By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Choosing a new city council member came down to a coin toss at Yachats’ city council meeting Wednesday after four current members were split on which of two applicants was the best fit. The mayor and three councilors wrote their votes on pieces of paper and passed them to […]
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Deadline for Yachats council application is 1 p.m. Monday
YACHATS — Applications for the vacant Yachats City Council position are due to city hall by 1 p.m. Monday, July 17. Only two people have applied so far. Kathryn Torrence is a retired nurse with experience in consultation and facilitating work groups in documenting for providers best practices for patient outcomes. Barry Collins is a […]
Latest interim Yachats city manager gives his assessment of issues — they’re both troublesome and promising
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS — After 10 days on the job, Yachats’ new interim city manager Rick Sant dove headlong into the deep end of the municipal pool with a no holds barred assessment of the city’s state of affairs during last week’s city council meeting. There was no sugar coating or varnishing of […]
Saying she no longer has the “passion or energy” for politics, Yachats city councilor Ann Stott resigns mid-term
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Saying she no longer had the “passion or energy” to be a member of the Yachats city council, Ann Stott resigned Tuesday after serving 2 1/2 years. Stott, who twice ran unsuccessfully for mayor, tendered her resignation in a letter to fellow council members. Mayor Craig Berdie announced Stott’s resignation […]
Yachats council votes to hire Rick Sant as its interim city manager, who says he’s “super excited” to help
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS — The Yachats City Council voted unanimously Thursday to hire Rick Sant as its interim city manager while they search to fill the position permanently. Sant takes the helm on the heels of manager Heide Lambert’s resignation, which took effect Wednesday. He stepped into the breach after two candidates for […]
Yachats council agrees to ask former southern California newspaper executive to be interim city manager
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – Rick Sant moved to Yachats three years ago after a career helping run large newspaper operations in Orange County, Calif. and Spokane. Now he’s offering to help the city of Yachats until it can find a new city manager. After a special meeting and executive session Tuesday, the city […]
Yachats city manager resigns effective May 31, citing personnel issues, misinformation and council interference
By KENNETH LIPP and QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS — The Yachats city council Wednesday announced the resignation of city manager Heide Lambert effective May 31, its plan to hire a contractor to assist during the transition and a professional consultant to find her replacement. Following a 90-minute closed, executive session to discuss the matter, mayor Craig […]
Yachats city council holds short, special meeting to clarify contract issues with city planner and her job
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council hopes a special, 16-minute meeting Wednesday clears up any confusion over the city planner’s job – and maybe who holds it. The council – with Mayor Craig Berdie conducting the meeting from home because of a positive Covid test and councilor Greg Scott online from […]
Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The city of Yachats – despite a lone no vote from the mayor – will tell a Eugene contractor it intends to go forward with repairs of the city’s Little Log Church that could cost $400,000 or more. The “letter of intent” is designed only to get on the […]
Yachats City Council roundup: Discusses tree ordinances and Finance Committee, makes commission appointments
YACHATS – The city of Yachats will not pursue a deeper look at its various ordinances covering trees because the Planning Commission believes it has enough rules already that the city planner feels may just not be enforced well enough. That’s the upshot of a short discussion last week during a Yachats City Council meeting. […]