The City of Bingen is undergoing a study on the fee schedule for water and wastewater services, and recently they had Nancy Wetch, engineering consultant with firm Gray & Osborne, present preliminary findings on potential cost increases for new or significantly transformed developments ahead of a final recommendation.
After losing $1,500 dollars looking for a house in The Dalles last year, my family felt used and discouraged. We are desperate to improve our housing situation and until we lost those funds we thought that we had enough money for a small down payment.
We have been reduced to trying to replace the trailer we own with a new manufactured home in the trailer park where we currently reside.
We have been working by ourselves on the application for the permit since October 2018. We have made eight trips to the planning office. Each time we got no concrete help, just more confusion.
To the editor: I want to thank all who have supported me in the past and present on the City Council and in all the other projects we have worked on together. We can truly be proud of all the accomplishments made over the past 25 years.
To the editor: Here is why I am voting for Taner Elliott for city council. With Taner Elliott you will have someone who is one of us and understands the challenges we all face on a daily basis.
To the editor: I have been a plumber in this community for over 50 years. I know we need to have good sewer and water systems and keep rates affordable for business and our citizens, particularly those on fixed incomes. In the recent Chronicle article, our city manager admitted that our water and sewer rates are “some of the highest in Oregon.” He failed to mention that these already high rates are scheduled to go even higher and higher over the next several years.
