Cherriots recently added free wifi service to all its buses capable of providing connection for simple online tasks. The network on each bus is called “Cherriots Public Bus WiFi.” The network speed is not meant for streaming video and music and it’s limited to the areas where mobile phones receive[Read More…]
NEWS
Keizer Fire puts out RFP for auditing firms
Keizer Fire District (KFD) is inviting proposals from certified municipal auditors interested in furnishing auditing services for the district for three fiscal years: 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 The audit is to be accomplished in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (GAAS) for audits and State of Oregon municipal corporations. Proposals shall[Read More…]
School super retires, gets rehired 1 minute later
Christy Perry Superintendent Christy Perry retired from the Salem-Keizer School District for the shortest possible time at a Jan. 2 special Salem-Keizer School Board meeting. Her retirement, which may have lasted less than a minute, ended with her rehiring in accordance with the new Oregon law that permits immediate rehiring[Read More…]
Homelessness has hidden costs for city
A camping site found in a Keizer park several years ago. In 2018, members of the Keizer Police Department Community Response Unit launched a plan to be more proactive in connecting with the city’s homeless population. “Members of CRU made more specific efforts to check the parks during the[Read More…]
Public testimony favored alternatives to outright ban
Conestoga huts, like the ones seen above, were the preferred solutions of two former Keizer elected officials. By the end of the Keizer City Council meeting Monday, Jan. 6, councilors had heard from those on both sides regarding a ban on camping by homeless people – and they were unswayed[Read More…]
Homeless camping ban approved
The Keizer City Council voted unanimously to ban camping on sidewalks, public property and public rights-of-way with the adoption of an ordinance at its meeting Monday, Jan. 6. The move follows similar action taken by the City of Salem in December and is directed at the city’s homeless residents. Keizer[Read More…]
Chess exhibit at Ford Museum
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is opening a new chess exhibition on Jan. 7 and will be there until April 26. The exhibition features approximately two dozen chess sets from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas that date from the 18th through the 20th centuries. While operating within a[Read More…]
Council to consider ban on camping in public areas
A camping site found in a Keizer park several years ago. The Keizer City Council will consider a resolution to ban camping on sidewalks, public property and public rights-of-way at its meeting Monday, Jan. 6. “Providing a balance of compassion to homeless persons and the negative effects of public camping[Read More…]
1 man, 3 teen victims, 14 months in prison
Joseph Myers On Dec. 23, Joseph Myers, a former Keizer resident, was sentenced to 14 months for raping three teens at a home he lived in on Gary Street Northeast, but the events that led to his guilty pleas began with a phone call in February 2018. A concerned father[Read More…]
Volunteer to advise city officials
The City of Keizer is soliciting applications for volunteers to be considered to serve on the following committees: Budget Committee – Responsibilities include assisting the city council in the examination and analyzing of proposed budgets for the City of Keizer. Volunteers serving on the committee must be a registered voter in Keizer. (One[Read More…]