Parks Fee CHRISTINE MENGES
[email protected] St. Helens City Council has set and approved a $2 Community Rec- reation and Parks Fee, to appear as a line item on residents’ utility bills. The resolution states the fee will not take effect until January of 2020, and will “sunset,” or end on Decem- ber 31, 2021. The fee will “provide support for the recreation and parks programs as well as research for creation of a separate taxing district for support and sustainability of St. Helens Rec- reation, Parks, and St. Helens School Partnership facilities,” the resolution states. City councilors discussed the fee at the city council work session the day of August 7 and passed Reso- lution 1860 later that day at their regular session. Matt Brown, City Finance Direc- tor, said during the work session that delaying the onset of the fee until Christine Menges/The Chronicle January of 2020 would be necessary Pat McCord, “Captain” of the Shiver Me Ice Cream ship, and Janeen Sepulveda, “Quartermaster and First Mate,” hand out ice cream to customers at low cost. because of the city’s new software system that facilitates utility bills. Before appearing on the agenda packet for the regular work session, the fee was set at $3.