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Saying she no longer has the “passion or energy” for politics, Yachats city councilor Ann Stott resigns mid-term

June 15, 2023

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 at Wednesday’s council meeting. Stott

Yachats council votes to hire Rick Sant as its interim city manager, who says he’s “super excited” to help

June 1, 2023

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 the position fell through after

Yachats council agrees to ask former southern California newspaper executive to be interim city manager

May 24, 2023

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 council voted unanimously to negotiate

Yachats city manager resigns effective May 31, citing personnel issues, misinformation and council interference

April 13, 2023

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 Berdie said during a brief

Yachats city council holds short, special meeting to clarify contract issues with city planner and her job

March 30, 2023

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 Vietnam at 3 a.m. local

Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church

January 10, 2022

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 summer work schedule of McClain

Yachats City Council roundup: Discusses tree ordinances and Finance Committee, makes commission appointments

January 9, 2022

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. In November the council heard

After two years of no meeting minutes, city of Yachats finds someone to do them and decides what to officially call them

December 21, 2021

YACHATS – For the first time in more than two years, the city of Yachats will have someone taking notes during council and commission meetings — or listening to recordings afterwards – and creating summaries of what occurred. The Yachats City Council agreed last week that it likes several samples of meeting summaries that newly hired contractor Lorraine Barrett

Lone candidate for Yachats city manager’s job withdraws application Friday night after council’s 3-2 contract vote Wednesday; chides city over unprofessional process

December 18, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com YACHATS – The lone finalist for the Yachats city manager job has withdrawn her application after concerns she did not have the mayor’s support and because of unprofessional aspects of the city council’s homemade search process. Gretchen Dubie sent a four-sentence email to Mayor Leslie Vaaler and four council members Friday night withdrawing from consideration. “I am

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

December 2, 2021

By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t very professional. And it was contentious at times. But by the end of a 3½-hour meeting Thursday, the Yachats City Council may have agreed on good enough terms to entice Gretchen Dubie to sign on to become its next city manager. The council voted last month to have Mayor Leslie Vaaler

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Saying she no longer has the “passion or energy” for politics, Yachats city councilor Ann Stott resigns mid-term

Yachats council votes to hire Rick Sant as its interim city manager, who says he’s “super excited” to help

Yachats council agrees to ask former southern California newspaper executive to be interim city manager

Yachats city manager resigns effective May 31, citing personnel issues, misinformation and council interference

Yachats city council holds short, special meeting to clarify contract issues with city planner and her job

Yachats council votes 4-1 to tell contractor it intends to proceed with major repairs of city’s Little Log Church

Yachats City Council roundup: Discusses tree ordinances and Finance Committee, makes commission appointments

After two years of no meeting minutes, city of Yachats finds someone to do them and decides what to officially call them

Lone candidate for Yachats city manager’s job withdraws application Friday night after council’s 3-2 contract vote Wednesday; chides city over unprofessional process

After contentious discussion Thursday over some contract terms, Yachats council agrees on latest offer to prospective city manager

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