City of Yachats - Page 25

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats City Manager Shannon Beaucaire has been offered the job as the city manager in Carlton, a small city in the wine region of Yamhill County. Beaucaire said Thursday she is negotiating the details of her Carlton contract and will wait to complete that before officially notifying the Yachats City Council that she is leaving. Beaucaire’s contract

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Are there more than 50 vacation rentals operating illegally in Yachats? Some former members of the Yachats City Council thought there could be. But members of the new council are more skeptical, and are wrestling with ways to find out. Information from officials in other Oregon coast cities and counties, and conversations with vacation rental managers

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats Planning Commission has tossed another hot potato into the lap of a new City Council when it begins work next year. The commission voted unanimously Monday to give two motels with spotlights that shine into the ocean three years to work out some sort of compromise with the city on their use. If nothing

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council on Wednesday completed its last meeting of a contentious year, doing a little business but mostly citing accomplishments of two outgoing members, listening to a simple warning from another, and getting a mea culpa from one councilor-elect. It was the last meeting for Mayor John Moore, who had served a two-year term;

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats commission that guides library operations on Thursday unanimously accepted a consultant’s report suggesting major changes, including joining a statewide digital and a countywide library network, hiring a half-time director and tripling the size of an earlier, proposed expansion. The Library Commission’s acceptance doesn’t mean it endorses the report’s recommendations, just that it will spend the

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council gave City Manager Shannon Beaucaire the go-ahead Thursday to advertise for an administrative assistant position now being filled by a temporary contractor. But after nearly 45 minutes of questions and discussion, the council said two other employees that Beaucaire is asking to hire – for finance and planning – would have to

Those pesky “bulb” curbs that are good for pedestrians in downtown Yachats but a headache for trucks and cars, may be getting trimmed back a few feet. But don’t hold your breath as to when they might be rebuilt. But do hold onto your wallet for what it might cost. Curbs that stick into the roadway at the tight intersection

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The Yachats City Council has kicked design ideas for a controversial 100-yard street paving project back to three commissions to help find ways for the $165,000 project to be more community-friendly, shrink its size, and possibly lower its cost. The council, after a 2 hour 40 minute special meeting Wednesday, asked the commissions to recommend design

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats City Council member who is often at odds with the mayor and city manager has filed to run for the mayor’s position in the November general election. Councilor Leslie Vaaler, who was elected to a four-year council term in 2018, has filed paperwork and collected signatures to challenge Mayor John Moore. Moore was elected