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A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

October 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats residents seeking shelter from the storm of election rhetoric need look no further than the race for the city’s mayor and two council seats. But then you can hardly call it a race. Barring a last-minute coup by some unknown write-in candidates Nov. 5 – the mayor in January will be unopposed

Despite $34,000 increase in cost, Yachats goes ahead with installing delineators on south edge of city

September 23, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Installation of the long-awaited pedestrian-safety delineators along the west side of U.S. Highway 101 on the south edge of Yachats did not happen this summer as anticipated – but it should be soon. Expectations about when the delineators would be installed and how much it would cost have been as flexible as the delineators

Yachats council OKs new water rate structure for businesses, vacation rentals to help fund long-term projects

September 19, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council voted Wednesday to raise water and sewer rates for commercial users – including vacation rentals – to plug a funding gap and strive toward parity with residential rates. There is a notable difference in rates paid by large users and residents, according to city officials, prompting the question of how

Yachats OKs emergency water contract during droughts, calls special meeting to discuss raising rates

August 22, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The Yachats city council waded into all things water during its four-hour meeting Wednesday — which overflowed into scheduling an additional meeting next month to dive into potential water rate increases. Councilors also received updates on two high-profile projects and efforts to stop a clearcut in the city’s southern viewshed. City manager Bobbi Price

Yachats opens applications for mayor, council positions in November election

July 22, 2024

YACHATS — The city of Yachats is accepting applications for the position of mayor and two city council seats for the Nov. 5 general election. Anyone wanting to run must fill out an application and complete the state filing process by Aug. 27. However, to ensure all signatures are verified and all petitions and documents are complete, the city’s filing

Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial

July 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There is a new sheriff in town. Or there will be soon. With an eye toward balancing budget constraints and consistency, the Yachats city council voted unanimously Wednesday to pay for a half-time Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy who will split their 40-hour week equally between Yachats and Waldport. The decision reflects an effort to

Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city

July 18, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – What it would cost the city of Yachats to prevent an eyesore of a clearcut that in turn will eliminate community concerns about landslides and the subsequent application of herbicides is unclear. The city is negotiating with the landowner and the logger who owns the trees, but no agreement has been reached and the

Yachats officials, work group members trying to figure out where city might possibly allow homeless camping

April 11, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – The city of Yachats has identified nine possible locations where camping on city property could be allowed following a city council-passed ordinance last month that bans camping on most public property. To stem homeless people from erecting campsites willy-nilly across public property, municipalities across Oregon have passed ordinances to limit where camping can occur.

Yachats council to interview four council applicants Wednesday

April 10, 2024

YACHATS – The Yachats city council will interview four people – including a previously appointed council member — Wednesday who applied for a council vacancy with the upcoming resignation of Greg Scott. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. in the Civic Room of the Yachats Commons. The person chosen would serve the remainder of Scott’s term, which ends Dec. 31.

Yachats city council adopts ordinance banning camping on most public property, but wants ways to help homeless

March 21, 2024

By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Community members turned out in big numbers to ensure homeless people get a fair shake as the Yachats city council moved to pass a camping ordinance that would ban camping on nearly all public property. More than 30 people attended the second and final public hearing that led up to council unanimously approving the

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A quiet two years and progress on projects results in lonely races for Yachats mayor and council

Despite $34,000 increase in cost, Yachats goes ahead with installing delineators on south edge of city

Yachats council OKs new water rate structure for businesses, vacation rentals to help fund long-term projects

Yachats OKs emergency water contract during droughts, calls special meeting to discuss raising rates

Yachats opens applications for mayor, council positions in November election

Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial

Yachats council agrees to negotiate with landowner in effort to stop 20-acre clearcut south of city

Yachats officials, work group members trying to figure out where city might possibly allow homeless camping

Yachats council to interview four council applicants Wednesday

Yachats city council adopts ordinance banning camping on most public property, but wants ways to help homeless

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