Just A Note

Oh how one can see how Lance thinks.

As I watch this workshop right now I see Lance asking Mary Ann to explain flowers and beautification and explain that the last Budget Committee threw this back to the General fund.

Now we have all heard their plan to steal from tourism again.

Next lets all watch Lance try to put this back as a tourism expenditure in an upcoming agenda.

Well before Lance goes there let’s stop it now.

If he would have been at all the Budget Meetings he would know that it was unlawfully put there and it is a non TRT tax use and had no legal authority to have been put into the Tourism Budget.

So if anyone cares to check with Travel Oregon (the state agency in charge of tourism) this is out of the book they sent me.  

“SPENDING ON TOURISM

The restrictions on spending existing or new TLT revenues are designed, in part, to maintain or increase the spending of TLT revenues on tourism, as a reinvestment in tourism. ORS 320.300 provides the following definitions of tourism and related activities:

“Tourism” means economic activity resulting from tourists.

“Tourism promotion” means any of the following activities:

(a) Advertising, publicizing or distributing information for the purpose of attracting and welcoming tourists;

(b) Conducting strategic planning and research necessary to stimulate future tourism development;

(c) Operating tourism promotion agencies; and

(d) Marketing special events and festivals designed to attract tourists.

“Tourism promotion agency” includes:

(a) An incorporated nonprofit organization or governmental unit that is responsible for the tourism promotion of a destination on a year-round basis.

(b) A nonprofit entity that manages tourism-related economic development plans, programs and projects.

(c) A regional or statewide association that represents entities that rely on tourism-related business for more than 50 percent of their total income.

“Tourism-related facility”:

(a) Means a conference center, convention center or visitor information center; and

(b) Means other improved real property that has a useful life of 10 or more years and has a substantial purpose of supporting tourism or accommodating tourist activities.

So if this council puts that unlawful expenditure on the backs of the tourism TRT tax revenue again in violation of the law this Council can expect another complaint to Travel Oregon along with the Oregon Department of Justice.

Now back to the meeting.

Cody

Good grief now Gail Lewis is trying to take the museum and put onto the back of tourism. They really want to steal that TRT tax just like they preached.

Cody

Sorry to good.

Now an admission that Tracy has been authorizing his department to subsidize TV and Internet into the electrical light rates.

I want to see the resolution or Ordinance that authorized that.

ORS 221.410 Power of city to control local affairs; limitation of floating indebtedness. (1) Except as limited by express provision or necessary implication of general law, a city may take all action necessary or convenient for the government of its local affairs.

      (2)(a) A city may not, unless authorized to do so by its electors, contract a voluntary floating indebtedness in excess of the sum of $5,000 for general city purposes. A city official or employee who creates or officially approves such an indebtedness in excess of the limitation shall be liable for the amount of the excess.

      (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, a city may contract a voluntary floating indebtedness in excess of the sum of $5,000 for general city purposes without an election specifically approving the indebtedness if authorized to do so by a statute or charter.

      (3) As used in this section, “city” has the meaning given that term in ORS 221.010. [Amended by 2003 c.195 §9]

Sucks to be anyone who authorized it. It was just explained that one problem alone is more than seven grand easy.

Cody

I will have this video on line tomorrow on my YouTube channel.

First off credit for the subject of this meeting goes to our previously recalled council.

This is something they had Paul get together when he first arrived.

Just like Chief Wells.

So make no mistake about it here tonight. This council once again gets no credit for this other than coming up with illegal and immoral ideas to add to it touched on tonight.

Not to mention retaliation against the city services committee to go after me.

I will just love their retaliation against me for being a whistle blower.

I like spending other people’s money as my own.

But before I leave those that did watch tonight here is a giggle.

All the hours they were trying to figure out what information they wanted the city treasurer to submit to council and how often, all they did was waste theirs and ours time as well.

All they had to do is tell Mary Ann to comply with Ordinance 123 as I have been asking her to do going on a year now.

But I was ROTFLMAO (Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off) during the whole thing.

What part of the wheel was built do any of these unconstitutional appointees not understand.

ORDINANCE NO. 123

AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE OF CITY TREASURER, DEFINING THE DUTIES THEREOF, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 3.

The City of Cascade Locks, Hood River County, Oregon, ordains as follows:

Section 1. There is hereby created the office of city treasurer.

Section 2. The treasurer shall give a bond and the amount of the bond shall be not less than $1,000.00. The council shall determine the amount and conditions of the bond.

Section 3. The duties of the treasurer shall include the following:

(a) To prepare and present to the council and accurate statement of the city’s finances for the previous month at the first regular meeting of the council each month. The statement shall show:

1. The amount of money received, from all sources, during the previous month.

2. The amount of money withdrawn from each fund; and the balance on hand therein.

3. The total amount of money remaining in his custody at the end of each month.

4. A schedule of all checks paid by the treasurer during the month, specifying the amount and number of each, and the fund out or which such amounts were paid.

(b) To permit the mayor or any member of the council to examine city books, accounts and records and to make an actual count of the funds on hand at any time and the examination may be the subject of a special report to the council.

(c) To sign all orders on the treasury.

(d) To perform such other duties as may, from time to time be prescribed by the council.

Section 4. Ordinance No. 3, enacted September 16, 1935, is repealed.

Passed by the Council of the City of Cascade Locks this 16 day of October 1961.

Approved by the Mayor of the City of Cascade Locks this 18 day of October, 1961.

See what happens when incompetent people are given power? Opps it is a violation of the law to vote on any matter in a workshop.

So now you must bring this matter back before the people and go through the Ordinance process to change this. What a waste of time!!!

So answer me this in closing tonight. If Lance was truly all knowing he would have known this Ordinance existed wouldn’t he?

I will soon show you all with video just what Lance knows.

The others soon to follow as I am building theirs up now.

Cody